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Vimeo

vimeo.com

Vimeo is a video platform for making, managing and sharing video. Its player embeds in any website and its tools cover hosting, live streaming and collaboration.[1][2]

Vimeo is a video hosting and sharing platform focused on high-quality, ad-free video experiences. It offers various subscription plans for creators and businesses, emphasizing professional and artistic content.

Vimeo belongs toVideo playerscategory.

What it is

A platform to make, manage and share video[1]

Player

An embeddable player that works in any browser[2]

Free to start

Anyone can share unlimited public videos for free[3]

Support

Customer support is available around the clock[1]

29websites

use it — 1.1% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months

#6of 18

tools in its category seen in our scans (we recognize 50)

10public pages

on UptimeCard — open any of them to see how that site is doing

In short: a video host for sites that want a branded, ad-free player and privacy controls. Plans and prices are on its pricing page.[3]

2.15% of all websites we track run Vimeo▼ 0.01 points since 20 Sep

Should you use Vimeo?

The 10-second version, from the vendor’s own pages and what we see in our scans

Vimeo fits if…

  • You want to show your own videos on your site without other videos suggested next to them[3]
  • You need to share videos privately, for example with a password[3]
  • You want to sell videos or run a subscription streaming service[3]

Look elsewhere if…

  • You want video hosting built around marketing: lead capture forms inside the video[4]Wistia lists branded in-video forms.
  • You want to embed a video from a general-purpose video platform by copying an embed code[5]YouTube documents embedding a video or playlist in a website or blog.
Vimeo offers discounts to non-profit organizations and educational institutions only if they are based in the United States[2]

Vimeo next to its closest alternatives

Other places to host and embed video. Statements come from each vendor's own page; website counts and speed are ours.

VimeoWistiaYouTube
What each one says it is
What it isA video platformto make, manage and share video[1]A video marketing platformto create, host and measure video[4]A video platformwith embeddable videos and playlists[5]
What we see in our scans
Websites running it291.1% of 2,555 scanned sites522% of 2,555 scanned sites1325.2% of 2,555 scanned sites
Typical page load time6.3 s9 public sites4.2 s✓34 public sites4.4 s37 public sites
Typical page weight4.9 MBtypical home page4.2 MBtypical home page4.1 MB✓typical home page
Security grade B or better—20%3 of 15 graded sites score B or better33%✓3 of 9 graded sites score B or better

Scan rows count public pages only; a tool needs at least 5 measured sites to appear.

  • Wistia: A video marketing platform[4]
  • YouTube: A video platform whose videos embed in any website[5]

Choose Vimeo if…

  • You want a branded player with no suggested videos from other creators[3]

Choose Wistia if…

  • You want to measure the impact of your videos as part of marketing[4]

Choose YouTube if…

  • You want to embed a video or playlist by copying an embed code[5]

Products

Parts of the Vimeo platform

Vimeo

This page

The video platform for hosting, sharing and a customizable player[3]

Vimeo Central

Centralizes videos securely[1]

Vimeo Marketing

Aims at video engagement for marketing teams[1]

Vimeo Streaming

Lets you launch a subscription service[1]

Support and help for Vimeo

How the vendor says you can reach it, and the public help community

Customer support

A customer support team is available around the clock; enterprise members also get dedicated account managers[1]

Stack Overflow

1,911 questions[6][7]

61% have an upvoted answer. [vimeo] questions

How Vimeo sites protect themselves

Share of the 29 sites we scanned that run each protection

HSTS66% · 19 sites

HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS

Cloudflare Bot Management31% · 9 sites

Cloudflare bot management solution identifies and mitigates automated traffic to protect websites from bad bots

reCAPTCHA17% · 5 sites

reCAPTCHA is a free service from Google that helps protect websites from spam and abuse

Protections add up, they do not replace each other: a site can run all of them.

At a glance

UptimeCard's own scans and tests of 2,555 websites · refreshed weekly

How Vimeo sites scoreout of 100 · hover or tap a score for details

55PerformanceLowaverage site: 5092AccessibilityGoodaverage site: 8977Best practicesFairaverage site: 9392SEOGoodaverage site: 92

Page load time

Loads about 48% slower than the average site

Vimeo sites
6.3 s
All sites
4.3 s

Most Vimeo sites load in 3.0–8.1 s. Home page weight: 4.9 MB vs 3.3 MB for all sites. 9 public sites measured.

Who uses it?

Business Services is the biggest group

Business Services30%
Software as a Service (SaaS)30%
Technology and Software20%
Cybersecurity10%

Share of 10 classified public sites. “× average” compares with all 961 public sites.

How Vimeo sites are built

Closest partners. The number says how many times more often the tool runs on Vimeo sites than on an average website. Hover a partner for its share of sites.

Drupal6×Reddit Ads5×GSAP4×HubSpot Analytics4×Twitter Ads3×Yoast SEO3×Microsoft Clarity3×Linkedin Insight Tag3×Microsoft Advertising3×

Usually installed alongside

The bigger the bubble, the more of the 29 Vimeo sites also run the tool. Colour shows what the tool does. Hover or tap a bubble for details.

Google Tag Manager100%Google Analytics97%Linkedin Insight Tag55%Facebook Pixel52%Microsoft Advertising41%Reddit Ads28%DoubleClick Floodlight21%Yoast SEO31%HubSpot28%OneTrust17%Varnish17%
Tag managerAnalyticsAdvertisingSearch visibilityMarketingCookie consentSpeed and caching

Similar tools in its category

Video players: 50 tools known, 18 seen in our scans

YouTube132 sitesAlternativeBrightcove53 sitesAlternativeWistia52 sitesAlternativeVideoJS33 sitesAlternativeKaltura30 sitesAlternativeMediaElement.js12 sitesAlternativePlyr12 sitesAlternativeJW Player11 sitesAlternative

Websites using Vimeo

29 websites use Vimeo: 1.1% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months. A selection is shown below.

Scores are out of 100: P Performance · A Accessibility · B Best practices · S SEO. Green 80+, yellow 65–79, orange 50–64, red below 50. The dot shows whether our last scan found the site failing (red) or not (green); Red, amber or blue: an active incident on the site's status page (outage, degraded, maintenance) or a failing scan; amber also means a certificate ending within 30 days. Hover the dot for details.

Who is behind Vimeo

From its own pages and public records, with sources

Operated by

Vimeo.com, Inc.[8]

Headquartered in New York · since 2004[1][1]

Questions about Vimeo

What is Vimeo?
A video platform for making, managing and sharing video.[1]
Can I use Vimeo for free?
Yes. Anyone can share unlimited public videos on Vimeo for free.[3]
Does the Vimeo player need a plugin?
No. The player is HTML5 and works in any browser with no plugin or download.[2]
Can I protect a video with a password?
Yes. Vimeo lists privacy settings such as password protection.[3]
How many websites use Vimeo?
We found Vimeo on 29 of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months (1.1%). 10 of them have a public status page.
What is Vimeo often used with?
Among the websites we scan, Vimeo is often found alongside PHP (69% of its sites), Cloudflare (65.5% of its sites), Linkedin Insight Tag (55.2% of its sites).
What are the alternatives to Vimeo?
Other video players tools we recognize include YouTube, Brightcove, Wistia, VideoJS.

Is your website built with Vimeo?

UptimeCard checks it around the clock, tells you the minute it stops answering, and gives your visitors a status page.

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