--- title: AWS Elemental MediaConvert Reviews meta_title: 'AWS Elemental MediaConvert Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 15 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how AWS Elemental MediaConvert works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.2 review_count: 15 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-12' parent_category: name: Video url: https://www.g2.com/categories/video --- # AWS Elemental MediaConvert Reviews **Vendor:** Amazon Web Services (AWS) **Category:** [Other Video Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/other-video) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 15 ## About AWS Elemental MediaConvert AWS Elemental MediaConvert is a file-based video transcoding service with broadcast-grade features. It allows you to easily create video-on-demand (VOD) content for broadcast and multiscreen delivery at scale. ## AWS Elemental MediaConvert Reviews ### 1. Simple to use but over priced as compared to competitors **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Syed Adeel H. | Infrastructure Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 27, 2022 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConvert?** Best tool for media houses. Just need a video in and output is various formate support up to ultra HD videos we can see videos interaction with multiple devices like does our video running smoothly in 2K smartphone device and then we can further enhance it via AWS Elemental MediaConvert. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConvert?** Processing timing is so high, and loading time can be improved. I'm not too fond that the options are very complex to understand sometimes. **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConvert solving and how is that benefiting you?** As it is a VOD tool, I used it mainly for our client's social media marketing. We create videos and run them on the AWS Element MediaConvert suite to ensure videos are in the same format as required. ### 2. Execllent cloud based on media convertor for Video on Demand services **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gopi K. | Practice Head PMO Enterprise Transformation, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2021 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConvert?** I like pay as you go services as it helps small players like my client. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConvert?** As of now i have not heard any complaints from my clients who are online into news streaming services **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConvert solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are developing an onlne news from citizen jornalists we recieve lot of videos in raw in diffrent format,media convert has made it easy for us to convert videos to single standard format for VOD ### 3. Aws **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Princess Bernie Lou V. | Marketing Researcher/ Personal Assistant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 19, 2022 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConvert?** The convenience of it that making thre co **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConvert?** Logging sometimes and also the advertisements **Recommendations to others considering AWS Elemental MediaConvert:** It's a good application to use **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConvert solving and how is that benefiting you?** The easy access and the convenience ### 4. All formats can be done here **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Broadcast Media | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 17, 2022 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConvert?** Used for media type converting materials **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConvert?** Didnt find anything as yet as disappointing **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConvert solving and how is that benefiting you?** all has come in benefits only ### 5. Great platform for converting media for VOD streaming **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 11, 2018 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConvert?** Highly configurable to suit the needs of virtually any deployment. I like being able to dovetail MediaConvert with Lambda functions to automate our video conversion workflow which is distributed directly to a streaming website. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConvert?** The only gripe I have is that the UI is a little cluttered, but there's a lot of aspects that would make it hard for it not to be. This also goes out the window once/if you start using it with the CLI. **Recommendations to others considering AWS Elemental MediaConvert:** It's a useful product that has extensive interoperability that makes it a good long-term play and gives you lots of room to grow. **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConvert solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are responsible for engineering the website for a continuing medical education organization, that generates large volumes of didactic video content that needs to be distributed digitally to their students. This required the ability to automate the encoding of raw video files for HLS and DASH. MediaConvert makes easy work of this by utilizing Lambda functions to watch a source S3 bucket, encode and add the files to a distribution bucket, and fire a hook to make the content available on the site. ### 6. Great media processor **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 18, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConvert?** I like using this to convert our video files for on demand content. This is great for when you need to stream video or music. The pay as you go pricing is also convenient for me. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConvert?** I don't have any complaints with this service, it works well for what I need it for. **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConvert solving and how is that benefiting you?** This makes including streaming video and music easy. It also helps that I can use it as storage as well. ## AWS Elemental MediaConvert Discussions - [Can I us](https://www.g2.com/discussions/can-i-us-370306aa-0171-4945-a4cc-51b0daac025b) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [View AWS Elemental MediaConvert pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-elemental-mediaconvert/reviews?filters%5Bnps_score%5D%5B%5D=4§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-13+13%3A39%3A49+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=1cb397ca-fede-44aa-8faf-35ecd54ca631&secure%5Btoken%5D=461f41892f51542c42a2da65856367bc1431c778c04a299813f01adbded03302&format=llm_user) ## AWS Elemental MediaConvert Features **Additional Functionality** - Metadata Management - Version Control - Collaboration Tools - Rapid Creation - Video Tagging - Social Promotion - Filtering - Commenting/Notes - Privacy Options - Multi-Channel Marketing - Mobile Screen Support - Video Editing - Live Streaming - Inside the Video Search - Brand Overlay - Customizable Branding - Presentation Streaming - Alerts/Notifications - Multimedia Support - Real-Time Analytics - Video Creation - Content Library - Screen Recording - Closed Captions - Image Library - Website Analytics - Video Archiving - Video Support - Customizable Templates - Visual Analytics - Drag & Drop - Multi-Channel Distribution - Workflow Management - Access Controls/Permissions - Engagement Tracking - Multiple Format Support - Labeling - Social Media Integration - API - Single Sign On - File Management - Template Management - Social Sharing - Communication Management - Tagging - Search/Filter - Generative AI - SSL Security - Video Streaming - Reporting & Statistics - Content Management - AI Copilot - Video Looping - Video Management - Activity Dashboard - Reporting/Analytics - Third-Party Integrations - Bulk Uploading **Additional Functionality** - Social Sharing - Customizable CTAs - Multi-Channel Distribution - Account Based Marketing - CRM Integration - Activity Tracking - Social Promotion - SEO Management - Visual Analytics - Campaign Management - Generative AI - Real-Time Data - Email Management - Communication Management - Social Media Monitoring - Media Library - Engagement Tracking - Video Tagging - Video Editing - Filtering - Social Media Integration - User Management - Social Advertising - Templates - Email Marketing - Third-Party Integrations - Commenting/Notes - User Interaction Tracking - Customizable Branding - Lead Generation - API - Drag & Drop - Recording - Behavior Tracking - Tagging - AI Copilot - Activity Dashboard - ROI Tracking - Collaboration Tools - Surveys & Feedback - Video Hosting - Video Streaming - Content Management - Multi-Channel Marketing - Lead Capture ## Top AWS Elemental MediaConvert Alternatives - [VideoLan](https://www.g2.com/products/videolan/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (624 reviews) - [Handbrake](https://www.g2.com/products/handbrake/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (153 reviews) - [Konvey](https://www.g2.com/products/jerry-nweke-konvey/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (160 reviews)