Sprout Video and other video hosting services on the market today seem to target a marketing audience--they are designed for businesses that want to push their video content publicly. As such, they advertise features such as lead tracking and SEO, with an obvious goal of helping you get as many views as possible and track those views. In that sense, Sprout is pretty similar to any other video hosting service on the market.

However, I was looking for something different. I wanted a video hosting solution that I could use to post tutorial videos on our online help site. We did not want them to be public or "unlisted," where you need the link to be able to view them, but anyone with the link can view them. We wanted them to be played only where we embed them, and nowhere else. This is the differentiator with Sprout Video. When you set the security of a video to "private," you can embed it anywhere, and it can be viewed only there. If someone gets their hands on the link, they can't view it from the link URL.

This is why I chose Sprout for my company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have not encountered any negatives with Sprout Video. It's intuitive, clean, and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Uploading a video and customizing the appearance of the video player is the easiest thing to do, even for non-tech and non-marketing people. I've been using it for years and love it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't even know if this is downside cause I understand that SproutVideo (the name says it all) is for hosting videos (duh). However, it would be super nice if it would accept also audio tracks hosting and present them in a video player with a fixed postcard image, like a pseudo-podcast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've used several different video hosting tools from Wistia, Vimeo, etc. and the overall experience with SproutVideo is the best I have used. They have great technology and features including the custom video website with CNAME are amazing. Most importantly, they have responsive support and have worked with me to incorporate new features quickly and efficiently. Highly recommend taking advantage of a free trial and see what you are missing with other hosting platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing major; did have a couple minor outages related to a new feature rollout but it was quickly resolved and they even issued me a credit for the very minor downtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sprout Video is super-easy to use. The user interface is very intuitive, and makes it really easy to set up videos with all of the proper SEO and Responsive settings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Really no downside. It's a great service for hosting videos you can't host on your site, and is a great alternative to Youtube if you don't want ads embedded in your videos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Our marketing and training team uses features to track whether people watch the video and they sometimes include follow-up questions about the material. It's allowed training to manage inside and outside users the same, streamlining our process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My biggest dislikes are user specific. Like many tools things can be setup and forgotten. Turnover rate among the employees can cause new employees to overlook or attempt to replace software like this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We were in desperate need of a lead capture form before watching our videos, and this feature through SproutVideo is very easy to use and track. I also love being able to share videos with people via the download feature...much easier than figuring out a dropbox link, etc. The pricing is very reasonable as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish we had more control over what information we ask for in the lead capture form. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I'm not the most tech savy person and Sprout has been very easy to use and understand. Does exactly what it claims. Great storage and links are easy to embed! Never had a problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I haven't found anything to dislike. Everything works well, and there have been no issues or complaints. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We reviewed several video hosting platforms and found Sprout Video to be the best value with plenty of features, customisation, storage and a simple layout. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The jump to the next pricing tier is steep, and there's only really one feature in that tier we'd need (custom URL), so we live without for now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love having the ability to set up each video with the sharing capabilities that are right for that particular content. Some of my videos are embedded, some are private, and some are public. Everything is easy with the SproutVideo website! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the fact that I have to change passwords to videos one at a time. I would love to be able to select a set of videos and change the password of all of them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The thing I like best is how clean and professional the site looks. It is also very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have not come up with a downside yet; it's great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.