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Does the service offer video editing
capability? |
What's the file size limit? |
How much does it cost? |
Can I keep a video private? |
Does it require a software download? |
| AOL |
Yes, you can trim the video's
length. |
From the site: "To keep
things manageable, the maximum video length has been set to 5 minutes." |
Free |
No |
No |
| Atom Films (AddictingClips.com) |
No |
100 Mbytes. Clips must be 10
minutes long or less. |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Blip.tv |
No |
There's no enforced limit.
But the service "strongly recommends" files smaller than 100 Mbytes "for
performance purposes." |
Free |
No |
No |
| Bolt |
No |
100 Mbytes |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Castpost |
No |
50-Mbyte clip requirement.
Unless you ask for special permission. |
From the Website: "The
current Alpha service is free. But we may try to recover some of our costs through
ads." |
Yes |
No |
| ClipShack |
No |
100 Mbytes, but you can
upload larger files using a free software app; up to 5 Gbytes of storage |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Dailymotion |
No |
150 Mbytes |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| DropShots.com |
No |
The free version is limited
to 500 photos and 10 videos. Photos can be any file size and any dimension. Videos can be
any file size and up to 2 minutes in length. |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Eefoof.com |
No |
Videos must 200 Mbytes or
less in size and 10 minutes or less in length. |
Free |
No |
No |
| Eyespot |
Yes |
Max one-time upload limit is
seven 50-Mbyte videos |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Filecow |
No |
25 Mbytes |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Fliqz |
Yes |
100 Mbytes |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| GoFish |
No |
50 Mbytes |
Free |
No |
No |
| Google Video |
No |
None. From the company's user
guidelines: "You can upload as many videos to Google Video as you like, without any
size or length limitations." WOW! Note: Files over 100 Mbytes require a software app
to upload. |
Free |
No |
No |
| Grouper |
Yes |
110 Mbytes |
Free (for now) |
Yes |
Yes, for everything except
tiny, tiny files. |
| Guba |
No |
1.2 Gbytes per upload, but
there's no length limit. |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| HomeMovie.com |
Yes |
None |
Free (share up to 5 hours of
video online per month) |
Yes |
Yes |
| iFilm |
No |
100 Mbytes |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Jumpcut |
Yes |
50 Mbytes |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Lulu TV |
No |
32 Mbytes with a free
account. 100 Mbytes with a $14.95/month account. |
Free, unless you become a Shareholder |
Yes |
No |
| ManiaTV |
No |
100 Mbytes |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Streamload's Mediamax |
No |
The site's free accounts
provide 25 Gbytes of free storage for any kind of media files. Free users are also limited
to 1 Gbyte of access bandwidth per month. |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Metacafe |
No |
100 Mbytes |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Motionbox |
No |
100 Mbytes |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| MySpace |
No |
100 Mbytes |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Openvlog |
No |
Under 5 minutes in length |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Ourmedia |
No |
None mentioned. |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Panjea |
No |
100 Mbytes per file. 250
Mbytes of storage overall. |
Free |
No |
No |
| Phanfare |
No |
Phanfare accepts video clips
up to 5 minutes in length or 1 Gbyte in size. |
$6.95/mo. for unlimited
storage |
Yes |
Yes |
| Photobucket |
No |
Free accounts get 1 GByte of
space and 10 GBytes of bandwidth per month. Video clips can't exceed 5 minutes each. |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Pooxi |
No |
50 Mbytes |
Free |
Not sure. The site's primary
language is French. |
No |
| Putfile |
No |
25 Mbytes |
Free |
No |
No |
| Revver |
No |
100 Mbytes |
Free |
Yes |
Yes |
| Sharkle |
No |
100 Mbytes |
Free (up to 1 Gbyte of
storage) |
Yes |
No |
| Veoh |
No |
None. Movies can be any
length and as high quality as you like. |
Free |
Yes |
Yes |
| Video Webtown |
No |
30 Gbytes of disk space and
30 Gbytes of bandwidth per user |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| VideoEgg |
Yes. Same as with AOL –
if a video is too long, you can use a preview player to trim its length and erase sections
you don't want. |
Videos must be kept to less
than 5 minutes long. From the site: "While there's no technical limit to the length
of video the Publisher can post, long videos are expensive to store and stream." |
Free (for now) |
Yes |
Yes. The VideoEgg publisher
is required, but it's just a tiny Web browser plug-in and installs in a minute. |
| vidiLife |
No |
No limit |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| Vimeo |
No |
30 Mbytes a week |
Free |
No |
No |
| vMix |
Yes (For slideshows only) |
200 Mbytes |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| vSocial |
No |
100 Mbytes |
Free |
No |
No |
| Yahoo Video |
No |
100 Mbytes |
Free |
No |
No |
| Yikers |
No |
Under 10 Mbytes |
$4.98/mo. |
No |
No |
| YouTube |
No |
None. From the site's FAQ:
"Most videos on YouTube are under five minutes long. There is no specific length
limit, but longer videos require more compression to fit in the 100MB size limit, and the
quality will go down as the length of the video goes up." |
Free |
Yes |
No |
| ZippyVideos |
No |
Under 10 Mbytes without
registration. Up to 20 Mbytes with user registration. |
Free |
Yes |
No |
Source: lightreading.com
Light Reading's company data |
