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Vimeo
Summary
Platform for video collaboration, publishing, and marketing.

Parent organisation: IAC
Type of organisation: Publicly-listed company (or group)
Market share: #2 brand

Pricing: Free-$900/annum
Factors driving pricing: Additional features, More users (publishing-side), Ability to whitelabel or customise
Skills needed to set-up: Needs tool/domain expert to configure
Skills needed to use: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Pros
Releases new features regularly
Transparent pricing model
Clear data policies
Allows data deletion
Shares diversity data
Cons
Newsworthy business problems - Vimeo ordered to compensate Mediaset over breach of copyright, Vimeo embroiled in biometric ‘face map’ lawsuit over user privacy, consent
Lacks accessibility statement

Full Product Data Collection

Data collected January-February 2020

Product nameVimeo
Product URLhttps://vimeo.com/
Parent organisationIAC
Workflow categoryPublishing & distribution
Date product founded2004
Product descriptionPlatform for video collaboration, publishing, and marketing.
What type of company or organisation is the product owned by?Publicly-listed company (or group)
Is the company profit-making?Cannot determine
How is this product funded?Subscriptions
What market share does the tool have?#2 brand
Is there an Open Source alternative in this product space?No
When did the company last release new features?November 2019: Redesigned mobile app.
Have they shared details of the product roadmap?No
Is there talk of the product raising further investment?No
Is there talk of the product being acquired?No
Have there been any newsworthy business issues or challenges in the last 12 months?Yes. Vimeo ordered to compensate Mediaset over breach of copyright, Vimeo embroiled in biometric ‘face map’ lawsuit over user privacy, consent
Is there a pricing model listed on the website?Yes
How clear & transparent is this pricing model?Very: full pricing listed
What is the range of prices offered?Basic: Free
Pro: $240/annum
Business: $600/annum
Premium $900/annum
What factors drive higher pricing?Additional features, More users (publishing-side), Ability to whitelabel or customise
What skills are needed to get this tool set up & usable?Needs tool/domain expert to configure
What skills are needed to USE this tool day-to-day?Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Does this tool use proprietary file formats for saving documents & outputs?Cannot tell
Is the product reliant on 3rd-party APIs or interoperability to function?No
Have there been any newsworthy technical issues in the last 3 years?No
How clear is the Terms of Service for users (i.e. publishing customers)?Technical, legalistic TOS
Does the product have a data collection & usage policy on its website? (Can be a GDPR statement)?Yes, comprehensive.
Is their data policy “GDPR everywhere”?No different rules in different markets
Does the product require your audience to sign-in to use it?N/A not an audience facing tool
IF SIGN IN REQUIRED: Does audience sign-in use 3rd party platforms?N/A not an audience facing tool
Does the public product website mention how to export or transfer your data to another service?Only partial exports available
Does the public product website mention how to delete your data?Yes: for both publisher and audience data
Have there been any newsworthy security breaches with this product in the last 3 years?No
Does the company have an accessibility statement on its website?No / cannot find
Does the company release information on the diversity of the workforce?Yes