YuJa Alternatives | In-Depth Comparison with VIDIZMO

YuJa Enterprise Video Platform is a pre-packaged SaaS-based video streaming and management solution founded in 2007. The solution is highly focused on the education-based video use cases and caters primarily to K-12 schools and higher education institutes. They do have an offering for government and corporate clients, but this is a basic solution that is molded out of their education solution and lacks many key offerings in this domain.

VIDIZMO, an alternative to YuJa, is a Gartner Magic Quadrant-recognized enterprise video content management system that offers both live and on-demand video streaming and management for both internal and external audiences. It is an end-to-end video solution founded in 2009 with a diverse range of large-scale corporate, government and educational clients (US Department of State, County of Los Angeles, NEC to name a few).

In this blog, we will compare the two video solutions based on various features to understand which best fits your requirements.

VIDIZMO EnterpriseTube vs. YuJa Enterprise Video Platform

Overview:

Here’s what VIDIZMO offers:

• VIDIZMO is recognized in Gartner Magic Quadrant for enterprise video content management system, which is a testament to its product quality and capabilities
• VIDIZMO has multiple flexible deployment options (on-premise, in the cloud, hybrid and as SaaS) that can cater to varying security and customization needs
• VIDIZMO is a Microsoft Gold Partner and is available on both Microsoft Azure Marketplace and Azure Government Marketplace to allow you to swiftly and seamlessly deploy utilizing Azure infrastructure
• VIDIZMO is also available on AWS Marketplace
• VIDIZMO is designed while keeping user security and privacy at the forefront, which is why it caters to government customers like the US Department of State

While YuJa Offers:

• YuJa is an education-focused video solution with additional capabilities like lecture capture and limited education-related integrations available like LMS
• YuJa is not recognized by Gartner as a top solution, and some customer reviews on Capterra have cited that its navigation and search are confusing and videos often being jumpy and glitchy.
• Purely SaaS-based solution on AWS
• YuJa is not available on Azure Marketplace and AWS Marketplace

Deployment

Here are the deployment models that VIDIZMO offers:

• SaaS (Share Cloud) deployment on VIDIZMO Cloud: a ready-to-deploy pre-packaged video solution hosted on Microsoft Azure Commercial or Government Cloud
• Cloud of your choice: a customizable Public or Private cloud of your choice with deployment options in over 200 countries and a choice to host and store your videos in different locations
• On-Premise deployment: securely deploy on-premise in datacenters behind your organization’s firewall
• Hybrid deployment: opt for a combination of cloud and on-premise deployment based on your security needs for each type of video content
• Azure Marketplace and AWS Marketplace: VIDIZMO is available as a pre-packaged solution on both Microsoft Azure, Azure Government and AWS marketplaces

While YuJa Offers:

• SaaS deployment on YuJa Cloud: a pre-packaged video solution hosted on AWS data centers
• No other types of flexible deployment options are available

Integrations

VIDIZMO offers the following types of video integrations:

• Single Sign-On (SSO): offers integration with 25+ SSO authentication providers that include directory services (like Azure AD), identity access management services (like Okta) and third-party login services (like Google and LinkedIn)
• Video Conferencing Solutions: integrates with solutions like Zoom, MS Teams and Cisco WebEx to automatically ingest and securely manage recorded meetings as well as to conduct secure large-scale webinars
• Learning Management Systems (LMS) like Moodle, Blackboard, and more
• Other native integrations include CMS (like SharePoint), CRM solutions (like HubSpot), Tracking applications (like Google Analytics) and more
• Custom integrations can also be requested in case of unique business requirements

While YuJa Offers:

• Single Sign-On (SSO): integrates with major SSO providers like Active Directory, LDAP, etc.
• Learning Management Systems: native and custom integrations are available with various LMSs
• Video Conferencing Solutions: integrates with only two video conferencing solutions, Zoom and Cisco WebEx
• Ad Astra Integration: Higher education course scheduling solution to assist in scheduling lecture capture
• Caliper Analytics: for collection and visualization of learning data

Access Controls

Here’s what VIDIZMO offers in terms of video access management:

• Role-Based access controls are available with 6 default user roles that pre-defined permissions associated with them for swift access management of users by assigning them these roles
  
• Utilize SSO integration for centralized identity and access management with a feature to auto-sync and provision user and group identity information through industry-leading SCIM standard
• Limited sharing capability is available with the assistance of URL tokenization to separately share a video or multiple videos with password protection and limited access, duration, download, and views via permalink
• You can also generate and expire multiple permalinks for limited sharing of a video that you may expire as you wish

While YuJa Offers:

• An admin role is available with complete control, and sub-admin roles can be created in which you can custom-define access and hierarchy
• For centralized identity and access management (IAM), user and group synchronization is possible; however, user provisioning is not available to automatically assign access
• URL tokenization is not possible, and there is no limited sharing capability

Content Creation

Here’s what VIDIZMO offers:

• Capture videos through the VIDIZMO mobile application
• Integrations with industry-leading video capture and creation tools are available for higher quality video creation

While YuJa Offers:

• Capture videos through hardware, software, or in-browser capture tools
• Mobile and tablet capture is also available
• Screen recording is also available

Security and Compliances

Here’s what VIDIZMO offers:

• Audit logs are available for each autonomous video portal to ensure proper user activity tracking and to meet regulatory compliances like GDPR and HIPAA
  
• Define a custom retention period for your videos
• Define custom security policy, privacy policy, and terms of use
• Set a separate anonymous user policy
• Possible to block video downloads
• URL tokenization to allow limited sharing is available

While YuJa Offers:

• No audit logs can be tracked right back to each user, which hinders activity monitoring as well as makes it challenging to meet compliances like GDPR and HIPAA
• URL tokenization to allow limited sharing is not available
• Not possible to block videos from being downloaded
• Cannot define custom security policy, privacy policy, and terms of use
• Not possible to restrict videos from being downloaded

Conclusion

The focus of this comparison was to understand the critical differences between YuJa and VIDIZMO to understand where the strength of each solution lies. Hence, there are many features that were left out in this analysis, like AI capabilities, search, and indexing. This is because both VIDIZMO and YuJa have mostly similar offerings in these areas, with some minor differences.

For an organization looking for a pre-packaged education-focused solution, YuJa is a good option they can consider. However, this is only possible in a scenario where privacy and security are not a top priority. Otherwise, VIDIZMO stands out in terms of the depth and quality of its features like access controls, security, and limited sharing, as well as the flexibility offered in terms of various deployment models and customizations. The decision ultimately depends upon your organizational requirements, which is why research is of utmost importance.