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    Amazon Elastic Transcoder

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Amazon Elastic Transcoder from AWS is a cloud-based media transcoding service available to AWS users which is priced on the volume of media transcoded by minute and the media's resolution. The service is scalable and anticipates transcoding of very large files or high volumes of files.

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    Amazon Elastic Transcoder
    Editions & Modules
    Audio Only
    $0.0045
    per minute
    Less than 720p
    $0.015
    per minute
    720p and above
    $0.03
    per minute
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Elastic Transcoder
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAmazon Elastic Transcoder offers a monthly free usage tier. The free tier consists of: 20 minutes of free audio-only output per month, 20 minutes of free SD output per month and 10 minutes of free HD output per month. Once you exceed the number of minutes in this free usage tier, you will be charged at the prevailing rates.
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    Amazon Elastic Transcoder
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    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon Elastic Transcoder
    Amazon Elastic Transcoder is in a league of its own when compared to other alternatives in the market. The most noticeable competitor would be either Microsoft or Adobe or Google. When I had a chance to compare Azure products and Amazon products, the difference is obvious and …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon Elastic Transcoder
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Elastic Transcoder
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic Transcoder
    9.2
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime10.02 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling10.02 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.53 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates9.03 Ratings
    Monitoring tools9.53 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images8.02 Ratings
    Operating system support9.03 Ratings
    Security controls8.03 Ratings
    Automation9.52 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Amazon Elastic Transcoder
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon Elastic Transcoder
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    It is well suited in a large setting where people use different file formats and various apps to record and transfer their audio or video files across devices. In such scenarios, the transcoder would of real help to eliminate the hassle of converting the files into desired formats for viewing or doing some other analysis.
    The transcoder would not be of much use if all the files have the same format and does not need any conversion from their source file formats. It would prove costly and not useful if it's just an additional step that is of no particular use
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Works at scale, you can can transcode a high number of videos at the same time.
    • Supports a good number of formats.
    • Good integration with AWS S3 and other AWS Services.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Amazon Elastic Transcoder requires a fair amount of setup.
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    Support for Amazon Elastic Transcoder is the same as any other service within AWS. If you are familiar with AWS, it is easy to start using Elastic Transcoder
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    Amazon Elastic Transcoder is in a league of its own when compared to other alternatives in the market. The most noticeable competitor would be either Microsoft or Adobe or Google. When I had a chance to compare Azure products and Amazon products, the difference is obvious and the experience provided by both the products are very different in terms of user experience and interaction with the application. The cost and availability also were taken into consideration when choosing between the two shortlisted choices. So we went with Amazon's product as it is widely used and has support and maintenance which is basically better than the competition.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Less time for integration with this service if you are already in AWS stack
    • No real time transcoding is a negative
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