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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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.

    $0

    per minute

    IBM Cloud Internet Services

    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    IBM Cloud Internet Services is a set of edge network services for securing internet-facing applications from DDoS attacks, data theft, and bot attacks, as well as optimizing their web apps or ensuring global responsiveness and the ongoing availability of their internet-facing applications.

    $275

    per month, per domain

    Pricing
    Amazon Elastic TranscoderIBM Cloud Internet Services
    Editions & Modules
    Audio Only
    $0.0045
    per minute
    Less than 720p
    $0.015
    per minute
    720p and above
    $0.03
    per minute
    IBM Cloud Internet Services - Standard
    $275.00
    per month, per domain
    IBM Cloud Internet Services - Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Elastic TranscoderIBM Cloud Internet Services
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo 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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    Features
    Amazon Elastic TranscoderIBM Cloud Internet Services
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Elastic Transcoder and IBM Cloud Internet Services
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic Transcoder
    9.2
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    IBM Cloud Internet Services
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Amazon Elastic TranscoderIBM Cloud Internet Services
    Small Businesses
    DigitalOcean Droplets
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Cisco ACI
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Cisco ACI
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon Elastic TranscoderIBM Cloud Internet Services
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    7.5
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon Elastic TranscoderIBM Cloud Internet Services
    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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    IBM
    In terms of business challenges, it simplifies the job of my engineers and significantly increases the productivity of my teams when they collaborate with IBM teams all over the world. Now that we have completed a proof-of-concept using the services supplied by IBM, we expect it to assist us in managing them more efficiently; thus far, management has been straightforward.
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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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    IBM
    • Integration with IBM Cloud applications
    • Easy to manage web application firewall
    • Ease of protecting CloudFoundry applications
    • Good console UI
    • Protection for rare managed service offerings such as CouchDB through IBM Cloudant
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Amazon Elastic Transcoder requires a fair amount of setup.
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    IBM
    • Request proxying is done by way of DNS name resolution, which is inflexible.
    • Proxy services do not work on wildcard DNS entries.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    I have seen faster and more user friendly interfaces like Azure
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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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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    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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    IBM
    I have used Salesforce to explore it as an app but I have found them both able to solve my needs and requirements when it comes to security. While I choose IBM Cloud Internet Services for more accessibility, a better price was available with Saleforce. Although that is just my observation.
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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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    IBM
    • It had a positive impact with a big improvement on the performance of web applications.
    • Services are quite fast to implement and easy to maintain from an IT perspective.
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