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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

    Vultr

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AVultr is an independent cloud computing platform on a mission to provide businesses and developers around the world with unrivaled ease of use, price-to-performance, and global reach.

    $2.50

    per month

    Pricing
    Amazon Elastic TranscoderVultr
    Editions & Modules
    Audio Only
    $0.0045
    per minute
    Less than 720p
    $0.015
    per minute
    720p and above
    $0.03
    per minute
    Block Storage
    $1
    per month
    Cloud Compute
    $2.50
    per month
    Object Storage
    $5
    per month
    Kubernetes Engine
    $10
    per month
    Load Balancers
    $10
    per month
    Managed Databases
    $15
    per month
    Optimized Cloud Compute
    $28
    per month
    Cloud GPU
    $90
    per month
    Bare Metal
    $120
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Elastic TranscoderVultr
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    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.Pricing is based on specifications chosen in each product category. Bandwidth is also included up to a certain amount per month.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Amazon Elastic TranscoderVultr
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    No answer on this topic
    Vultr
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Would buy again
    55 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    60 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    53 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    58 Answers
    Features
    Amazon Elastic TranscoderVultr
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Elastic Transcoder and Vultr
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic Transcoder
    9.2
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Vultr
    2.8
    15 Ratings
    97% below category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime10.02 Ratings2.914 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling10.02 Ratings2.512 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.53 Ratings2.711 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates9.03 Ratings2.813 Ratings
    Monitoring tools9.53 Ratings2.013 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images8.02 Ratings2.714 Ratings
    Operating system support9.03 Ratings3.015 Ratings
    Security controls8.03 Ratings4.513 Ratings
    Automation9.52 Ratings2.212 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Amazon Elastic TranscoderVultr
    Small Businesses
    DigitalOcean Droplets
    Score8.7 out of 10
    DigitalOcean Droplets
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9.5 out of 10
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon Elastic TranscoderVultr
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    2.6
    (18 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon Elastic TranscoderVultr
    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
    Incentivized
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    Vultr
    I've been with Vultr over 5 years hosting multiple businesses and email related services. I never experienced a significant outage or data loss. Migration has always been successful as well. Support is top tier and IP reputation is clean. I like the choices of OS, ease of platform use and multiple hosting/ region options.
    Incentivized
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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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    Vultr
    • Good performance from servers close to me and my customers
    • Ease of spinning up new servers
    • Great service levels of servers I spin up
    • Notifications of issues or downtime come through quickly, allowing me to handle client queries with knowledge in hand.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Amazon Elastic Transcoder requires a fair amount of setup.
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    Vultr
    • The response times for support tickets is too high and a quicker response time would be appreciated
    • Availability of the VPS solution in Middle east and Africa would help
    • Abilito to connect SIP trunks would make it more easy to run active communictaion platforms on Vultr
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    We’ve been extremely satisfied with the service for many years. After trying other providers, we’ve found nothing that matches the reliability and performance—so we’re not likely to switch anytime soon.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    easy to use and configure. great bang for the buck. I need an affordable solution to host in the cloud data from systems installed at our client's site with the ability to drill down and change the configuration remotely. Vultr enabled us to do that in an efficient and affordable way.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Vultr
    Because of the 24 hour turnaround timing with servers I need immediate reply
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Nothing in particular to share that I did not already discuss
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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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    Vultr
    Linode is a more old-school offering. Linode pricing model and infrastructure rely on classic Virtual Machines. What we like about Vultr is that they offer the same at the front, but in the back, the machines are much more flexible and can be tailor-made to our needs, which of course also impacts the costs of running the infrastructure.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Pricing is fair and did not increase
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Vultr
    • We have experienced a 200% return on using Vultr products with a 100% Customer Satisfaction rating.
    • Vultr gives us the regions to deploy where our small business customers are located.
    • Vultr has helped us scale up our company and our cloud solutions.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Vultr Screenshots

    Screenshot of Vultr's control panel helps users spend less time managing infrastructure.Screenshot of Vultr's services offer additional configuration and inside of the simplified control panel.Screenshot of a display of when peak activity happens on an application. The server health graphs provide insight from the moment the server is created.Screenshot of Vultr's interface, which allows users to deploy high performance servers worldwide from any device.Screenshot of how to reach the 24/7/365 technical support team that is available through Vultr's ticketing system.