Encoding.com and Vid.ly may appear as similar, but there are vast differences. Follow along below, or feel free to chat up sales[at]encoding[dot]com for any questions!
The Encoding.com service works is as follows:
– Store your source videos on S3 / Rackspace or FTP site
– Decide your integration method, whether it be API or watch folder. Here, you must be the maestro and pick your encoding settings
– Deliver videos back to your S3 / Rackspace or FTP site.
– Encoding.com charges based on bandwidth I/O. So that would be source in + encodes out = total bandwidth used.
Vid.ly works very much in the same manner, except the following differences:
– Store your source videos on S3 / Rackspace or FTP site
– Use our API integration, as UI for Vid.ly has not been rolled out yet. With Vid.ly, we configure all the settings for you.
– Receive the Vid.ly URL back. Watch it anywhere!
– We do the hosting for you and charge based on # of Vid.ly URLs + storage + views.