Video Hosting Sites- What Fell Off The List
We originally recommended Brightcove because at the time there were few paid hosting options that were friendly to small businesses, and the $99 monthly cost was reasonable in that environment. But Brightcove is really designed for larger companies that host a lot of video content that changes or updates frequently, and that need the ability to add commercials before their videos play.
Given the new Vimeo Pro option, the improvements to YouTube and the less expensive Wistia options, we feel that Brightcove is both too expensive, and too robust, for most small business hosting needs.
We've also removed Screencast from our list. While Screencast is a good option for some applications (hosting webinars, for example), it doesn’t transcode your video into versions that play on different devices. Basically, what you upload is what you get. If that works for you, Screencast does have a free option (2GB storage and 2GB bandwidth per month).
Other Video Hosting Sites Options
There are other video hosting sites that can work well for your small business, with more popping up all the time. These generally offer different pricing depending on how much storage, bandwidth and analytic functionality you require. If you want to check out more options, take a look at Sproutvideo, Viddler, Vzarr, and Streaming Video Provider.Lastly, if you've got other good video hosting solutions for small businesses, let us know with a comment.