Dacast Reviews

Bottom line is that it works. It's consistent. It's straightforward. The support available is prompt, understanding and interested in supplying the best product and service they can.

I have no complaints. The software and company have completely met my expectations. I am not exaggerating.

The great variety of settings you have to get the image do you need. The price it's also great for my needs.

In my case, the learning curve. I was not familiar with this kind of broadcasting.

Easy to set up. Stable and safe even in intensive use.

we would like more development in the off-line part of the software

This was my organizations first time trying to profit off of a live-stream and the paywall feature DaCast offers was the perfect fit. They have the ability to social share to Facebook and Twitter as well as embed the videos into our own website! Customer service is always available and promptly responds when I was setting up the account.

The videos were sometimes slow to load. Setting up the channel to save or download the videos after were also not very clear and ultimately resulted in us losing one video.

Its multiple adaptation for the html5 player, the blocking of the player through the url, the personalization of its interface among many other things.

The cost is very high compared to its competitors. They charge you for things that are not clear, the bandwidth traffic for example is very expensive.

Could be a great solution for many organizations looking for an HTML 5 device agnostic solutions that offers low-latency streaming . The ability to add a paywall is very cool, but not something I tested in the trial or would use in my industry. But can see it being an amazing option for webinar creators.

Being a live streaming profession this wasn't much of an issue for me, but the software is not something I suggest for a newer streamer. Or at least it will take some time to get used to it. I tested it when evaluating other streaming platforms and there are certainly more convenient and easier to use solutions.

Easy to use, affordable, stable and support is always ready to provide assistance

I would suggest only few modification on user interface (website) in order to have the most useful options in a single page.

Ease of use. the software interface has a natural progression, instructions and samples in laymen's terms. In the years I have been using Vzaar, I can count on this software to deliver my needs to customers without fear of malfunctioning. Customer support is always knowledgable and reactive in a timely manner.

analytics could be a little more user friendly, and a trending function should be added. Software support should be 24/7

A dedicated team who is working hard on making life easier for the content owners.
They offer a very simple and intuitive platform where you can easily start streaming your event or video across all platforms and devices. The integrated Paywall is another plus as you can start monetizing your content in no time.
Last but not least their pricing structure is straight forward and flexible enough so that can be used by everyone, from very small publishers to big clients who have daily live streams with a big audience who expect nothing but the best in quality.

Can’t think of any since their support team is doing a great job in helping with any issues a client comes through.

Easy and fast setup. And also affordable prices.

Sometimes difficult to login to watch, if system is on subscription based video.

Backend has various facilities and easy to use as per admin prospective whereas streaming is very fast and happy with the performance

I don't find anything,we need to think again

The system is solid and works without issue. Vzaar automatically handles distribution and plan on multiple platforms without any additional user intervention. It is flexible in distributing to various viewing groups with minimal effort.

Upload and encoding speeds are good but I would like it to be faster. The speeds have increased dramatically over the years that I have been using Vzaar.

There are many things I like about Vzaar. A few of them are flexible accounts, price, service, easy dashboard navigation, and many technical options.

Simplicity and ease of use, great analytics!

Operator error but, we didn't realize we needed the Dacast version of OBS.

very stable

The streaming video is not stored for playback in the future

Excelent Support, nice platform and easy to understand, great features that can be a really good tool.

Even with all of the features the streaming experience has been so poor lately, for that price you expect stability and quality transmission but none of that happens. If you are looking for stability reliability and quality, sadly this is not the option for you right now. There are another options for less price that covers all of those needs.

Pricing, accesible support and easy interface makes the service a good choice. If you are new to video hosting, this is the place to start.

The players look and feel is farely basic. For some high end design websites, the video player style might be too simple or require additional customizations with support from experienced coders or designers.

It works - but it didn't quite fit 100% of my needs, so the ability to talk to someone was ace. However...

The people running it are not so cool. They called me, I was busy. Their voice mailbox was full so I was unable to leave a message. When I finally got hold of someone - they were late for a meeting and had to go. What the deuce? Never did get a call back. Signed up for Vimeo Pro while I was waiting.

Using this majorly for the videos. Very easy to use. Looks neat and well organised.

Tried to upload a very high res video, it failed

I was looking for a CDN that provided a reasonably priced starter package, that would support multiple channels while offering reliability. I found the help and setup guides generally comprehensive and clear. Support was available online to assist with setup and the service worked as described.

There is a significant latency - about 30 seconds - between live action and the stream. Not a problem for viewers, but as starting a stream can take a while, it can be a long time to wait to view your own transmission to get the reassurance that all is working. It would be a bonus if there was a chat facility or other way to get feedback from viewers.

The white label player which allowed us to howcase ourselves and not facebook

The inability to have on offline saved version of what we streamed for a even a short term

I love how easy it is to use on the producer’s end and how versatile it is.

The stream could be more consistent, occasionally I have users report trouble loading until they refresh their browsers.

Its functionality and features, especially its low-latency feature and the ability to monetize the webcast

Entering URL's into our encoder is a little bit cumbersome for the low latency channels.

The pricing structure is probably the best thing about DaCast. It's affordable (unlike many of their competitors), and their customer service is top notch. My rep usually gets back to me within an hour after I e-mail him, and their tech support people are always available to chat regardless of the time...and they are very helpful. If they can't resolve a problem, they send it to their higher-ups and it gets taken care of pretty quickly.

Some of the CDNs have buffering issues depending on where they are, but they seem to have repaired these over the past few months. The analytics reports have also been a problem in the past, but they too seem to have been remedied of late. The PPV on demand interface is a bit cumbersome and difficult for some non-tech-savvy customers of mine to navigate. That would be the only issue I wish DaCast could simplify...it's a really big deal to log in once an account has been created and they don't allow for users to change their passwords - if forgotten, DaCast issues them a randomly-generated new one and they are difficult to remember. I also don't like the fact that clients must wait until an accumulation of $100 or more via PPV sales is reached before they can transfer funds from DaCast...and the first transaction takes 35 days. That is ridiculous.

We provide 24/7 streaming to a wide audience internationally as well as in the USA. We had a streaming provider that began to be too costly for what we did as a non-profit organization. So in our search for a better provider, we found DaCast to be the best solution for our needs at a great rate. With flexible plans based on bandwidth, and the ability to make unlimited events, for us, this works great! Now we can continue to make our 24/7 streaming available to our audience thanks to DaCast.

The only thing we did not like was that DaCast did not have their own broadcaster box to connect to our Sony Camera to stream directly from our camera to the live event. We had to use our computer to stream and eventually found a third party broadcasting box solution that integrates with DaCast streaming service.