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Video hosting platform that helps businesses upload, monetize videos, stream live videos and more.

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Pros:

It's very user-friendly, and very easy to integrate and get started on the platform. The traffic is extensive and it's easy to grow a channel and get your videos to the right audience.

Cons:

Sometimes the troubleshoot required to buffer a 1080p video is frustrating. Removing dislike button is a huge con.

YouTube ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.8
Customer Service
4.2
Features
4.6
Value for Money
4.5

Likelihood to recommend

9.2/10

YouTube has an overall rating of 4.8 out 5 stars based on 596 user reviews on Capterra.

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Revanth
Revanth
Application engineer in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Top and Best Platform for Video sharing and Steaming

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: YouTube experience was amazing, from uploading new videos to live streaming. It help companies to reach wider audience for their specific niche. Live streaming is like free Webinars, just sharing the link is enough, customers or audience are very familiar with how YouTube works, so it helped us a lot to save time for explaining things like how to join, which platform to join, how to interact with streaming person and more. User experience was just top notch, everything works smoothly with no issues.

Pros:

YouTube is an excellent platform for both large Firms and small creators, to showcase their new or unique ideas to ever increasing audience. YouTube has so much userbase, that videos easily gets large amount of views. To meet this requirement their are also a wide variety of consistent YouTube creators who fullfill all the searches in YouTube. Businesses have been getting many customers from running Ads in YouTube. More the audience or views, more will the chances of getting leads or sales. One of the biggest advantage is YouTube is free. If I continue to explain more the list will be too much, So I would suggest whoever thinking about getting into YouTube either for business or as a creator to go for it, since it's free and versatile.

Cons:

Their is nothing I don't like about YouTube. Didn't got any issues while using it.

Ghadeer
Freelancer in Iraq
E-Learning, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

“ the whole world in one app “

5.0 last month New

Comments: You can learn a lot of things on YouTube. I viewed a lot of marketing and advertising-related content, which was really helpful to me in my profession. The app also provided me with solutions to challenges I encountered while working as an advertiser.

Pros:

Large companies and small artists alike can promote their innovative or distinctive ideas to an ever-growing audience on YouTube. YouTube has such a wide user base that videos easily receive many views. There are numerous reliable YouTube creators who satisfy all YouTube searches in addition to this condition. Running YouTube ads has been bringing in a lot of business. The likelihood of generating leads or revenues will increase as the audience or views increase. One of YouTube's main benefits is that it's free. If I go on, the list will be too long. Therefore, I advise everyone considering entering YouTube, whether for personal or professional reasons, to do so.

Cons:

There are some shorts that are inappropriate for me, therefore when I click the "not interested" button next to one of them, it keeps coming up. I hope YouTube fixes this issue because the button can be really frustrating at times.

Ismail
Marketing in Algeria
Marketing & Advertising, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

What is so good about YouTube?

3.0 4 weeks ago New

Pros:

YouTube is an open platform that anyone can use to share their ideas and great way to connect with other people who share your interests.

Cons:

I do not like the difficulty of communicating with support staff, the complexities of communication that affect the quality of services

Sandeep
Sandeep
Student in Nepal
Verified LinkedIn User
Veterinary Software, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Youtube : An Unstoppable Source of Information and Entertainment

4.0 3 months ago

Comments: It has been a good and a reliable source of information for me as well as a medium that i can rely for entertainment.

Pros:

You can surf any videos of your choice. The searching option is so good that if you search certain part lf the lyrics it will show you the full song. The YT shorts are making the YT more fun to use today as the market is overwhelmed by TikTok short videos. YT offers you the popular videos and songs ac to your region you are staying. It's free to Log in and to Upload videos. You can also use YouTube for monitization. Videos warn you if the contents can trigger certain group of people beforehand.

Cons:

There are not much Cons but what i hate the most is even when I don't subscribe certain channels i get notifications from them if i have watched there videos in the past. Youtube doesnt let you download the videos into your cell directly but has a option of in-built offline downloads within application. The most annoying part are the advertisement that appears in YouTube.

Mohamed
digital marketing specialist in Egypt
Marketing & Advertising, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

self-learning

5.0 2 months ago

Comments: YouTube give you an learning trip in your life, you can learn a lot of things, I watched a lot of content about marketing and advertising and that helped me a lot in my work, the app give me ways to solve my problems in my work as an advertiser.

Pros:

I like the YouTube software and the ease of using the app, it's so important for self-learning you can find all the courses in the app, the timestamp on of the best feature it save a lot of time, I like the quality of YouTube, you can find also what content you like and subscribe to them to find what do you like when you open the app and that is very cool cause there is some contents that its not appropriate to you as a user.

Cons:

there is some shorts that it's not appropriate for me, so when I click on not interested in this shorts it comes again and again I hope YouTube fix this problem and fix the not interested button cause some time it's very annoying.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Writing & Editing, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

YouTube contents

5.0 3 weeks ago New

Comments: My experience with YouTube has been great. I only feel like the ability to play videos in the background can enable viewers to watch videos with friends.

Pros:

YouTube has made my video content to grow by engaging more customers to my network. What I like about YouTube is its transcripts

Cons:

The quality and copyright of YouTube videos are not created professionally and some videos are misleading and have false information

Yasmin
Vendedora in Brazil
Education Management, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

I really like youtube to study in an integrated way some management subjects, where I find everythin

5.0 2 months ago New

Comments: Watch videos, subscribe to channel, activate notifications, watch lives, watch short videos and interaction with many different subjects.

Pros:

I like the convenience of watching, downloading and subscribing to the channel that is most interesting on subjects related to my studies.

Cons:

I can't see failures on youtube. For me it is the most complete app ever.

Luana
Administradora in Brazil
Retail, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

The best interaction tool today .

5.0 2 months ago

Comments: Great cost-benefit as it allows you to get to know the world and people from different social classes, relaxing videos or business tutorials.

Pros:

YouTube is very easy to use, whether to produce videos, study or entertain, very practical. You can find different types of content from anywhere in the world. Subtitles are good when the videos are foreign and allow us to share them to interact with friends and family.

Cons:

There could be fewer advertisements in view of the amount that hinders reading time, for example. But considering that you have a paid monthly package from YouTube that allows you to watch videos without interference from ads.

alecsander
operador in Brazil
Wholesale, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

an app i really like for studying watching videos and music

5.0 4 weeks ago New

Comments: everything I have questions about I ask in the app and I can learn quickly

Pros:

I like the content that is recommended that interests me, the application is easy to use at any time

Cons:

I think the app should have a tool for downloading videos of interest

Piyush
Digitally Piyush in India
Marketing & Advertising, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

King Of Social Video

5.0 last month New

Pros:

Its easy to use , simple inter face no complications and variety of videos. Good source of income as well if you have a youtube channel.

Cons:

Too many ads , ads are very disturbing and makes feel irritated

Mario
Owner in Germany
E-Learning, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Video hosting made easy

5.0 last year

Comments: I use another - paid - video platform, but I like YouTube the most, because it's THE search engine.

Pros:

Fast uploads, unlimited access, you can decide to share or to use private links. Very good statistics.

Cons:

If you need support - it's very hard to get the right answers. FAQ is ok, but sometimes to much to find the right answers. No support in person.

Abdul
Abdul
Sr. Officer - QA in Bangladesh
Verified LinkedIn User
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

YouTube is the closest thing to Time Machine we can get.

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: YouTube is like a teacher who is always there for you, like a wise knowledge provider who will support you no matter what, like a cool friend who will recommend you music and movies, like a storyteller who has visited the world and telling you the fantastic tales in sequences, like a youthful companion who will accompany you 24/7.
Absolutely love and recommend YouTube and I am sure, all other of us enjoy it too.

Pros:

Today while commuting to work suddenly a specific YouTube recommended song came out of nowhere - a song which I have listened to hundreds of times while I was young and forgot about it. This song hit me emotionally so hard that I had to stop driving to enjoy the profound moment. I cannot but praise the amazing recommendation algorithm this site provides - makes me feel glad to be born in this era to experience such advantages. YouTube always has been my virtual teacher. I remember during my college days I used to go through YouTube tutorials to understand the topics I am going to write about. Frankly, it would have been tremendously difficult to pass for me if I hadn't taken the assistance of this amazing platform. To this day, at work or amongst friends, when I find difficulties I always take support from here, and to be truthful, I never have been disappointed. YouTube has allured me to visit the world, to learn, and to appreciate what nature has offered us. Impressed by YouTube travel content, I took the daunting task of solo travel to Kerala - India, and I never have had to look back. YouTube is like my personal guide where hundreds of amazing people acknowledge me about everything and every aspect. I have never uploaded video's on YouTube, but my closest friend is a professional YouTuber and often mentions the ease of using YouTube and the benefits of making important content. In the future, I also may make some useful videos and supply them to the world via YT.

Cons:

Recently, I feel the excessiveness of unnecessary Ad's on Youtube, really kills off the vibe. Also, just audio features would be nice. Many of us like to listen to music by it using mobile phones but it is hard as we have to keep the command window open and it often interrupts the ongoing media - very irritating.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

One of the Famous & Convenient Online Video Sharing and Social Media Platform

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: I am using YouTube daily and very happy to have it as a favorite app. It is very easy and publicly famous app. It has many functions or features like Online video sharing, subscribe to favorite channels. I have linked YouTube with TV code with Smart TV. So I am enjoy watching all my favorite videos on my mobile as well as on TV. I can easily searching a lot of videos on YouTube. In deed, YouTube is such a very useful app of online video sharing.

Pros:

I like YouTube very much because of its tremendous feature of online video sharing. You just need to login into YouTube and upload your video online easily to get maximum likes and comments. You can easily create your own short video and upload that's it. You can browse all videos on search option at the top and play or watch anytime as per your convenience. YouTube help me to improve my knowledge and ideas via browsing all types of needy videos. Even we can go live anytime on YouTube. Even you can easily subscribe to any favorite channels and get the notifications about latest videos. I can easily saved and download my favorite videos. There are so many movies in all languages on Youtube for all people and this is a good strategy to connect all people to one app.

Cons:

in case of online app, there is a question of security. as a top-most favorite online video sharing and watching app, YouTube needs to have maximum security features. To avoid illegal access, there needs to be two way factors authentication like access code or OTP via email & phone. All other features are set to proceed with access to YouTube.

Ismaël Huberson
Ismaël Huberson
Founder in Côte d’Ivoire
Verified LinkedIn User
Apparel & Fashion, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Youtube

5.0 6 months ago

Pros:

YouTube is an online platform where users can share and watch videos on a wide range of topics, from music and entertainment to educational content and news. YouTube has a vast selection of videos on every topic imaginable, from cooking and fitness to gaming and politics. Whatever your interests, you are likely to find a video on YouTube that caters to them.YouTube is free to use, with no subscription fees or hidden costs. This makes it accessible to anyone with an internet connection

Cons:

While YouTube is free to use, it is also supported by advertisements. These ads can be intrusive and disrupt the viewing experience, and some users may find them annoying.

Michael
Photographer, Editor in US
Online Media, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Share your story with the world

5.0 last year

Comments: YouTube has been a great way to showcase my creative work with family, friends, coworkers and any viewers who happen upon my content and choose to watch.

Pros:

I like that YouTube provides a free venue for sharing content with virtually anyone in the world. It is the most popular video sharing platform so it is the best way to reach your audience. YouTube is easy to use and allows for sharing content that you cannot email due to the file size of video. It allows anyone you wish to see your work in a cross platform solution that works on computers as well as phones and tablets. Lastly, if you have enough relevant and regularly available content to post, you can eventually grow your channel to the point of monetization.

Cons:

The use of advertising is understandable and justifiable on the free version of the software but having ads play in the midst of content is intrusive and interrupts the flow of artistic content, even with the option to skip. Requiring the viewer to watch an ad before a video begins is fine. It would be nice to have the option as a creator to specify ads to only play before and/or after content and for such a privilege, I would be willing to compromise by allowing for longer pre-ads with or without the skip functionality.

Tara
Researcher's in India
Education Management, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

The Ultimate Platform for Watching and Sharing Videos

5.0 8 months ago

Comments: Increasing Audience Engagement, Driving Traffic to Your Website, Improving Brand Awareness and Visibility, Generating Leads, and Establishing Authority, Increasing Sales and Profitability . The benefits of using YouTube for business

Pros:

Content discovery, Quality of video content, Search engine optimization, User engagement, and Analytics features are the most impactful on youtube. Yes, the product is straightforward to use and intuitive. Integration with existing business processes varies depending on the platform that YouTube is tied to, but overall, YouTube provides a fairly simple and effective integration process.

Cons:

An area of potential improvement for YouTube is the user interface. It can sometimes be difficult to navigate between sections, especially for newer users. Yes, there are aspects of YouTube that can be difficult to use. These include creating video playlists, changing settings and preferences, finding specific locations when using the YouTube app, and understanding the various features within YouTube, such as live streaming and paid content. Integration with existing business processes on YouTube can be complex. Its suite of tools is pretty limited, and uploading and sharing files can be challenging.

Shimaa
radiologist and freelancer in Egypt
Hospital & Health Care, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Youtube Review

5.0 5 months ago

Comments: It enables me to find many scientific lectures in all languages that helped me a lot during my study and career overall.

Pros:

It is very easy to use and available everywhere, provide subtitles in many languages, videos in variable quality, enables high rate or slow rate and innumerable videos about everything you may think of. If you want to search for something particular you will find many videos and reviews about it in many languages and subtitles. It is very useful in whatever you want entertainment or career, it helped me a lot during all my study years and now in my career provide me by many scientific lectures from allover the world. you can simply listen to music or watch movies or do sport or even watch cooking videos. It is a daily used application that will never let you down.

Cons:

sometimes the ads. are long duration and you can't skip but most of the time they choose ads that you may be interested in so that you can enjoy them.

mustapha
freelance in Morocco
Computer Networking, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great for marketing, not so good for selling

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: I specially use YouTube for looking and growing films and feature now no longer but used very superior video enhancing features. In that slight capacity, my Overall enjoy with YouTube has been excellent

Pros:

YouTube is a fantastic streaming platform. They permit content material creators to attain a extensive target target market with excessive nice video uploads and extraordinary connection. While it could take a video some time to load, the uploads commonly have extraordinary visible readability and the audio fits up. It is extraordinary that movies may be shared and visitors who revel in the video content material have the choice to get alerted of latest releases.

Cons:

YouTube is a remarkable streaming platform. They permit content material creators to attain a huge target target market with excessive excellent video uploads and first-rate connection. While it could take a video some time to load, the uploads typically have first-rate visible readability and the audio fits up. It is first-rate that motion pictures may be shared and visitors who revel in the video content material have the choice to get alerted of latest releases.

François
President in Canada
Human Resources, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Essential is a very weak word

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Been a viewer forever!
Been a user since 2005 when I founded my company.
Been a contributor since 2006 approximately
Been a sharer since the beginning
Been an advocate of the learning capabilities since the early 2010’s.
Overall…one of the best web site ever!!!

Pros:

They have been at it the longest and they keep improving. Very easy to use.powerful search tool. The save liste and Queue function makes the viewing experience phenomenal Almost universal ! everybody knows about youtube Fast becoming the number ! Learning platform for individuals and companies. Still underexploited but growing strong as a learning tool! Oh yes…the recently increased video and sound quality are simply AWESOME!

Cons:

Advertisement…we all understand the business model but it it really getting unnerving and the monthly fees and advantages are not that enticing. Some country restriction for viewing ..hey??? We are stil there? Not due to YouTUbe I believe but ..frankly. The Copyright infringement limitation …although understandable , the way it is applied are simply too erratic and do not serve anybody well.

Gbenga
Gbenga
construction manager in Nigeria
Verified LinkedIn User
Civil Engineering, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

YouTube: Information Central

5.0 7 months ago

Comments: Overall, I find YouTube to be very easy to use. However, the platform's monetization policies can be complex, and there are several guidelines that creators need to follow to avoid demonetization or other penalties.

Pros:

YouTube is incredibly easy to use, even for first-time users. The platform has a clean and intuitive design that guides users through its features. The video uploading process is straightforward, and creators can optimize their videos for search by adding relevant tags and descriptions. Moreover, YouTube has an excellent Creator Academy, which provides tutorials and courses on how to grow and manage a channel.YouTube's algorithm is very good at recommending relevant content to me based on my viewing history and preferences.

Cons:

While I think YouTube is an excellent platform, there are a few features that could be improved. One of the main areas that could use improvement is the platform's content moderation system, as YouTube has faced criticism for not doing enough to curb the spread of harmful or inappropriate content.

Anurag
student in India
Internet, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

youtube review

5.0 last year

Pros:

Beside being the go-to hotspot for finding recordings on any point under the sun, YouTube makes it simple for anybody to implant recordings onto their own site. The effortlessness of transferring and implanting a YouTube video has made it a helpful on location video the board choice for individual site proprietors, private companies, and, surprisingly, those procuring countless dollars in yearly income. One of the most mind-blowing pieces of utilizing YouTube to deal with the video on your site is that the substance is facilitated for nothing, graciousness of YouTube. As a singular site proprietor or a private venture, the last thing you need to need to stress over (or shell out cash for) is video conveyance data transfer capacity.

Cons:

muddled and tedious, costly, you actually need to transfer recordings to YouTube.costly, extended agreements to be marked, the evaluating structure is horrible to little medium estimated organizations, you actually need to transfer your recordings to YouTube. Certain individuals use YouTube to get fast distinction. Certain individuals will generally copy VIPs and rich and popular and this might entice them to engage in risky measures.You can undoubtedly get snared or fixated on specific substance causing you to trust that the substance makers (YouTubers) you watch are your companions since you believe you realize them actually founded on the kind of satisfied they share.Depending on the quantity of bought in channels, there is in every case new happy that is constantly transferred day to day and at times you can fall behind in the event that you don't get to your YouTube for certain days.

ramakrishna
research associate in India
Pharmaceuticals, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Unlocking the Secrets of the Universe- Get Unlimited Knowledge

5.0 6 months ago

Comments: It is an essential platform worldwide. It has revolutionized the way we consume video content and has become a primary source of entertainment, education, and information.It is easy to use, and its vast collection of content means that there is always something new to watch. We can easily search for and discover new content based on interests, and the platform's recommendation algorithm helps to discover new videos that we may not have found otherwise.

Pros:

It has an enormous variety of content available, ranging from educational videos to music videos, comedy skits, cooking tutorials, and much more. There is something for everyone on YouTube, and it can easily find content that matches our interests.

Cons:

It has been accused of not doing enough to remove content that violates community guidelines, which led to concerns about the impact on content.

Amanda
designer in Brazil
Marketing & Advertising, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

The Youtube is amazing!

5.0 3 months ago

Comments: I like the fact that Youtube gives opportunities for people to grow financially by posting content on the platform, in addition to giving space to learning, by making it easier to access knowledge through video lessons or content related to certain school or academic subjects.

Pros:

YouTube is a very user-friendly application, as well as being very affordable. It is wide, bringing not only entertainment, but also information and interesting content. Its recommendations are very helpful, based on the user's search history.

Cons:

I feel satisfied with the tools made available by youtube, but I believe it would be interesting to add some more beautiful effects to youtube shorts, to encourage users to post more videos on the platform.

Wahab
Quality control in Belgium
Building Materials, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best platform in internet so far

5.0 11 months ago

Comments: Sofar the so good, haven't had a series issues it works perfectly fine.you tube helped me to learn alot.and increase my knowledge.it the best and most useful video streaming platform on the internet.

Pros:

What I like most about YouTube that it's free, with a verites of different videos, it's a knowledge hub ,and what i like the most about it is that it allows you to choose what to watch it gives you complete freedom.no doubt it's the Best app from all point of view eather a customer or content creator.love watching videos in YouTube.

Cons:

What i least like about YouTube is adds,but luckily YouTube Hase a saluting for that which is YouTube premium.with a subscription to premier which is absolutely not a huge amount you can access to all constant on YouTube completely add free.and much more.and access to lot's of special useful contant and high resolution.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Graphic Design Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

The standard for video hosting

5.0 last year

Comments: Youtube has been a great place to find entertainment as well as learning skills for work. I've uploaded some videos but I've mostly used it for consuming conent.

Pros:

Youtube offers a great place to host videos with a vast community of people that use it. It's free to use and can be great for sharing videos, if you don't mind the ads. If you don't want to watch ads, the paid Youtube Premium can really be worth it because you save a lot of time not having to sit though any ads.

Cons:

If you're trying to become a content creator to make make money on your videos, Youtube can be a challenging place. Using it to host videos you want to embed on websites can be frustrating because it doesn't offer the same level of customization that Video Pro does. When watching videos, ads can be very obnoxious when they interrupt what you're watching.