Feature comparison overview

Support of a unique event URL

Available

Available

Support of different states for pre-live, live and post-live

Available

Available

Renamed to Intro/Outro to meet industry standards.

Switch back to pre-live / Test mode before going live

Available

Available

Support of an On-demand state (VOD of the recording)

Available

Available

Slide synchronisation

Available

Available

Custom domain support

Available

Available

Static IPs for ingest server

Available

Available

Static IP ranges for streaming services

Available

Available

Support of multilingual events

Available

Available

Support of multilingual events based on dedicated streaming signals

Available

Available

Support of an additional sign-language stream

Available

Available

Support of multilingual user interfaces

Available

Available

Ingest of video livestream via RTMP

Available

Available

Ingest of video livestream via RTSP

Available

Removed

Ingest of video livestream via SRT and RTMPS (encrypted)

Missing

Available

Ingest with authentication (username and password)

Missing

Available

Live encoding in predefined qualities up to 1080p

Available

Available

Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (HLS)

Available

Available

Worldwide highly scalable delivery via Akamai Content Delivery Network

Available

Available

Geo-redundant streaming (primary & backup)

Available

Available

Geo-redundant streaming with automatic failover

Missing

Available

HLS streams protection with tokens for increased security

Missing

Available

eCDN support via Hivestreaming P2P

Available

Available

eCDN support via vBrick Omnicache and P2P

Available

Planned

DVR for immediate playback after end of the event

Available

Planned

Automated recording and option for download

Missing

Available

Automated recording and upload/hosting in EVP

Available

Available

Video conference support (SIP)

Available

Removed

Video conference support (WebRTC)

Available

Removed

Native integration with browser-based Livestreaming Studio

Missing

Available

Viewer Referrer protection

Available

Available

Viewer IP Range protection

Available

Removed

Viewer Token protection (HMAC)

Available

Available

Integrate the Viewer in 3rd party applications like Staffbase

Viewer Password protection

Available

Available

Viewer Registration with custom forms for additional metadata

Available

Coming soon

Viewer Registration with eMail-address, first name and last name

Available

Available

Viewer Registration with eMail-address only

Missing

Available

Viewer Registration - Access restricted to specified registration e-Mail addresses

Available

Available

Viewer Registration - e-Mail PIN verification

Available

Available

Viewer Single Sign-On via SAML/OIDC

Available

Available

Viewer Single Sign-On - Restricting SSO access for specified groups, emails and UIDs

Available

Available

Management of compliance links on Event Pages

Partially

Available

Management of custom Terms&Conditions

Customer specific

Available

Watermarking - Show a user specific information

Available

Available

Connection to VMPRO via a technical user

Available

Replaced

Connection to VMPRO via personalised accounts

Missing

Available

removal of the technical user for API

Pseudonymised IDs for events and upstream to prevent from guessing the stream keys

Missing

Available

Streaming server ingest protection via RTMP authentication

Missing

Available

Unmoderated Chat

Available

Available

Moderated Q&A

Available

Available

Moderated Chat

Available

Planned

React to chat messages with emojis and upvote Q&A messages

Missing

Available

Anonymous Q&A

Available

Available

Polling - Integration of a 3rd party service via link

Available

Planned

Fully responsive browser-based HTML5 webcast consumer page

Available

Available

With a redesigned more modern and clean interface.

Fully functional on all modern/mobile devices & browsers

Available

Available

Modern and simplified user interface

Missing

Available

High speed HTML5 video player, to offer the best viewer experience

Available

Available

Authenticated access by password, SSO or e-Mail-registration

Available

Available

Event page with state specific details

Available

Available

Automatic switch of the state (intro > live > outro), without reload

Available

Available

Looping of the pre-live

Available

Available

Watch the livestream

Available

Available

Autoplay of the livestream (muted)

Available

Available

Autoplay of the livestream (unmuted, if allowed)

Missing

Available

Slide sync: See the current presentation slide if slides are shared

Available

Available

Slide history deck for already published slides

Available

Planned

Different layout options for viewer: side-by-side or picture-in-picture

Available

Available

Join Chat/Q&A

Available

Available

Unmoderated and moderated chat already available

info box for additional speaker and presentation information

Available

Available

Text can be added using the rich text editor.

Download of the presentation

Available

Planned

Multilanguage: Support of multilingual events (affecting contents, livestreams, presentations and the user interface)

Available

Available

Multilanguage: Option to change the event language (incl. in player only layout)

Available

Available

Automatic failover to the backup stream

Missing

Available

If both primary and backup streams are connected Viewers will be automatically switched to the backup in case of stream interruption

Browser-based HTML5 webcast scheduling, configuring and publishing console

Available

Available

Roles & permissions - Extended concept including Admins, Editors, Producers, Moderators

Available

Available

Roles & permissions - Event Owners and dedicated event permissions

Available

Available

Event owners will be able to create private events and invite others to collaborate on them, instead exposing all content to every user inside the account

Add users (existing users in VMPRO)

Available

Included

SSO login with auto provisioning (mapping of the roles to the Manager/Studio)

Available

Available

Access of a user to multiple LSPro accounts

Missing

Available

Access of a user to multiple LSPro accounts via SSO

Missing

Available

Multi-language support of the management interface (de, en)

Available

Available

See all upcoming, live and past events in two views - list view

Available

Available

See all upcoming, live and past events in two views - grid and list

Missing

Available

Search through the list of events

Missing

Available

Filter event list

Missing

Available

Duplicate events with their configuration and content

Missing

Available

Delete events

Available

Available

Archive/unarchive events

Available

Planned

Set custom branding - colors, logos, favicon, fonts

Available

Available

Custom fonts support

Available

Available

Unlimited streaming server setups

Available

Available

Unlimited backend accounts and users

Available

Available

Guided workflow to configure an event setup more efficient

Missing

Available

Event details (title, date, duration)

Available

Available

Multi-language support: Add/remove event languages

Available

Available

Slide sync: Upload of presentations (language specific)

Available

Available

Layout toggle: player only, player & slides, header, chat/Q&A

Available

Changed

Layout of the Viewer application will be automated based on added content.

Layout of the Viewer application will be automated based on added content

Missing

Available

Define Pre-live/Post-Live videos

Available

Available

Select videos from VideoManager Pro

Define Event pages with different content (rich text, pictures, videos) for intro, live, outro

Missing

Available

Apart from videos, customers will be able to add any text/picture content before and after the live event. Renamed to Intro/Outro for industry standards.

Enable the access options (passcode, registration, SSO)

Available

Available

Management of access restrictions (guest lists based on e-Mail, SSO groups etc)

Available

Available

Bulk management of all access restrictions for registration and SSO (e-Mails, groups, UID) (upload or copy+paste)

Missing

Available

Enable/Disable eCDN support

Available

Available

Enable of Chat/Q&A

Available

Available

Enable recording of the stream - for download only

Missing

Available

Enable recording of the stream - storage in VMPRO

Available

Available

Event summary

Available

Available

Summary is now always available

Browser-based HTML5 webcast live operating console

Available

Available

Studio with a redesigned interface.

Access to all broadcasting and sharing details

Missing

Available

Share URL, Ingest information

Monitor the primary incoming stream, see preview of the stream

Available

Available

Monitor all incoming streams, see preview of the stream

Missing

Available

All existing ingest streams can be selected

Automatic indication that an ingest is available

Missing

Available

Beforehand a refresh was necessary

Start/Stop the event, Change the event states (pre-live, live, post-live)

Available

Available

Slide sync: real-time slide publish from slide deck

Available

Available

Slide sync: full slide order flexibility, next-slide as standard

Available

Available

Moderated Q&A: Moderating/collecting messages

Available

Available

Moderated Q&A: Sorting messages by votes

Missing

Available

Moderated Q&A: Announcement by the operator

Missing

Available

Live statistic, See the number of active viewers

Available

Available

Registration report (download as CSV)

Available

Available

Viewer statistic (download of CSV)

Available

Available

Chat report (download of CSV)

Available

Available

Q&A report (download of CSV)

Available

Available