Panopto Overview

This is a summary of the comprehensive capabilities and benefits of Panopto based on over 7611 insights from peer reviews, customer testimonials, and expert opinions. We included citations from these sources so you can read the full content at the original source if you wish.

Panopto, Qumu, Kaltura Video for Business, Lifesize Meeting Solution, Loom, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Video Platform. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

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Panopto supports business activities such as:

  • Collaboration
  • Content Management
  • Engagement Management
  • Training & Onboarding
  • Knowledge Management

Panopto can help you with many business goals, such as Scale Best Practices, Improve Internal Communications, Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally, Acquire Customers, Improve ROI, etc. It can help manage these activities if you use Video Offline Events etc. for these needs. As a solution, Panopto's capabilities include Recording, Live Streaming, Capture Video, etc.

Panopto was founded in 2007. Education Vertical is its biggest customer base.

Reviews

"When we discovered Panopto, we thought ‘wow’! This is exactly what we need. We were thrilled. " - Mogens Heine Larsen

Cuspera Reviews

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Panopto solved their Video Platform needs. Cuspera uses 7611 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Video Platform needs.

Business Priorities

Scale Best Practices and Improve Internal Communications are the most popular business priorities peers achieved using Panopto.

Other priorities:

  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
  • Acquire Customers
  • Improve ROI
  • Increase Sales & Revenue
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Enhance Customer Relationships
  • Establish Thought Leadership
  • Grow Market Share
  • Manage Risk
  • Improve Consistency
  • Build Brand Awareness
  • Improve Visibility
  • Launch New Products
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Use Cases

Peers recommend Collaboration , Content Management , Engagement Management , as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied while using Panopto.

Read Peer Reviews and Expert Experience for Business Use Cases

BUSINESS USE CASES RATINGS CUSTOMER AND EXPERT EXPERIENCES
Collaboration with Video, Offline, Events and Trade Shows

4.73/5 ★

Read Reviews (484)

"...We use Panopto for lecture capture, training videos and students can create videos of their speeches and presentations to share...."
Content Management with Video

4.68/5 ★

Read Reviews (222)

"...Learn how Northeastern University successfully switched from Kaltura to Panopto's video content management system...." Case Study Northeastern University
content sharing

4.35/5 ★

Read Reviews (37)

"...With this set-up, all faculty members were trained on how to start and record a Zoom meeting with the confidence that every recording will automatically transfer to Panopto, with no sharing of links or back-end work required...."
content curation

4.92/5 ★

Read Reviews (31)

"...The recorder is so simple to use that even my less tech savvy staff can create content with little to no effort...."
searching for content

4.30/5 ★

Read Reviews (25)

"...Being able to record/stream at the same time is nice so a user doesn't have to wait to see the uploaded content, they can watch it live...."
content publishing

4.53/5 ★

Read Reviews (23)

"...Uploaded content is saved in Panopto s secure servers where administrators can define content access rights and privileges...."
Engagement Management with Video

4.95/5 ★

Read Reviews (126)

"...Engage Viewers With Interactive Video...." Integrate Video Into The Systems You Already Use With Panopto
engaging and following up

4.95/5 ★

Read Reviews (123)

"...Measure the reach of your live streamed events and the level of viewer engagement both during and after webcasts, all the way down to the user level...."
PEER EXPERIENCES
Collaboration with Video, Offline, Events and Trade Shows

4.73/5 ★

Read Reviews (484)

"...We use Panopto for lecture capture, training videos and students can create videos of their speeches and presentations to share...." Peer review by Administrator in Information Technology
Content Management with Video

4.68/5 ★

Read Reviews (222)

"...Learn how Northeastern University successfully switched from Kaltura to Panopto's video content management system...." Case Study Northeastern University
content sharing

4.68/5 ★

Read Reviews (37)

content curation

4.68/5 ★

Read Reviews (31)

searching for content

4.68/5 ★

Read Reviews (25)

content publishing

4.68/5 ★

Read Reviews (23)

Engagement Management with Video

4.95/5 ★

Read Reviews (126)

"...Engage Viewers With Interactive Video...." Integrate Video Into The Systems You Already Use With Panopto
engaging and following up

4.95/5 ★

Read Reviews (123)

43+ more Business Use Cases

Our AI advisor, Wyz, harnessed 7611 insights from peers and experts to help you assess how these Panopto use cases fit your Video Platform needs.

Customer Testimonials

CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS

Mogens Heine Larsen

Department Manager in the Process Department of Group Technology

ROCKWOOL

When we discovered Panopto, we thought ‘wow’! This is exactly what we need. We were thrilled. Testimonial By Mogens Heine Larsen

Matsuyama Shinnosuke

head of Ashisuto’s new business co-creation team

KK Ashisuto

The importance of using video content to pool employees’ capabilities and knowledge also aligns with digital transformation initiatives that aim to make organizations more digitized and agile. Testimonial By Matsuyama Shinnosuke

Mitsuishi Takashi

Associate Professor

Tohoku University

Panopto offers a comprehensive range of education-oriented functions, making it easy for students to use and also easy for lecturers to check viewing histories to see what parts of their videos are being watched the most. I felt that in the course of using the system we would experience additional,... future-oriented benefits.

Testimonial By Mitsuishi Takashi
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS

Mogens Heine Larsen

Department Manager in the Process Department of Group Technology

ROCKWOOL

When we discovered Panopto, we thought ‘wow’! This is exactly what we need. We were thrilled. Testimonial By Mogens Heine Larsen

Matsuyama Shinnosuke

head of Ashisuto’s new business co-creation team

KK Ashisuto

The importance of using video content to pool employees’ capabilities and knowledge also aligns with digital transformation initiatives that aim to make organizations more digitized and agile. Testimonial By Matsuyama Shinnosuke

Mitsuishi Takashi

Associate Professor

Tohoku University

Panopto offers a comprehensive range of education-oriented functions, making it easy for students to use and also easy for lecturers to check viewing histories to see what parts of their videos are being watched the most. I felt that in the course of using the system we would experience additional,... future-oriented benefits.

Testimonial By Mitsuishi Takashi

Case Studies

COMPANY CASE STUDIES
Case Study Tohoku University

How Tohoku University Leverages Learning Data to Enhance Educational Capabilities

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Case Study Synaptics

Learn about Synaptics Human Interface Hardware Centralized Knowledge Sharing Supporting Innovation

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Case Study Northeastern University

How Northeastern University Seamlessly Moves 15,000+ Courses to a New LMS and Video Management System

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Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

for Panopto

What is Panopto?

Panopto is a Video CMS Software. Panopto is a software-as-a-service video platform that is designed to help educators and companies to stream live or create on-demand content for students or employees. It helps to manage, record, live stream, and even share your videos across to your team members or students.

What is Panopto used for?

Panopto is a Video Platform Software mainly used by its customers to Scale Best Practices and Improve Internal Communications by Collaboration, Content Management and Engagement Management .

What are the top features of Panopto?

Recording, Live streaming and Capture video are some of the top features of Panopto.

Who uses Panopto?

Panopto is used by Education, Banking and Information Technology And Services among other industries.

What are Panopto alternatives?

Qumu, Kaltura Video For Business, Lifesize Meeting Solution and Loom are popular alternatives for Panopto.

Where is Panopto located?

Panopto is headquartered at 506 2nd Avenue Suite 1600 Seattle, WA 98104.

Popular Business Setting

for Panopto

Top Industries

  • Education
  • Banking
  • Information Technology and Services

Popular in

  • Enterprise
  • Mid Market
  • Large Enterprise

Peers used Panopto to Scale best practices and Improve internal communications

Peer and Expert Opinion on Features

for Panopto

  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
FEATURES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Recording

3.98/5 ★

Read Reviews (1262)
Live streaming

4.50/5 ★

Read Reviews (203)
Capture video

4.34/5 ★

Read Reviews (145)
Personalization

4.59/5 ★

Read Reviews (88)
Video hosting

4.44/5 ★

Read Reviews (35)
FEATURES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Recording

3.98/5 ★

Read Reviews (1262)
Live streaming

4.50/5 ★

Read Reviews (203)
Capture video

4.34/5 ★

Read Reviews (145)
Personalization

4.59/5 ★

Read Reviews (88)
Video hosting

4.44/5 ★

Read Reviews (35)

IT and Other Capabilities

for Panopto

  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
CAPABILITIES (DATA) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Data Export

3.92/5 ★

Read Reviews (1507)
Data Import

3.87/5 ★

Read Reviews (1581)
CAPABILITIES (DATA) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Data Export

3.92/5 ★

Read Reviews (1507)
Data Import

3.87/5 ★

Read Reviews (1581)
CAPABILITIES (SUPPORT) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Chat Support

4.84/5 ★

Read Reviews (64)
Phone Support

4.80/5 ★

Read Reviews (41)
Email Support

4.80/5 ★

Read Reviews (41)
24/7 Support

4.40/5 ★

Read Reviews (457)
CAPABILITIES (SUPPORT) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Chat Support

4.84/5 ★

Read Reviews (64)
Phone Support

4.80/5 ★

Read Reviews (41)
Email Support

4.80/5 ★

Read Reviews (41)
24/7 Support

4.40/5 ★

Read Reviews (457)
CAPABILITIES (OTHER) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

2.70/5 ★

Read Reviews (5)
Custom Reports

4.32/5 ★

Read Reviews (320)
Analytics

4.22/5 ★

Read Reviews (146)
CAPABILITIES (OTHER) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

2.70/5 ★

Read Reviews (5)
Custom Reports

4.32/5 ★

Read Reviews (320)
Analytics

4.22/5 ★

Read Reviews (146)

Software Failure Risk Guidance

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for Panopto

Overall Risk Meter

Low Medium High

Top Failure Risks for Panopto

Vendor Profile Details

Company Name

Panopto

Company Website

https://www.panopto.com/

Year Founded

2007

HQ Location

506 2nd Avenue Suite 1600 Seattle, WA 98104

Employees

101-250

Social

Financials

PRIVATE