YouTube Overview

YouTube is an online video-sharing platform. It is a place where independent content creators could share their work with the world.

YouTube has come to serve a far wider demographic of content creators. Brands utilize the platform for marketing, media outlets to host video output, musicians and labels to release music and more.

YouTube features include Viewer ratings, below-the-line comments, easy-to-use embed functionality, live streaming, content algorithms, and voice recognition rank among those which have helped it retain its edge.

Cuspera Reviews

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well YouTube solved their Video Platform needs. Cuspera uses 127520 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

Acquire Customers and Build Brand Awareness are the most popular business priorities peers achieved using YouTube.

Other priorities:

  • Improve Digital And Social Presence
  • Increase Sales & Revenue
  • Scale Best Practices
  • Improve Brand Engagement
  • Establish Thought Leadership
  • Grow Market Share
  • Enhance Customer Relationships
  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
  • Launch New Products
  • Improve ROI
  • Improve Internal Communications
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Improve Visibility
  • Improve Stakeholder Relations
  • Increase Customer Life Time Value
  • Manage Risk
  • Improve Consistency
  • Improve Navigation
  • Reduce Bounce
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Use Cases

Peers recommend Advertisement , Communication Management , Content Management , as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied while using YouTube.

Read Peer Reviews and Expert Experience for Business Use Cases

BUSINESS USE CASES RATINGS CUSTOMER AND EXPERT EXPERIENCES
Advertisement with Social Media, Offline, Facebook, Point Of Sale, Newsletter, LinkedIn, Video and Twitter

4.06/5 ★

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"...I had zero video or advertising experience...."
Communication Management with Video and Social Media

3.83/5 ★

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"...The video, published by Inside a Mind, highlights the universe or alternate reality ARGs build through their storytelling...." Alternate reality games offer new experiences, enticing mysteries
sending & publishing communications

3.82/5 ★

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"...If you publish videos to YouTube yourself, you may want to know how to see your subscribers...."
tracking & monitoring communications

4.91/5 ★

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"...And according to the website Socialblade which tracks social media statistics and analytics, specifically YouTube James' page on the video-sharing platform has fallen from 16,553,579 subscribers as of May 9, to 13,908,888 at the time of writing...."
Content Management with Video and Social Media

4.27/5 ★

Read Reviews (2825)

"...YouTube is a video-sharing website that allows users to upload audiovisual content to their site...." 5 Way To Make Money Online
content publishing

4.01/5 ★

Read Reviews (1010)

"...After I upload content to my YouTube channel, I share it on my website, blog posts, and social media platforms. ..."
content curation

4.64/5 ★

Read Reviews (929)

"...I want anyone to feel like they can create video content and share it with their audiences, friends, and families...."
content sharing

4.58/5 ★

Read Reviews (451)

"...If you want to share audio contents, go to ausha.co and publish your podcast on fitness...."
searching for content

3.54/5 ★

Read Reviews (145)

"...If you re interested in seeing more content like this, please let me know! ..."
content tracking

4.65/5 ★

Read Reviews (14)

"...It can change to KeepVid Pro in the event that you need to spare online video recording or sound tracks content on your pc and furthermore convert it to progressively reasonable structures without noteworthy endeavors...."
PEER EXPERIENCES
Advertisement with Social Media, Offline, Facebook, Point Of Sale, Newsletter, LinkedIn, Video and Twitter

4.06/5 ★

Read Reviews (10060)

"...I had zero video or advertising experience...." Peer review by Jenny Doan, Founder, Missouri Star Quilt Company
Communication Management with Video and Social Media

3.83/5 ★

Read Reviews (3679)

"...The video, published by Inside a Mind, highlights the universe or alternate reality ARGs build through their storytelling...." Alternate reality games offer new experiences, enticing mysteries
sending & publishing communications

3.83/5 ★

Read Reviews (3584)

tracking & monitoring communications

3.83/5 ★

Read Reviews (79)

Content Management with Video and Social Media

4.27/5 ★

Read Reviews (2825)

"...YouTube is a video-sharing website that allows users to upload audiovisual content to their site...." 5 Way To Make Money Online
content publishing

4.27/5 ★

Read Reviews (1010)

content curation

4.27/5 ★

Read Reviews (929)

content sharing

4.27/5 ★

Read Reviews (451)

searching for content

4.27/5 ★

Read Reviews (145)

content tracking

4.27/5 ★

Read Reviews (14)

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Our AI advisor, Wyz, harnessed 127520 insights from peers and experts to help you assess how these YouTube use cases fit your Video Platform needs.

Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

for YouTube

What is YouTube?

YouTube is an online video-sharing platform. It is a place where independent content creators could share their work with the world.

What is YouTube used for?

YouTube is a Video Platform Software mainly used by its customers to Acquire Customers and Build Brand Awareness by Advertisement, Communication Management and Content Management .

What are the top features of YouTube?

Personalization, Recording and SEO are some of the top features of YouTube.

Who uses YouTube?

YouTube is used by Internet, Education and Consumer Goods among other industries.

What are YouTube alternatives?

Vidyard Video Platform, Wistia, BrightCove and Promo.Com are popular alternatives for YouTube.

Popular Business Setting

for YouTube

Top Industries

  • Internet
  • Education
  • Consumer Goods

Popular in

  • Mid Market
  • Small Business
  • Large Enterprise

Peers used YouTube to Acquire customers and Build brand awareness

Peer and Expert Opinion on Features

for YouTube

  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
FEATURES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Personalization

3.83/5 ★

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Recording

3.18/5 ★

Read Reviews (3697)
SEO

3.98/5 ★

Read Reviews (2251)
Live streaming

3.78/5 ★

Read Reviews (1954)
Alerts: popups & Notifications

2.43/5 ★

Read Reviews (1182)
FEATURES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Personalization

3.83/5 ★

Read Reviews (3843)
Recording

3.18/5 ★

Read Reviews (3697)
SEO

3.98/5 ★

Read Reviews (2251)
Live streaming

3.78/5 ★

Read Reviews (1954)
Alerts: popups & Notifications

2.43/5 ★

Read Reviews (1182)

IT and Other Capabilities

for YouTube

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

2.95/5 ★

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Data Export

2.75/5 ★

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CAPABILITIES (DATA) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Data Import

2.95/5 ★

Read Reviews (16570)
Data Export

2.75/5 ★

Read Reviews (14258)
CAPABILITIES (SUPPORT) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Phone Support

4.47/5 ★

Read Reviews (670)
Chat Support

4.39/5 ★

Read Reviews (1081)
Email Support

3.91/5 ★

Read Reviews (693)
24/7 Support

3.82/5 ★

Read Reviews (6662)
CAPABILITIES (SUPPORT) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Phone Support

4.47/5 ★

Read Reviews (670)
Chat Support

4.39/5 ★

Read Reviews (1081)
Email Support

3.91/5 ★

Read Reviews (693)
24/7 Support

3.82/5 ★

Read Reviews (6662)
CAPABILITIES (OTHER) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

3.40/5 ★

Read Reviews (795)
Analytics

3.98/5 ★

Read Reviews (4175)
Custom Reports

3.56/5 ★

Read Reviews (11544)
CAPABILITIES (OTHER) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

3.40/5 ★

Read Reviews (795)
Analytics

3.98/5 ★

Read Reviews (4175)
Custom Reports

3.56/5 ★

Read Reviews (11544)

Software Failure Risk Guidance

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for YouTube

Overall Risk Meter

Low Medium High

Top Failure Risks for YouTube

Vendor Profile Details

Company Name

YouTube

Company Website

https://www.youtube.com/

HQ Location

Employees

1001-5000

Financials

M&A