Vimeo vs YouTube - What's The Difference?

"Should I use KZbin or Vimeo?" is a question I have been asked before. If you're a business owner, entrepreneur, or digital marketer, it may be tough to know if KZbin or Vimeo is better for advertising your business and hosting branded content. If you're a filmmaker, videographer, or video creator, should you get a vimeo plus account in addition to a youtube channel?
If you're a hobbyist or casual viewer, is vimeo better than youtube?
All of these questions and more will hopefully be answered in this video!
Leave a comment with any suggestions, questions, or comments
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:32 What is KZbin?
1:00 What is Vimeo
1:51 Pros of KZbin
2:44 The bad thing about KZbin
3:11 Pros of Vimeo
3:55 The bad thing about Vimeo
4:24 KZbin or Vimeo for Business and Marketing
5:13 KZbin or Vimeo for Creators and Filmmakers
6:36 Is Vimeo Better than KZbin?
7:00 Recap
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[@AntonWongVideo]

What are YOUR thoughts on KZbin vs Vimeo?

[@ArmyGyanHindi]

KZbin is best 👌

[@AntonWongVideo]

@@ArmyGyanHindi it's great!

[@isabellam1936]

Vimeo has more quality things video content. KZbin is just everything.

[@jensenjorshina9945]

KZbin us the best of all time

[@fh_jordan]

I would say Vimeo is a better starter site to get yourself better at filming, and editing as well. Vimeo is also really good with recording your screen. It's free, anyways. KZbin is also pretty good if you want more people to come to your videos, too.

[@casualwoomy]

I have a strong feelling small creator are going to switch to Vimeo because of all the shitty regulations that KZbin is beginning to enforce

[@AntonWongVideo]

Well, as long as they're willing to pay continually to host. Once again, they're quite different in target audience, UX, and business structure.

[@mariselag.7197]

Yea

[@kylesprite1877]

Mhm, KZbin is way too popular for me to get any attention

[@tetsuu488]

ayo woomy

[@MAGAMAN]

KZbin pays people to contribute, vimeo you pay to join a bunch of shitty videos.

[@AntonWongVideo]

Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:32 What is KZbin? 1:00 What is Vimeo 1:51 Pros of KZbin 2:44 The bad thing about KZbin 3:11 Pros of Vimeo 3:55 The bad thing about Vimeo 4:24 KZbin or Vimeo for Business and Marketing 5:13 KZbin or Vimeo for Creators and Filmmakers 6:36 Is Vimeo Better than KZbin? 7:00 Recap

[@AARONBANIN]

i'm your 106th subscriber! this is the first video of yours i watched! and i loved it from the first 10 seconds!!!

[@FateBoost]

Vimeo feels a lot more focused on quality.

[@MAGAMAN]

Bad quality.

[@Limerlinlol]

​@@MAGAMANreally? I uploaded there and it looks just like the uncompressed one

[@Ama-Elaini]

I do have a feeling that Vimeo has quite a lot less of the content that I'm actually looking for, compared to KZbin.

[@AntonWongVideo]

I mean, use whatever is best for you!

[@MAGAMAN]

Vimeo is gay. literally!

[@bySterling]

Fantastic Pros and Cons video sir! I’ll book mark to save to show my web clients that would be interested in being clear about the differences between both platforms

[@cliffedward]

You don't get slapped with copyright infringement notifications. Vimeo also,as far as I know, do not block your videos in some countries. I recently sent a video I had uploaded a while back to a friend in Iran. Even with VPN she couldn't see it. Thankfully I also had it uploaded on Vimeo. I sent it to her with no problems.

[@MAGAMAN]

Vimeo does take videos down they deem offensive. They are just as bad as youtube, the difference is nobody uses vimeo, so you never hear about it.

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Great job man - this was a valuable video to watch. Keep putting out videos like this one and I'm sure your channel will blow up in no time. You should have a lot more subs

[@antoniobourge12]

Thank you for this im going to put my official first short film on both platforms! Vimeo is def more high quality lol

[@WorkAnywhereGo]

On-point comparison, thanks!!

[@laranelson]

this video was extremely helpful. thank you!

[@chaingravity4629]

great info ! thanks !

[@hansenwibowo1409]

Nice and complete explanation, Great job

[@firstladyallen684]

Thanks very helpful and straightforward.

[@AntonWongVideo]

You're welcome!

[@shukran7972]

Nice Goodluck dear friend

[@rymphking]

Do we need to reach a certain threshold to be monetized on Vimeo?

[@anshulrajkhurana]

Thanks buddy. This really helps.

[@AntonWongVideo]

You're welcome! Thanks for commenting! More like this to come!

[@NickMirro]

Great Vid!!! Why is there NO WHERE online to discuss or ask about Vimeo??? Is that not the strangest thing?

[@AntonWongVideo]

There are some forums and subreddits. I'm sure there are discord servers out there, too.

[@richardglady3009]

Thanks for the objective analysis.

[@avdhootchavan9602]

Nice video 👍 keep it up bro

[@AntonWongVideo]

Thanks ✌

[@naturalnature]

Good info, thank you for making this video

[@AntonWongVideo]

You're welcome!

[@legendaryphoenix8607]

with censorship on youtube, vimeo is an alternative.

[@MAGAMAN]

There are a lot of alternatives that are much less restrictive than vimeo.

[@minh-thunguyen7652]

Thank you , that was really helpful!

[@AntonWongVideo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JohnWillman]

Totally unbiased review,..thanks,..I think I will need to add a Vimeo account to my arsenal of deliverables,..great content,..keep it up!

[@yt_chatsupport]

Well done kido! Like n’ subscribe.☮️

[@mychannels776]

How copyright works on Vimeo ?

[@darkwolf42_nite34]

I have the Vimeo where it’s free I didn’t go with the pro because A person would have to pay for the pro version

[@mossymediauk]

Hi, really love the vid.. Can I ask a question, how many people can watch a vimeo "private link video" simultaneously?

[@AntonWongVideo]

just like a regular video; only limited to the size of vimeo's servers.

[@mossymediauk]

@@AntonWongVideo Im. Sending the link out to over 250 ppl this shouldn't be a problem on a private link should it?

[@UdoADHD]

I’m looking for a place to upload personal videos without many people finding it and I want it to be harder to share

[@AntonWongVideo]

You could upload unlisted videos to KZbin or make them private. Vimeo has more options including password-protecting videos

[@cerabond7650]

With the whole Dislike situation that literally just started happening at the time writing this, I would not be surprised if Vimeo all the sudden skyrockets and blows KZbin out of the water.

[@maybona]

you can unhide it with a browser extension

[@MAGAMAN]

@@maybona You aren't unhiding, you are just using an different algorithm to take a guess at what the dislikes are.

[@MAGAMAN]

Vimeo is like linux. it will never be a real contender.

[@pjdougherty6442]

Considering it doesn’t have half the content, I doubt it.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Vimeo was blowing KZbin out of the water for quality until KZbin added HD video circa 2009 and removed the video reply feature.

[@legends_talk1]

thnks

[@SparkyPromotions]

great video dude. thanks.

[@AntonWongVideo]

thank you!

[@micheallee5313]

P.S - Meanwhile I want to know how do I prevent people from stealing my videos on vimeo? How is this done?

[@AntonWongVideo]

like, people are taking your videos off vimeo and reuploading them elsewhere? I mean, reporting them whenever you see them. also getting friends to report them. apart from that, stopping online piracy is a game of whack-a-mole. I'm sorry but idk if there's much to do

[@micheallee5313]

@@AntonWongVideo😎 I don't have any videos uploaded on vimeo yet I was just asking how to prevent people from stealing videos on vimeo before uploading them?

[@taranagnew436]

does vimeo have enhanced bitrate at 1080p (free) unlike youtube?

[@AntonWongVideo]

"free" as in you don't pay anything? most of their subscriptions are paid tiers but the compression is far less. and when vids have the option to download, you can choose original quality

[@dwaynethomascoaching4889]

Thanks Anton!

[@AntonWongVideo]

you're welcome!

[@GregHeffleyPlays1995]

I like vimeo better cause it doesn't disable comments

[@LittleJoeTheMoonlightCat]

just recently Deprecated the Navigational Sidebar, so thanks for showing the old Sidebar, The New sidebar only features 4 Icons Home, Shorts, Subs, and You. Yeah The YPP was Deprecated in 2018 and Never paid me A Penny when I was Monetized since 2016, and Demonetized in 2018 due to Surgical Reasons. lets just say 6 Month Recovery. Yeah in 2016 The YPP was Free to anyone who asked for it, Then they Deprecated it in 2016, Neal and Sue: Creators that take their eye off that ball, That's where the Problem Starts. We want to separate the HAVES from the HAVE NOTS. -Neal Mohan and -Sue Wojcicki.

[@favouronwuchekwa]

Here before 1million subs❤️

[@AntonWongVideo]

haha thanks

[@TysyTube]

same

[@LloydMajor]

Thank you!

[@AntonWongVideo]

You're welcome!

[@thunderdragon1111]

thanks man

[@spheniscusdemersus]

Nice

[@victoriatilghman628]

👍👍

[@Lego_Life]

Nice video!

[@AntonWongVideo]

Thanks for the comment!

[@Lego_Life]

@@AntonWongVideo you're welcome!

[@kaizerapa1814]

Can someone explain to me why my videos on you tube look like trash recently? I can't seem to upload videos like before despite doing all the recommended settings right. I'm uploading in 4k high bitrate too, Is higher bitrate restricted to premium or something??

[@AntonWongVideo]

which viewing resolution are you referring to? For me, 1440p and 2160p show a better bitrate than 1080p or less. I believe higher bitrate 1080p might be restricted to premium viewers now but don't quote me on that

[@kaizerapa1814]

@@AntonWongVideo yes 1080p but bellow looks worst than before too. I think so because it was fine two years ago. I'm comparing my old videos with my new ones and they look much worst. I think I'm going to switch to Vimeo.

[@fh_jordan]

0:55 - WHY DOES BLOGGER SHOW UP ON YOURS BUT NOT MINE!?!

[@SOMETIPSREVIEWER]

OOOO SUPERBS EXPLANATION 😇

[@AntonWongVideo]

thanks!

[@stafoncamron]

I miss the old youtube. You could post a video, there was no ads, no money being paid for views or subscribers. It was just all about sharing your content. Once they started paying for views and subscribers and allowing them to upload your own clickbait thumbnails for each video and also adding in ads and premium paid options, it went downhill fast. Also you have companies paying them a few bucks to sponsor their product in their video (which is just more ads), on top of the ads that interrupt the video , it's annoying. KZbin created youtube celebrities/influencers who then spread out to other newer platforms: twitter, tiktok, etc. It really changed things. Now everyone tries to get a viral video to become famous and rich, which in turn a lot of songs, artists, films, etc., get lost in the attention seeking ocean, so a lot of overlooked, underrated talent gets missed. Now youtube is trying to block ad blockers, the long ads with no skip options, no warnings that ads are about to interrupt your videos. Yeah way to many negatives for youtube now.

[@messyfool]

Someone needs to make a new platform.

[@gamtheobbiest7945]

It’s going to take decades to switch from KZbin, someone should just fix KZbin instead

[@samarthinfinite299]

Can we collaborate

[@krio99]

In my experience Vimeo app is not so smooth to use. May be its just me

[@sucram1018]

The problem is that everyone's experience will be either different or the same depending on the device you use while using Vimeo. Sometimes it's not the platform, but the device your using that perhaps can't support all of the platform's features on the device. I figured this out a while ago.

[@atozsellingnow4442]

I think I go with youtub. Thanks

[@Kubaadamiec]

Vimeo: OMG PAY US TO MAKE VIDEO UWU KZbin: here have a free video,but you need adverti.. ah shit u got ad blocker.

[@submoto]

So you can't make money on Vimeo?

[@AntonWongVideo]

You can. You can sell films and web series on their "Vimeo on demand" with a Vimeo pro account

[@submoto]

Thanks for the reply. So people would have to pay to watch our music video? That seems like a sure way to get no views

[@AntonWongVideo]

@@submoto you have an OPTION to sell short films, feature films, and video series. I make my videos on Vimeo free to view as do lots of other people Does that make sense?

[@paulsteenbergen4223]

Why is this video not on Vimeo? 😇

[@SoyYoAlessandro]

Because not to many people know Vimeo

[@police3426]

So vimeo is pay to use 🤔?

[@AntonWongVideo]

They have a free Basic tier with limited capacity. From their Help Center: 500MB per week of upload space, up to 5GB total account storage Basic embedding features Basic analytics for your videos The ability to download converted video files Some privacy controls for your videos, such as "Only me," which makes it visible to you and no one else. The ability to upload up to 10 videos per day The ability to create 1 channel, 1 group, and 3 showcases The ability to publish videos natively to social and eCommerce accounts.

[@police3426]

Thanks for answer

[@spookyscaryskeletons1785]

KZbin has got too much glitchs lately

[@AntonWongVideo]

I mean, it's been working fine for me lately. But, it's known to be imperfect. Have you tried reaching out to their customer service?

[@spookyscaryskeletons1785]

@@AntonWongVideo yeah. I have. I think they are working on fixing them

[@ucheucheuche]

Vimeo is a loner site, few general people visit to watch videos.

[@mach1819]

This video was just basics

[@AntonWongVideo]

Yeah, it'd be a LOT longer video if I covered every single difference and nuance

[@itzneytirix4422]

Hey I am new here

[@AntonWongVideo]

Welcome

[@DanDAlittleMan]

Vimeo is better, but KZbin is more used, because it has many more videos on there and nobody uses Vimeo, so it is jus seen as a joke.

[@kukaki5845]

Vimeo is wayyy better and doesnt restrict your comments, opinions ir expression.

[@YellowSquidsBootyAttack]

It’s funny how Vimeo has a KZbin account

[@AntonWongVideo]

I mean, Twitter and KZbin have accounts on each other's sites

[@MAGAMAN]

Vimeo also blocks people from commenting on their videos on youtube. All the peoples saying they don't censor you on vimeo should pay attention to this.

[@yukiqueen4805]

I like KZbin for the fun of it, but there’s copycats.

[@fh_jordan]

Well, you don't HAVE to pay money to post on Vimeo. I post videos for free on KZbin AND Vimeo.

[@AntonWongVideo]

yes, if you have a small enough file but, the ones I upload are too big for the free plan

[@FirebrandVOCALS]

Google are a monopoly

[@AntonWongVideo]

In certain industries, like search, yes

[@khoinghieptre9047]

Can you say slower

[@AntonWongVideo]

There's an option to change the video speed on this video. You can also turn on the captions

[@fh_jordan]

WHO IS 500th LIKE? I AM 504th!

[@FirebrandVOCALS]

This is a very biased pro KZbin video me thinks ...... no offence intended btw

[@AntonWongVideo]

None taken. I actually really like Vimeo. I just said who both seem to be best for based on their features (e.g. KZbin's search and Vimeo's high quality spec). I feel like it was a pretty balanced video. Anyway, thanks for watching!

[@blackprimeminister]

@@AntonWongVideo I think if you're serious about ownership and control, it's Vimeo. KZbin is fine for nerding around, but this has become an ugly, difficult platform. I would never recommend it to new creators. Sure, it has scale and reach, but TikTok is better for that. Thanks for this, though.

[@Intimatycal]

Imagine having to pay to upload or watch videos. My god. This world will privatize breathing air soon

[@AntonWongVideo]

I can empathize with the feeling but...server space isn't free. so, someone's gotta pay for it, whether it's advertisers, uploaders, or viewers

[@Housestationlive]

seriously?owned by the proprietary of tinder? we're in hell dudes. all options leads to nightmare.

[@AntonWongVideo]

they've since spun off into a publicly-traded company

[@Housestationlive]

@@AntonWongVideo anyway you can't make your channel grow the same way anywhere else than youtube. is it's for ethical concern you have wistia or dropbox (which provide option to embed videos)

[@corey1054]

KZbin. Vimeo is by far the absolute worst video player I have ever used. The connection is absolutely garbage, it lacks basic features such as being able to rewind or fast forward 10 seconds by tapping the side of the screen, if your phone rotation changes it completely loses your place in the video, Absolute garbage

[@AntonWongVideo]

I haven't had any issues with rotating my phone but it would be nice if they included the double tap to jog the timeline and change the playback speed. But it does allow uploaders to make their vids available for download so that's something. I mean, use whatever works for you!

[@melissarobertson1190]

Unpopular opinion: Vimeo is better than KZbin even though i still watch KZbin cuz i have a love/hate towards youtube

[@madone7393]

Both suck and there's definitely room for a better one.

[@AntonWongVideo]

I see strengths and weaknesses to both. I'd be interested in seeing more competition and innovation in the video hosting platform space

[@buryitdeep]

KZbin disgusts me

[@piotrwydra3628]

yes, Lucifer... to answer your question... Vimeo is Jewish too.

[@blank4181]

Left, Right, Center, whatever your political view says about youtube, It blocks ANYTHING thats political, contriversal, or history. Left or Right. Edit: You better get used to using vimeo, cause their is talk in the house about splitting google up.

[@AntonWongVideo]

That is a common criticism but I don't think Vimeo (in its current stage) will be one to take over KZbin. Vimeo costs money to upload and isn't as good of a search engine as KZbin is. I do, however, predict more people going to blockchain-based and decentralized video sites with way more lax rules (if any)

[@carlosreid51]

Facebook , Twitter and Yougoole needs splitting up like Bell Atlantic (AT&T / Version ) monopoly too much control .

[@MAGAMAN]

Vimeo is a mess. we use it for work and every change they have made recently has made it worse. It not takes substantial ly more clicks to get to the edit page of a video than it used to. things are broken more than they work and and whoever is in charge of the site is an idiot. As far as content, vimeo seems to be home to the gay and deranged crowd. Nothing but crap and depravity for the most part.

[@pyeody9070]

Whats the difference?? Vimeo is absolutely the worst possible platform to watch any video on and they have the audacity to charge people money. First timers go buy a movie on your phone then try to watch on your TV good luck if you can even find your purchase... trash compared to KZbin.

[@journofay]

Rubbish. Vimeo is not a straight forward platform. Searching to do basic functions is a time waster compared to KZbin where everything is right in front of you in a logical format.

[@Fussbabies134]

Vimeo cost money but you tube allows sub botting and its frustration to people who really work to earn subs