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Video marketing and hosting · November 2026 Edition

Vidyard vs Vimeo

Three of fourteen models named Vidyard first on the direct prompt; one named Vimeo. Both were named by all fourteen models and Vidyard carries 60 labels and Vimeo 70, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Vidyard

accepted challenger

Kitchener, Canada, founded 2011. Named in two categories this edition.

Vimeo

accepted challenger

United States, United States, founded 2004. Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share10%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%16%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels6070A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Vidyard reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Wistia was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Wistia vs Vidyard · Wistia vs Vimeo · YouTube vs Vidyard

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the video marketing and hosting page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
VidyardFirst choices, of fourteen modelsVimeo
Direct312 against Vimeo
Paraphrase20
Comparative21
Budget-constrained022 against Vidyard
Scale-constrained111 against Vidyard
Negative201 against Vidyard · 9 against Vimeo
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Vidyard and Vimeo were named in the same answer 138 times, of the 176 answers naming Vidyard and the 209 naming Vimeo. In those answers Vimeo took the first choice ten times and Vidyard twenty-one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Vidyard and Vimeo stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Vidyard Vimeo first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Vidyard on the left and Vimeo on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Vidyard and Vimeo stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Llama 4 MaverickVidyard, Vimeo, Wistia

Vidyard first, Vimeo an alternative

2 of 14 modelsVimeo was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashVidyard, Wistia alternatives: YouTube
Mistral SmallVidyard, Wistia alternatives: Vimeo

Neither was the first choice, one was named

11 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Wistia alternatives: SproutVideo, Vidyard, Vimeo
GPT-5.4 miniWistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo
Perplexity SonarWistia alternatives: Goldcast, Vidyard, Vimeo, YouTube
Grok 4.20Wistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo
DeepSeek V4 FlashWistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo
Qwen 3.7 FlashWistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo
Kimi K2Wistia alternatives: Vidyard
GLM 4.7 FlashXWistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo
MiniMax M2.5Wistia alternatives: HubSpot Video, Vidyard, Vimeo
GPT-6 LunaWistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo, YouTube
Muse Glimmer 30BWistia alternatives: Brightcove, Vidyard, Vimeo

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Vimeo leads by three points.
Vimeo9%#3 of 7
Vidyard5%#4 of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Vidyard leads at mid-market.
Vidyard10%#3 of 11
Vimeo7%#4 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Vidyard leads by thirteen points.
Vidyard23%#2 of 8
Vimeo9%#4 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Vidyard

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Six of the best-known business video hosts store your files in the United States by default.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“competitors like Wistia or Vidyard (which often start at $50–$80/month)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“useful for sales/marketing teams, but also tends to be pricier” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“Consider platforms like Wistia, Vidyard, or Brightcove for advanced analytics, lead generation, and branding control.” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · first choice
“Vidyard is known for its video hosting and marketing platforms that allow for embedding, player controls, and collections” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“Top Pick #1: Vidyard (Best for B2B Sales & Account-Based Marketing)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Vimeo

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Avoid or migrate away from: Vimeo (current instability)” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“The free version has limited features, and the platform's audience is smaller than YouTube's, potentially reducing discoverability” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Be careful if you expect to build a substantial library; newer free accounts have a very small lifetime upload allowance” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Vimeo is a popular choice for its ad-free video hosting, editing, and live streaming capabilities” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“or Vimeo Enterprise if brand presentation and creative control are paramount” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
“use Vimeo if you mainly need clean, ad-free videos embedded on your website” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.