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Video marketing and hosting · November 2026 Edition

Vimeo vs SproutVideo

One of fourteen models named Vimeo first on the direct prompt; zero named SproutVideo. Vimeo was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and SproutVideo by eleven and Vimeo carries 70 labels and SproutVideo 33, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Vimeo

accepted challenger

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

SproutVideo

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share7%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate16%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels7033A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Vimeo 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 Vimeo · Wistia vs SproutVideo · YouTube vs Vimeo

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.
VimeoFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSproutVideo
Direct102 against Vimeo
Paraphrase01
Comparative10
Budget-constrained20
Scale-constrained10
Negative019 against Vimeo · 1 against SproutVideo
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, Vimeo and SproutVideo were named in the same answer seventy-two times, of the 209 answers naming Vimeo and the 81 naming SproutVideo. In those answers SproutVideo took the first choice seven times and Vimeo six.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Vimeo and SproutVideo 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
Vimeo SproutVideo first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Vimeo on the left and SproutVideo on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Vimeo first, SproutVideo not the choice

1 of 14 modelsSproutVideo was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Llama 4 MaverickVidyard, Vimeo, Wistia

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
Mistral SmallVidyard, Wistia alternatives: Vimeo
DeepSeek V4 FlashWistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo
Qwen 3.7 FlashWistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo
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

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashVidyard, Wistia alternatives: YouTube
Kimi K2Wistia alternatives: Vidyard

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 five points.
Vimeo9%#3 of 7
SproutVideo3%#5 of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Vimeo leads by five points.
Vimeo7%#4 of 11
SproutVideo2%#5 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Vimeo leads by four points.
Vimeo9%#4 of 8
SproutVideo6%#6 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

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

What the models said about SproutVideo

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five 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
“Wistia and SproutVideo are highly recommended business video hosting and analytics tools for mid-sized B2B companies” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For most marketing teams, Wistia, Vimeo, or SproutVideo are better choices” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · first choice
“SproutVideo starts ~$10/mo with lead capture on the entry paid tier, and is listed as an affordable branded host” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · alternative
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.