Pellio vs YouTube
YouTube to be found.
Pellio for your website.
YouTube is the best place to be discovered. On your own site, its player is built to keep people on YouTube. Pellio’s is built to keep them on yours.
| Feature | Pellio | YouTube |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free to try, from $10/mo | Free |
| Being found by new audiences | ||
| Ads on your videos | Never | YouTube decides |
| Other videos suggested in your embed | Never | At the end and on pause |
| Your brand on the player | Colours, logo, no platform branding | YouTube branding |
| Private, password or domain-restricted videos | Unlisted or private only | |
| Email forms and calls to action in the video | ||
| Who watched, second by second | Aggregate only | |
| Members-only and course video on WordPress |
Why businesses switch
Your site shouldn’t send people somewhere else.
- No ads and no other channels’ videos next to your product demo
- Capture an email or send viewers to your booking page from inside the video
- See which prospect watched to the end, not just a view count
- Keep private, paid and course videos off the public internet
Where YouTube is ahead
What it does better.
- Reach: search, recommendations and subscribers
- It’s free, with unlimited storage
- Comments, community and a huge audience on mobile and TV
Use both
Keep your channel. Give your site a better player.
Publish on YouTube for reach and host the same videos on Pellio for your website. Or link your YouTube videos to Pellio: they keep playing from YouTube, with Pellio’s analytics of who watched, and on WordPress the free plugin plays them in a cleaner player that doesn’t contact YouTube until someone presses play.
Questions, answered
Can I move videos from YouTube to Pellio?+
YouTube doesn’t allow downloading through its API, so upload your original files to Pellio. You can also link YouTube videos to get Pellio’s analytics while they keep playing from YouTube.
Will hosting on Pellio hurt my YouTube views?+
Only the plays on your website move. Your YouTube channel keeps everything that happens on YouTube.
Is Pellio free like YouTube?+
There’s a free plan to try it. Paid plans start at $10 a month, with no ads, ever.
Give the videos on your site a home of their own.
Start free and compare your player side by side.