With Wistia’s in-app screen recorder, you can record your screen, webcam, or both simultaneously. This feature is designed to simplify the video creation process, enabling users to record, edit, and enhance videos without the need for external software.

Additionally, users can customize their recordings by adding transitions, chapters, CTAs, and interactive elements to enhance viewer engagement.

‍Note: Wistia’s free plan limits you to 15-minute videos.

Here’s what you can record with BombBomb’s webcam and screen recording feature:

• Screen and Webcam: Record both your screen and webcam simultaneously.
• Screen Recording Only: Option to record only your screen or a specific window.
• Webcam Recording Only: Feature to record only via your webcam, focusing on the speaker.

‍Note: BombBomb allows users to record videos directly from their inbox, mobile, or web. It offers unlimited video length and storage, with no need for downloads or attachments, as videos play directly.

Wistia offers several video sharing options, including:

• Direct Link: You can share video recordings using a link (optionally with a specific time code).

• Embedding: You can embed your media on your website or other platforms with flexible embed codes.

• Private Sharing: You can use private sharing to require a login to see your content, which is useful for sharing videos with people via email addresses.

• Publish to Social: You can connect Wistia to your Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn accounts to directly upload your video content to these social networks.‍
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• Password Protection: Videos can be encrypted to require a password to allow viewing.

BombBomb offers several video sharing options:

• Sharing Options: Share videos via direct links that can be pasted into social media platforms, text messages, or emails.
• ‍Password Protection: Offers password protection for individual videos, enhancing privacy for sensitive content.
• ‍Admin-Controlled Features: Team account admins can control access to features like mobile app usage and screen recording for policy compliance​​.

Wistia has no native voice annotation features.

BombBomb doesn’t offer voice annotation tools. But you can respond to videos with a video on all plans.

Wistia offers Time-Stamped Commenting, which allows users to pinpoint their feedback to the exact second, making the context instantly clear.

BombBomb lets users react to videos via comments and likes. You can opt to turn this feature off. 

Users are notified of these interactions via email, and they have the option to manage these notifications in their account settings.

Wistia allows you to transcribe your videos, either by auto-generation or by ordering a human-written transcript.

BombBomb automatically generates video transcripts for every video you create — the process may take up to 15 minutes. This feature covers over 100 languages, ensuring accessibility for a diverse audience.

Users can request auto-generated captions for videos, or add closed captions by uploading SRT files. Additionally, you can choose whether to keep captions on or off by default.

BombBomb also automatically generates closed captions for your videos. You can also rest assured that your video messages are ADA-compliant. 

‍Note: Transcripts and closed captions are only available on the BombBomb Plus, Individual Plus, and Team plan.

BombBomb lets you assign tasks to your team members or create workflows for multiple teams.

BombBomb lets you assign tasks to your team members or create workflows for multiple teams.

Wistia has no native smart reminder or deadline features.

BombBomb doesn’t offer reminders or deadlines. But you can integrate the tool with Keep-in-Touch Systems (KiTS) to get daily emails that remind you who to call and when.

Wistia does not have dedicated team channels.

If you’re using BombBomb’s Teams plan, you can:

• Share content within a team: Share and reuse videos, emails, and templates within a team.
• Create subteams: Organize team members into focused subteams.‍
• Customize your team’s workspace: Set specific permissions for team admins and create custom fields for your team.

You can upload various types of files to Wistia, including video, audio, documents, and images.

You can upload the following file types on to BombBomb (2 GB max):

• MP4
• MPG
• MOV
• AVI
• FLV
• MPEG
• WMV
• M4V

There are several ways to download videos from Wistia:

• Using a browser extension: You can install the Wistia Video Downloader Chrome extension to download videos.
  
• Using the share link: If the video has a share link that allows downloading, you can see options to choose the video quality and start downloading directly.
• ‍Using the Wistia dashboard: You can enable download options in the Wistia dashboard to allow viewers to download the video.

BombBomb lets you download videos directly to your computer.

 Wistia has no native screenshot feature.

BombBomb doesn’t offer a designated screenshots feature.

Wistia has only one extension - the Wistia Video Downloader extension, which does not allow you to start any recordings. 

Wistia previously had a Chrome extension that allowed users to share and embed videos easily within Gmail, Medium, Shopify, Squarespace, and WordPress.com. However, this extension has been disabled by Wistia.

Using BombBomb’s Chrome extension, users can record and send videos directly from the Chrome browser.

You can also monitor who has viewed your messages using the extension, and record and send videos from within Gmail.

Wistia has integrated AI functionality into its platform to enhance video marketing workflows.

Wistia introduced four AI tools to streamline video marketing processes:

• Video highlights: An edited compilation of the most compelling and impactful moments of a longer video.
• Auto transcripts and captions: Order AI-generated captions and transcripts or set up automatic transcripts and captions for every video. 
• Auto-generated event descriptions: Enter an event topic and your company's brand tone, and you'll get a ready-to-publish description for your event registration page.‍
• Wistia Fetch: An AI-powered generative search tool.

BombBomb doesn’t offer AI-generated summaries or actions items. But the tool does automatically generate transcripts.

In Wistia, users can assign specific roles to team members, controlling what actions they can perform and what content they can access.

There are four types of user accounts in Wistia:

• Account Owners: Has the highest permissions of any user - access to all features and permissions.
• Managers: have the ability to perform tasks such as creating Folders and Channels, uploading media, and sharing content with new viewers.
• Collaborators: Same permissions as viewers, but given one additional permission in a given folder.‍
• Viewers: Can only engage with content within the folder and/or channel that they have been given access to.

BombBomb offers various levels of administrative permissions within team settings:

• Content Administrator: Can share emails, videos, forms, and campaigns within designated teams and also share snippets via the Chrome extension.
• QA Administrator: Allowed to log into accounts within their teams to review content, but can’t manage or share content or adjust team seats.
• Team Administrator: Can manage and share content, as well as handle team seats, but can’t log into owner's or other team administrators' accounts.‍
• Owner: Has access to all accounts within their teams, including subteam administrators, and can manage content and team seats. Owners can’t access other owners' accounts or subteam administrator accounts outside their designated teams.

Wistia implements several data encryption measures to ensure the security and privacy of user data. Some key points regarding data encryption in Wistia are:

• Data Center Security: Wistia maintains up-to-date SSAE 16 certification and is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Account Protections: Wistia accounts are not crawled by search engines, can be made private and password-protected, and have domain restrictions to control where media can be played.
• ‍Application Monitoring: Wistia maintains a real-time status page for monitoring service availability and provides notifications via email, SMS text, or RSS.

All BombBomb plans include essential security features like password protection and end-to-end encryption, ensuring data privacy.

Users can also set video expiration dates and access custom transcription services, offering better control over data retention and content management.

Wistia has four pricing tiers:

• Free: Free for multiple users - Up to 10 videos, customizable player, recording and editing.
• Plus: $24/month or $19/month billed annually for multiple users - Everything in free + removed branding, basic CTA’s and multiple users. 
• Pro:  $99/month or $79/month billed annually for multiple users - Everything in Plus plan + custom CTA’s, lead capture forms and enhanced analytics. ‍
• Advanced: $399/month or $319/month billed annually for multiple users - Everything in Pro + marketing integrations, webinar hosting, and unlimited video galleries.

BombBomb offers three plans:

• Essentials $39/user/month or $33/user/month billed annually for unlimited videos, recording time, and storage.
• Plus: $69/user/month or $49/user/month billed annually for video analytics, mass emailing, and advanced video editing.‍
• Teams: Contact support for pricing; includes advanced security and compliance, SSO, custom onboarding, and priority support.

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Wistia is generally considered to be user-friendly and intuitive.

Users appreciate the simplicity of the platform, its integrations (like HubSpot CRM for a holistic view of leads), and its customizable features for conversions like end screens, chaptering, and CTAs.

Wistia’s key strengths are its analytics capabilities, simple video management, high-quality transcoding, and support for private video sharing.

BombBomb’s Google Chrome extension makes it easy to record videos immediately. They also provide a wealth of resources to support their users including blog posts, a training center, a YouTube channel, and an extensive knowledge base. 

Additionally, BombBomb also allows users to create and share videos on-the-go using their iOS and Android devices. This way, you can video message anytime, anywhere.

Aside from Wisia's freemium (free forever) plan, they offer a 14-day free trial on all paid plans.

You can take BombBomb for a test drive by opting for their 14-day free trials, available on the Essentials and Plus plans. And don’t worry, no credit card details are required.

Or you can schedule a demo via their website.