Overcast

RATING:

4.6

(10)
Overview

About Overcast

Do you need a simple, fast, cost-effective way to view, review, approve, share, transcode, distribute, archive and control your content? Then, check out Overcast’s Video Content-as-a-Service. It is cloud native and integrates seamlessly with your existing technologies — therefore, it is future-proofed. It uses artificial intelligence to automate processes, which saves you money. We work from a “single source of truth” and manage it with a “single pane of glass.” It sits on top of a digital asset management system — you just plug in micro-services orchestrated for your specific needs. You can simulate the cost before signing up. It is ideal for remote working. Overcast MAX is a suite of managed SaaS solutions to improve your workflows and tech stack: 1. Max Live S...

Overcast Pricing

Overcast offers pricing plans that scale as you grow: https://www.overcasthq.com/pricing/ Overcast Max allows you to simulate costs before you invest. Contact Overcast for more details.

Starting price: 

$89.00 per month

Free trial: 

Not Available

Free version: 

Available

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Overcast Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Overcast

10 Reviews

Adrian

Broadcast Media, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed July 2021

The Best Media Sharing & Management Software Available

No dead links, sharing is easy, never had an issue

PROS

Easy for clients to use and access. Uploading, sharing, and time stamp commenting.

CONS

Exporting of comments so one doesn't have to go back and forth

Reasons for switching to Overcast

Dead links, comments, and changes over email and messages were exhausting. With Overcast, everything is the one place.

Vendor Response

Adrian is a superuser and has influenced our product roadmap in the past. He can expect to see comment exports in Q3.

Replied July 2021

Mary

Translation and Localization, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2021

Great tool for video localisation

Improved efficiency in sharing / reviewing videos, positive experience overall.

PROS

Enables sharing of videos with ease. Review commenting is efficient and easily tracked.

CONS

No specific dislikes. Some tweaks in workflow identified, taken on board by Overcast and solutions found.

Vendor Response

We are always happy when super users like Mary and her colleagues ask for tweaks - if we can make the experience better we will.

Replied August 2021

Michael

Broadcast Media, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed June 2021

Value for Money

PROS

The product is good value for money, and very easy to use, user friendly

CONS

Can be slow at times to download audio....

Vendor Response

Thanks Michael - we've been working hard on scaling the download solution and transcode - I think you will see a big improvement in the coming weeks!

Replied June 2021

Martin

Media Production, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed July 2021

Simple to use review and approval system

We needed a way to share content with clients in a more streamlined way than uploading a link and have the ability for them to make comments that can feed back into editors and producers.

PROS

We are implementing a whole new system and part of the requirements was a way for external clients to have access to work in progress and be able to make comments. This is easily achieved using Overcast and the integration with editing systems is fantastic.

CONS

So far everything is working as expected so nothing to dislike.

Reason for choosing Overcast

Compared to other players in this market, Overcast are extremely agile and implemented a feature request within a couple of days before we had even agreed to purchase. The additional services offered such as media management and AI are not something we have explored yet, but having that as an option down the road is very exciting.

Vendor Response

Martin is one of those clients who knows exactly what he wants. We're delighted to have the chance to work with him and his team.

Replied July 2021

Neil

Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2021

Easy to use and easy to work with

Overcast accomplished our goal of bringing four disparate asset management systems and the assets the held into one easy to use system, whilst minimising the pain of ingestion and standardising the metadata.

PROS

The features that really stand out with Overcast are (1) customer service and support, working with [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] was a true partnership and it was great to deal with real people rather sitting in a queue waiting for a response to your support ticket (2) intuitive interface making the software a pleasure to use rather than the painful experience we had with our previous software.

CONS

Overcast lacked some of the nice to have features that more established players had, but did have all of the core features we needed. But since using it we have already seen more functionality come on stream and are kept informed about further developments in the pipeline.

Reason for choosing Overcast

The personal service, and easy to use interface.

Reasons for switching to Overcast

The need to consolidate with a single software provider, some of the previous systems were out of date and no longer supported.

Vendor Response

It has been great working with content creators with really high standards, who know what they want and are not afraid to ask for it. This is a great partnership.

Replied May 2021

Paul

Health, Wellness and Fitness, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2021

A pleasure to work with

Great people to work with.

PROS

The software is really user friendly, both for myself as an administrator but also for all of our users.

CONS

Anything that we didn’t like / or had no purpose for us was removed from our customised version.

Reason for choosing Overcast

We went with the people who we’d be working with.

Vendor Response

K2 knew what they wanted - but not the full feature set from day 1. We worked closely with the team to identify needs and optimise workflows. Great crew to work with...

Replied May 2021

Ivan

Broadcast Media, 1 employee

Used less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2021

Great share platform!

Nothing but great.

PROS

Ability to customize, ease of use, its ability to scale with ease as acquisition of content increases

CONS

It is small and minor however real time thumbnails previews. When editing it is relevant as you search for an edit point in a clip.

Reason for choosing Overcast

Overcast is more than just video.

Vendor Response

FIS are at the leading edge of technology innovations - it's great to get this kind of review from someone that we really admire. Oh - and we are working on those thumbs!

Replied May 2021

Alice

Events Services, 11-50 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2021

Easy to use and excellent customer service

Working with Overcast has been great, especially whilst adapting to digital events. They are hands on, supportive and the product does what it says on the tin.

PROS

No nonsense, user friendly, multi-functioning, easy client access, excellent customer service

CONS

Doesn't have some of the "nice to have" functions or full streaming capabilities (such as viewer data analytics). But does have everything we needed from a digital asset management point of view.

Vendor Response

Alice and her team have shown a great ability to adapt to a changing environment - especially doing live events during Covid lockdowns. We've gone on that journey with them and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Replied August 2021

John

Media Production, 2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed July 2021

Asset Management

The customer service is super. Very happy with it.

PROS

Constantly improving and evolving. Very easy to control permissions.

CONS

I would really like to be able to prioritise the file type of content transcoding. For example - once we load a piece of video we would like to transcode audio first and then and MP4 HD1080 35mb file. At the moment I dont think there is a priority option.

Vendor Response

John uses Overcast in many innovative ways and we always like to take his suggestions on board - look out for an admin transcode panel in Q3!

Replied July 2021

Madhuparna

Apparel & Fashion, 11-50 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2021

A very handy software for video sharing

Very good.

PROS

Our team really liked the ease of use. It really helped to collaborate with other team members and share content. I personally loved the features of the platform.

CONS

Nothing that comes to mind. Overall, me and the entire team had no significant issues while using the software.

Vendor Response

Great to hear Madhuparna. Sharing video has historically been managed by engineers and video editors - so we knew we had to create a platform that everyone could use - like Google Docs for video.

Replied May 2021

10 Reviews