VideoSWS*

HTML5 Video Player Comparison

* See What Sucks

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We’ll help you choosing the best HTML5 based video player for your next project.

Last update: 2017-08-10

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Flash fallbackUnified LookAPIResponsiveSkinnableEmbeddable<audio> readyPlattformsJS libraryHostingLicenseCMS pluginTrue fullscreenKeyboard controlARIASubtitlesChaptersPlaylistsSpeed controlQuality controlHLSDash
Able PlayeryesyesnonoyesnoyesYouTubejQueryself-hostedMIT–yesyesyesyesyesyesyesnonono
afterglowyesyesyesunifiedyesyesnonoYouTube–self-hosted or cloudMIT–yesyesnoyesnononoyesnono
Bitmovin Adaptive Streaming Playeryesyesyesunifiedyesyesnoyes––self-hosted or cloudcustomWordpressyesyesnoyesnonoyesyesyesyes
Fluid Playernononoyesyesyesno––self-hostedMIT–yesnononononononoyesno
jvideoplayernonoyesunifiedyesyesnonojQueryself-hostedWTFPL–yesnonoyesnononononono
leanbackyesyesyesunifiednoyesnoyes–self-hostedGNU GPLWordpress, Joomlayesyesnoyesyesyesnoyesnono
mediaelement.jsStar SymbolyesyesyesunifiedyesyesnoyesYouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion–self-hosted or cloudMITWordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Typo3, Contaoyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes
OzPlayeryesyesnoyesyesnonoYouTube, Vimeo–self-hosted or cloudcustomWordpressyesyesyesyesnononononono
Radiant Media Playeryesyesyesunifiedyesyesyesyes––self-hosted or cloudcustom–yesyesnoyesnoyesyesyesyesyes
THEOplayerStar Symbolnonoyesyesyesnoyes––self-hosted or cloudcustom–yesyesnoyesyesyesyesyesyesyes
Viblast PlayerStar Symbolyesyesyesunifiedyesyesnoyes––self-hosted or cloudcustom–yesyesnoyesyesnoyesyesyesyes