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Video marketing and hosting · October 2026 Edition

Vimeo vs SproutVideo

Zero 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 twelve and Vimeo carries 72 labels and SproutVideo 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Vimeo

criticized 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 rate25%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 7; printed, not drawn.
Labels7217A 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 thirteen 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
Direct00
Paraphrase102 against Vimeo
Comparative00
Budget-constrained21
Scale-constrained103 against Vimeo · 1 against SproutVideo
Negative0013 against Vimeo
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 October 2026 Edition, Vimeo and SproutVideo were named in the same answer fifty-five times, of the 220 answers naming Vimeo and the 58 naming SproutVideo. In those answers SproutVideo took the first choice two 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 4.1 Fast
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.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Wistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo
GPT-5.4 miniWistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo
Gemini 3.5 FlashWistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo
Perplexity SonarWistia alternatives: Goldcast, Vidyard, Vimeo
DeepSeek V4 FlashWistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo
Kimi K2Wistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo
GLM 4.7 FlashXWistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo
GPT-6 LunaWistia alternatives: Vidyard, Vimeo, YouTube

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Grok 4.1 FastWistia alternatives: Vidyard
Mistral SmallGoldcast, Wistia alternatives: Gumlet
Llama 4 MaverickGoldcast alternatives: Cinema8, Gumlet, Wistia
Qwen 3.7 FlashWistia alternatives: Cinema8, Goldcast
MiniMax M2.5Cinema8, Goldcast alternatives: Gumlet
Muse Glimmer 30BWistia 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 seven points.
Vimeo7%#4 of 6
SproutVideo0%#6 of 6
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Vimeo leads by five points.
Vimeo7%#4 of 7
SproutVideo2%#5 of 7
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Vimeo leads by fourteen points.
Vimeo14%#4 of 7
SproutVideo0%#6 of 7
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)” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“companies that previously used Vimeo but are looking for a more cost-effective, modern alternative without paying high-enterprise premiums” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Vimeo notes that some privacy settings still allow sharing/embedding and that it may share data with advertising companies for ad measurement” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose Vimeo if you want to look professional and stop losing customers to competitor ads on YouTube.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Brand-polished playback with simple embedding: Vimeo Starter ~$12/mo billed annually.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Start with demos from Wistia (marketing-focused) or Vimeo Enterprise.” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale 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.

“Fewer advanced marketing features (no built‑in CTA overlays)” MiniMax M2.5 · scale prompt · soft negative
“Best budget-friendly marketing hosting: SproutVideo” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“SproutVideo currently lists a plan at $12/month billed annually with marketing features, though check storage and bandwidth limits” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · alternative
“If you want strong performance and better value at scale with solid marketing features, SproutVideo is underappreciated.” Kimi K2 · scale 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.