Thousands of businesses trust SproutVideo for private and secure video sharing

How businesses & organizations use SproutVideo to secure videos

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Learning & Development

Organizations delivering training, certification, and compliance programs.

  • Control access for enrolled or authorized learners
  • Track individual learner progress and engagement
  • Provide verifiable records of course completion
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Corporate Communications

Businesses and legal firms delivering executive, investor, and company updates.

  • Restrict content access to authorized stakeholders
  • Track who accessed each communication and when
  • Confirm every video was viewed and completed
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Media & Content

Media companies and content owners with high-value content.

  • Securely share pre-release content with collaborators
  • Enforce licensing across approved regions and platforms
  • Deter piracy and hold every viewer accountable
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My videos are fully protected with advanced streaming and security technologies, making them impossible to download using conventional tools. By leveraging encrypted streaming protocols like HLS with AES-128 encryption, tokenized URLs, and server-side authentication, each playback session is unique and time-limited. Even if someone tries to capture the stream, the video content is fragmented and tied to specific user sessions.

Min K., Cyber Security

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Enterprise-grade controls for secure video workflows

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Authenticate Viewer Access

Secure access, from passwords to enterprise-grade identity verification.

  • Password Protection: Share videos with trusted groups, no account necessary
  • Viewer Login Protection: Control and monitor individual viewer access
  • Single Sign-On (SSO): Authenticate viewers through your identity provider
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Control Content Distribution

Enforce how and where your content is accessed and played.

  • Allowed Domains & Signed Embed Codes: Restrict playback to approved environments
  • Allowed IP Addresses: Ensure viewers can only play videos from approved IP ranges
  • Geographic Restrictions: Define which countries or regions can access content
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Track & Audit Viewer Activity

Gain visibility into viewer behavior and maintain audit-ready records.

  • Individual Viewer Tracking: Track detailed session data for every authenticated viewer
  • Engagement Heat Maps: Visualize how viewers engage, rewatch, and drop off
  • Exportable Reports: Download video data for compliance and regulatory requirements
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Protect Video Assets

Secure content with layers of defense that make every user accountable.

  • Dynamic Watermarks: Deter and trace misuse with visible and invisible watermarks
  • Engagement Metrics: Monitor individual viewers and identify unusual activity
  • Account Audit Log: Maintain a record of all account-level team member actions
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SproutVideo is a great space for our product to be consumed by specific viewers around the world, where we have to be very sensitive in terms of delivering the video product to selected viewers. The end-user experience is also intuitive and straightforward.

Leroux B., Creative Producer

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Seed

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$10
/ mo.
Master any video strategy with a powerful suite of core features, for solo entrepreneur to enterprise C-suite.
  • White label on-demand video hosting and live streaming
  • Track views and engagement
  • Video marketing tools: lead capture, calls-to-action, CRM integrations, etc.
  • 100 GB of storage and bandwidth
  • No usage caps!

Sprout

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$35
/ mo.
Flexible security options for your content with restricted viewer login protection, and a customizable video website.
  • Everything on Seed +
  • Additional security with restricted viewer login protection
  • Customizable video website
  • 350 GB of storage and bandwidth included with no usage caps
  • 1 hour of live stream input + 50 hours of live stream delivery included

Tree
Best Value

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$75
/ mo.
Ideal for teams. Account activity log. Deter screen recording with watermarks. Advanced video site options.
  • Everything on Sprout +
  • Dynamic watermarks and signed embeds to prevent unauthorized use
  • Advanced video website customization
  • 1 TB of storage and bandwidth
  • 2 hours of live stream input + 100 hours of live stream delivery

Forest

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$295
/ mo.
Easy enterprise-level tools. Exportable reports, top-tier security, and premium support for custom solutions.
  • Everything on Tree +
  • Top-tier security: SSO for viewer login + restrict playback by geo and IP
  • Detailed, exportable reports
  • Dedicated rep with phone support
  • 2 TB of storage and bandwidth
  • 6 hours of live stream input + 200 hours of live stream delivery

What SproutVideo Customers Are Saying

A video platform that puts you first. SproutVideo is full-featured video hosting with industry-leading support. No bots or automated queues, ever.

User Satisfaction SproutVideo Industry Avg.
Ease of Use 9.5 9.1
Ease of Setup 9.5 9.0
Ease of Admin 9.5 8.9
Quality of Support 9.4 8.9

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Explore how secure video hosting can work for your organization

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Common questions when selecting a secure video hosting platform

What is the most secure way to share videos online?

The most secure way to share videos online is to combine multiple layers of protection rather than relying on a single method. SproutVideo is built around a three-pronged approach:

Restrict Who Can Watch: Use password protection , viewer login protection , or single sign-on (SSO) to authenticate viewers before they can access your content.

Protect Shared Content: Restrict where your videos play with allowed domains and signed embed codes. For advanced protection, use dynamic watermarks to deter theft and hold every viewer accountable.

Monitor Viewer Behavior: Track viewer activity to audit viewing sessions and flag unusual or suspicious activity regularly.

Together, these controls give you complete visibility and control over who can access your content, where it plays, and what viewers can do with it.

How do I prevent employees from sharing confidential videos?

Prevent employees from sharing confidential videos by controlling access at multiple levels. SproutVideo gives you the tools to do this effectively:

Start by requiring authentication with viewer login protection or SSO to limit where viewers can access content, use download prevention to stop videos from being saved or redistributed, and layer allowed domains to restrict where videos play.

For additional accountability, dynamic watermarks deter misuse with visible on-screen identity displays and trace any unauthorized copy back to the source with invisible watermarks. Finally, engagement metrics give you a complete record of who accessed what, when, and from where.

Can I require viewers to log in before watching a video?

Yes. SproutVideo gives you two ways to require viewer authentication:

Viewer Login Protection assigns individual credentials to specific viewers. Single Sign-On (SSO) integrates with your existing identity provider for seamless authentication at scale.

Both methods provide detailed engagement tracking , giving you a complete record of who watched, when, and from where.

Can I restrict video access to specific countries or regions?

Yes. Geographic restrictions ensure your content only plays in the countries or regions covered by your licensing agreements. SproutVideo lets you define which countries or regions can access your content, and block everywhere else by default.

This feature is particularly useful for media companies, publishers, and studios distributing licensed content across multiple territories, where playing content outside an approved region could constitute a licensing violation.

Can I restrict video access to specific offices or locations?

Yes. Allowed IP addresses let you limit video access to specific networks or approved IP ranges, ensuring viewers can only access content from approved offices, warehouses, campuses, or other approved locations.

This feature is useful for organizations that need to ensure employees watch required training content on-site, or for organizations that want to prevent internal content from being accessed on personal devices or from outside networks.

How do I deter viewers from screen recording my videos?

Deterring screen recording starts with making every viewer accountable. SproutVideo's dynamic watermarks display the viewer's personal information directly on screen, including their email address, IP address, and session ID. The watermark moves around the screen intermittently, making it difficult to remove. If the viewer is not deterred, invisible watermarks allow you to trace any unauthorized copy back to the source.

Learn more in our guide to dynamic watermarks .

What audit trail and reporting capabilities does SproutVideo offer?

SproutVideo tracks every viewing session, making it easy for organizations to maintain a complete audit trail of video access and viewer activity.

Viewer Login Protection ties every viewing session to a specific authenticated viewer. Engagement analytics provide detailed session data, including heat maps to visualize viewing patterns. Exportable reports allow you to download CSVs of video data. Account audit logs record all account-level actions across every team member.

Why choose SproutVideo over other video hosting services?

SproutVideo is enterprise-grade secure video hosting without the complexity of traditional enterprise video platforms. Organizations and businesses gain complete control over who accesses their content, where it plays, and what viewers can do with it.

Security is the foundation: from viewer authentication and distribution control to dynamic watermarking and in-depth analytics, SproutVideo is built to meet the security demands of organizations managing sensitive, proprietary, and confidential content.

Along with a full suite of video hosting, marketing, and analytics tools , SproutVideo provides everything businesses need to host, share, market, and analyze video in one platform.

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