Free JW Player Alternatives
The best free alternative to JW Player is VideoJS, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to JW Player and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to JW Player are Able Player, FV Player, MediaElement.js and Html5media.
JW Player alternatives are mainly CDNs but may also be Video Streaming Apps or Video Sharing Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of JW Player.- 33 VideoJS alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Self-Hosted
VideoJS is an HTML5 Video Player, built with Javascript and CSS, with a fallback to a Flash video player for when the browser doesn't support HTML5 video.
- - VideoJS is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to JW Player.
- - VideoJS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to JW Player.
VideoJS Features
Opinions about VideoJS as a Alternative to JW Player
- 27 Able Player alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- Wordpress
Able Player is a fully accessible cross-browser media player. It uses the HTML5 <audio> or <video> element for browsers that support them, and (optionally) the JW Player as a fallback for those that don’t.
Able Player Features
- Freemium • Proprietary
27 FV Player alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Windows Mobile
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Wordpress
WordPress's most reliable, easy to use and feature-rich video player. Features responsive design, playlists, ads, stats, Vimeo, YouTube, S3, Cloudfront and CDN support. AB loop, speed controls.
- - FV Player is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac, iPhone, Linux, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to JW Player.
FV Player Features
Comments about FV Player as a Alternative to JW Player
Much easier to use, the UX is much better, and you can add playlists from your WordPress dashboard instead of having to go to JW Player's dashboard.
1- Free • Open Source
29 MediaElement.js alternatives- Self-Hosted
- TYPO3
- Drupal
- Joomla
- BlogEngine.NET
- Plone
- Wordpress
- jQuery
- RubyGems
HTML5 video player with Flash and Silverlight fallbacks making it compatible with any browser.
MediaElement.js Features
Opinions about MediaElement.js as a Alternative to JW Player
html5media is a JavaScript library that enables every browser to play the media defined inside the HTML5 media tags.
- 29 Accessible HTML5 Video Player alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- JavaScript
A lightweight HTML5 video player which includes support for captions and screen reader accessibility. For details, read the blog post Introducing an Accessible HTML5 Video Player on the PayPal Engineering blog.
Accessible HTML5 Video Player Features
- 27 afterglow alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- JavaScript
A few years ago, there was a new video player around, called SublimeVideo. It was a breeze to integrate, reliable, free to use and worked out of the box. Sadly, times change. Out of the blue, SublimeVideo has been bought by Dailymotion, all services have been discontinued on...
afterglow Features
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- 28 SublimeVideo alternatives
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- JavaScript
The HTML5 Video Player Everyone Deserves.
SublimeVideo Features
DiscontinuedSublimeVideo was bought by Dailymotion and integrated into Dailymotion's services: https://web.archive.org/web/20150510013917/http://docs.sublimevideo.net/dailymotion-acquisition-faq |
afterglow is inspired by SublimeVideo.
- 27 HVideo alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- jQuery
HVideo is a jQuery-based, HTML5 video player.
- 27 jQuery UI video widget alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- jQuery UI
- jQuery
HTML5 Video player built with jQuery UI.
- 30 Kaltura Player alternatives
- Freemium • Open Source
- Online
- Self-Hosted
The Kaltura Player leads the industry in flexibility, ease of customization, plug-in offerings and loading speed.
- 9 Empora alternatives
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Allows you to customize and rebrand your YouTube videos on your site. Unlimited skinning options and colors through our config tool. Use Empora to brand your embedded YouTube videos and make it look amazing. No ads before, after or on your videos.
- - Empora is the most popular SaaS alternative to JW Player.
Empora Features