Move your video library without the $7,500/year minimum
Panopto requires annual contracts starting at $7,500/year. There is no free tier, no free trial, and no monthly plan. You cannot even test the product without talking to sales.
The editing experience is described as "a barely extant piece of incomplete software." Processing can take over an hour. There is no way to revert editing mistakes. The UI is "beyond confusing," and embedded videos frequently appear locked, generating daily access-request emails.
K1 Investment Management acquired Panopto and has been cutting costs aggressively. Employee reviews describe a wrecked culture, ongoing layoffs, and added debt. The company is "consistently failing to meet financial goals."
Before: annual contracts and mandatory sales conversations. After: sign up, upload, and go live in minutes with a free trial. Transparent pricing, no sales calls.
Before: hour-long processing times and a confusing UI. After: videos ready to play in minutes with a clean, intuitive dashboard.
Before: Panopto's search that works inconsistently. After: auto-transcription with full-text search across every video in your library.
In Panopto, navigate to your video library, select videos, and use the "Download" option to get source files (MP4). For large libraries, contact your Panopto admin to request a bulk export — Panopto does not have a public API for self-serve bulk downloads.
Sign up for a free 14-day trial. No sales call needed. Configure your workspace and custom domain.
Upload your exported MP4 files via drag-and-drop, or stage them in Google Drive, Dropbox, or S3 and import from there. Resumable uploads handle large training recordings without issues.
Replace Panopto embed codes in your LMS, wiki, or intranet with host.video embed snippets. If you use an LMS like Canvas or Moodle, update the embedded iframe URLs in your course content.
Test playback in your LMS and intranet, confirm auto-generated transcriptions and chapters, and verify access controls. Cancel your Panopto contract once migration is complete.
Panopto embeds reference your organization's Panopto-hosted domain (e.g., yourorg.hosted.panopto.com). These links will break when your Panopto contract ends. Replace all Panopto embeds in your LMS and internal sites with host.video embeds before your renewal date. For organizations with thousands of embedded videos in course content, consider a phased rollout starting with active courses.
Depends on library size. A training library of 200 videos can be migrated in a day. The main bottleneck is exporting from Panopto, which may require admin assistance for bulk downloads.
Export Panopto viewing reports before your contract ends. host.video analytics begin tracking immediately for all new embeds.
host.video tracks per-viewer engagement. For formal LMS completion tracking, embed host.video in your LMS and use the LMS's own completion criteria based on the embed interaction.