Vzaar is a finalist in the 2009 Streaming Media European Readers Choice Award in the category of Best Online Video Platform. It offers an easy to use method of adding video to your own website or to other sites such as eBay where it’s a certified application so it’s useful for ecommerce. Websites like vzaar are arriving on the scene in competition with YouTube, and need to have advantages in order to attract users.

The benefits of vzaar are that it’s unbranded, so it looks professional and completely part of the company’s own brand. Unlike YouTube, vzaar has no time limit on uploads. Advanced options include multi-sizes, high definition video, border options and colours, autoplay and the ability to add text, including brand text, and weblinks. The videos are also iPhone compatible.

The basic vzaar service is free for up to 1GB for videos of unlimited duration, and for high definition subscription is $5 per month, rising to $10 for an unbranded version and advanced player settings. Certain YouTube limitations mean these services are in demand and vzaar is gaining popularity quickly. For comparisons with video services springing up it’s worth looking at vimeo.com and livestream.com