Kontainer: An Alternative to 23 for Video Hosting and Streaming, Backed by a Full DAM System
Companies that want to host and play back videos professionally, and embed them on their website, often look for GDPR-compliant, cookie-free streaming with servers located in the EU. The Danish provider 23 offers exactly that, and so does Kontainer. The real difference is not compliance, since both meet these requirements, but where video sits: as a standalone streaming tool, or as a native part of a complete Digital Asset Management system alongside images, documents and other assets.
Kontainer offers a straightforward alternative here.
A Fully Featured CDN Streaming Tool
Kontainer delivers videos via its own content delivery network, GDPR-compliant with servers located in the EU, and without the use of cookies. This makes Kontainer comparable in this area both to providers like Vimeo and to 23.
The feature set includes, among other things:
- GDPR-compliant video hosting and streaming via a dedicated CDN with servers located in the EU
- Cookie-free video playback, including videos embedded on your own website
- Automatic output in different quality levels for optimal playback on any device
- Automatic subtitle generation, along with language versioning and editing
- Videos as part of a complete Digital Asset Management system, rather than an isolated add-on tool
Automatic Subtitles and Language Versioning
One area where Kontainer is particularly well developed is subtitles. Kontainer can generate subtitles automatically, version them into different languages, and edit them afterwards. For companies that use video content internationally or want to ensure accessibility, this is a practical part of the streaming offering. For a step-by-step walkthrough of these settings, see our video streaming guide.
Video as Part of a Full DAM System
Kontainer’s main advantage over 23 is not GDPR compliance, since both providers meet these requirements, but the fact that video is fully integrated into a leading Digital Asset Management system rather than living in a separate tool. Because video sits alongside images, documents and other digital assets in the same video content management system, teams gain:
- One shared search across videos, images and documents, instead of a separate video library to maintain
- Centralized rights and access management that covers every asset type, video included
- Consistent, branded sharing and embedding across all content, not just video
- Version history and asset governance that already covers video files
- Fewer tools to license, maintain and train teams on across the organization
This reduces the number of tools in use and ensures a consistent, branded presentation across all content.
What 23 Is Well Suited For
23 is an established provider with a broad feature set that goes beyond pure video hosting, including webinar functionality. Kontainer does not cover this area. Companies that rely on webinars will still need a specialized tool for that. For hosting, streaming and managing videos, including multilingual subtitles, Kontainer offers a comparable feature set.
A Practical Alternative for DAM Customers
For companies that already manage their digital assets centrally and want their videos to be GDPR-compliant, cookie-free and streamed via a CDN, just as with 23, Kontainer is a sensible complement or alternative. Instead of maintaining multiple systems, images, documents and videos, including subtitles, can be organized, shared and embedded in one place.
FAQ
Both Kontainer and 23 offer GDPR-compliant, cookie-free video hosting and streaming with servers located in the EU. The difference is that Kontainer is a full Digital Asset Management system, so video sits alongside images, documents and other assets with shared search, rights management and branded sharing. 23 specializes in video streaming and additionally offers features such as webinars, which Kontainer does not provide.
Yes. Videos are delivered via a CDN with servers located in the EU and played back without the use of cookies.
Yes. Videos can be embedded directly on a website, just as with 23 or Vimeo.
Yes. Kontainer outputs videos in different quality levels so that playback is optimized for any device and connection.
Yes. Kontainer can generate subtitles automatically, version them into different languages, and edit them afterwards if needed.
No. Unlike 23, Kontainer does not offer a webinar feature. For hosting and streaming videos, however, Kontainer offers a comparable feature set.
Not necessarily. Anyone already using Kontainer as their DAM system can stream videos, add subtitles, and manage them within the same system, without maintaining a separate tool for this.