Signiant vs.IBM Aspera
IBM acquired Aspera 10+ years ago and let’s face it, this isn’t IBM’s top priority. Customers switch to Signiant for our best-of-breed products, continued innovation, unrivaled customer support and preferred pricing. If you’re still using Aspera, it’s time to switch.
50,000
Connected Businesses
1,000,000
Global Users
200
Countries & Territories
50
PB Data Transferred per Month
Why Signiant is the Superior Choice for Large File Transfers
Signiant is focused on this industry and making working with media more efficient. That is what we do.
Our simple, yet powerful product portfolio – all built on an integrated SaaS platform – can solve any file transfer use case as well as challenges that extend beyond file movement. We continue to innovate and are passionate about this industry and our customers. Customers choose Signiant because of our market-leading products, our unrivaled customer support, quick time-to-value and the lowest total cost of ownership. It’s no wonder more than 50,000 businesses trust the Signiant Platform to move their valuable content around the world.
Signiant vs IBM Aspera
Pricing
Pricing
Signiant
Signiant subscription plans provide simple, no-surprises pricing — and we never charge for bandwidth. We pride ourselves on being easy to do business with and working with companies of all sizes to meet their business needs. When you connect Signiant to on-prem storage, you get unlimited transfers, no file-size limits and no silly bandwidth restrictions. When using cloud storage, every Signiant subscription includes a healthy allowance of cloud payload.
IBM Aspera
Signiant subscription plans provide simple, no-surprises pricing — and we never charge for bandwidth. We pride ourselves on being easy to do business with and working with companies of all sizes to meet their business needs. When you connect Signiant to on-prem storage, you get unlimited transfers, no file-size limits and no silly bandwidth restrictions. When using cloud storage, every Signiant subscription includes a healthy allowance of cloud payload.
Deployment, Operations & Use
Deployment, Operations & Use
Signiant
Signiant software is designed to be easy to deploy, operate and use by all who come in contact. We recognize the need for separate user experiences for IT, operations and creative end users. Our software caters specifically to each of those roles. As a true SaaS company, our products can often be up and running the same day, offering quick time-to-value and end users require no training at all to begin sending and sharing files. It is drag-and-drop simple and packed with enterprise power.
IBM Aspera
Aspera products were designed by engineers for engineers. We often hear from the market the frustrations in onboarding new partners and end users who are overwhelmed with an overly complicated user experience.
Customer Service
Customer Service
Signiant
Signiant’s customer support team sits in the same location as our engineering team so there is a very tight working relationship with the people who build the software and the people who support it. Signiant customer support has earned a Net Promoter Score in the 90+% range in every year it has been measured. Our world-class customer support is included with every SaaS subscription.
IBM Aspera
Let’s just leave it at this – try to get someone on the phone from IBM who can quickly and easily answer questions about Aspera products. Go ahead – we double dog dare you.
Storage
Storage
Signiant
We believe you know best how to store your valuable assets, and we’re committed to your storage independence. Wherever your assets are physically stored, on-prem or in the cloud, your content always remains 100% in your control with Signiant. We don’t bundle or resell storage and as an independent company we don’t have an agenda when it comes to storage.
IBM Aspera
Aspera products do work with a variety of on-prem and cloud storage types, but as part of IBM, there is an agenda to push IBM storage and bundle IBM products. For example, Aspera on Cloud works with IBM cloud storage by default and most media companies are not building their cloud operations on IBM Cloud.
Learn More About the Signiant Platform
The Signiant Platform builds on the foundation of our world-class fast file movement apps and adds workflow-centric production services that make working with media even more efficient.
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A Comparison of Key Capabilities
The Signiant Platform | IBM Aspera | |
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Super fast transfers, up to 100X faster than FTP | ||
No file size limits | ||
Person-initiated and automated transfers | ||
Unlimited, custom-branded portals | ||
Search media assets across storage locations | ||
Preview media files | ||
Fully committed to storage independence | ||
Pre-transfer spec validation with CloudSpeX | ||
Bandwidth management | ||
Focus on the media industry | ||
World-class customer support |
Frequently Asked Questions
How fast are Signiant file transfers?
Speeds can be up to 100X faster than traditional transfer methods but there are many variables in play. Signiant proprietary transport technology will improve nearly any file transfer situation but is most impactful with large datasets, over long distances or congested networks, and, somewhat counter-intuitively, when more bandwidth is available. With many customers, we routinely deliver multi-Gbps transfer speeds. Want to experience Signiant’s speed – Try sending a large file for free.
Are Signiant file transfers secure?
Because our customers use our technology to move their most valuable assets, we take precautions to secure every layer involved in file movement. Our security technology and implementation regularly undergo extensive third-party reviews to ensure effective protection. Signiant utilizes standards-based security technology like Transport Layer Security (TLS) to secure data and information as it is transmitted, including advanced authentication, data integrity, and data confidentiality. Thanks to our commitment to enterprise-grade security, Signiant is a preferred solution with Hollywood studios, sports leagues, broadcasters and more.
How reliable are Signiant file transfers?
Signiant never alters or compresses the files, delivering all files with byte-for-byte accuracy. Signiant includes checkpoint restart to automatically resume any interrupted transfers from the point of failure delivering lights-out reliability even on poor internet connections.
Is support included?
Every Signiant subscription includes our world-class customer support. Our support team works in the same location as the engineers who build the products, so they have direct contact with the teams if issues arise. Our awesome customer support is a key reason our customers renew and stay with us for years.
Does Signiant do more than file transfers?
Signiant is well known as the market leader in accelerated file transfers. After all, our software is used by thousands of companies to move petabytes of high-value content every single day. Further, when you purchase a subscription to any of our file transfer products, you join the Signiant Platform. That platform includes additional media management capabilities including multimedia search, preview of media assets and other actions such as transferring just a selected clip of a larger file.
Can we try Signiant before we buy?
Absolutely. We often do POCs with our customers before they buy so that your team can experience Signiant’s software in your environment with your datasets. Customers who do POCs often buy right away so let’s set up a quick call to get you started.
Testimonials
“[Signiant] Media Shuttle’s entry-level package was significantly better than Aspera’s, which enabled us to start small, test the waters, and see if the solution would be the right fit for us, without spending too much right off the bat.”
Jesse Janson, EVP Acquisitions & Development
“Signiant won because Aspera charges per gig of usage, and we can’t afford that. We’re based on users and that model has been working very well for us, and that is why we haven’t moved. It’s going to be hard to look at anything but Signiant.“
Andrew Marescotto, Media Director, IT
“Now, if I’m being honest, one of the questions that arose before we adopted it revolved around the fact that some of the studios we worked with used Aspera. “Selena” made it clear Media Shuttle was the way we wanted to go, though.”
Ariel Gordon, Founder & CEO
“The problem with Aspera is that it’s extremely expensive and not as user-friendly on the back end as Media Shuttle.”
Jesse Korosi, Director of Workflow Services