Kaltura.org / Kaltura.com - What’s the difference and when do I use which?

Bottom line:

If you are looking for free, community supported online video and rich-media solutions or you are interested in giving back to this wonderful developer community and contribute code, help test and document, find help or other Open Source Video developers – Kaltura.org is the place for you.
If you are looking for online video and rich-media solutions, coupled with additional related services, such as: hosting and streaming, content syndication, video SEO, ad-serving, aggregation of other 3rd party services, custom work, support level agreements, maintenance and support packages – Kaltura.com is the place for you.

Here’s how it works:

At Kaltura we believe that advanced video functionalities should be available to any publisher for free. The open-source approach accelerates adoption and spurs innovation. Using Kaltura’s foundations, publishers can rapidly and cost-effectively enable a multitude of highly-integrated solutions for a wide variety of use cases and verticals. Unlike the alternative proprietary, closed-source solutions, Kaltura’s platform is completely flexible, extendible and free. For publishers this means that they pay less, get more, and hit the market sooner. For developers it means that they get a stable base to build upon, allowing them to spend their time and resources on true innovation.

Web publishers, Value-Added-Resellers, system integrators and developers can use Kaltura’s open source projects on Kaltura.org to customize their own unique rich-media experience to fit their specific purposes, and seamlessly integrates with many popular content management systems. Those projects can then be combined with video-related and added-value services offered on Kaltura.com.

Moreover, Kaltura’s Client Libraries (reference/API implementation) and growing library of applications, extensions, and plug-ins allow publishers to select off-the-shelf solutions for rapid self-serve deployments that can be fully enabled within minutes -- for free. Here too, publishers can select the fully independent version of the software, or leverage Kaltura’s supporting services.

So check it out, and get started with the most suitable solution for you. If you need any help, contact us, or see what others in the community have to say.