# PeerTube vs Riverside — Fit & Features

Canonical: https://trutool.co/compare/peertube-vs-riverside
Author: Asmit (https://trutool.co/authors/asmit)

Compare PeerTube and Riverside by use case, features, limitations, and evaluation questions.

## Compare fit, features, and limitations

### PeerTube
A free software to take back control of your videos! With more than 600,000 hosted videos, viewed more than 70 millions times and 150,000 users, PeerTube is the decentralized free software alternative to videos platforms developed by Framasoft.
Best fit: People and teams evaluating video editing & production for a specific workflow.
- Core product workflow
Before you choose: Test a representative task, inspect outputs, and confirm integrations, permissions, data handling, licensing, and current costs.
Pricing: https://joinpeertube.org/en
- [Read PeerTube profile](https://trutool.co/tools/peertube): Read PeerTube profile

### Riverside
Remote video and podcast recording.
Best fit: Video editors and content teams considering Riverside for this job: Remote video and podcast recording.
- Remote video and podcast recording
Before you choose: Test codec support, timeline performance, collaboration, captions, and export quality in the exact plan you intend to use.
Pricing: https://riverside.com
- [Read Riverside profile](https://trutool.co/tools/riverside): Read Riverside profile