# Panopto Alternatives for Higher Education: Comparing Kaltura, IBM Video Streaming, and Dacast

DevFeed: [Panopto Alternatives for Higher Education: Comparing Kaltura, IBM Video Streaming, and Dacast](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/panopto-alternatives-for-higher-education-comparing-kaltura-ibm-video-streaming-and-dacast-38027.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.dacast.com/blog/streaming-solutions-for-broadcasting-online-university-course/>)

Author: Jon Whitehead

Published: 2026-09-04T11:55:41Z

Content type: comparison

Language: en

Sources: [DaCast](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dacast.md>)

Topics: [Streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streaming.md>), [Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy-and-abuse-prevention.md>), [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [ibm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ibm.md>), [Canvas](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/canvas.md>)

Tags: [accessibility-compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility-compliance.md>), [comparison](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/comparison.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-privacy.md>), [ibm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ibm.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>), [the-video-experts-blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-video-experts-blog.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>)

## AI overview

This comparison guide evaluates Panopto alternatives for higher education, focusing on Kaltura, IBM Video Streaming, and Dacast. It explains that university buyers should consider LMS integration, student data privacy, accessibility compliance, procurement requirements, pricing, bandwidth, and support for public-facing content.

## Source excerpt

By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated September 2026 Choosing a video streaming platform for a university isn't the same evaluation as picking one for a corporate training program or an individual course creator. University IT and AV teams have to weigh LMS integration, student data privacy, accessibility [...] The post Panopto Alternatives for Higher Education: Comparing Kaltura, IBM Video Streaming, and Dacast appeared first on Dacast.