“Our need was for a simple, fast facility-to-facility transfer mechanism between various sites. Jet targets that exact need.”
Signiant Jet vs. Resilio
Across the media & entertainment industry Signiant is well-known as the market leader in intelligent file transfer. The world’s top media brands including Disney, NFL, NBCU, Xbox, BBC and more rely on Signiant to move content across their supply chains and will often recommend Signiant to their partners for content deliveries.
Why the M&E Industry Chooses Signiant
While Resilio is focused on syncing storage systems, the Signiant Platform includes Media Shuttle for person-initiated sending and sharing of files and Jet for automated transfers. Wherever content needs to flow – between people, across systems, with partners or to and from the cloud – the Signiant Platform has it covered.
Speed and Reliability
Speed and Reliability
All Signiant products include proprietary transport technology that can move any size file over any IP network at speeds up to hundred times faster than traditional methods. Signiant works with all file sizes, including folders with millions of smaller files – common in VFX workflows. All Signiant products include checkpoint restart, which resumes any interrupted transfer automatically from the point of failure. One look at the ResilioSync subreddit quickly highlights some of the challenges Resilio customers face with reliability issues.
Pricing and Packaging
Pricing and Packaging
With a Signiant subscription, you get unlimited transfers without file size limits when you connect to on-prem storage, and plenty of cloud payload when using cloud storage. Resilio charges based on users and the amount of storage you connect, which can add up. When you’re working with big files and huge data stores, the costs can quickly get out of hand.
Beyond File Transfer
Beyond File Transfer
Signiant Jet is a top-performing product for automated transfers between partners, systems and the cloud, but the Signiant Platform as a whole gives media companies access to additional features beyond fast file transfer. Signiant customers can access additional platform features such as Media Engine to search, preview, and interact with media assets across all of their storage, and Media Shuttle to create portals for different teams, projects, and locations. Resilio is focused on synching files across storage systems, so if you’re working with media assets across intricate supply chains with multiple storage locations, partners and people, you’ll want to take a look at the Signiant Platform.
The Signiant Platform by the Numbers
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Why Signiant makes a better choice than Resilio for large file transfers
Signiant is focused on this industry and making working with media more efficient.
Our simple, yet powerful product portfolio – built on an integrated SaaS platform – can solve any file transfer use case as well as solve 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, 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.
A Comparison of Key Capabilities
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Patented intelligent transport architecture that uses machine learning to adapt to network conditions in real-time and is capable of multi-Gbps transfer speeds |
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Send, Share and Submit portals as well as automated transfer jobs |
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Preview media files and associated metadata when files land in storage |
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Frequently Asked Questions
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How does Signiant Jet pricing differ from Resilio pricing?
Signiant’s subscription plans provide simple, no-surprises pricing. We pride ourselves on being easy to do business with and work with companies of all sizes to meet their business needs. When you connect Signiant to on-prem storage, you get unlimited transfers with no file-size limits. When using cloud storage, every subscription includes an ample allowance of cloud payload. Contact Sales for Pricing
Resilio charges for both users and amount of storage connected, making costs very unpredictable. When dealing with large files and massive data stores, the costs can add up quickly and can catch you off guard.
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How reliable is Signiant Jet compared to Resilio?
All Signiant software includes checkpoint restart which automatically resumes any interrupted transfer from the point of failure. Jet works with any-size file as well as folders with thousands or even millions of smaller files which are common in VFX workflows. With Signiant, all files are delivered unaltered with byte for byte accuracy.
Resilio customers complain about reliability issues when using their sync product. A quick trip to the ResilioSync subreddit will highlight some of the customer challenges with reliability.
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What additional features or capabilities does the Signiant Platform offer compared to Resilio?
Once on Signiant Jet, customers can easily access other platform capabilities whether it is leveraging Media Shuttle to set-up portals for various teams, projects and locations, or Media Engine to search, preview and interact with media assets across all their storage. While Jet is a best-of-breed product for automated transfers between systems, partners and the cloud, being on the Signiant Platform offers capabilities that extend beyond file transfer that help media companies work more efficiently.
Resilio, which was created by the founders of BitTorrent, is focused on synching files across storage systems. Resilio Sync is a product that can be a good replacement for the free rsync utility. If you’re working with media assets across complex supply chains with many storage locations, partners and people in the loop, you will want to take a look at the Signiant Platform which covers a broad range of use cases across the media and entertainment industry.
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Can I connect with partners on Jet?
Yes! Companies that regularly exchange data with other companies will benefit from Jet’s simple, secure handshake where two parties can agree to send and receive files to one another.
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What types of storage does Signiant work with?
With the Signiant Platform, you’ll maintain storage independence, meaning assets always remain 100% in your control. You have your choice of storage including on-premises object or file storage as well as cloud object storage in AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Storage, or Wasabi. Learn more.
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Liam Ford, Senior Vice President of Post Engineering
Yusari Filem
Avinash Suresh, Director at Yusari Filem“Signiant Jet not only addresses the challenges [of distributing DCPs], it also provides a more cost-effective, easier and greener solution – and, of course, it is a world of difference when it comes to speed.”
RTV Slovenia
Matjaz Fajdiga, Head of TV Engineering“It’s the peace of mind you get with Signiant. You get reliability, and you get security because of the encryption.”
DigitalFilm Tree and the Power of Belief
“We’ve been able to roll [Signiant portals] out in new ways and integrate them with our existing pipelines and tailor them to individual clients.“