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# PlayReady

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> Microsoft PlayReady is digital rights management software that securely protects premium video and audio content across devices.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 7 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses PlayReady?

Businesses seeking to distribute premium media content online, media publishers, content creators.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 7 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 3.7/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Microsoft
- **Location**: Redmond, US
- **Founded**: 1975

## Commercial Context

- **Pricing model**: Per Feature
- **Target Audience**: 11–50
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: United States

## Features

- Access Controls/Permissions
- Access Revocation
- Copy/Save/Print Restrictions

## Category

- [Digital Rights Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31240/digital-rights-management/software)

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## Reviews

### "excellent program that allows you access to optimized content to help mobile computers" — 5.0/5

> **Eddy R** | *14 March 2018*
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> **Pros**: Protects files through data encryption. In this way there is no need to use high security transmission channels or making the files inaccessible.
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> **Cons**: only provides security to the contents registered in the, tying the general domain license and not even physical device

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### "Playready opinion" — 4.0/5

> **David** | *8 October 2018* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
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> **Pros**: I appreciate this mobile digital entertainment
> 
> **Cons**: This runtime takes a bit long using the PlayReady PC's runtime api.

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### "Learning" — 3.0/5

> **Kelly** | *21 September 2018* | Law Enforcement | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: It could be easy to follow at times. I need assistance due to lack of technical training.
> 
> **Cons**: I am an older person and I feel lost at times trying to keep up.
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> Comes in handy at work. I can always depend on others who feel more comfortable with PlatReady

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### "The Best  DRM Ever\!" — 5.0/5

> **Abbey** | *3 January 2019* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: Microsoft Playready DRM is being used in our company for a very long period. We use it to encrypt confidential media. It's lightweight and does not consume system resources unnecessarily. The feature I like the most is that it's totally Ads-Free, so if your working at something your attention won't be divided because your software has a new promotion for you\!
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> **Cons**: I haven't encountered any cons but I do have a suggestion; Microsoft should be providing a list of bug fixes and updates, it would help the user to understand the software more accurately.

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### "PlayReady - the Winner hands Down \!\!" — 4.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *20 November 2020* | Environmental Services | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10
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> **Pros**: I love the ability to protect DRM ( Digital Rights Management). there many training videos that we use through PlayReady
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> **Cons**: it can be a bit of a challenge to set-up initally

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