The SmartVideo score is an overall letter grade (e.g., A+, B, C–) that reflects the quality, performance, and health of video playback on your site. It’s designed to give you a quick, high-level understanding of how well SmartVideo is delivering your content to viewers.
🔍 What does the score measure?
The score takes into account several key performance indicators, including:
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Startup time – How quickly videos begin playing
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Buffering events – Whether playback is smooth or stalls
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Resolution quality – How consistently high-quality streams are delivered
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Encoding status – Whether videos are fully optimized for all devices
🎯 Why does it matter?
A higher SmartVideo score means:
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Faster video start times
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Fewer interruptions
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Better experience for your viewers
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Improved SEO and conversion performance
🧠 Tip:
You can monitor your SmartVideo score from your Swarmify Dashboard to help identify areas for improvement and ensure your videos are always running at peak performance.
📈 What about “quality improvement”?
Alongside the score, your dashboard shows a quality improvement metric. This reflects how much better your viewers’ video experience is thanks to SmartVideo’s delivery technology — essentially, the difference between what your audience would have experienced on a traditional player (like YouTube or Vimeo) and what they’re experiencing now with SmartVideo.
The improvement is calculated from real-world viewer data, SmartVideo’s proprietary acceleration engine, and our buffer-proof delivery system. It measures how much better your video experience is compared to what it would have been without SmartVideo, across the same four KPIs above (startup time, buffering, resolution, device optimization).