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Wowza Streaming Engine (Linux BYOL)

Wowza Media Systems, Inc. | 4.9.3+4

Linux/Unix, HAQM Linux 2023 - 64-bit HAQM Machine Image (AMI)

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82 reviews
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    Daniel F.

I've been using Wowza for over 10 years

  • August 27, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Wowza had taken the guesswork and mystery out of live streaming while also providing a very rubust and trustworthy streaming platform.
What do you dislike about the product?
At first we really wanted a platform that would provide a player page for the live streaming player. We learned to use javascript to embed the player on a page. They now offer a iFrame experiance to do it, but I would have been great to have the iFrame method 10 years ago.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We were looking for a reliable high quality platform for streaming HD video. Also one that gave confidance that video was being delivered, and did not mysterously cut out or have issues that made you explaine to the client why the live stream didn't work.


    Zahid H.

Wowza is Best streaming Engine in the Market

  • August 25, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Wowza Streaming Engine is a versatile and robust media server that supports a wide range of streaming protocols and formats, which is one of the features I appreciate most. Its flexibility in handling both live and on-demand streaming makes it suitable for various use cases, from enterprise-level deployments to smaller, custom streaming solutions. Additionally, Wowza's support for adaptive bitrate streaming ensures a smooth experience for viewers across different devices and network conditions.

The comprehensive API and SDKs provided by Wowza also allow developers to create customized streaming workflows, making it a highly adaptable tool. Its low latency capabilities are particularly impressive, especially for applications like live sports or interactive broadcasts where real-time delivery is critical. Lastly, the detailed analytics and monitoring tools offered by Wowza are useful for optimizing and troubleshooting streaming performance
What do you dislike about the product?
I am not happy with their Pricing, IT should be less for Startup Companies.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Its easy to use to I dont need big team to stream my content.


    ron k.

Wowza is a simple, inexpensive way to stream to multiple online platforms with minimal effort.

  • August 25, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Wowza has a fairly simple setup for the stream and stream targets. The transcoding options are fairly priced and give us multiple stream resolution options from our incomeoing 1080p stream. We stream to Wowza and Wowza outputs to our Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, Rumble, Church Online Platform (2 transcoded resolutions) and and an audio only Phone streaming platform.

We use Wowza 3 times a week presently but in the past we were streaming up to 6 times a week. Wowza's feature set is great for the lower monthly fee options they offer. Once you setup your multiple streaming targets, you can decide if it's full (passthrough) resolution or transcoded down to lower resolutions. They offer video storage, VOD and OTT features we aren't utilizing presently, but they're there if you need them. The few times we've had questions our support emails have been replied to in a timely manner.
Wowza is a straight forward, solid, reliable system for simple to complex streaming needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
Wowza just updated their user interface and as they simplified some of the steps for setup, it seems they may have removed some of the target editing options they used to have. I need to investigate further... But I know they listen to user feedback and if there's something that is needed they'll find a way to make it happen.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza allows us to stream 1 x 1080p stream from our site to their cloud.wowza streaming. They seemlessly provide the stream output to multiple platforms, with multiple transcoded resolutions as needed.


    Telecommunications

Overall positive experience with Wowza Streaming Engine.

  • August 23, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Reliable streaming engine with smooth performance, customizable options, and excellent scalability for live and on-demand streaming.
What do you dislike about the product?
Interface not user friendly, initial setup is complex for beginners.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming Engine solves the challenge of delivering high-quality, low-latency video streams to a global audience.


    Facilities Services

The System Integrators dream!

  • August 21, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
It was quite simple to setup, the documentation was thorough when necessary. The Customer support portal was easy to use, and had a very quick response time. Very easy to integrate multiple camera vendors in a building.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like to see more out of the box support for other camera vendors, or a guide / trip and tricks on how to get RTSP URLs for other non-supported vendors.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allowed us to get real time interfacing in with our buildings alarm system. The operator receives and alarm on the building management platform and the corresponding CCTV feed is opened on a trigger. This allowed for non-traditional security related alarms to also trigger a CCTV feed.


    Michal K.

Good for Internet / lacks support for legacy systems

  • August 20, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Works well with internet codecs, I like the multiplatformity, quite stable for long run.
What do you dislike about the product?
Lacking legacy codecs (MPEG1 audio, MPEG2, H.264 CBR). Config thru XML is somehow complex. Java has some limitation on Windows servers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
provides access to my media files thru "streaming" (mostly thru HLS)


    Saravanan S.

Chief Technologist

  • August 20, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Flexibility in configuring the platform and reliable
What do you dislike about the product?
Cost can be adjusted for customers by requiring a private pricing agr
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Supporting customers in AWS who are using Wowza Streaming solution


    Human Resources

Review for Wowza Video

  • April 16, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Wowza Video is a very easy platform for something that's very complicated quite often. The customer support is very helpful in times of need as well.
What do you dislike about the product?
There's no downsides to the platform, it's very easy to use and super helpful for quality purposes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza has helped improve quality for Video Hosting's in general. It is very easy to work through and i'm super pleased with the platform.


    Marcello M.

Good and complete streaming engine. Supports the needs of my software

  • March 05, 2024
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What do you like best about the product?
Compatibility with industry standards for streaming videos and easy of use.
What do you dislike about the product?
Poor support for RTSP, some protocols features are not implemented, such as Authentication. Lack of support for onvif.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have the need to stream multiple live feeds from drones around the world to a plataform that saves this videos, and reestreams it to my clients video center if needed. Wowza Streaming Engine helps me as a central server were I can send the video, as converts the video stream to a cloud based storage for VOD.


    Adnan A.

It was nice

  • March 05, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The transcoders for any camera to get your format
What do you dislike about the product?
The support is not real time, you have to wait and there is no chatting
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Get the stream from h265 camera video encode and transfer it to h264 to use in webrtc