Sold by: Wowza Media Systems, Inc.
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Wowza Streaming Engine(TM) server software is a powerful, flexible, solution that powers reliable streaming of high-quality video and audio to any device, anywhere.
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Overview
Wowza Streaming Engine(TM) server software is a powerful, flexible, solution that powers reliable streaming of high-quality video and audio to any device, anywhere. Built for builders integrating video into their business, Wowza Streaming Engine software running on Amazon EC2 enables you to take advantage of the technology's extensive streaming capabilities as well as the flexibility and scalability of Amazon Web Services. Hosting Wowza Streaming Engine instances on Amazon EC2 is ideally suited to streaming of live events, one-to-many training, webinars, and company meetings and more, due to this setup's global reach. It is also an excellent choice for adding overflow capacity to your own dedicated Wowza software deployments, and for cost-constrained organizations that need the flexibility of starting small but the available capacity to cost-effectively scale as their business grows. With prebuilt Wowza AMIs that can be launched in any Amazon EC2 operational region, using Wowza Streaming Engine software on Amazon EC2 is simple. The licensing uses a bring-your-own-license ("BYOL") Wowza Streaming Engine AMI that also offers access to unlimited transcoding for adaptive streaming, live stream DVR, DRM, and all free Add-Ons.
Highlights
- Any media to any device, anywhere, simplified: takes any video format and reliably delivers it in multiple formats and with the highest possible quality to any connected device, anywhere.
- Dedicated, customizable, and extensible: integrates with third-party systems and includes powerful components that let you build solutions for your evolving streaming needs.
- Security, Performance, and Scalability: includes multiple levels of content security as well as high performance and scalability so you can build your streaming workflow? with confidence
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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AmazonLinux 2023
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Vendor refund policy
License fees paid directly to Wowza Media Systems are not refundable. Please see the Wowza End User License Agreement (https://www.wowza.com/resources/WowzaStreamingEngine-4_LicenseAgreement.pdf ) for more information.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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Usage instructions
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Launch the instance with One Click
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Log in to Wowza Streaming Engine Manager here: http://[public-domain-name]:8088/enginemanager
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Sign in with the username wowza and a password. The password is the Instance ID. (See Get the instance public domain name and ID.)
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If you launched a Wowza Streaming Engine BYOL AMI but didn't supply a license for Wowza Streaming Engine, you must replace the temporary license key. Do the following:
A. Click the Server tab at the top of the page, and then click Server Setup in the contents pane.
B. On the Server Setup page, click Edit, and then replace the temporary license key value in the Lince Keys box with your Subscription or Perpetual license key for Wowza Streaming Engine. If applicable, add separate license keys for the Transcoder, nDVR, and DRM features. Each license key should be on a separate line.
C. Click Save, and then click Restart Now when prompted to apply changes.
Full instructions for setting up and managing Wowza Streaming Engine on Amazon EC2 can be found in the Wowza Streaming Engine for EC2 Users Guide: https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-for-linux-on-amazon-ec2
Support
Vendor support
Paid support is available from our streaming experts. Our premium support plans offer various levels of service so you can get the help you need, when you need it. Learn more about premium support plans. (https://www.wowza.com/support/plans-and-services ). Online technical articles about deploying Wowza on Amazon are available from the Wowza Streaming Engine EC2 Support Center (https://www.wowza.com/docs/amazon ).
AWS infrastructure support
AWS Support is a one-on-one, fast-response support channel that is staffed 24x7x365 with experienced and technical support engineers. The service helps customers of all sizes and technical abilities to successfully utilize the products and features provided by Amazon Web Services.
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Wowza Streaming Engine(TM) server software is a powerful, flexible, solution that powers reliable streaming of high-quality video and audio to any device, anywhere.
Wowza Streaming Engine(TM) server software is a powerful, flexible, solution that powers reliable streaming of high-quality video and audio to any device, anywhere.
Wowza Streaming Engine(TM) server software is a powerful, flexible, solution that powers reliable streaming of high-quality video and audio to any device, anywhere.
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Customer reviews
Shoaib Z.
All-in-One Device Management with Timely New Features
Reviewed on Jul 07, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
It is all in one package, all type client devices are being managed in single product, wowza always keeps on adding new feature on time or even before time.
What do you dislike about the product?
Honestly, there is only one thing and that is it’s pricing and I have been providing solutions to my clients across the world via Upwork my every client was willing to implement wowza its pricing was fair and it was fulfilling all their needs but now a days it is too expensive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am freelancer application developer and I always recommend wowza to my clients as it is always my first choice because it covers a very vide range of requirements of my clients.
Computer Games
Simple Transcoding and Live Syndication, but Pricing Has Risen Sharply
Reviewed on Jul 07, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
It handles transcoding in a simple way, and allows us to also syndicate live streaming as needed.
What do you dislike about the product?
The cost has gone up significantly since we've started with Wowza, it has gone 3x. It's live repeater technology is also somewhat confusing and not the best documented. Consuming WebRTC incoming streams also seems to struggle and require significant processing power compared to traditional RTMP.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We need the ability to review our players game play for security purposes, and also we like to showcase high quality game play for spectating.
Reid S.
11 Years of Rock-Solid Reliability with Wowza Streaming Engine
Reviewed on Jul 07, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
We have been using Wowza Streaming Engine at our company for 11 years now. With the myriad of things that can go wrong with live streaming - I can't think of a single instance where the issue was trace routed back to Wowza Streaming Engine. Amongst the myriad of variables - from live stream operator knowledge, internet hiccups and outages, gear malfunctions, CDN node outages and the variables that want to play interference with a successful live stream - I can whole heartedly say Wowza is bottom of the barrel in the "blame game". Admittedly we are ona fairly old version of Wowza Streaming Engine as we believe in "if it's not broke don't fix it" and it's been overwhelming solid. We use the software hosted on Azure VM's.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes it takes a while to load all the way, and navigate around in the interface - even on a smoking Azure VM. That said - as we use an older version of Wowza Streaming Engine - this could have been fixed eons ago. Ultimately it's nothing cripping by any stretch.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming Engine solves our way of handling a variety of live streams operated by clients without having to deal with channels - we use Azure API to allow clients to boot up Azure and use the Wowza API to overlay streaming stats over the live stream - such as the stream uptime and quality. Basically knowing it's super reliable ensures we have clients operating live streams on the weekends without Wowza being in the equation for issues.
Higher Education
Highly Dependable with Excellent Video Quality and Detailed Analytics
Reviewed on Apr 30, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Highly dependable. Excellent Video quality. Versatility. Detailed analytics. Detailed billing. Straight forward user interface.
What do you dislike about the product?
Price tiering options. Limited support for lower tier. Documentation not consistent. Lack of user community. Limited notifications of changes that could impact reliability. Integration of new and legacy products not seamless. High data storage cost. Player limited. Play aesthetic.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
There's a large gap in available, "channel", persistent embed providers. Wowza allows us to provide a economical consistent online presence with a limited time investment in configuration. The high quality video reproduction and embed compatibility allows us to scale productions with confidence.
Mike C.
Efficient Streaming with Room for Support Improvement
Reviewed on Apr 30, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate the documentation provided by Wowza Streaming as it's quite helpful. I find it valuable that we use RTSP, RTMP, and HLS streaming, which are the features I use the most for streaming video. While I wasn't involved in the initial setup, from what I've heard, it seems like it was a smooth process.
What do you dislike about the product?
The support could be improved. Sometimes when the developers can't replicate an issue, they close the ticket, which can be frustrating. They should work to understand our environment better to help solve the problems.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming eliminates the need to manage and maintain code for our own streaming application.