Wowza Streaming Engine (Linux PAID)
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Convenient Streaming, Needs User-Friendly Improvements
What do you like best about the product?
I really appreciate how Wowza Streaming allows me to stream to multiple platforms without manual intervention, which simplifies the broadcasting of my bible study classes significantly. The convenience of being able to stream seamlessly, including integration with my mobile app, is a standout feature for me. I also value its affordability and the compatibility it provides with the various platforms I use. These aspects make it a valuable tool for my streaming needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
I find the user-friendliness lacking, making Wowza Streaming less intuitive to navigate. The ease of use is not satisfactory, leading to difficulties during initial setup, especially when transitioning services between different devices like desktops and laptops. Interaction and communication with customer support is not seamless, creating a barrier when assistance is needed. Furthermore, I face integration challenges, particularly when streaming through Zoom to multiple platforms, which requires additional support.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Wowza Streaming to effortlessly stream to multiple platforms, eliminating the need for manual processes. It supports my mobile app and other platforms like YouTube and Facebook, which is instrumental for my bible study classes.
Effortless Setup and Convenient Link Sharing
What do you like best about the product?
Simple set up and link sharing option with clients
What do you dislike about the product?
It would be great to have a chat option for each project
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I work in Market research and since covid, a lot of client are budget conscious when it comes to in person research - Wowza gives us the flexibility to provide a cost efficient solutions for clients that do not want to travel
We have been utilizing Wowza video for several years
What do you like best about the product?
Intuitive user interface and consistent up time.
What do you dislike about the product?
Inability to integrate Google Analytics using Wowza Video without Wowza Stream Engine. The currently available analytics baked in are limited.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Reaching a wide audience through streaming. Provides lots of flexibility.
I inherited the WOWZA account at work
What do you like best about the product?
I like that it is a pure streaming service and not something affiliated with social media/major online companies, etc. I'm not an expert and was able to figure out how to use it with OBS software pretty quickly.
What do you dislike about the product?
I'm just a digital generalist, not a video expert, so I have nothing to compare WOWZA to. So no complaints.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We host free live events and like to stream them as well.
Wowza is a simple software pacakage, s
What do you like best about the product?
Control panel allows a detailed setup of all aspects that involve a live broadcast. Fast and easy integration through API.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the bugs are extremely difficult to debug. We had a recurring issue where the server would suddenly become unresponsive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use it at the moment only for playout of VOD files
Easy to set up
What do you like best about the product?
Quite easy to set up, documentation easy to understand
What do you dislike about the product?
No support for captions in multiple languages
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Azure streaming was phased out
Professional grade Streaming engine
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza is a very robust platform for streaming. For both Live TV & VOD supports a wide range of protocol seamlessly.
What do you dislike about the product?
Although they have a robust platform, their pricing modality sucks. In 2019, I purchased a perpetual license that doesn't support any latest patches. I'm somewhat forced to buy a support plan.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Raw feed transcoding & Ensuring Endmile delivery for OTT Streaming platform. Supports both headend & end-mile sections of a streaming platform.
Easy to setup, Many unsupported instance types
The marketplace AMI is only behind by a patch release so that's pretty good. Setup is easy with the marketplace. My major complain would be the lack of supported instance types. The vendor recommended instance type isn't even available for me to create anymore.
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