Wowza Streaming Engine (Linux PAID)
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Easy to Use and Configure, But Debugging Video Errors Can Be Tricky
What do you like best about the product?
Easy of use when pointing to configuring streams
What do you dislike about the product?
Hard to debug video outgoing streams errors in not rtmp formats
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Adding a layer of transcoding between rtmp origin flows and CDN
A solid solution for our streaming content
What do you like best about the product?
The setup and ease of use allowed us to quickly get our videos to our users. Most of the options we needed where there right from the get go. Once we got the hang of it, it was easy to implement things like a streamlock to secure our videos as well as some other checks to make sure our content is secure.
What do you dislike about the product?
Only a minor gripe as our team doesn't have a native Java programmer. So we had to come to grips with the basics of it to add some functionality to lock streams to only be allowed from specific URL's
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allowed us to stream videos without progressive download issues; the fact that it is a dedicated server makes it easier for us to ensure we got enough capacity to keep things running smoothly.
Reliable audiobook streaming solution for students
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza Streaming has been a dependable platform for delivering our audiobook content to students. The streaming quality is consistent, with minimal buffering, even for large audio files. Its integration options and scalability made it easy to expand our library and serve more listeners without disruptions. The platform’s stability and flexibility have been key to providing a smooth learning experience."
What do you dislike about the product?
While Wowza Streaming works well for our audiobook use case, the initial setup required a steep learning curve, especially for configuring optimal audio-only streaming settings. The documentation is detailed but can feel overwhelming for new users. But Worth it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Wowza Streaming to deliver high-quality, real-time audio book streaming for students. It ensures reliable, low-latency playback regardless of device or location, helping us provide uninterrupted access to educational content. This improves learning accessibility, reduces the need for physical media, and supports remote and on-demand education delivery.
A reliable media distribution solution
What do you like best about the product?
Snerpa has been using Wowza for years. What we appreciate most is that it is very stable and once set up you can literally forget about it. We use Wowza to distribute video streams from our live webcams as can be seen here. https://www.snerpa.is/allt_hitt/vefmyndavelar/
What do you dislike about the product?
Well, you have to read the fine manual ...
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Distributing live streams from outdoor webcams for multiple users.
One of the best streaming solutions on the market
What do you like best about the product?
Honestly, Wowza just works. Once you get it set up, it's incredibly reliable for live streams and on-demand video, handling everything from small events to 24/7 channels without breaking a sweat. It plays nicely with any device or browser, which is a huge relief. I also love the flexibility - whether you run it on your own servers or use their cloud, and the APIs are great for integrating into custom setups. Plus, scaling up doesn't mean paying per stream, which saves us serious money.
What do you dislike about the product?
Getting started can be rough - the setup is pretty complex, especially if you're new to streaming. The interface feels a bit dated, especially on mobile, and the licensing has a quirk: your license key isn't locked to your server IP by default, which could let someone else use it (happened to me once - support fixed it, but it was stressful). Direct support also costs extra, and overall, it’s pricey for smaller teams.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It solved our biggest headaches: unreliable streams, buffering, and format issues. Now, we deliver smooth, high-quality video globally without constant troubleshooting. This means happier viewers, fewer support tickets, and more time to focus on growing our business instead of fixing tech fires. For us, it’s all about peace of mind and scalability.
Reliable Platform for No/Low-Latency Video Streaming
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza Streaming is an excellent platform for seamless integration with web applications. We have successfully used it to enable live video streaming from medical devices to the cloud in real-time. This has allowed medical practitioners to view live videos from anywhere, ensuring accessibility and convenience. The platform delivers on its promise of low or no latency, which is critical for real-time applications, especially in the medical field. Overall, it is a reliable and robust platform for live video streaming.
What do you dislike about the product?
While the platform performs exceptionally well, the integration documentation could be improved. Clearer and more detailed documentation would make the setup process smoother and reduce the learning curve for developers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza addresses the challenge of delivering real-time video streams with minimal latency. This is especially critical for applications like medical device video streaming, where delays can impact decision-making and outcomes.
Good to start wowza for all
What do you like best about the product?
The most helpful feature is distributing the streaming engines to use and envolve how we can manage the media load according to the situation. Meanwhile i also use wowza as it having good streamline with encryption keys and java managable that its security and privacy.
What do you dislike about the product?
as one of the major factor its user interface , gui complexity and old design to reform the analysis of streaming also installation and configurations are advance.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
is its high slowness and poor streaming media functionality and its workflow to work and utilize the media buffering and live tv channels
Reliable service
What do you like best about the product?
Reliability... no downtime. Customer service is good.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's a little expensive to have peace of mind.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Wowza to stream our multiple Live Web Cams on our websites.
Empowering Developers with Seamless Video Delivery
What do you like best about the product?
I’ve worked with a variety of streaming platforms, and Wowza Streaming stands out for its exceptional performance and reliability. Whether you're deploying Wowza Streaming Engine on-premises or leveraging Wowza Streaming Cloud, the experience is consistently seamless.
Wowza empowers teams to deliver high-quality video and audio to any device, anywhere in the world. Its flexibility across deployment models and robust support for low-latency streaming make it an ideal solution for both live broadcasts and on-demand content. The platform’s scalability and integration capabilities, especially with cloud services and AI workflows, make it a powerful asset for any organization looking to elevate its streaming strategy.
Wowza empowers teams to deliver high-quality video and audio to any device, anywhere in the world. Its flexibility across deployment models and robust support for low-latency streaming make it an ideal solution for both live broadcasts and on-demand content. The platform’s scalability and integration capabilities, especially with cloud services and AI workflows, make it a powerful asset for any organization looking to elevate its streaming strategy.
What do you dislike about the product?
The initial configuration of Wowza Streaming can be complex, especially for beginners. This involves setting up protocols, encoding settings, and server configurations with many choices that can be confusing on the outset. But once you get it working, it pretty much just works.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I've utilized Wowza for testing live streaming, particularly during development of AI Vision solutions and found that it was extremely reliable. On the start of any project, I typically head over to the Big Buck Bunny stream and start working with that to test my client code, then begin my buildout of the real solution.
Professional Streaming / VOD workhorse with plenty of features
What do you like best about the product?
It's very stable and it runs nicely on Linux platform.
What do you dislike about the product?
Updating installation is not so easy, when you have custom configurations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza handles high amount of different incoming video streams and encodes them with NVIDIA GPU's to smaller bitrates and resolutions. It also provides Video On Demand files. Wowza has also nice REST API to connect other apps to it.
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