Wowza Streaming Engine (Linux PAID)
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Rock-Solid Service with Smooth Upgrades, Setup Support Makes a Difference
What do you like best about the product?
Service is rock solid and upgrades are easy and don't break production
What do you dislike about the product?
Initial setup is a bit difficult, but support is great.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Allows in house video hosting.
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.
Trusted Platform for Global Live and On-Demand Broadcasts
What do you like best about the product?
We appreciate Wowza’s reliability and stable streaming performance, even during large-scale live events. It’s a dependable platform that delivers consistent quality.
What do you dislike about the product?
The learning curve can be a bit steep at first, but performance and reliability more than make up for it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza enables us to stream large international events with stable, high-quality delivery to a global audience. It provides a reliable backbone for both live and on-demand sessions, ensuring a seamless viewer experience and reducing the technical workload for our team.
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
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
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