Wowza Streaming Engine (Linux BYOL)
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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.
Enterprise Wowza expirience
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza is a very robust streaming service that I use on a weekly service and I like that is completely reliable and it had never fail me. I like the easy way to use and that integrates with my software that I use.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like wowza to have closed captions and a chat because it lacks of those features.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use wowza video service as my main streaming service to stream all the company meetings and town halls.
For Live streaming services
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza plays major role in streaming my online channels. so far so good. control pannels are user friendly.
What do you dislike about the product?
Whenever any issue raise. they ask for log. in log we couldnt able figure out the issue. support system is not user friendly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
helps online streaming services. Running online channels and ott platforms
Rock-Solid Streaming Engine for Long-Term Success – 7 Years and Still Going Strong
What do you like best about the product?
I’ve been using Wowza Streaming Engine for over 7 years (currently on version 4.9.0+3), and it’s been the backbone of our live streaming platform. While it was a bit challenging to set up initially especially since I didn’t have a support plan the online forums and documentation were extremely helpful. Once configured, it has worked flawlessly. It supports all devices and operating systems, making it perfect for streaming live cameras on a public website.
Pros:
• Extremely stable and reliable once configured
• Streams work seamlessly across all browsers and platforms
• Highly customizable for advanced setups
• Excellent documentation and active community forums
Pros:
• Extremely stable and reliable once configured
• Streams work seamlessly across all browsers and platforms
• Highly customizable for advanced setups
• Excellent documentation and active community forums
What do you dislike about the product?
Cons:
• Steep learning curve for beginners
• UI feels a bit dated
• Support requires an additional cost
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming Engine enables us to broadcast multiple live camera feeds to our website without interruption. It handles device and browser compatibility with ease, which has saved us countless hours and ensured a great experience for our viewers.
• Steep learning curve for beginners
• UI feels a bit dated
• Support requires an additional cost
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming Engine enables us to broadcast multiple live camera feeds to our website without interruption. It handles device and browser compatibility with ease, which has saved us countless hours and ensured a great experience for our viewers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming Engine allows me to run my own live streaming server independently without relying on third-party platforms. This gives me full control over our infrastructure and removes the need for recurring licensing fees per camera or stream. As long as the server hardware is powerful enough, I can scale up and stream as many live cameras as I want making it extremely cost effective and flexible for a growing network.
Wowza Streaming
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza Streaming is a robust and reliable platform that offers a high level of flexibility for live and on-demand video streaming. One of its standout features is the support for multiple streaming protocols like HLS, RTMP, and WebRTC, which makes it adaptable to a wide range of broadcasting needs. The API and SDK support is excellent, allowing for deep customization and integration into custom workflows or apps.
What do you dislike about the product?
Wowza can be complex and has a steep learning curve for new users. Setting up advanced configurations often requires a solid understanding of streaming technologies and networking. The documentation is thorough but sometimes difficult to navigate, and support can be slow unless you’re on a premium plan. Additionally, the pricing model may not be ideal for smaller organizations or individual creators, as costs can add up quickly depending on bandwidth and streaming hours.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza solves the hard, infrastructure-level headaches of modern video delivery—protocol juggling, scaling, security, and observability—so our team can focus on content and product features that actually move the needle. The result has been faster launches, fewer fires to fight, and a noticeably better viewer experience.
Nothing better for the price
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza Streaming Engine has been a game-changer for our live streaming needs! The reliability, scalability, and flexibility it offers have allowed us to deliver high-quality content to our global audience with ease. The support team is knowledgeable and responsive, making it a breeze to troubleshoot any issues. We've seen a significant increase in viewer engagement and satisfaction since implementing Wowza. It's a solid investment for any organization looking to take their streaming to the next level!
What do you dislike about the product?
It has been a reliable solution, however, we've encountered some challenges. The user interface can be complex, requiring a steep learning curve. Additionally, we've experienced occasional latency issues and difficulties with certain codec configurations. The documentation, although extensive, sometimes lacks clarity. Despite these drawbacks, the Wowza team has been responsive to our concerns. With some improvements to the UI and documentation, Wowza could further solidify its position as a leading streaming solution."
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Live streaming and transcoding without a need to those complex FFMPEG commands.
Easy to use and affordable
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza Streaming is easy to use and very affordable
What do you dislike about the product?
I have not found any downside to Wowza Streaming
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming integration works very well our production platform (NewTek TriCaster) making it one less thing to worry about during crunch time.
Wowza is a great software for work
What do you like best about the product?
It has the On-prem feature which helped us conveniently to do our day today work. As a news broadcast company our day to today would have been so hard if we couldn't find wowza as our main partner for broadcasting.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some times on prem login didna't work correctly. But only the user login. Server worked pretty well.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Live broadcasting. Since Sri lanka is a very poor country in tech. So we definitely needed a good software for our broadcasting. Wowza solved us that problem. Thanks to wowza we are doing our job properly.
Live Stream with Wowza
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza provides a good streaming platforms to the organization. As a company, we conducting multiple Live stream webinars and introductions to security platforms, this has been a great solution.
What do you dislike about the product?
We have experience when hosting on-premise, the deployment had some challenges and took lot of our time. Also, we experienced when attaching our banner even with correct file format, it notifies as the file format is incorrect.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For our webniar sessions, Wowza was a great help. Also, it gives to schedule Advetisment for the sessions and the management of our session took place without missig any details. The quality of the content was really good.
Great for streaming
What do you like best about the product?
Very easy to use and looks great. Useful for streaming company events
What do you dislike about the product?
I don’t have any bad things to say about wowza streaming.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Ability to live stream events on campus.
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