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Wowza Streaming Engine (Linux PAID)

Wowza Media Systems, Inc.

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    ron k.

Wowza is a simple, inexpensive way to stream to multiple online platforms with minimal effort.

  • August 25, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Wowza has a fairly simple setup for the stream and stream targets. The transcoding options are fairly priced and give us multiple stream resolution options from our incomeoing 1080p stream. We stream to Wowza and Wowza outputs to our Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, Rumble, Church Online Platform (2 transcoded resolutions) and and an audio only Phone streaming platform.

We use Wowza 3 times a week presently but in the past we were streaming up to 6 times a week. Wowza's feature set is great for the lower monthly fee options they offer. Once you setup your multiple streaming targets, you can decide if it's full (passthrough) resolution or transcoded down to lower resolutions. They offer video storage, VOD and OTT features we aren't utilizing presently, but they're there if you need them. The few times we've had questions our support emails have been replied to in a timely manner.
Wowza is a straight forward, solid, reliable system for simple to complex streaming needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
Wowza just updated their user interface and as they simplified some of the steps for setup, it seems they may have removed some of the target editing options they used to have. I need to investigate further... But I know they listen to user feedback and if there's something that is needed they'll find a way to make it happen.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza allows us to stream 1 x 1080p stream from our site to their cloud.wowza streaming. They seemlessly provide the stream output to multiple platforms, with multiple transcoded resolutions as needed.


    Telecommunications

Overall positive experience with Wowza Streaming Engine.

  • August 23, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Reliable streaming engine with smooth performance, customizable options, and excellent scalability for live and on-demand streaming.
What do you dislike about the product?
Interface not user friendly, initial setup is complex for beginners.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming Engine solves the challenge of delivering high-quality, low-latency video streams to a global audience.


    Facilities Services

The System Integrators dream!

  • August 21, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
It was quite simple to setup, the documentation was thorough when necessary. The Customer support portal was easy to use, and had a very quick response time. Very easy to integrate multiple camera vendors in a building.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like to see more out of the box support for other camera vendors, or a guide / trip and tricks on how to get RTSP URLs for other non-supported vendors.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allowed us to get real time interfacing in with our buildings alarm system. The operator receives and alarm on the building management platform and the corresponding CCTV feed is opened on a trigger. This allowed for non-traditional security related alarms to also trigger a CCTV feed.


    Michal K.

Good for Internet / lacks support for legacy systems

  • August 20, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Works well with internet codecs, I like the multiplatformity, quite stable for long run.
What do you dislike about the product?
Lacking legacy codecs (MPEG1 audio, MPEG2, H.264 CBR). Config thru XML is somehow complex. Java has some limitation on Windows servers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
provides access to my media files thru "streaming" (mostly thru HLS)


    Marcello M.

Good and complete streaming engine. Supports the needs of my software

  • March 05, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Compatibility with industry standards for streaming videos and easy of use.
What do you dislike about the product?
Poor support for RTSP, some protocols features are not implemented, such as Authentication. Lack of support for onvif.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have the need to stream multiple live feeds from drones around the world to a plataform that saves this videos, and reestreams it to my clients video center if needed. Wowza Streaming Engine helps me as a central server were I can send the video, as converts the video stream to a cloud based storage for VOD.


    Adnan A.

It was nice

  • March 05, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The transcoders for any camera to get your format
What do you dislike about the product?
The support is not real time, you have to wait and there is no chatting
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Get the stream from h265 camera video encode and transfer it to h264 to use in webrtc


    Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Satisfied with the service but there are areas for improvement.

  • February 29, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
One of the things I liked about Wowza Straming Engine, was that it was easy to install, easy to update and relatively easy to add the streaming links that we wanted.
What do you dislike about the product?
At the beginning it was the customer service, because it took various days to recieve a reply, but the last few incidents we had the response time was at adequate.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
At tthe moment we are using the software to live stream various CCTV's that we have on our network for users outside our organization.


    Non-Profit Organization Management

Install the latest version of WOWZA on Linux

  • February 29, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
performance and stability, and allow streaming video within the local network
What do you dislike about the product?
The response is slower on the latest version 4.8.26+4 on the Stream Target page display (after clicking to enable or disable the stream target).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
(internal network) Local broadcast before streaming to YouTube. Control security and content rights.


    Cédric Jack J.

Stable and reliable Live-streaming Service.

  • September 14, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
simple: it is working. everytime when we had problems with other services and the Backup was Wowza - it was working. Try to convince every client to Stream via wowza.
What do you dislike about the product?
would like to have a little bit more statistics about the viewer. more possibility to customiz the hosted page.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
stable and reliable. Security apsects.


    Public Relations and Communications

Versatile Codec Support for Diverse Content

  • August 17, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Wowza's support for a wide range of codecs and formats is a huge plus. It takes the headache out of transcoding and ensures that my content is accessible to a diverse audience without compatibility issues.
What do you dislike about the product?
I've encountered occasional compatibility issues with certain devices and browsers when using Wowza. Ensuring seamless playback across all platforms and devices can sometimes require extra troubleshooting.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza's robust codec and format support solve the headache of compatibility issues that I've faced in the past. However, it's true that occasionally, I encounter challenges with certain devices and browsers. Despite this, the troubleshooting efforts required are outweighed by the seamless playback experience it offers once everything is set up correctly. It's a small trade-off for the broader benefits.