Pricing has needed reconsideration but live streaming has delivered reliable, flexible broadcasts
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Wowza Streaming Cloud is delivering reliable live streaming services across multiple devices and platforms, which helps us manage and distribute streaming content efficiently. Wowza Streaming Cloud is a reliable streaming solution with stellar support, though configuration complexity is a bit challenging.
How has it helped my organization?
A specific scenario where Wowza Streaming Cloud made a big difference for me is that it is an excellent streaming tool for reliable live streaming across devices, making content management efficient. The support minimizes disruptions during upgrades. Its flexibility and smooth upgrades are valuable, though the initial setup is a bit complex.
A specific example where using Wowza Streaming Cloud made a clear, positive difference for our organization is that the main benefit for us has been peace of mind, having a platform that was top-tier when we started and continues to deliver consistent results for our business today.
What is most valuable?
The best features Wowza Streaming Cloud offers include solving our way of handling a variety of live streams operated by clients without having to deal with channels. We use Azure API to allow clients to boot up Azure and use the Wowza Streaming Cloud API to overlay streaming stats over the live stream, such as the stream uptime and quality.
Wowza Streaming Cloud allows us to easily integrate multiple streams with different device sizes, supports multiple transcode versions for poor connections, and lets producers manage streams seamlessly without disruption. Streaming and viewership has increased as a result.
What needs improvement?
Wowza Streaming Cloud is very powerful and extensible, but that comes at the price of the server running a bit heavy. I rarely find this to be a big problem.
There is one main area for improvement, and that is pricing. I have been providing solutions to my clients across the world via Upwork. Every client was willing to implement Wowza Streaming Cloud, but its price is a bit unfair. It could be more cost-effective.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Wowza Streaming Cloud for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Wowza Streaming Cloud is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Wowza Streaming Cloud is highly scalable.
How are customer service and support?
The support and customer service is great, as they are very helpful whenever something goes wrong. They successfully helped us with a folder mismatch issue during an upgrade, providing clear communication that was very insightful.
The customer support for Wowza Streaming Cloud is proactive.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously used Vimeo as a different solution.
How was the initial setup?
It was very easy to deploy Wowza Streaming Cloud in my environment and extremely straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
Wowza Streaming Cloud is benefiting us by being a high-performance, high-quality output solution that integrates with all our software, so we can stream to global audiences seamlessly. It provides live streaming service to our users, primary and secondary. It is helpful because it can provide a scalable architecture that can handle both high volumes of viewers and large amounts of content. It also supports dynamic bandwidth allocation and adaptive bitrate streaming, ensuring that streams are delivered at optimal quality based on the viewer's internet connection and device capabilities.
What was our ROI?
Knowing that Wowza Streaming Cloud is super reliable ensures we have clients' operative live streams on the weekends without Wowza Streaming Cloud being a factor in any issues.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing can go up significantly, but it is still manageable.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
What other advice do I have?
Wowza Streaming Cloud is a reliable streaming solution with stellar support, though configuration complexity is a bit challenging. During our upgrade, the platform support team was very helpful and the process was smooth and easy. I appreciate how reliable the streaming platform is, offering good performance and flexibility.
I rate Wowza Streaming Cloud five out of five on a scale of one to five. I give Wowza Streaming Cloud a five out of five because it can handle multiple streams at once with transcoded versions, ensuring nobody misses a broadcast even if their data or internet is poor. I also appreciate the easy integration of multiple streams to the same server, which allows our producer to take over a stream if a client fails to connect without disruption.
My experience with the configuration process was very smooth. Wowza Streaming Cloud integrates with other AWS services I use smoothly and seamlessly.
My experience with the procurement process was very easy, as the purchase process was smooth when purchasing it in AWS Marketplace and we never encountered any issues. The metering and billing experience I have is easy to understand and accurate.
If you are looking for exceptional streaming with stellar support, Wowza Streaming Cloud is the best solution for you. I have rated this review five out of five overall.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
