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Ant Media vs Haivision SRT Gateway comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Ant Media
Ranking in Live Streaming Platforms
1st
Average Rating
9.2
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Haivision SRT Gateway
Ranking in Live Streaming Platforms
4th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Live Streaming Platforms category, the mindshare of Ant Media is 14.0%, down from 32.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Haivision SRT Gateway is 5.6%, down from 34.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Live Streaming Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Ant Media14.0%
Haivision SRT Gateway5.6%
Other80.4%
Live Streaming Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

GS
Senior Software .Net Developer at Moisho Mission Co
Live streaming workflow has simplified setup and now streams browser-based video to multiple platforms
Ant Media offers many features that depend on the version you choose. When using the beginner and professional versions, those features are related to your payment plan. When using a beginner or lower level, the features involve streaming data, FPS, data file from the image, image resolution, image quality, and other components you need to send from WebRTC to Ant Media. Those configurations are available in Ant Media and show how you want to send those media to YouTube. These are the best features, but you need to pay more to get better functionality or better resolution. When using a development level, such as dev, UAT, and production environments, while testing, you do not have all the features and you do not have higher quality when sending the data. When you pay more and have a paid version of Ant Media, they will provide you with the best quality for how you want to send the data to YouTube or elsewhere. This is the basic principle: when you pay more, you receive better resolution. Ant Media is configurable from the web using WebRTC. If I want to do a live streaming project, I would have to create a Flutter application on Android or iOS, but with Ant Media, I can integrate from the browser itself. I only have to pass the Ant Media endpoint API to a Chrome browser from WebRTC. It is easily configurable, and my organization works on live streaming projects. This is the best way to use Ant Media because you can integrate your simplest or quickest version when you have a deadline or specific live streaming needs. It basically saves time. Previously, we were creating our own web server and media server. We no longer need that media server and can just use Ant Media directly. There is no doubt that we are paying for Ant Media, but once you acquire users, they start using your website and start WebRTC live streaming through your application. You increase your customer base, and then you can move to a paid version. Ultimately, Ant Media saves your time, money, and the cost of buying a separate web server or media server. Instead of that investment, use Ant Media, get the endpoint, configure it, and do the live streaming.
Srinivas Rayudu  - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Zensa Technologies
Reduced live production latency and costs while improving uptime and remote monitoring
Haivision SRT Gateway offers scalable throughput which can range from 100 to 1 Gbps plus on server. Cloud pay-as-you-go auto-scaling models are available, and it is also available through Azure Marketplace deployments. The pay-as-you-go model is available, and there is also an option for buying your own licensing format. The metering and billing experience is excellent. Through the pay-as-you-go model, we can decide how much is needed at what time and determine the number of users and the plan we are looking for. Pricing, setup cost, and licensing are great features with Haivision SRT Gateway. Since we obtained it from AWS Marketplace, the pricing is 60 to 70 percent cheaper compared to other solutions. Licensing through the pay-as-you-go model is easy, and there is also an option for buying your own license according to requirements.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Ant Media has allowed us to meet strict security and compliance standards required by our enterprise clients without sacrificing performance."
"Ultimately, Ant Media saves your time, money, and the cost of buying a separate web server or media server."
"Ant Media is a powerful platform that delivers on its promise of low-latency, high-quality streaming."
"AMS allowed us to integrate a streaming platform into our solution fairly easily, with great support from a very accessible developer and company."
"Valuable features include live streaming, event scheduling with the Ant Media Enterprise admin panel, and broadcast forwarding to social media platforms."
"We tried other streaming services, but Ant Media provided us with the most reliable and affordable services."
"It is easy to set up and integrate, and the support is excellent."
"The web dashboard is clean and easy to work with."
"Anyone who is looking for a dedicated solution to improve their organization's latency, uptime, and bandwidth should definitely go ahead with Haivision SRT Gateway, as it is a great solution."
 

Cons

"The documentation is generally good, but more deep-dive examples for complex, custom edge-case configurations would be helpful for advanced developers."
"For the auto-managed service on AWS, it would be an improvement if it auto-scaled and the launch from the marketplace function actually added to the currently running instance in a scaled manner instead of creating an isolated instance that cannot be used without CloudFormation."
"Ant Media needs many improvements. Sometimes I am not getting proper video resolution, and it is lagging."
"Haivision SRT Gateway sometimes does not have HEVC or AVC conversion, so an external encoder or decoder is required at times."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
36%
Comms Service Provider
15%
Educational Organization
12%
Transportation Company
6%
Construction Company
22%
Insurance Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Ant Media?
For the auto-managed service on AWS, it would be an improvement if it auto-scaled and the launch from the marketplace function actually added to the currently running instance in a scaled manner in...
What is your primary use case for Ant Media?
I am creating a streaming service for a customer-facing product I am developing.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Haivision SRT Gateway?
Pricing, setup cost, and licensing are great features with Haivision SRT Gateway. Since we obtained it from AWS Marketplace, the pricing is 60 to 70 percent cheaper compared to other solutions. Lic...
What needs improvement with Haivision SRT Gateway?
We did not encounter any challenges in the years we have used Haivision SRT Gateway. However, improvements could be made in the direction of the user interface and the transcoding and recording fun...
What is your primary use case for Haivision SRT Gateway?
Haivision SRT Gateway is used for our live production and contribution backhaul, which helps us to secure the ingest SRT from the field cameras. It also helps us for cloud replication, which reduce...
 

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