Wowza Video

RATING:

4.5

(15)

About Wowza Video

Wowza Video is a cloud-based video platform designed to facilitate live streaming and video-on-demand for businesses. It serves a wide range of industries, assisting them in utilizing video to engage audiences and stimulate business expansion. This platform offers a suite of capabilities for video content management. It allows for the ingestion, management, publication, and analysis of video content. Notable features consist of integrated transcoding to enhance viewer experience, content management for organizing extensive libraries, and advanced analytics for real-time performance insights. Wowza Video also incorporates a global content delivery network, ensuring quality and reliability even with large audiences. Wowza Video utilizes an HTML5 video player. This playe...

Wowza Video Pricing

Wowza Video Annual Plan $130 per month, prepaid annually

Starting price: 

$25.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

Wowza Video overview

Wowza Video Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4

Customer Support

4

Value for money

4

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Wowza Video

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User Profile

Christopher

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising, 1 employee

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed September 2021

Wowza Wowed Me Flat!

Live videos on YouTube bring higher numbers of views and subscribers. The more views I have for my videos, the more clicks I generate on my affiliate links that go along with the videos. The more clicks on my affiliate links, the more sales I make. Wowza Cloud Streaming is highly beneficial.

PROS

1. I wouldn't say I like downloads (except for the reason to try them), especially for software I use often. Hence, Wowza Streaming Cloud comes fast in the bargain for me because I wont download anything. I have been able to stream live from my browser as it can stream from any browser, and browser-based streaming is simple. 2. The capability to stream pre-recorded and pre-edited videos as LIVE videos on my YouTube channel is a winner all the way. It enhances my live video message as clarity and quality come to the fore. 3. The 1 Month Free Trial is top class and long enough for one to use and appreciate all what this tool can do. If your live streaming projects are for business, then within the trial period, you can make enough money to continue using it as a paid user after the trial is over. Thus the software owners have the poor me in mind as much as they think about the rich user. Talk about empathy!

CONS

The fact that you must pay for an upgrade to access better enhanced support is an apparent turn-off to start-ups on low budgets. Start-ups have the most questions and need full access to support services regardless of their membership status. They want to learn how to use the software to make money and come back to pay for the upgrade and not to be charged for learning your software. Asking for help to use your software correctly must never be paid for in any way.

Zachary

Non-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed September 2020

Fantastic live streaming platform

This has been a great platform and we have been using it for years now.

PROS

Wowza Streaming cloud is a super solid live streaming platform that offers cloud transcoding, integration with other platforms and offers a lot of advanced features.

CONS

Faster support responses are an upgraded fee.

Reason for choosing Wowza Video

Good pricing, had all of the features we wanted and performed well during testing.

Reasons for switching to Wowza Video

Older solution was expensive, inflexible and hard to manage.

Lars

Computer Networking, 2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

2

VALUE FOR MONEY

1

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed September 2023

To expensive and to much errors

But from year to year, we had more problems. The support is bad. We cannot afford this support-Programms!

PROS

At first it was a good and easy software.

CONS

The social-media integration is not good enough

Eliezer

Internet, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed September 2023

Wowza is the streaming engine par excellence

The quality of the emissions is very high, the engine is so powerful that it efficiently manages video transcoding. Sure, as long as the hardware requirements are met.

PROS

I have been using the Wowza video engine for several years, because it provides me with stability, key features to connect with social media, integration with a billing panel, and a powerful API.

CONS

The cost has been increasing over time and is one of the most expensive, but in my experience it is worth it.

Patrick

Retail, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed September 2020

Wowza is a one stop shop

Overall since making the move to Streaming Cloud we have been extremely happy with the support and reliability of the services.

PROS

We have been with Wowza for over 10 years, we started streaming our content on Streaming Engine from our network and have since made the move to Wowza Cloud which has allowed us to free up the bandwidth internally for other things. Wowza's customer support is fantastic and I don't think they get enough recognition for the work they do to solve any issues quickly and efficiently!

CONS

At the current time of this review statistics and information about streams are limited to viewership and bandwidth.