Wowza Streaming Engine 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Pricing and Plans
Features
User Reviews

Overview

Wowza Streaming Engine

4.3

(45)

Pricing

Starting at $195.00 per month

About Wowza Streaming Engine

Wowza Streaming Engine is a customizable streaming software designed for various organizations, including broadcasters, publishers, sports organizations, security and surveillance teams, event managers, and religious groups. Its flexible APIs can be adapted to accommodate a wide range of unique streaming needs.

Wowza Streaming Engine offers security features such as digital rights management, digital watermarking, and encryption. The software supports low-latency streaming through real-time communication via WebRTC, SRT, and low-latency HLS and DASH.

Wowza Streaming Engine's modular architecture integrates with any existing infrastructure for various use cases. Comprehensive APIs and SDKs allow for quick integration to build custom video solutions. Developer resources, including documentation and code samples, help accelerate deployment. Pre-built or custom modules can extend capabilities as needed.

Wowza Streaming Engine Screenshots

Wowza Streaming Engine Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $195.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$195.00

per month

Plan includes:

Up to 10 concurrent, transcoded channels
Fully customizable streaming service software

Enterprise

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

Discounted rates and flexible terms
Hybrid cloud services including CDN, Flowplayer, and analytics
Built for scale
Offline keys available
Professional services for highly customized deployments

One Month of Streaming

$295.00

one time

Plan includes:

Fully customizable streaming service software
Up to 10 concurrent, transcoded channels

Wowza Streaming Engine Features

Popular features found in Video Management
Bulk Uploading
Closed Captions
Content Library
Multi-Channel Distribution
Privacy Options
Reporting/Analytics
Social Sharing
Video Creation
Video Editing
Video Streaming
Video Tagging
More features of Wowza Streaming Engine
API
Brand Overlay
Content Management
Customizable Branding
Filtering
Labeling
Live Streaming
Live Streaming Production
Metadata Management
Mobile Screen Support
Monitoring
Multimedia Support
Multiple Format Support
Rapid Creation
Real-Time Analytics
Real-time Broadcasting
Reporting & Statistics
Search/Filter
Third-Party Integrations
Video Archiving
Video Looping
Video Management
Video Support
Workflow Management

Wowza Streaming Engine User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

60%

24%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.9

Value for money

4.1

Customer support

3.9

Functionality

4.1

Shobana C.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Wonderful product

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Wowza streaming Engine easy to integrate More documents available

Cons:

Price is Little bit more Please reduce the price

Jennifer N.

Verified reviewer

Broadcast Media

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2020

Streaming software for just about anyone

We have found Wowza to be a great company to work with. Even though we use the tiniest fraction of the tools and services that Wowza offers, we get great customer service and attentive help whenever needed. We feel like we are important clients, even though we are nowhere near their largest client.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

As a government TV station broadcasting council meetings and live press conferences to the public, the reliability of our 24/7 live stream is number one priority. But, our live stream is just a small fraction of the services we provide and we don't have time for a product that needs full time handholding. Wowza has been a consistently steady friend in this endeavor. Plus, we also love being able to route the stream to as many places as we need to.

Cons:

Setting up a new stream involves a lot of options and settings that, when we were brand new to the tool, were confusing and somewhat tedious. We had to document the settings we wanted and referred to that documentation for a long time before we had it down. A more streamlined set up, perhaps even with a 'copy from previous event' would go a long way in making the tool easier to use.

Reasons for switching to Wowza Streaming Engine

We were having a lot of problems with outages on livestream.com and needed something more reliable for our 24/7 live stream of the Seattle Channel's government TV broadcast.

Frank B.

Verified reviewer

Media Production

11-50 employees

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2021

Horrible support packages, no integrity!

Customer service is limited and not a priority. Company integrity is questionable as refunds are not offered post subscription renewal date, even though no service has been rendered. Lots of available options with better customer service and higher standards available.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Worked with limited functionality. Lots of options that are better.

Cons:

Support takes days unless you pay extra.Back and forth with support very slow, not built for a production environment. Failed to cancel on the day of renewal and was not offered a refund (though we are not using the software) Customer service is not a priority.

Reasons for switching to Wowza Streaming Engine

Lacking customer service.

Andrew G.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2023

Wowza Engine at GST

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use right out of the box to do Live Streaming.It has its own API for us to use in our applications.

Cons:

The (UPGRADE) process could be a little more smoother.

Reasons for choosing Wowza Streaming Engine

Cost, ease of use and API to use.

Reasons for switching to Wowza Streaming Engine

Flash Player was going away and we needed something to handle more users as well.Also cost. Wowza was cheaper and had a good community established.

Sean W.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2021

Wowza Streaming from a 2nd-generation admin

Having inherited the administrative duties and development/implementation of the Wowza Streaming Engine from my predecessor, it's been an interesting experience. The interface came across as a little daunting, with terminology I didn't recognize, at first, however; after quite a bit of homework, I feel quite comfortable with the system now. I went through the process of installing, configuring, and updating a secondary trial version on one of our internal testing servers to learn more about the system. Overall, the experience of working with the Wowza Streaming Engine has pleasant.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Most of the features of the Wowza streaming engine are extremely easy to use; Streamlock, creating/updating VOD applications, and configuring server setting (e.g. media cache) to name a few. The analytics tools are also extremely useful for reading usage over time, as well as identifying moments in time when the server(s) started experiencing issues, making any necessary debugging less time-consuming.

Cons:

Sometimes the bugs are extremely difficult to debug. We had a recurring issue where the server would suddenly become unresponsive. There was never really any clear indication why it was hanging, nor was there any sense of cause. It seemingly occurred at random points of the day without any clear cause. Restarting would quickly fix it, but it was still a frustrating system-interruption. Customer Service made this issue easier to manage.[SENSITIVE CONTENT] were all extremely helpful. After updating to a newer version the issue appears to have been alleviated (though it did still occur once last month).

Robert T.

Computer Software

11-50 employees

Used daily for free trial

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Using Wowza to stream to .NET console application over HTTPS

We have customers that are requesting a level of security that requires all documents and files, including videos, to be transported over HTTPS. We could copy and cache the videos on each user's machine, but it is far more efficient to be able to use a streaming video server to stream the videos over HTTPS and Wowza enables us to do this.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It was very easy to set up and use the streaming engine. It supports a wide variety of formats. It is capable of doing everything we need it to do and much, much more. The documentation was, for the most part, very clear and easy to follow, and the support staff that I contacted were very responsive and helpful.

Cons:

As stated, the documentation was helpful, clear, and easy to follow, for the most part. I realize that our use case was an edge case as compared to the standard Wowza user, and that learning how to set up https/SSL/Streamlock, creating certificates, etc. does not actually have anything to do with Wowza software per se. However, their documentation in this regard was a big sparse and I had to supplement this with additional research. The stated requirement and references to OpenSSL was particularly confusing, because this piece of software was not required to do what I needed. I am unsure why half of the references say to use the Java keytool to create certificates, and other references state a requirement for OpenSSL to perform actions for which the keytool is definitely capable. Additionally, there was some confusion regarding the format of the URL to get the videos to successfully play over HTTPS. The format that the support team sent me did not work. However, by thoroughly reviewing the software in order to fully document my case for further support, I was able to come up with a format that did function. The fact that all these link formats should in fact point to the same place and perform the same function, but that only one actually worked, is probably my biggest, and really only, complaint with the software.

Gagan G.

Verified reviewer

Broadcast Media

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2020

The WOW factor in Wowza Streaming Engine

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Super smooth effortless and simple installaton, amazing flexibility with different OS, minimum computing requirements, Wide & vast Streaming input and output options , Scalability without disturbing existing workflow, seamless harmony for low to high load needs , indepth forums for help , intelligent engine that understand your needs at ease and delivers in abundance .

Cons:

Miss the turnkey options like raw wireframes for key verticals like VOD pages with options of brand logo etc , video mixing , native features like screen grabber & streamer , video or GIF overlays . Expected option of Whitelabel or Blacklist feature for IP on the fly, transcoder control via infographcis as a rolling window menu, a more iteractive menu window with complete controls on stream IO page or Test page itself could be a boon for users.

Brian D.

Verified reviewer

Internet

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2020

We were able to customize the software using their catalog of RestAPI endpoints in conjunction with custom Wowza Modules to deliver a customized, end-to-end streaming solution used by countless organizations worldwide.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Wowza Media Server and eventually Wowza Streaming Engine were game changers for our organizations. Prior to finding Wowza, our live streaming solution was a compilation of several vendors. We were able to customize the software using their catalog of RestAPI endpoints in conjunction with custom Wowza Modules to deliver a customized, end-to-end streaming solution used by countless organizations worldwide.

Cons:

The java-based software is a bit heavy on system resources as compared to non-java solutions, but it's certainly manageable.

Reasons for choosing Wowza Streaming Engine

Consolidated feature set, ease of use, cost.

Reasons for switching to Wowza Streaming Engine

Consolidated feature set, ease of use, cost.

Paresh K.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Electronics

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2023

The most versatile and cost-effective streaming video platform.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Wowza Streaming engine is easy to use, develop customized solution which helps us to develop feature on top of streaming service, frequent updates for technology , and outstanding customer support available.

Cons:

The resource demand for transcoding is substantial.

Tyler F.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2020

High in reliability and flexibility

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We have Wowza running 24/7/365 within our streaming platform and it has remained rock solid throughout, with minimal issues or errors. Setup is straightforward and offers a high degree of flexibility - you can build almost anything streaming related on top of it. Outstanding feature set. We have also appreciated the continual improvements and updates made to the product over time.

Cons:

It takes a substantial amount of technical expertise to get anything but the simplest streaming workflows up and running. This is not a problem for us, as our team has a high level of technical knowledge, but I imagine it could cause an issue for some organizations.

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