Media server
Comparision
This table is created on 2022-09-21
Hosting
Self-hosted, Cloud
Self-hosted, Cloud
Self-hosted
Self-hosted, Cloud
Self-hosted
Self-hosted, Cloud
Protocol
HLS, Dash, RTMP, WebRTC, SRT
[[WebRTC]], HLS, SRT
WebRTC (ingest) WHIP, RTMP/RTMPS, SRT, RIST, RTSP, MPEG-TS, HLS, DASH
WebRTC
WebRTC
HLS, DASH,Low Latency,Player, WebRTC,MPEGTS, CBR,Cluster
Codecs
H.264, VP8 (Paid), H.265 (Paid)
H.264(All), H.263, H.265
Input: H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, MPEG2, MPEG4. Output: H.264, H.265
H.264
H264, H265, MPEG-2 Video, MPEG-2 Audio, AAC, AC3, MP3, G711a
Recording
MP4
M4fv files (needs )
MP4
mjr
file
Yes, local disk or s3
Integration
SDK, Rest API
JS SDK, Rest API
API
SDK, API
RESTful, WebSockets, RabbitMQ, MQTT, Nanomsg and UnixSockets API
API
Hardware trancoder
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Livestream DVR
Yes
Yes
Yes (not support DASH)
Yes
Secure content
Token
BuyDRM, DRMtoday, EzDRM, Verimatrix VCAS DRM
Google Widevine, Microsoft Playready, Apple FairPlay, Widevine Cloud Service, BuyDRM KeyOS, EZDRM, PallyCon, Verimatrix VCAS CPIX
EZDRM, DRM Conax, DRM Conax for Nagra, BuyDRM (KeyOS), Widevine, PallyCon, Irdeto, PlayReady, GS DRM
Low latency
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Free plan
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Pricing
$69/instance/month
$195/instance/month
$70/instance for livestreaming only
No
No
$249/instance/month
Read more
https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-extract-mp4-formatted-files-from-dvr-streams-using-wowza-streaming-engine-java-api
https://wmspanel.com/nimble/live_streaming
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