Red5 Vs Wowza Head To Head

Posted By : Oodles Technologies | 19-Jan-2017

 

red5 vs wowza comparison

 

There have always been comparisons between Red5 and Wowza with people and firms always seeking advice on which one to use. Although both of them are video streaming engines who are very much capable of broadcasting previously recorded video as well as live streaming. However, Wowza is comparatively more expensive which costs about approx. $55 a month for making it run on a server. But to note is the fact that wowza might be a little expensive but is also more stable. Further, while studying the difference between Red5 and Wowza, in a study it was found that on running both Wowza and Red5 on their servers, Red5 has to restarted once or twice a month while wowza never needed a restart because it never got stuck. Apparently, red5 vs wowza performance comparison should be taken into consideration because of it being an important factor to be thought about before taking a business decision.


THE RELEVANT CONTEXT IN WHICH THEY ARE GETTING COMPARED

 

The other Red5 and Wowza differences tells about the other important perspectives that need to be taken into consideration in order to compare these two popular video streaming devices. While Red5 is capable of working on a virtual server with 4 giga of RAM and managing broadcasts to 100 viewers or hosting a video chat site, wowza demands for a dedicated server and some serious RAM to perform the same task. In that way, we could say that Wowza is more resource hungry as compared to Red5. Notably, red5 hosting is the cheaper alternative but it has its own pros and cons to be carefully taken into consideration before opting for it. I am talking about the costs involved in the process as wowza pricing can cause a big worry to many.

 

Besides, Red5 is badly framed and documented. You ought to have a sound understanding of Java and networking to make use of it. The reason might be that Red5 is developed by group of volunteers supporting each other via a mailing list as there had been no considerable contribution from the experts. You have to have a requisite patience and the skills to help fix the problems on your own.

 

Below is the table showing head to head comparisons in context of “Red5 vs Wowza”


 

Feature

Wowza Streaming Engine 4

Red5

Protocols supported

RTMP

RTMPT

RTMPS

RTMPE

RTMPTE

RTMP

RTMPT

RTMPS

RTMPE

RTMPTE

Developer edition

10 Connections (Free)

Free

Pricing

$995

(30 day Trial also available)

Daily License (5$)

Monthly License (55$)

 

Free(Open Source)

Supported Platforms

Windows

Mac OS X

Linux

Solaris

Unix

64-bit Support on all

IPv6 Support

Windows

Debian/Ubuntu

Mac OSX

WAR

Gentoo

Linux

Audio / Video Streaming (live and on-demand)

FLV

H.264

FLV

MP3

AAC, LC-AAC, HE-AAC

Speex

(On Demand)

FLV

MP3

F4V

MP4

AAC

M4A

(Live)

Sorenson

VP6

h.264

Nelly Moser

MP3

Speex

AAC

NSV

Multi Client/ Multi Protocol Streaming

Flash (RTMP)

iPhone/iPad (HTTP Streaming)

Silverlight (Smooth Streaming)

QucikTime/3GPP (RTSP/RTP)

IPTV (MPEG-TS)

Flash (RTMP)

Recording

H.264/AAC to FLV container

H.264/AAC to MP4 (Quicktime)    container

FLV Only

Inbound Live Encoder Support

RTMP (Flash & H.264/AAC)

RTSP / RTP / MPEG-TS

(H.264/AAC: unicast, multicast,   TCP, UDP)

ICY (MP3/AAC: SHOUTcast/  icecast)

 

Action Method Format 3 (AMF3)

AMF3(Bi-directional )

AMF3

Server Side

Java

Java

 

 

Also Read : Amazon launched Its Own Anime Streaming Services


I hope it will help you decide which streaming engine to adopt for your business after carefully comparing all these above given comparison criterias. You can also give it a thought about the wowza alternative open source media servers available over the web if you are low on your budget. Adobe Media Server, Nimble Streamer and nginx are some of the wowza open source alternatives among many.



 

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