2023-11-23 19:27:00
More than 12 years have passed since the emergence of streaming servers as a separate class of software. During this time, the market has been replenished with many new products, but the pioneers of the industry have also developed dynamically. Of the three software servers of the Flash video era: Adobe FMS server, Wowza Media Server and Red5, the Wowza Media server has received the most development and popularity. Having quickly absorbed all the new technologies, the Wowza product changed its name to Wowza Streaming Engine, under which it is still developing. Despite the total trend towards moving users to the cloud, Wowza Streaming Engine is still available as an on-premises installation program, and the “It just works” concept embedded in the product makes it ideal for such a scenario. Other software products on the global market include Flussonic and Ant Media Server. This article provides a table comparing the main features and functionality of Wowza Streaming Engine and Flussonic Media Server.
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Flussonic Media Server |
Wowza Streaming Engine |
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Programming |
Erlang |
Java |
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Computing platforms |
Linux (Ubuntu, RPM based CentOS/RedHat) |
Windows, Linux , MacOS |
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Installation |
Ubuntu package RPM package Note from vendor: we strongly recommend that you avoid using RPM-based distributions: CentOS, RedHat, Suse, etc. This is due to a number of reasons. We do not provide technical support on issues concerning RPM packages and distributions to users who have purchased less than 10 user licenses. |
Linux installer Windows installer RPM package MAC dmg installer Silent installation mode support. |
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License key verification methods |
Internet checkin, USB |
Internet checkin, USB, MAC, disconnected |
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Easy backup/restore configuration |
Yes |
Yes (all configuration in XML files under installation directory) |
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Web administration panel |
Yes |
Yes (could be disabled) |
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Active Directoryauth support |
No |
No |
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SNMP monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
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JMX monitoring |
No |
Yes |
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Clustering support |
Yes |
Yes |
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Live stream distribution infrastructure (CDN) capabilities |
Yes |
Yes (SSL internodes traffic support) |
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VOD content caching (CDN) capabilities |
Yes (HTTP origin support) |
Yes (wide range of detailed configuration options, HTTP origin support) |
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Built in load balancing (CDN) capabilities |
Yes (geoip) |
Yes (stats, geoip, IP subnets) |
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Video signal ingest methods |
ASI, SDI, HDMI, IP |
IP ingest only |
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Mpeg transport stream support (IP headend , IDR) |
Yes (wide range of mux/demux features) |
Yes |
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RTMP support (encoders, re-stream) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Apple HLS support (HTML5 players, devices) |
Yes |
Yes |
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RTP/RTSP support (encoders, IP cams, players, STBs) |
Yes (additional software package for IP cams management is available) |
Yes |
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Low latency streaming protocols |
WebRTC , MSE-LD (proprietary WebSocket based) |
WebRTC, Apple LL-HLS |
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Built in HTML5 video player |
Yes |
No |
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Live stream transcoding methods. |
Nvidia, QuickSync, CPU (CPU transcoding requires to install additional module) |
CPU, Nvidia, QuickSync, Vega, AMD. Possible to combine different methods for one stream. |
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Live stream multibitrate (ABR) transcoding capabilities |
Yes |
Yes |
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Files multibitrate (ABR) transcoding capabilities |
No (external tools ieffmpeg) |
No (external tools ieffmpeg) |
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Live stream recording |
FLV,MP4, nDVR |
FLV,MP4, nDVR |
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Statistics |
Web panel, API, log files |
Web panel, API, log files |
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Development APIs |
REST API |
REST API Java API |
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Code samples, extension modules |
Few |
Many |