--- title: AWS Elemental MediaConnect Reviews meta_title: 'AWS Elemental MediaConnect Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 24 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how AWS Elemental MediaConnect works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 3.9 review_count: 24 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-05-07' parent_category: name: Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/development --- # AWS Elemental MediaConnect Reviews **Vendor:** Amazon Web Services (AWS) **Category:** [Video Platform as a Service (VPaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/video-platform-as-a-service-vpaas) **Average Rating:** 3.9/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 24 ## About AWS Elemental MediaConnect AWS Elemental MediaConnect is a high-quality transport service for live video. Today, broadcasters and content owners rely on satellite networks or fiber connections to send their high-value content into the cloud or to transmit it to partners for distribution. ## AWS Elemental MediaConnect Reviews ### 1. Reliable, Secure Live Video Transport with Flexible Protocol Support **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vipul S. | Project Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 05, 2026 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** AWS Elemental MediaConnect provides a reliable and secure way to transport live video streams over IP. I especially appreciate its support for protocols such as Zixi, SRT, and RTP, which gives it the flexibility to fit different broadcast workflows. The option to create redundant flows and maintain high availability is particularly valuable for mission-critical live channels. Its integration with other AWS services, including MediaLive, also helps keep the end-to-end workflow smooth and seamless. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** The initial setup and configuration can feel a bit complex for new users, particularly when it comes to networking, entitlements, and protocol settings. It may take some extra time to understand how these pieces fit together and to get everything configured correctly. **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** MediaConnect helps in securely transporting live video feeds between different locations and systems without relying on traditional satellite or fiber setups. ### 2. Reliable video transporting service. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Thamara D. | Software Developer/Industry Analyst, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 08, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** We can securely share live video streaming with the powerful encryption mechanism.Which is only can be shared with the allowed clients.We can control the our video distribution through the platform.Also with the quality of the platform, we can easily deliver high-quality videos even in a dependent networks.We can transport video from another AWS Elemental MediaConnect or on-premises . High quality deliver ensured by the Real-Time Transport Protocol and other industry standard protocols.Also if we can share and revoke the access anytime.We can choose whether we use MediaConnect with other AWS services or as a stand-alone platform service. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** With the AWS Elemental MediaConnect platform , Actually I do not have any cons regarding this. But there are some areas which can be improved with the platform. **Recommendations to others considering AWS Elemental MediaConnect:** Improvements should based on agility of the platform.Surely AWS have potential to do that task without any disturbances. **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** MediaConnect gives initially organize execution measurements and also Communicate standard cautions distinguish issues with transport streams, so we can change configurations to augment the nature of our video work processes. The administration screens stream execution and recuperates naturally without administrator intercession.Can easily find out potential customers with the cloud.Essential service for a live TV channel.Also,it is a very cost effective and efficient than using satellite or fiber optics technologies. ### 3. My new way of broadcasting **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Media Production | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** As a vlogger I really like its reliability, security and its flexible service for transmitting and replicating my live video feeds and securing it to cloud. A high quality result of every streaming I created. A powerful product to lean on and could support my heavy work load with high grade monitoring, and giving me the ability to personally manage it to be more globally competitive **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** as of now I didn't encountered any problem. I'm still on the process of navigating myself and familiarizing to the whole product because this product give me everything I need and in every demand from my clients and viewers. **Recommendations to others considering AWS Elemental MediaConnect:** as of now I'm really satisfied with this product and happy with every video I make **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** the capability to save it in cloud and saving my memory space from a large size file. enabling me to Review other videos from my co vloggers without having any changes with the quality and video and sound thru cloud and line or fiber transmission ### 4. This product was easy to use and worked well for our needs **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 14, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** My favorite thing about this product was how easy it is was to access as well as for others to access from outside of our healthcare network while still being secure. It is also great that it could be accessed at any time. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Due to having been a “user” of the content and not a creator, I feel I likely didnt have enough usage to encounter something to dislike. Perhaps if I were one creating content it would be different. **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** My company worked with independent healthcare providers to provide better value based care rather than fee based care. Due to this, there are many metrics that have to be met by each provider. This platform helped the independent physicians communicate with one another in regards to what is working or not working via video. It is great for users to get on at any time to view so “meetings” don’t have to be held. ### 5. Couldn’t be better **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 13, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** So far, so good! My company uses this to upload videos for the employees or future employees. The quality is amazing, but of course I wouldn’t expect less from Amazon. It is so easy to make and upload the videos and you can easily store them in iCloud, to send out in the future. Another nice feature is that you can stream live, although we do not use that just yet. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** I have yet to find anything that I dislike. The ease of this is through the roof! I have not run into any issues whatsoever. Contacting amazon IF there is an issue, is very easy and effective as well! **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** As stated above, AWS Elemental MediaConnect is extremely easy to use. You will not regret at minimum, trying it out. Sending out videos to the team is fast, easy, and always secure. For those who use the live stream feature, it is a huge plus. You can get online and stream right away. ### 6. Very Effective for Video Transferring **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** The security encryption embedded into the product allows for use of confidence without having to worry whether the shared files will be compromised. Video uploads/streams have been seamlessly done thanks to the reliability of the product, which makes it a joy to use. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Only used it for a month or so when I was attempting to break into video production. I have not really found any issues where I am bothered to the point that I can recall. Maybe the learning curve at first is a bit confusing, but I managed to get over it in a couple of weeks. **Recommendations to others considering AWS Elemental MediaConnect:** Maybe make it more known to people. It isn't a service/product that many know about. **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** Storing important media files on a cloud where they can be easily accessible without having to worry about keeping a physical location secure. ### 7. Happy with AWS. Will recommend **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Environmental Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 14, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Industry grade security is one of the main reason why my clenterprise has stood with AWS mediaconnect for few years now. We work a lot with streaming and AWS has helped us a lot with streaming services. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** I have also used VLC in the past.The best thing about this software is that it allows you to view the video along with editing the video such as its dimension, color, zoom capacity, geometry of the video. At times AWS media connect iant very user intuitive. **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** AWS Elemental MediaConnect has allowed content owners to send their live content into the cloud, and transmit it to partners for distribution or replicating one source to multiple destinations. It has saved us a lot of time and therefore helped in cost reduction. ### 8. Pretty Useless Software **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Goods | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** The things I like about it is the fact that you are able to share a wide range of documents all stored in amazon's servers for later use. But there are hundreds of options for this that are way more logical to use **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** The software is hard to understand for someone who does not come from a Tech background. I personally do so was not that hard for me but explaining things to colleagues is difficult. **Recommendations to others considering AWS Elemental MediaConnect:** Use Dropbox instead as it's cheaper on the yearly plan **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ease of Use is a huge problem. Accessibility is a great benefit ### 9. AWS MediaConnect **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Extreme reliability, scalability and availability allows virtually any use case to benefit from MediaConnect **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Sometimes the web dashboard is a pain in the butt to use. I recommend using Terraform **Recommendations to others considering AWS Elemental MediaConnect:** Terraform. Terraform. Terraform. **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** Streaming media to and from endpoints cheaper and more reliably. ### 10. Great Cloud basted Transport Service for Videos our Company uses **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Arts and Crafts | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 08, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Ease of use, GUI is user friendly, great for hosting videos used on websites or demos given without having to setup the complex hosting in house. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Could support more formats for faster video integration without conversion **Recommendations to others considering AWS Elemental MediaConnect:** Worth trying during an evaluation and seeing if its the right fit for you and your company **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** Business video hosting and delivery to customers by cloud based service provider, meaning less IT work on the back end of doing it in house. ### 11. Secure and reliable **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Online Media | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 14, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Aws elemental media connect is perfect for live streaming of videos of any events like sports, concerts,festivals etc. This provides high quality with less satellite costs and highly reliable due to secured streaming for broadcasters. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** The performance of the video is slow sometimes. That’s not a big issue but I hope this can be improved by time. **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** Editing and streaming the videos of oncampus sports events with aws platform is really easy and great. ### 12. Pretty good **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David C. | Senior Manager, Client Insights, Marketing and Advertising, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** I love the ability to connect to various media sources. Much more user friendly that datorama. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** I wish it had better visualization options **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** Can easily compare performance a Ross media channels ### 13. Using data storage for company confidential information **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jared G. | Volunteer, Apparel & Fashion, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 14, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Letting AWS handle our business expenses using cloud storage **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Having to pay an extended fee on the upgrade **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** The easy access of cloud storage ### 14. Lab work **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Research | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** I like how it allows me to create cool content for my lab and benefits towards educating people on what our lab is about **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** I dislike how I needed a lot of help and guidance. It’s not user friendly unless you know exactly what you are doing. **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** The problem we are solving is the lack of knowledge about our research ### 15. Worth looking into. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in E-Learning | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** I can focus more on the creativity and production, rather than how am I going to get this out to the masses. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** That it took me so long to find it. I am grateful now have it and save time and money **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ease of program is as easy to say as it would normatl ### 16. Aws **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Aws I use very frequently and I absolutely like it, it helps in decision making and analysis of data **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Performance is slow sometimes, I feel that is an area for improvement **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use tableau very frequently and I absolutely like it, it helps in decision making and analysis of dataper ### 17. Excellent experience **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 09, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** The best thing is it allows to share and multicast streaming of any live event remotely. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Price is little to high but still ok if compare with competitors **Recommendations to others considering AWS Elemental MediaConnect:** AWS MediaConnect is highly recommended and a secure product **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helped in sharing an event to all employees with multicast capability ### 18. New to AWS **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Media Production | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 08, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Having access to the features in the Cloud is so important. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Trying to keep up with the changes in the cloud platform. **Recommendations to others considering AWS Elemental MediaConnect:** Make sure you know its the right solution for your company. **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** Moving and editing video within the AWS platform is great. ### 19. GREAT! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 14, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** They were very easy to use. i love how fast the site loads **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** nothing!! this website has it all for great value **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** i havent used it for too long, i need to figure it out more ### 20. One of the best cloud services **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 08, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** It’s the best cloud services which is apt to this generation **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** There is no much dislikes to highlight and say it out loud **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** It’s solving my day to day activities and also basic and extravagant features ### 21. Live & On-Demand Video **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 13, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Easy to use and good quality ... combining services it makes it efficient to utilize **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Paying for a service that can be accessed through other providers **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sharing content as well as training ### 22. Ease of use **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 08, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** I like how easy it is to use. I find it very useful for our particular business needs. **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** It can be difficult to navigate initially but once you figure it out its easy **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** Data ### 23. Computing platform guru **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** The platform is relatively on demand and easy to share. Connections are scarce **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Connectivity could be more promising. Also needs manual computing **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cloud computing ### 24. Great service **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Architecture & Planning | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 12, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** My company uses AWS services and we are very happy with it **What do you dislike about AWS Elemental MediaConnect?** Sometimes we have internet issues and are unable to connect **What problems is AWS Elemental MediaConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ease of use - [View AWS Elemental MediaConnect pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-elemental-mediaconnect/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-26+09%3A10%3A37+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=70f7d826-cecf-4deb-ad97-34b461985876&secure%5Btoken%5D=c1f3669bf13d4b95340812065cce1d6a84f502be0358b3f96483b38c244f5948&format=llm_user) ## AWS Elemental MediaConnect Integrations - [AWS Elemental MediaLive](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-elemental-medialive/reviews) ## AWS Elemental MediaConnect Features **API Features** - Live Chat - Screen Sharing - Subtitles and Closed Captions - Custom Video Player - Live Simulcasting **Security and Compliance** - Encryption - Watermarking - HIPAA Compliance - GDPR Compliance ## Top AWS Elemental MediaConnect Alternatives - [Azure Media Services](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-media-services/reviews) - 3.9/5.0 (15 reviews) - [Mux](https://www.g2.com/products/mux/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (20 reviews) - [Twilio](https://www.g2.com/products/twilio/reviews) - 4.1/5.0 (453 reviews)