1. [Home](https://www.g2.com/) 2. ... 3. [Live Stream Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/live-stream-software) 4. [Wowza Streaming Discussions](https://www.g2.com/products/wowza-streaming/discuss) [ ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_16c877824204836fe2abbd33bd0b1136/wowza-streaming.png "Product Avatar Image") ![Reward for good Wowza Streaming reviews](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/medal/image/1000578/a4949a6ba28f0c86e240dcf267c07780.svg "Reward for good Wowza Streaming reviews") ](/products/wowza-streaming/reviews) [ Wowza Streaming ](/products/wowza-streaming/reviews) (151)4.4/5 Wowza Streaming Engine is a self-managed video streaming server that ingests, transcodes, and delivers live and on-demand video across any protocol, codec, and deployment environment. It gives engineering teams full control over their streaming infrastructure, whether running on-premises, in private or public cloud, hybrid, edge, or air-gapped environments. Wowza Streaming Engine powers video workflows for Fortune 500 enterprises, government agencies, broadcasters, surveillance operators, and platform builders across more than 170 countries. Wowza Streaming Engine supports a broad set of streaming protocols including RTSP, RTMP, RTMPS, WebRTC, SRT, UDP, MPEG-TS, HLS, LL-HLS, and MPEG-DASH. This protocol flexibility allows teams to ingest from IP cameras, broadcast encoders, mobile devices, IoT and edge cameras, and file-based VOD sources, then deliver to any endpoint with the latency profile each use case requires. Sub-second delivery is supported for interactive use cases like sports betting, auctions, and remote operations, while adaptive bitrate streaming handles large-scale OTT and live event distribution. Wowza Streaming Engine runs on x86 and ARM hardware, in Docker and Kubernetes, with GPU acceleration, and across AWS, Azure, GCP, or private cloud environments, including air-gapped configurations where SaaS streaming platforms cannot operate. This makes Wowza Streaming Engine well-suited for defense, public safety, election transparency, industrial monitoring, and large-scale camera networks like the 1,300+ traffic cameras managed by Mississippi DOT. Extensibility and observability are built in. REST APIs, Java APIs, custom modules, SDKs, and MCP server support allow teams to integrate Wowza Streaming Engine with third-party video management systems, content delivery networks, identity providers, analytics engines, and storage systems. Webhooks, real-time alerting, audit logging, and confidence monitoring give operations teams visibility into stream health and system events. The Wowza Video Intelligence Framework adds AI and computer vision capabilities, routing video frames to customer-owned models for object detection, event logging, and metadata enrichment, with results delivered as HLS timed metadata, burned-in overlays, structured webhooks, or log streams. Wowza Streaming Engine is supported by Wowza Design Center, a set of expert-led service plans that pair certified Wowza architects and engineers with customer teams for installation, architecture review, performance tuning, custom module development, and ongoing optimization. This combination of self-managed software and access to senior streaming engineers gives teams a path from initial deployment through production-scale operation. 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Can Wowza run on-premises, in a private cloud, or fully air-gapped?... 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How low can Wowza actually get, and which protocol (WebRTC,... 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