G2

Atharva P.

Cloud BI Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/30/2026

"Reliable, Scalable Video Streaming with Seamless AWS Integration"

4/5

What do you like best about Amazon Kinesis Video Streams?

Amazon Kinesis Video Streams provides a managed platform for securely ingesting, storing, and processing live video streams at scale. I particularly like its support for continuous video ingestion, playback APIs, WebRTC, fragment metadata, encryption, and integration with AI services for video analytics.

The service removes the complexity of managing video streaming infrastructure while scaling automatically as additional cameras or devices are onboarded. Performance has been reliable with low-latency streaming and durable storage, making it suitable for surveillance, industrial monitoring, and IoT applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Kinesis Video Streams?

Video processing pipelines can become expensive when storing high-resolution streams for long retention periods. Building advanced computer vision workflows generally requires integrating multiple AWS AI services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Kinesis Video Streams solving and how is that benefiting you?

Kinesis Video Streams centralized video ingestion from distributed edge devices while simplifying downstream analytics.

Example: Manufacturing facilities streamed camera feeds into AWS, where AI models continuously monitored safety compliance and equipment health. Operations teams could review live footage while automated alerts identified potential issues without manually monitoring every camera. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.