Amazon CloudFront vs StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

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Amazon CloudFront is best suited when there is a need of speed in serving static and dynanic web contents of a web application. If the content is already in that edge location, CloudFront delivers it immediately. If the content is not currently in that edge location, CloudFront retrieves it from an Amazon S3 bucket or an HTTP server. Amazon CloudFront is not appropriate in case users can tolerate some delays or servers are present near to the location of user. It also Integrates through the W3 Total Cache plugin. Amazon CloudFront Pricing based on bandwidth usage that's the best part of it.

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Ashish Agarwal

Software Engineer

GenpactInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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For internal communications such as Town Halls, StreamShark is a perfect solution. StreamShark provides the necessary security needed for private companies as well as a tried and true viewing experience for the end user.

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Stewart Gilmour

Broadcast Operations Manager

ShopifyBroadcast Media, 5001-10,000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Amazon CloudFront

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Video SEO

Amazon CloudFront

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Video access controls

User management

Video link sharing

Internal video

External video

Amazon CloudFront

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Player customization

Embedded videos

Video quality / Bandwidth controls

Mobile compatibility

Amazon CloudFront

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Streaming quality reports

Per viewer tracking

Per video tracking

Video analytics dashboard

Amazon CloudFront

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

On-Demand video

Live streaming

Impact of streaming on network

Video upload & format support

Video library / File management

Video portal

Amazon CloudFront

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Audience Q&A / Live chat

Pros

CloudFront, like other CDNs, is a very reliable content delivery network for delivering content like images, videos, HTML, and javascripts that are run on browsers across the world.
It provides secure hosting of content at no extra cost. AWS Certification Manager also provides the ability to create and manage custom SSL certificates at no extra cost for our websites.
It is secure, which means that it uses AWS Shield for Layer 3/4 DDoS mitigation and AWS WAF for Layer 7 protection. Hence seamlessly integrating with other AWS services. So you do not have to shop outside of AWS ecosystem

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Verified User

Team Lead in Engineering

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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StreamShark has an excellent live support model, which gives us real-time support on live stream productions. Another feature we like is the Okta SSO integration. This makes it simple to manage access to the videos and streams.
Our account manager, James Broberg, is an absolute pleasure to work with. He clearly has our goals in mind when he suggests the new features in our bi-weekly meeting.
Additionally, the StreamShark support team, namely, Yudong, Robert, and Aakanksha drive our requests to completion in a timely manner.
The look and feel of the GUI is user-friendly.

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Employee in Information Technology

Events Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

If price is the main concern, CloudFront is not the cheapest-in-class by a wide margin
Some of the settings are not obvious to new users, and the management dashboards could use work
Lacks fine-grained access controls and statistical reports for usage

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Joshua Dickson

Director of Engineering

NorthOutComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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Multiple homepages for channels e.g. one for public and one for internal.

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Lawrence Barrett

IT Solutions Architect - Infrastructure

Laing O'RourkeConstruction, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

Amazon CloudFront 9.0

Based on 1 answer

Easy way to integrate a CDN within the AWS infrastructure. It allows further customization based on company needs.

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Carlos Becerra

Senior Software Engineer & Project Manager

WiFiesta IncInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Support Rating

Amazon CloudFront 7.2

Based on 4 answers

CloudFront is a good CDN solution. It can be a bit complicated to implement depending on your needs, but AWS tech support is great. You get to avoid a ton of upfront costs by going with CloudFront. It works best in conjunction with other AWS services in your infrastructure. Once you set it up, you won't need to do much to maintain it. It just works.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

E-Learning Company, 51-200 employees

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StreamShark Live Streaming Platform 8.7

Based on 6 answers

Great response times, had personal help from James when needed, felt like an extremely valued customer.

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Adam Racovalis

Process Improvement Coordinator

Service StreamTelecommunications, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Amazon has always been creative and leading, and I have been using its services for years. They are very reassuring and have fast and responsive support--you can call them from any time zone to respond quickly. High security on servers, open hands on changes, and increasing and decreasing server resources and features.

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Ali Kazempour

Information Technology Manager

AzerexInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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We used IBM Cloud Video (previously called Ustream) for years. StreamShark is a better product in every sense. It is a more cost effective product. They have a support team who really cares about their clients success. And their product is ultimately more reliable than IBMs.

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Stewart Gilmour

Broadcast Operations Manager

ShopifyBroadcast Media, 5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

Our website loads much more quickly in other countries as a result of CloudFront. For example: loading cached assets from CloudFront in Australia is 4x as fast as it would be to load the same assets without CloudFront.
Very inexpensive service considering the value it brings.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Entertainment Company, 1-10 employees

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This service has positively impacted the organization by allowing larger audiences to receive information and act on said information in a more timely manner. This equates to more productivity around the organization, as initiatives and objectives can be efficiently shared with remote attendees in all of our different office locations.

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Events Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Amazon CloudFront Editions & Modules

Edition

First 10TB	$0.09
Next 40TB	$0.08
Next 100TB	$0.06
Next 350TB	$0.04
Next 524TB	$0.03
Next 4PB	$0.03
Over 5PB	$0.02

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

Full pricing breakdown and feature points available on the StreamShark website.

Rating Summary

Amazon CloudFront

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Amazon CloudFront

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Amazon CloudFront

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Likelihood to Recommend