Cloudflare vs StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Likelihood to Recommend

Excellent for managing server loads and site speed for our clients. Most would have to buy bigger hosting packages to handle their busy days, but CloudFlare picks up the traffic and reduces the burden on the server. Most clients can rely on smaller hosting accounts to keep their sites up.

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Darcy Knapp, MBA

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

SEO Web MechanicsMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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StreamShark is well-suited for large one-to-many broadcasts, but there are more nimble videoconferencing solutions that can accommodate smaller attendance collaborative events, primarily due to the near real-time nature of videoconferencing solutions.

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Events Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cloudflare

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Video SEO

Cloudflare

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Video access controls

User management

Video link sharing

Internal video

External video

Cloudflare

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Player customization

Embedded videos

Video quality / Bandwidth controls

Mobile compatibility

Cloudflare

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Streaming quality reports

Per viewer tracking

Per video tracking

Video analytics dashboard

Cloudflare

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

On-Demand video

Live streaming

Impact of streaming on network

Video upload & format support

Video library / File management

Video portal

Cloudflare

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Audience Q&A / Live chat

Pros

Security: Cloudflare keeps our website safe from DDoS attacks and other malicious traffic.
CDN: Cloudflare caches our website content, increasing our website's reliability and reducing server load. This saves on bandwidth costs from web servers.
Registrar: We can migrate domains to Cloudflare, though they don't currently allow the purchase of new domain names. The benefit of this is cheaper renewal fees and fewer systems involved in managing our domains.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Restaurants Company, 501-1000 employees

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Localized media ingestion, encode, redistribution.

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Lawrence Barrett

IT Solutions Architect - Infrastructure

Laing O'RourkeConstruction, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Multiple Users - It would be great to be able to have multiple users on one account.
Itemized Cache - Would love to see a list of files that have been cached by CloudFlare's CDN and when they will expire. Also nice to optionally remove one or more files from the cache.

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Joey Yax

Web Developer

Grady BrittonMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Channel support (see YouTube channels).
More Webinar options, i.e. polls and attendance.
Better reporting (see Zoom, i.e. advanced attendance logs, attention tracking).

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Adam Racovalis

Process Improvement Coordinator

Service StreamTelecommunications, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

Cloudflare 8.2

Based on 11 answers

We've been using a free plan, so we know that we aren't a priority on their list, but we had a severe issue in just one project, and they weren't able to help us with that.
We had to remove that website from Cloudflare and use another service since they couldn't help us, and they took a long time to respond to our inquiries.

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Carlos Eduardo de Souza

Co-founder & Manager

Coopers Digital ProductionInternet, 1-10 employees

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StreamShark Live Streaming Platform 8.8

Based on 6 answers

StreamShark provides prompt service that helps us maintain the availability of our streaming services.

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Events Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Cloudflare and CloudFront are both great tools. I would recommend Cloudflare for sites that are not hosted on Amazon, and CloudFront for sites using Amazon Web Services. The pricing and features are comparable. Overall, Cloudflare's free tier offers more services, which gives it a slight edge over the competition.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Think Tanks Company, 11-50 employees

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The workflow and encode/redistribution is much better in StreamShark. StreamShark is better suited as part of a live video event where the event is run by a production team. The Microsoft solution is better integrated with MS Teams, Yammer, etc. This does make the MS solution a little more accessible to staff with no production experience. Microsoft also offers this service as part of an enterprise Office365 subscription.

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Lawrence Barrett

IT Solutions Architect - Infrastructure

Laing O'RourkeConstruction, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

Our business has online presences to reassure our customers, not to gain new ones, so the actual ROI is smaller than for most other people.
CloudFlare is super easy to use so I can make adjustments on the fly.
Safety and security is important and I don't have to worry about a lot of things due to CloudFlare.

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Chris Widner

VP of Technology & Human Resources

Quality Ironworks, Inc.Construction, 51-200 employees

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Bigger opportunity to communicate with everyone in the business en mass.
A more professional look when communicating with stakeholders.
Stability.

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Adam Racovalis

Process Improvement Coordinator

Service StreamTelecommunications, 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

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

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StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Cloudflare

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Cloudflare

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Likelihood to Recommend

Cloudflare

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Feature Rating Comparison

Video SEO

Video access controls

User management

Video link sharing

Internal video

External video

Player customization

Embedded videos

Video quality / Bandwidth controls

Mobile compatibility

Streaming quality reports

Per viewer tracking

Per video tracking

Video analytics dashboard

On-Demand video

Live streaming

Impact of streaming on network

Video upload & format support

Video library / File management

Video portal

Audience Q&A / Live chat

Pros

Cloudflare

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Cons

Cloudflare

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Support Rating

Cloudflare

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Alternatives Considered

Cloudflare

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Return on Investment

Cloudflare

StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

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