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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Wildfire Interactive (Discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AWildfire was a social media advertising management software application that was acquired but since discontinued by Google.N/A

    StreamShark Live Streaming Platform

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AStreamShark is an enterprise platform for live streaming and video on demand, built for AV operators, broadcast engineers, and communications teams. It combines Multi-CDN delivery with automatic failover, ISO 27001 certified security, hardware encoder management, and a full CMS for the on-demand video library.

    $199

    per month

    Pricing
    Wildfire Interactive (Discontinued)StreamShark Live Streaming Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Standard
    $199
    per month
    Team
    $499
    per month
    Business
    $999
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Wildfire Interactive (Discontinued)StreamShark Live Streaming Platform
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—All plans include the full live streaming and video on demand platform. Prices shown are month-to-month in USD. Annual billing saves 20%: Standard $159/mo, Team $399/mo, Business $799/mo. Data transfer, VOD storage, and encoding allowances scale by plan, with overage billed per GB. Enterprise plans are custom-priced and include SSO, Hollywood-grade DRM, Shark AI Scribe, live captions and translations, 4K+ streaming, and eCDN. A 14-day free trial with full Business plan access is available on request.
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    Key User Insights
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    80%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Wildfire Interactive (Discontinued)StreamShark Live Streaming Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Wildfire Interactive (Discontinued)StreamShark Live Streaming Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    The transition to Google has been painful - key contacts are no longer available.
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    StreamShark
    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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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Facebook tab implementation. Allows you to easily create and produce functioning social tabs on your brands FB page.
    • Add voting, sweepstakes, poll functionality to your website. Easily implement these campaigns to increase user engagement and TOS.
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    StreamShark
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • More customization - Would like to have the ability to edit more without coding.
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    StreamShark
    • 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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    Our initial contract with Wildfire Whitelabel was for $30,000/year, as we progressed we found several alternatives for significantly less. We used this to our advantage to lower the second year to $17,000 with the limitation in the level of support (they call this their "core" subscription). Support has been quite bad.

    During our contract, we also asked for quotes on some custom work, but never managed to get an answer (or actual quote). Now two years into our contract, the limitations and lack of development are enough for us to find a different solution. Newcomers to the market like Rafflecopter, WooBox and PunchTab are delivering much better results for a fraction of the price
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    StreamShark
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Very easy to use, almost anyone can learn how to build a comprehensive promotion.
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    StreamShark
    The StreamShark Live Streaming Platform's easy-to-use. There are a few features that require learning, but this is expected.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    I have never been kicked out of Wildfire service. Always up and running.
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    StreamShark
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    Easy to perform tasks and quick to upload changes to your promotions.
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    StreamShark
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Phone and email support were always available to us when we needed it.
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    StreamShark
    The customer support from StreamShark is exceptional. Always very responsive and quick resolution which is often needed just before an event goes live.
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    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    Gave me a thorough rundown on everything the software does. Sometimes it is difficult to run through it all over the phone/internet, but I was able to figure it out myself.
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    StreamShark
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Simple to use and very effective in increasing user engagement on both social channels and website. Noticeably helped raise TOS.
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    StreamShark
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Wildfire was a merely an adequate social media tool when it existed as a standalone, but it just couldn't compete against other players like Sprout, Falcon, and Sprinklr.
    Incentivized
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    StreamShark
    I had been researching different virtual event s and streaming platforms and kept coming up against the same problems. They either couldn't be branded, the signup flow added friction and would have caused drop off, or quality of the stream was poor. It was also important that I was able to get data and analytics from the stream. This meant that embedded YT live was out of the question because embedded YT don't always count the views. StreamShark Live Streaming Platform allowed for a solve for all of these problems.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • As with any social media management tool, there is a savings on labor hours (rather than doing the manual work)
    • Aggregating all content into one system creates efficiencies for content teams
    Incentivized
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    StreamShark
    • 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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