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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Imperva CDN

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AImperva CDN provides intelligent and caching controls, content and network optimization, application delivery rules, and high website availability, and is available as part of the Imperva FlexProtect. The Imperva CDN is based on resources acquired with Incapsula.

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    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

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    Imperva CDNStreamShark Live Streaming Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $59
    per month
    Business
    $299
    per month
    Enterprise
    Call For Quote
    Standard
    $199
    per month
    Team
    $499
    per month
    Business
    $999
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Imperva CDNStreamShark Live Streaming Platform
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFree Plan: Bot mitigation, content delivery network and two-factor authentication. Pro Plan: Includes Free Plan Features plus web application firewall, advanced performance, PCI compliance report, backdoor protection and SSL support. Business Plan: Includes Pro features plus blocks network layer DDoS attacks, blocks application layer DDoS attacks, auto-detection & triggering and supports custom SSL certificates. Enterprise Plan: Includes Business Features plus 24/7 support and uptime SLA, custom security rules, real-time event monitoring, load balancing and failover, infrastructure DDoS protection (BGP), manager service option and API access and custom brandings.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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    Imperva, a Thales company
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    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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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Imperva CDNStreamShark Live Streaming Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Imperva CDNStreamShark Live Streaming Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Imperva, a Thales company
    I recommend it as a WAF, but not as a CDN. There are better CDNs, in my case I use transparentCDN (now www.transparentedge.eu) and Edgecast (now Verizon CDN).
    Incentivized
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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
    Imperva, a Thales company
    • Reliability / Uptime
    • Security
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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.
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    Cons
    Imperva, a Thales company
    • CDN functionalities are secondary and cannot be compared to a top-level CDN.
    • The WebGUI interface of the dashboard is very improvable. They have been changing the UX for years and it is disjointed and with services that have not yet been migrated.
    • The analysis of WAF attack logs is insufficient. It is difficult to analyze attacks of past hours, event filters are missing. It is complicated to analyze the chronology of an attack.
    • There are extra modules to improve the attack logs analysis but they are expensive and add little.
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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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    Usability
    Imperva, a Thales company
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Support Rating
    Imperva, a Thales company
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    Imperva, a Thales company
    Also TransparentCDN (now www.transparentedge.eu ) and Level 3
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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
    Imperva, a Thales company
    • It's an expensive product if you have a lot of traffic volume, but I feel confident with their WAF.
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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.
    Incentivized
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