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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Wowza Video

    N/AN/AWowza offers their eponymous enterprise video streaming and content management platform. The company combines a 15-years focus on live video with continuous platform enhancements to power VOD for live event broadcasters and enterprise video platforms alike, supporting everything from interactivity to live-to-VOD and recording. The solution includes a video CDN designed to minimize first-mile issues with smart origin ingestion, which dynamically resolves the closest logical ingest point.

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    StreamShark Live Streaming PlatformWowza Video
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $199
    per month
    Team
    $499
    per month
    Business
    $999
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Pay as you Go
    $25
    per month
    One Month of Streaming
    $149
    one-time fee limited streaming for 30 days (15 streaming hours, 500 viewing hours)
    Annual
    $1560
    per year
    Enterprise
    Custom Plans
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    StreamShark Live Streaming PlatformWowza Video
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll 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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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    80%
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    User Ratings
    StreamShark Live Streaming PlatformWowza Video
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
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    Usability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    StreamShark Live Streaming PlatformWowza Video
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Wowza Media Systems
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    Pros
    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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    Wowza Media Systems
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    Cons
    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
    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
    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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    Wowza Media Systems
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Wowza Media Systems
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    Return on Investment
    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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