Streaming Video Provider vs Wowza (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Streaming Video Provider grades higher than Wowza: 1.8 against 1.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Streaming Video Provider grades higher on features and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Streaming Video Provider
Video hosting and live streaming with pay-per-view and multistreaming
Wowza
Streaming server software you run yourself, plus a cloud platform
Which one is for you
Pick Streaming Video Provider if
- Fits if you sell tickets or run private events on your own pages
- Works for developers who want hosting and a live API with a white-label option
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a webinar room with registration, polls and Q&A
- Pricey if you need live streaming, as it starts at $99 a month on Pro
- Tight if you're on the $39 plan: no live streaming, 1 seat and capped bandwidth
- Watch out: extra bandwidth is sold in paid steps above the included amount
- Watch out: the trial length and whether it needs a card aren't stated
Pick Wowza if
- Fits if your team builds its own streaming service
- Makes sense if you need a server you can run in your own setup
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you stream occasionally: $195 a month, or $295 for a single month
- Not for you if you want webinars with registration and polls
- Watch out: extra transcoded channels cost $25 each beyond the 10 per instance, and extra instances cost $195 each
- Watch out: Wowza Video, the managed cloud, is priced separately, and Perpetual and Enterprise licenses are quoted by sales
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAStreaming Video ProviderWeak | 1.4GPAWowzaWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DLive streaming starts at Pro, $99 a month billed monthly, against a category middle of $45. Plus at $39 has no live streaming. | D$195 a month for Streaming Engine, right at the dearest tenth of the category ($195 and up). One month costs $295. |
| Free plan and trial | DA free trial on every plan, but the pricing page doesn't give its length or say whether a card is needed. | DA free trial is offered but its length is not stated, and there is no free plan. |
| Features | CLive streaming, multistreaming, pay-per-view, scheduling and an API. But no registration, polls or Q&A, and seats stop at 1, 3 and 5. | DIt is infrastructure: it streams and transcodes video, but gives no registration, polls or attendee chat, so you build the rest. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You set up an RTMP encoder, players and a schedule yourself. | DA server product that needs setup and configuration, with no rating on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, but it sends to YouTube and Facebook Live, takes payments through PayPal and Stripe, and works with OBS, Wirecast and TriCaster. | BWeb platform listed, with RTMP, SRT, HLS, WebRTC, Docker and an API. |
| Best for | private or paid live events on your own player | self-run streaming server software |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Streaming Video Provider and Wowza. How we grade
Price against what you get
Streaming Video Provider starts at $39 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Wowza starts at $195 a month and scores 1.7.
Streaming Video Provider scores higher and starts $156 a month lower. Of the other webinar and live streaming tools on the chart, 2 score higher than Streaming Video Provider for less, and 38 score higher than Wowza for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Wowza is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Streaming Video Provider also covers screen recording, reports, webinars and multistreaming.
At a glance
| Streaming Video Provider | Wowza | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $39 per month, billed monthly | $195 per month for Streaming Engine, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | Free trial offered on every plan; length not stated on the pricing page | Free trial for Streaming Engine and for Wowza Video; the page does not state its length |
| Web | ||
| Made by | StreamingVideoProvider | Wowza Media Systems, LLC |
| Price read from | streamingvideoprovider.com | wowza.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Streaming Video Provider
- Live streaming is not on the $39 Plus plan; it starts at Pro.
- Bandwidth is capped per plan, and extra bandwidth is sold as paid steps above the included amount.
- It has no attendee registration, polls or Q&A of the kind a webinar-specific tool provides.
- Seats are limited: 1 on Plus, 3 on Pro and 5 on Premium.
Wowza
- It is infrastructure, not a webinar tool: there is no registration page, polls or attendee chat out of the box.
- Additional transcoded channels cost $25 each beyond the 10 included per instance.
- Wowza Video, the managed cloud product, is priced separately; this listing records the Streaming Engine plans shown on the pricing page.
- Perpetual and Enterprise licenses are quoted by sales, with no published price.
Key features
Streaming Video Provider
- Live streaming
- Go live from any RTMP encoder, a smart device or an IP camera, with a live player to embed. Pro and above only.
- Multistreaming
- Sends live and on-demand content to 30+ platforms; Pro includes 3 channels and Premium 6.
- Pay-per-view
- Sells tickets, subscriptions and rentals through PayPal, Stripe and other gateways; Plus allows 50 items, higher plans are unlimited.
- Scheduler and recording
- Schedules pre-recorded videos and playlists to simulate live programming, and records live streams for on-demand viewing.
- APIs and analytics
- A Core API comes with Pro, and viewer analytics cover audience behavior and demographics.
Wowza
- Self-hosted streaming server
- Wowza Streaming Engine runs on premises, in a private or public cloud, behind a firewall or fully offline, and can be deployed as a Docker container.
- Many protocols
- It ingests and delivers WebRTC, SRT, RTMP, RTSP and HLS, and supports low-latency HLS and DASH.
- APIs and SDKs
- A REST API and a Java SDK let developers script the server and add custom modules.
- Transcoding
- Each paid Streaming Engine instance includes 10 concurrent transcoded channels; extra channels are $25 each.
- Security options
- DRM, watermarking and encryption are offered, and the company says it holds a SOC 2 Type II report.
- Managed cloud option
- Wowza Video is a separate cloud platform that handles ingest, transcoding, delivery, analytics and a player without running servers.
Plans
Streaming Video Provider
Plus$39
per month, billed monthly
200 GB bandwidth, 50 GB storage, 50 pay-per-view items and 1 team seat; no live streaming.
Pro$99
per month, billed monthly
750 GB bandwidth, 150 GB storage, live streaming, 3 multistreaming channels and 3 seats.
Premium$399
per month, billed monthly
4,000 GB bandwidth, 600 GB storage, 20 live transcoding hours, 6 multistreaming channels and 5 seats.
Wowza
One Month of Streaming$295
one-time purchase for one month, first instance included
Streaming Engine for occasional events: up to 10 concurrent transcoded channels on the first instance, extra instances $295 each.
Basic Monthly$195
per month, billed monthly, first instance included
Streaming Engine for steady use: up to 10 concurrent transcoded channels on the first instance, extra instances $195 each per month.
EnterpriseCustom
Annual plans and discounted rates, hybrid cloud services (CDN, Flowplayer, analytics), offline keys and professional services.
PerpetualCustom
A license with no expiration for containerized, air-gapped or self-hosted deployments, scoped and quoted by Wowza.
Ways to pay less
Streaming Video Provider
- Annual discount
Save 15% or 30% on longer terms
The pricing page offers 1-year terms with 15% off and 2-year terms with 30% off the month-to-month price.
Wowza
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Streaming Video Provider or Wowza?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Streaming Video Provider is cheaper to start with: $39 a month, against $195 a month for Wowza. Streaming Video Provider starts at $39 per month, billed monthly, and Wowza starts at $195 per month for Streaming Engine, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Streaming Video Provider or Wowza?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Streaming Video Provider nor Wowza has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.