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Azure Live and On-Demand Streaming vs. Dacast

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAzure Live and On-Demand Streaming

by Microsoft

Dacast

by Dacast

Overall rating4.34.3
Review count1030
Ease of use7.89.0
Ease of setup7.99.4
Quality of support9.08.5
Meets requirements9.08.9
NPS4068.965517
Small Business33.3%76.7%
Mid-Market33.3%16.7%
Enterprise33.3%6.7%
Total page views75341
Total LLM citations114,640

Azure Live and On-Demand Streaming

Azure Media Services supports on-demand and live streaming, as well as dynamic packaging, which is the real-time transmuxing to and from HLS and Smooth Streaming formats, with DASH on the way .

Pros

    Dacast

    Dacast offers a fully integrated, self-service video platform for live video and on demand (VOD) streaming. The Dacast OVP lets broadcasters host video content and start streaming in minutes. Its white-label solution allows users to control their live streams and on-demand content. We help over 300,000 organizations stream live video, reduce bandwidth costs, and improve broadcast quality with our easy-to-use full-service platform or via our Broadcaster API.

    Pros

    • Affordable