G2 Vendor Directory

Wowza Streaming vs. Brightcove

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

MetricWowza Streaming

by Wowza Media Systems

Brightcove

by Brightcove

Overall rating4.44.1
Review count15154
Ease of use8.68.0
Ease of setup8.37.8
Quality of support8.58.1
Meets requirements9.08.5
NPS59.33333337.735849
Small Business54.4%22.2%
Mid-Market34.0%38.9%
Enterprise11.6%38.9%
Total page views780638
Total LLM citations6,77911,152

Wowza Streaming

Wowza Streaming Engine is a self-managed video streaming server that ingests, transcodes, and delivers live and on-demand video across any protocol, codec, and deployment environment. It gives engineering teams full control over their streaming infrastructure, whether running on-premises, in private or public cloud, hybrid, edge, or air-gapped environments. Wowza Streaming Engine powers video workflows for Fortune 500 enterprises, government agencies, broadcasters, surveillance operators, and platform builders across more than 170 countries.

Pros

  • Reliability
  • Streaming Quality
  • Live Streaming
  • Ease of Use
  • Streaming Capabilities
  • Platform Quality

Brightcove

Brightcove: The most trusted streaming technology company in the world. We’re building the world’s smartest, fastest, and most reliable automated engagement platform anchored in video. In more than 80 countries, Brightcove’s intelligent video platform enables businesses to sell to customers more effectively, media leaders to stream and monetize content more reliably, and every organization to communicate with team members more powerfully.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Hosting Services
  • User Interface
  • Video Content
  • Solution Innovation