Wowza
Wowza is a Denver, Colorado-based video streaming infrastructure provider that has been simplifying live and on-demand streaming since 2007. The platform spans three flagship products — Wowza Streaming Engine (a self-hosted, on-prem/cloud/edge media server supporting RTMP, RTSP, SRT, WebRTC, HLS, and MPEG-DASH), Wowza Video (a fully managed, cloud-based streaming platform with a v2.0 REST API for live streams, transcoders, stream sources, stream targets, schedules, real-time streams, videos, categories, viewer analytics, ingest data, engagement, popularity, and quality-of-experience monitoring), and Wowza Flowplayer (a commercial-grade HTML5 video player with iOS, tvOS, and Android SDKs, DRM, ad insertion, and 30+ modular plugins). Wowza powers over 200,000 streaming instances across 140 countries, serving security and surveillance, law enforcement, government and defense, sports and live events, smart cities, industrial monitoring, healthcare, and OTT customers. Developer surface includes a public OpenAPI 3.0 specification for Wowza Video, a Swagger-derived OpenAPI 3.0 specification for Wowza Streaming Engine's REST API (default base http://localhost:8087), a Java API for extending Streaming Engine via plugins, a Wowza IDE, Postman collections, and a large public WowzaMediaSystems GitHub organization of plugins, modules, sample apps, and language SDKs.
APIs
Wowza Video REST API
REST API v2.0 (~129 paths) for the Wowza Video cloud platform — manage live streams, transcoders, stream sources, stream targets, schedules, real-time streams, videos, and categ...
Wowza Streaming Engine REST API
REST API (~164 paths) for the self-hosted Wowza Streaming Engine media server — manage applications, virtual hosts, stream targets, push publishing, transcoder, server listeners...
Wowza Streaming Engine Java API
Native Java API for extending and customizing the Wowza Streaming Engine media server via server listeners, application modules, HTTP providers, and Media Reader/Writer plugins....
Wowza Flowplayer
Commercial-grade HTML5 video player with iOS, tvOS, and Android SDKs, DRM (Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady), ad insertion, real-time streaming at scale plugin support, and 30+ mod...
Wowza GoCoder SDK
Wowza GoCoder broadcasting SDK for iOS and Android — capture, encode, and stream live video and audio from mobile devices directly to Wowza Streaming Engine or Wowza Video. Offi...
Wowza Real-Time Streaming SDK
WebRTC-based SDK for delivering sub-second-latency live streams at scale through the Wowza Real-Time Streaming service. Public documentation repo and WebRTC sample applications ...
Collections
Features
Wowza Streaming Engine runs on prem, in the cloud, hybrid, or at the edge with full operator control.
Wowza Video is a fully managed live and VOD streaming platform with REST API control.
RTMP, RTSP, SRT, WebRTC, HLS, MPEG-DASH ingest and delivery across both Engine and Video products.
WebRTC-based Wowza Real-Time Streaming delivers sub-second latency at scale.
GPU-accelerated transcoding for ABR ladders, format conversion, and packaging into HLS and MPEG-DASH.
Restream to YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, Akamai, AWS Elemental MediaStore, custom CDNs, and SRT endpoints.
Commercial-grade HTML5 player with iOS, tvOS, and Android SDKs, DRM, ads, and 30+ plugins.
Live DVR window plus automatic live-to-VOD archiving for replays and clipping workflows.
First-class webhook events from both Wowza Streaming Engine and Wowza Video for stream lifecycle, transcoder, and analytics signals.
Wowza Video exposes ingest, engagement, popularity, viewer, and quality-of-experience analytics via REST.
Streaming Engine Java API plus a Wowza IDE for building custom server listeners, application modules, HTTP providers, and media reader/writer plugins.
Wowza ships official Postman collections, a public OpenAPI 3.0 spec for Wowza Video, and a Swagger-derived OpenAPI 3.0 spec for the Streaming Engine REST API.
Open-source MCP server enabling AI agents to control Wowza Streaming Engine via the Model Context Protocol.
Plugin framework for integrating AI/ML inference (ASR, captions, object detection, ONVIF) into the streaming pipeline.
Use Cases
24/7 live monitoring for security operations, law enforcement, and physical security with RTSP ingest.
Mission-critical streaming for defense, intelligence, and government agencies — including tactical and ISR workflows.
Low-latency live event production and distribution, including auction, betting, and interactive sports use cases.
VOD and live OTT services with ABR delivery, DRM, and analytics.
Edge-deployed media servers for traffic, infrastructure, and industrial IoT camera feeds.
Secure live and recorded video for telemedicine, surgical observation, and medical education.
WebRTC-powered sub-second video for auctions, gaming, fitness, and two-way interactive experiences.
SRT contribution feeds, contribution-to-CDN workflows, and live-to-VOD archiving for broadcasters.
Live lectures, recorded course content, and interactive classroom video.
Multi-platform restreaming and on-prem capture for religious organizations.
Integrations
Push Publishing profiles, signed token validation, and HLS Akamai targets are first-class.
Streaming Engine S3 upload plugin and AWS-region Wowza Video deployments.
Standard CDN target for Wowza Video and Streaming Engine output.
Native restreaming/push-publishing target.
Native restreaming/push-publishing target.
Native restreaming/push-publishing target.
Official Postman collections for both Wowza Video and Streaming Engine REST APIs.
Official OpenAPI 3.0 specs published for Wowza Video and Wowza Streaming Engine.
First-class SRT ingest and egress support for low-latency contribution.
WSE plugin for ingesting ONVIF IP camera streams in surveillance deployments.
WSE caption handler plugins that generate captions via Azure Speech Services or OpenAI Whisper.
Official Wowza Streaming Engine MCP server lets AI agents drive Engine via MCP.
WSE analytics plugin reports streaming statistics into Google Analytics.
Solutions
Self-hosted media server licensed monthly, annually, or as a one-time perpetual purchase for on-prem, cloud, hybrid, and edge deployment.
Fully managed cloud streaming platform with REST API, hosted Flowplayer, transcoders, stream targets, real-time streaming, and analytics.
Combined Wowza Streaming Engine and Wowza Video deployment for flexible hybrid topologies.
Standalone HTML5 video player with SDKs, DRM, ads, and plugins — bundled with Wowza Video or sold separately.
WebRTC-based sub-second latency live streaming service for interactive applications.
Custom deployment, integration, and Wowza Streaming Engine plugin development engagements.