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Wowza on Amazon AWS

Two Convenient Options

Bring Your Own License DevPay License

Benefits

We provide Amazon Machine Images with pre‐configured versions of Wowza Media Server 3 that are ready to start through the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Management Console.

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    Economical

    No up-front capital investment. Pay for what you use and enjoy free upgrades.

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    Flexible

    Supports two licensing models on Amazon EC2 with the ability to select the licensing model on a per-instance basis.

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    Scalable

    With no minimum requirements on server instances you can quickly scale up or down as needed.

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    Quick Start

    Pre-configured and tuned for Wowza Media Server 3.

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    Global Reach

    Amazon's data centers are distributed around the globe, so you're close to your customers.

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    Stream Directly From S3

    Improve the performance with content caching from Amazon Simple Storage Service with a mechanism that automatically adjusts based on the AMI instance type being used.

 
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Option 1: Bring Your Own License (Formerly LicKey)

  • Licensing: Use Wowza Media Server 3's regular Monthly, Daily or standard Perpetual Edition license keys.
  • Capabilities: Wowza Media Server 3 and all AddOns.
  • Billing: A monthly invoice from Wowza for Monthly or Daily license (not applicable if using a Perpetual license), and a separate monthly bill from Amazon for AWS instance usage and bandwidth.
     

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    Step One

    Subscribe to Wowza on Amazon Web Services (AWS), EC2 streaming with your Amazon Web Services account.

    Subscribe to Amazon AWS (AMAZON EC2 PRICING DETAILS)

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    Step Two

    Get your Wowza Media Server License Key by selecting a plan below.

    Daily

    $ 5

    Per day / Per instance*
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    Monthly

    Best Value
    $ 55

    Per month / Per instance*
    More Info Buy Now

    Perpetual

    $ 995

    Per instance*
    More Info Buy Now

This option provides access to the complete server functionality and all premium AddOns, including Wowza Transcoder, Wowza nDVR and Wowza DRM.
 

An Amazon Web Services (AWS) account is needed to use Wowza on Amazon EC2.

 

Perpetual Edition license keys may only be used on one Amazon EC2 server instance at a time.

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Option 2: DevPay License

  • Licensing: Wowza software license is embedded in pre-built Amazon DevPay AMIs. A separate license is not needed.
  • Capabilities: Wowza Media Server 3 only (access to premium AddOns not available).
  • Billing: Receive a monthly bill from Amazon for a combination of Wowza software, EC2 instance usage and bandwidth.
     

(DevPay was formerly called Embedded)

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    One Simple Step to Get Started

    Sign up for an AWS account to get started!
    Use the buttons below to:

    • Subscribe to AWS.  Sign up on the Amazon.com site for an account, and then deliver your streaming media content from the robust cloud services that Amazon uses to power thousands of customers and their own retail site. Wowza Media Server software runs on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service, and you get a single monthly bill from AWS.
    • See Wowza pricing for AWS. You pay as little as USD $0.15 per hour to run Wowza Media Server software on AWS. See the full list of prices here, which vary based on the hardware you use and how much content you stream.

    Subscribe to Amazon AWS (WOWZA ON EC2 DEVPAY PRICING)

This option does not provide access to the premium AddOns.

An Amazon Web Services account is needed to use Wowza on Amazon EC2.

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