As organizations evaluate live streaming solutions, Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS) has emerged as a managed streaming option. However, while IVS serves basic streaming needs, organizations requiring enterprise-grade capabilities are increasingly choosing Red5 on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) for superior performance, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. Let’s explore why Red5 on OCI provides a more comprehensive solution for serious streaming applications.
AWS IVS works well for:
However, IVS has limitations that become apparent as streaming needs grow more sophisticated:
IVS operates as a black-box service with minimal control over the underlying streaming infrastructure, restricting applications requiring specific configurations or advanced features.
While IVS delivers acceptable video quality for general use cases, it may not meet the stringent requirements of professional broadcasting, gaming, or enterprise applications where every frame matters.
Red5 addresses these limitations while leveraging OCI’s superior price-performance benefits:
Red5 Cloud, hosted on OCI, offers the convenience of a managed service while providing greater control over streaming configuration. Organizations benefit from:
For organizations requiring full control over their streaming infrastructure, Red5 Pro on OCI enables:
| Feature | AWS IVS Real-time | Red5 on OCI |
|---|---|---|
| Audience Size | 25,000 Max | Unlimited (regularly tests 100k plus with each release) |
| Quality | 720p Max | 4K and flexible |
| ABR Support | Simucast ABR only (with quality limitations) | Multi-level with serverside transcoding or simulcast |
| Deployments | Fixed regions | Runs on customer tennent, Multiregion |
| Mixing (server side compositing) | Fixed layouts (limit to 6 videos) | Flexible layouts and extensive API, (unlimited number videos) |
| Stage vs Studio | Limited functionality (closed source) | Flexible (open source) |
| Instant Stream Switching/Zapping | No | Yes |
| Metadata | Text only (web socket, separate from video) | Support for KLV, JSON, frame accurate syncing across multiple videos |
| Ingest Protocols | WebRTC (WHIP), RTMP | WHIP, Zixi, RTSP, RTMP, SRT, MPEG TS |
| Real-time Transcoding | No | Yes |
| Interstial and Ad insertion | No | Yes |
| DRM support | No | Yes |
| SDKs | Web, iOS, Android | Web, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, Unity, Unreal Engine, and more |
| Ingest scalability | Limited | Unlimited |
| Restream to Social | No | Yes |
| Pricing Model | Usage based | Licensing, and uses OCI Compute |
| Shared Architecture | Yes | No |
Organizations requiring enterprise-grade streaming capabilities benefit from Red5’s advanced features and OCI’s cost-effective infrastructure.
For applications where video quality is critical—such as professional broadcasting, medical streaming, or gaming—Red5’s advanced capabilities combined with OCI’s robust infrastructure deliver superior results.
OCI’s competitive pricing structure, particularly for compute resources and egress bandwidth, provides significant cost advantages for large-scale streaming
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