by CEF Comparisons
How Stream Gateway by CEF compares
Same job, different shape: SRT and HLS in, UDP and HLS out, 24/7. These pages tell you when we are the right tool and when we are not.
If you are evaluating an SRT gateway, you are probably holding a quote you cannot compare against anything. Ours is on the page: a free 30-day trial, then $59 per device per month, $590 per year, or $750 once — running on a Raspberry Pi or on a Linux server, with every device on one panel.
Side by side
The comparisons
Haivision SRT Gateway
They created the SRT protocol and lead the SRT Alliance, and they build the encoders too. Where their enterprise line is the right call, and where a per-device licence you can read on the page fits better.
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Cesbo Astra
A software headend for cable, satellite, terrestrial and IP, with SRT input in caller and listener. Where a full headend is what you need, and where one panel over many sites is the difference.
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Flussonic Media Server
A full platform: DVB-S, SDI, cameras, transcoding, ABR, clustering. Where buying the platform is right, and where you only needed the gateway part of it.
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Nimble Streamer
Their core server is free, runs on ARM and has a fleet panel — the hardest comparison we have. A media server you configure, against a gateway that arrives finished.
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Wowza Streaming Engine
A platform built around transcoding, licensed per server instance. What to do when you are running one just to move a feed from SRT to UDP.
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Ground rules
How these comparisons are written
- We only state things about the other vendor that anyone can check on their public website, on a dated visit.
- We do not republish their prices. Some publish figures and some quote on request, and a number copied here goes stale — read theirs on their own site and compare it against ours, which is on our pricing page.
- Every page opens with when the other product is the better choice. If that section were empty, the page would be worthless to you.
- Every page lists what our product does not do — no recording, caller-only SRT input, email-only alerts. Better here than after you buy.