# servers comparison

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/servers-comparison/233>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [July 27, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/servers-comparison/233 "2010-07-27T12:53:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/servers-comparison/233/1 "2010-07-27T12:53:25Z")

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can you help me to answer to my tech department who’s asking why not using only helix server for flash client applications connection instead of having also wowza?

I know that wowza and helix are completely different, what should I add?

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Dobrushin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@Alex\_Dobrushin](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alex_Dobrushin)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/servers-comparison/233/2 "2010-07-27T06:06:52Z")

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Here are a few reasons:

- Helix doesn’t support RTMPE (secure streaming)

- Helix doesn’t support interactive Flash streaming (chat, RSO, etc)

- Wowza delivers better performance - you can get up to 10Gbps of streaming throughput from a single Wowza server

- You get excellent free online support from Wowza

- The Wowza server supports more streaming protocols (see [https://www.wowza.com/specs.html](https://www.wowza.com/specs.html))

- The Wowza servers have much lower total cost of ownership (TCO)

Hope this helps.

Alex

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 10:36am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/servers-comparison/233/3 "2010-07-27T10:36:05Z")

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Love it! Thanks a ton for the support.

Charlie

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**Author:** ![John\_West](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@John\_West](https://community.wowza.com/u/John_West)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:01am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/servers-comparison/233/4 "2010-07-27T08:01:21Z")

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Hi ken72utalk,

Certainly from your presence on the forums, you’re quite familiar with the product, so I assume you’re up to speed on all the different things it can do.

I would encourage your tech department to review what other companies are saying about their use of our software. The first place to check is our recent press release web page with new information from companies like SIDSA, Mirror Image Internet, [NetDNA.com](http://NetDNA.com), GS Neotek, NetroMedia, and LifeSize. These are posted here: [https://www.wowza.com/pressrelease.html](https://www.wowza.com/pressrelease.html)

I would especially point you to the tests results reported in the Mirror Image PR and the trust companies like GS NeoTek put in their Wowza Server installation during the FIFA 2010 World Cup.

Further evidence of why many customers are choosing to run the Wowza Server is posted here: [https://www.wowza.com/testimonials.html](https://www.wowza.com/testimonials.html)

If you’d like to chat via Skype and talk about this further, my ID is “WowzaJohnATX”

Yours,

John West

john[at]wowzamedia[dot]com

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**Author:** ![paolo\_cortesi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@paolo\_cortesi](https://community.wowza.com/u/paolo_cortesi)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/servers-comparison/233/5 "2010-07-27T14:19:32Z")

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that’s what I need. Nobody will touch my loveble Wowza!

thanks so much.

Ken