# Understanding the wowza live streaming pricing and cost

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/understanding-the-wowza-live-streaming-pricing-and-cost/95212>\
**Category:** Wowza Developer Dojo\
**Created:** [July 29, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/understanding-the-wowza-live-streaming-pricing-and-cost/95212 "2022-07-29T16:25:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![sadek\_Hossain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@sadek\_Hossain](https://community.wowza.com/u/sadek_Hossain)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/understanding-the-wowza-live-streaming-pricing-and-cost/95212/1 "2022-07-29T16:25:05Z")

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Here is the screenshot I took from wowza pricing. I am leaving the storage cost. If we take pay as you go plan for the simplicity here are the costs I can calculate for 400 viewers watching 2hours long live event 2 times a week.  
[Correct me if I am wrong]

 ![Screenshot 2022-07-29 at 10.13.36 pm](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/wowza1/original/2X/e/ede60980dee6d75e4d3dfa58d016e745eee0ecbe.png)

If you look at the screenshot for pay as you go plan, you will get charges like this

**8 streaming hours cost = $5 x 8 = $40**  
**Viewer Hours cost = $0.1 x 3200 = $320**

so total cost would be

**$40 + $320 = $360**

Unfortunately, this looks too much!

Thier on premise hosted one doesn’t allow more than 10 users at a time! Deadlock!