# What is the difference between Wowza Streaming Cloud and a streaming service such as Livestream?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-wowza-streaming-cloud-and-a-streaming-service-such-as-livestream/49433>\
**Category:** Wowza Developer Dojo\
**Created:** [August 14, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-wowza-streaming-cloud-and-a-streaming-service-such-as-livestream/49433 "2017-08-14T20:54:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matt\_Robertson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@Matt\_Robertson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Matt_Robertson)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-wowza-streaming-cloud-and-a-streaming-service-such-as-livestream/49433/1 "2017-08-14T20:54:30Z")

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**Author:** ![Jermaine\_Hemby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jermaine\_Hemby](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jermaine_Hemby)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-wowza-streaming-cloud-and-a-streaming-service-such-as-livestream/49433/2 "2017-08-19T15:15:27Z")

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Hello

Thanks for contacting the Wowza Community

Wowza Cloud is a cloud service you can use to send live streams in the cloud from your encoder and be able to distribute and scale your end user audience in the cloud. Livestream is a different type of service.

[Wowza Cloud](https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-cloud)

[Livestream](https://livestream.com/)

hope this helps. If any further questions, feel free to contact us.

regards,

Jermaine