Live video surveillance & monitoring

Real-time visibilityfor criticalenvironments.

Wowza connects your cameras, sensors and field devices into a reliable, intelligent media backbone, across on-premises, air-gapped, hybrid and edge environments.

99.99%Uptime across global deployments
24/7Escalation to trained engineers
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Security camera on a building wall
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Refinery from above
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Radar dome on a ridge
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Forest from above
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Police cars at night
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Illustrative control room view with stock photos.

Trusted where video can’t fail

  • Swift
  • SpaceX
  • NASA
  • Google
  • Formula 1
  • RTX
  • Northrop Grumman
  • NYPD
  • New York Yankees
  • Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Detroit Lions
  • Carnival
  • Viking
  • Caltrans
  • FDOT
  • City of Seattle

Proven across industries

Purpose-built for the teams that watch, decide and respond.

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Video from every camera, drone and sensor, to the people and systems that act on it.

Also: Campus & corporate security

01 / 08 · GOVERNMENT & DEFENSE

Radar dome on a ridge
Base securityTactical communicationsSecure mission controlFederal monitoring systemsAerospaceWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Supporting mission-critical operations

02 / 08 · LAW ENFORCEMENT & PUBLIC SAFETY

Police cars with lights on at night
BodycamsDashcamsInterview roomsEvidence intakeIncident command operationsWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Evidence and accountability that holds up

03 / 08 · SECURITY & SURVEILLANCE

Security camera on a stone building
Retail loss preventionPerimeter securityWarehouse monitoringMulti-site facility protectionWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Catching bad actors in real time

04 / 08 · SMART CITIES & TRAFFIC

City interchange from above at night
Intersection camerasTransit routesParking systemsMunicipal monitoring networksWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Powering urban intelligence

05 / 08 · INDUSTRIAL & REMOTE OPERATIONS

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Oil & gas facilitiesMining sitesUtilities infrastructureAgricultural monitoringRemote pipelinesWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Eyes on assets, anywhere

06 / 08 · HEALTHCARE & MEDICAL

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NICU monitoringSurgical streamingPatient observationTelemedicineRegulated facilitiesWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Advancing care and compliance

07 / 08 · ELECTION MONITORING

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Polling placesBallot processing centersTabulation roomsPublic observation feedsWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Trust through visibility

08 / 08 · ENVIRONMENTAL & WILDLIFE

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Conservation sitesResearch stationsRemote habitatsLong-range environmental sensorsWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Remote monitoring without disruption

How it works

One backbone, from the camera to the control room.

01 · Connect & ingest

Bring every feed into one system

  • Mobile devices, drones, dashcams, bodycams
  • RTSP, RTMP/S, SRT, WebRTC, UDP, MPEG-TS
  • Stable ingest across on-prem, air-gapped and hybrid networks
02 · Process & customize

Add intelligence, context and automation

  • Transcoding and protocol conversion
  • Recording, clipping, tagging and archiving
  • Object detection, captioning and event logging
03 · Deliver everywhere

Route video to who needs it

  • Low-latency WebRTC, LL-HLS, HLS, DASH
  • NOCs, dashboards, vehicles and field devices
  • Integration with VMS, analytics, IAM and storage
How Wowza fits into your stack

The media layer that connects what you already own.

Different cameras, encoders, networks and analytics tools don’t speak the same language. Wowza slots between them, with flexible upgrade paths for your existing hardware.

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Why teams trust Wowza

Engineered for operational continuity.

Flexibility

Deploy wherever operations demand, without rewiring infrastructure or replacing cameras.

  • On-prem, hybrid, edge, air-gapped
  • Modern and legacy cameras
  • No lock-in

Extensibility

Wowza adapts to your architecture, not the other way around.

  • VMS, analytics, IAM, access control
  • Bring your own models
  • APIs, SDKs, Java, MCP

Reliability

Built for security incidents, emergency response, audits and live oversight.

  • 99.99% uptime
  • Observability via webhooks
  • SOC 2 Type II, role-based access

Support

A team built for high-stakes video operations.

  • 24/7 escalation to engineers
  • Architecture and onboarding help
  • Public sector, healthcare, defense
In production

Where video can’t fail.

All case studies
“With Wowza, servers became appliances. We script, provision, move, and rebuild cameras through the API, keep our video walls fed, and let operators focus on incidents instead of plumbing.”
Clint JohnsonMDOT
“What made us choose Wowza in the end was the real-time streaming with next to no delay. It’s essential for doctors managing multiple emergencies at once.”
Florian BlaumProduct & Project Manager, medDV
“With Wowza, we can scale real-time video across our platform without compromising on privacy, security, or uptime.”
Kendra SeaveyCEO, care.coach
For platform builders

Embed Wowza in your monitoring platform.

Security and monitoring platforms use Wowza as the backbone for ingest, processing and delivery, so they can scale without building and maintaining streaming infrastructure themselves.

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# Provision a camera through the REST API
curl -X POST http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/_defaultServer_/\
  vhosts/_defaultVHost_/applications/live/streamfiles \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"cam-042","uri":"rtsp://10.0.4.42:554/stream1"}'
FAQ

Surveillance and monitoring, answered.

Can I integrate existing cameras and field devices?

Yes. Wowza integrates with existing IP cameras and field devices using standard protocols such as RTSP, SRT, RTMP and WebRTC, so you can modernize without replacing hardware.

How is low latency handled for command centers and mobile units?

WebRTC for real-time monitoring, and SRT for reliable transport from remote or unstable networks.

Can it scale to thousands of cameras or multi-site networks?

Yes. Wowza supports horizontally scalable, multi-site deployments across cloud, on-premises and edge environments.

Can one feed go to multiple endpoints?

Yes. The same live feed can go simultaneously to command centers, mobile devices, analytics platforms and remote viewers, over multiple protocols.

How does it stay reliable during emergencies?

Resilient protocols like SRT and WebRTC, redundant server architectures, load balancing, and deployment across edge and core infrastructure.

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