Castreon

Castreon

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About

Callaba provides a professional set of tools for organizing online events within a single platform and API: ultra-low latency live streaming via SRT, WebRTC, video calls, online webinars, multilingual online conferences, paid events via PayPal, events using imported CSV of sold tickets, monetized online concerts with pay-per-view, as well as a comprehensive suite for setting up 24/7 reliable video distribution for internet TV, Radio, and Socials. Virtual events: Broadcasting to thousands of viewers. Video calls & Webinars. Multilingual & ABR player. Pay-per-view via PayPal (Our commission is 0%). Private access for imported CSV tickets. Generation of CSV event tickets for sale. Overlay of advertising banners on videos. Player background and logo customization. No Callaba branding. Video distribution: Multicast video to multiple platforms. Audio track selection. Overlay. Transcoding. Re-streaming from imported files or vMix, OBS, Wirecast, encoders. Adaptive HLS

About

Castreon is self-hosted live TV headend software that runs on Linux servers and is managed through a web panel. It ingests feeds from DVB-C/T/T2 cards, IP cameras and network sources such as SRT, RIST, UDP, RTMP, HTTP, HLS and DASH, with automatic source failover. Operators can transcode on CPU or GPU to H.264, HEVC or AV1, create adaptive-bitrate outputs, and deliver channels through HLS, LL-HLS, DASH, HTTP-TS and WebRTC or push them to other servers and CDNs. The software also supports continuous channels from media files, catch-up and timeshift, recordings, clips, access controls, audience statistics, monitoring, alerts and a REST API. Optional capabilities include SCTE-35, signed multi-CDN links and DRM. Castreon is installed on the operator’s own Linux server and serves broadcasters, cable and IPTV operators, OTT services, hotels and internet providers.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Anyone searching for an advanced Live Streaming solution. Event producers, technical entrepreneurs, small teams to large businesses that need a video conferencing solution. Every institution, organization and person who needs live broadcast searching for a streaming engine solution that supports WebRTC, CMAF, HLS, RTMP, RTSP and SRT

Audience

Cable and IPTV operators, broadcasters, OTT platforms, hotel TV providers and ISPs

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$0.05 per hour
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

€25/server/month
Starter is €25 per server per month plus VAT; Pro is €49 and Enterprise is €99 per server per month, plus VAT. Fees are billed monthly in advance. Each license covers one server and renews monthly; cancellation takes effect at the end of the paid month. A 14-day trial includes Pro features for up to 10 channels, with no credit card or automatic charge.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.5 / 5
ease 4.3 / 5
features 4.5 / 5
design 4.1 / 5
support 4.2 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • We were looking for a streaming server with api to create our OTT, and we settled on Callaba. We choose them because their API generate HLS video links of our SRT or RTMP source. We use Callaba server for creating mobile apps, segment live broadcasts from TV channels into ts fragments with adaptive bitrate with minimal actions.
  • We tried to host a few small-scale lectures and looked for an easy way to collect entrance fees from our attendees. It worked quite well, surprisingly. I'm not too fond of Pay Pal though, but as long as we don't get charged any kind of commission on those payments, I'm down to use whatever. So far we hosted 4 webinars with attendance ranging from 10-14 participants.
  • + As some others have stated, this is a good tool for simul-casting. That's what I've been mostly using it for. + Their support agent told me you can stream to Callaba from within Callaba to avoid excessive transcoding. As an optimisation freak, I liked that.
  • If you need to multi-cast your streams to a bunch of social services, this works simply great. I prefer it to Restream as I don't like subscriptions. Easy and fast integration, within a short amount of time you can set up your stream flows.
  • The web player is great. I can monitor my streams to see if the video is not jittering and I can share the link with my teammates. Usage-based pricing is another plus. You can turn it off and on when needed.

Cons

  • No docs for Rust. We use rust as our mobile rest api. Hope they will add it.
  • Although we can upload the background image and the logo, I wish there were more options to customise the web player colour scheme to get the whole branding together. PayPal is not my favourite too.
  • - Could be more convenient. I have many 'custom' destinations, and I feel like there needs to be an 'address book', as I can't possibly remember all of the IPs and what they represent.
  • I'd like to be able to group my settings into folders. But really it is not a problem at all, if you use clear naming conventions.
  • These guys need to add a detailed documentation about all the various settings and parameters that this software provides. There are tooltips, but sometimes it's not enough.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Callaba Cloud
Founded: 2021
Estonia
callaba.io

Company Information

Web Tools IT
Founded: 2015
Germany
castreon.net

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Categories

Categories

Live Streaming Supported

Live Streaming Features

Access Control Supported
Audience Analytics Supported
Audience Engagement Supported
Browser-based Supported
Customizable Branding Supported
Encoding Supported
Event Scheduling Supported
Live Streaming Production Supported
Moderation Supported
Monetization Tools Supported
Multi-Screen / Split-Screen Supported
Multiple Camera Feeds Supported
Multistreaming Supported
Session Recording Supported
Social Media Integration Supported
Streaming Platform Integration Supported

Integrations

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Supported
CDN77 Not Supported
Gcore Not Supported
PayPal Supported
Prometheus Not Supported
Telegram Not Supported
bunny.net Not Supported

Integrations

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Not Supported
CDN77 Supported
Gcore Supported
PayPal Not Supported
Prometheus Supported
Telegram Supported
bunny.net Supported
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