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Castr vs Ant Media Server Comparison (2026)

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Ant Media Server

Overview

Castr is a professional live video streaming platform for both businesses and individual streamers. Castr users can stream, host, schedule, and monetize live videos in high-quality 4k resolution with Akamai CDN.

Ant Media Server is a highly scalable real-time video streaming solution configured for live video streaming needs, providing playback and recording on-premises or on public cloud networks like AWS, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud. It is designed to enable customers to deploy live video streaming solutions quickly without having to worry about how it works behind the scenes.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

16.67

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

109

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.7

446

366

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

91%

would recommend this app

4.8

159

128

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

90%

would recommend this app

Pros

“The main area for improvement is that some advanced settings and troubleshooting information could be clearer. When a stream has an issue, more detailed error messages and deeper real time diagnostics would help identify the cause faster.”

Kristjan H.

Senior Director

“Our church uses Castr in conjunction with ProPresenter in order to livestream our weekly services to multiple platforms.”

Taylor W.

Pastor

“I have to log in each week type the new date, which isn't hard. But if this could be automated, it would be completely "set it and forget it," one less detail to have to remember.”

Taylor W.

Pastor

Pros

“No Comprehensive Academic Analytic Data on Dashboard: As a scientist, I need detailed analytics such as packet loss graphs, jitter over time, viewer geolocation to produce my scientific work.”

Mayank Y.

IT Intern

“The platform provides a very reliable streaming and broadcasting environment, successfully maintaining stable video bitrates during live transmissions without sudden drops in quality.”

Willian T.

Developer

“The ability to run it on our own infrastructure gives us full control over costs, data privacy, and customization — which has been a big advantage for our project.”

Fran A.

IT Manager

Cons

“The billing and data allowance information and email alerts are very unclear.”

Matthew R.

Director producer

“Also, that the save latest livestream has not been working correctly.”

Russell M.

CEO

“However, the only issue I encountered was the lack of control for rewinding and fast-forwarding.”

Dusabemungu H.

website developer

Cons

“Difficulties with Updating the Application Version: Updating the application version is a difficult process, especially in universities when we have legacy code built for previous APIs and the upgrade procedure usually takes a whole weekend of regression testing.”

Mayank Y.

IT Intern

“The only thing I don't like about Ant Media Server is that adaptive bit rate streaming and webRTC is locked behind an enterprise license.”