Alibaba Cloud Media

ApsaraVideo Live

ApsaraVideo Live handles the heavy lifting for broadcasting audio and video streams in real time. It functions as a dedicated infrastructure for delivering live content, managing the ingestion, processing, and distribution of media feeds without requiring you to build out your own streaming servers or complex CDN configurations from scratch.

This setup suits teams already operating within the Alibaba Cloud ecosystem who need reliable live delivery without upfront commitments. The main catch is the lack of a free tier, meaning every byte streamed incurs cost immediately. Since it’s strictly pay-as-you-go, you start paying from the first second of activity, which can impact budgeting for smaller projects or testing phases.

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  • Free tier No
  • Pricing Pay as you go
  • Regions 8 · 4 continents
  • SLA uptime 99.99%
  • Compliance 10 certifications
  • Provider health A

Decision score

38 /100
Features 20
Pricing 0
Reliability 100
Community 0
Ecosystem 86

Computed from catalog breadth, pricing, provider reliability (uptime & SLA), community signal, and ecosystem (compliance & regions). Weighted equally.

Trust & reach via Alibaba Cloud

Compliance
  • C5
  • CSA STAR
  • FedRAMP
  • GDPR
  • HIPAA
  • ISO 27001
  • ISO 27017
  • ISO 27018
  • ISO 9001
  • PCI DSS
  • SOC 1 Type II
  • SOC 2 Type II
+1 more
SLA uptime
  • compute99.95%
  • database99.95%
  • networking99.95%
  • storage99.99%
Global reach

8 regions across 4 continents

  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania

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