AWS Elemental MediaLive
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Plans and prices
From AWS Elemental MediaLive's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| On-demand | — | No long-term commitment or upfront payment · total cost depends on inputs, outputs, and add-ons · Hourly for running inputs, outputs, and add-on features; resource duration is rounded up to the nearest minute, with a 10-minute minimum. |
| Discounted pricing | — | 3-year commitment · 5-year commitment |
| Discounted reserved usage | Priced on request | 3- or 5-year reserved usage commitment · Contact AWS for pricing with a 3- or 5-year commitment. |
| Reserved | — | Up to 75% savings compared with on-demand · reservations apply at the input, output, and add-on feature level · Rates are charged for every hour in each month of a 12-month commitment. |
The facts
Each one read from AWS Elemental MediaLive's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Additional charges
- Additional charges may apply for idle resources and data transfer, including delivery over the internet or through a CDN other than CloudFront.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Automation
- MediaLive automatically provisions and manages encoding resources, including scaling, healing, failover, monitoring, and reporting.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Availability
- Each channel runs on redundant infrastructure across physically separated Availability Zones, and degraded components are automatically replaced without disrupting channels.checked 12 Oct 2026
- AWS compliance
- AWS states that it supports 143 security standards and compliance certifications, including PCI-DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140-3, and NIST 800-171.checked 12 Oct 2026
- AWS integrations
- MediaLive works with other AWS media services, and works natively with AWS Elemental MediaConnect for video transport into live channels.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Broadcast features
- Broadcast capabilities include ad markers, closed captions, multiple language audio tracks, audio descriptors, and FCC-mandated loudness correction.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- AWS says the service is designed for video providers including broadcasters, studios, online video platforms, sports organizations, businesses, government agencies, nonprofits, and schools.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Pricing limits
- Channels incur charges while running even when inputs receive no content and outputs produce none, and idle push inputs can also incur charges.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Shared responsibility
- AWS describes security and compliance as a shared responsibility, with customers responsible for guest operating systems, associated application software, and security group firewall configuration.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- It supports both continuous 24x7 live workflows and event-based streams with control over encoding parameters.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Video standards
- It supports video codecs including H.264/AVC and H.265/HEVC and protocols including RTP, HLS, and RTSP.checked 12 Oct 2026
- What it does
- AWS Elemental MediaLive is a cloud-based service that encodes live video in real time for broadcast and streaming delivery.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Workflow monitoring
- The workflow monitor visualizes live video resources and their relationships, and supports metric alarm and notification templates.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2006checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
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