Power live streams, VOD platforms, and broadcast pipelines with 100 GbE uplinks, unmetered traffic, and 32 CDN-ready origin regions. Zero buffering. Zero overages.
Infrastructure engineered for high-concurrency video delivery — from single-channel broadcasts to multi-region CDN origin farms.
Burst to 100 Gbps on dedicated servers. Ideal for simultaneous multi-bitrate HLS/DASH encoding and delivery at massive scale.
Ship terabytes of video daily without overage charges. All plans include unmetered traffic on shared uplinks — no surprises on your bill.
Deploy origin servers across 32 global PoPs. Integrate seamlessly with Cloudflare, Fastly, BunnyCDN, or Akamai for last-mile delivery.
Optimised TCP and UDP stack for RTMP, SRT, and RIST ingest protocols. Sub-500ms glass-to-glass latency achievable with SRT-enabled encoders.
Rent GPU-equipped nodes for real-time NVENC/VAAPI transcoding. Run FFmpeg, GStreamer, or cloud-native pipelines without per-minute fees.
Handle tens of thousands of concurrent HLS/DASH viewers from a single origin. NVMe-backed storage keeps segment reads below 1ms.
Bitrate, buffer ratio, viewer count, and origin latency dashboards via Prometheus + Grafana. Webhook alerts for stream health events.
Every streaming server is protected by our always-on 5 Tbps scrubbing network. Keep broadcasts online even during large-scale volumetric attacks.
From indie Twitch alternatives to enterprise broadcast infrastructure — our servers handle every workload.
Sports, concerts, conferences, and pay-per-view events. High-availability ingest clusters with automatic failover keep you on-air.
Host your media library on NVMe-backed storage. Serve adaptive bitrate HLS/DASH directly from origin or use us as a pull zone for your CDN.
Low-latency ingest optimised for OBS, Streamlabs, and SLOBS. Multi-CDN restreaming to Twitch, YouTube, and custom RTMP destinations.
Run Icecast or Liquidsoap on unmetered servers. Serve thousands of audio listeners without worrying about bandwidth overages.
HostGen vs. Competitors — Streaming Focus
| Feature | HostGen | AWS MediaConnect | Vultr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max uplink speed | 100 GbE | 10 GbE | 10 GbE |
| Bandwidth billing | Unmetered | Per GB | Per TB allowance |
| RTMP/SRT ingest | Native | Managed service | DIY only |
| CDN origin regions | 32 | 20 | 17 |
| DDoS protection | 5 Tbps included | Shield add-on | Basic included |
| Root server access | Full root | Managed only | Full root |
| Price from | $16 / mo | ~$200 / mo | $6 / mo |
All plans include unmetered bandwidth, DDoS protection, and root access — scale up as your audience grows.
KVM VPS with NVMe SSD and 1 GbE uplink. Ideal for indie streamers and small VOD libraries.
Bare-metal performance with 10 GbE uplink for high-concurrency live streams and VOD platforms.
Enterprise-class bare metal with 100 GbE uplink for massive concurrent audiences and transcoding clusters.
Common questions about running streaming infrastructure on HostGen.
All plans include unmetered bandwidth on shared uplinks starting at 1 GbE. Dedicated servers can be configured with 10 GbE or 100 GbE ports for high-density streaming workloads — no overage charges regardless of usage.
Yes — you get full root access to install any streaming software. Popular choices include Wowza Streaming Engine, Nginx-RTMP, SRS, Icecast, Liquidsoap, MediaMTX, and FFmpeg-based custom pipelines. We also offer pre-configured ISOs for common stacks.
Our servers integrate natively with all major CDN providers — Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai, and BunnyCDN. We also offer anycast IP routing across our 32 global PoPs for origin-pull optimisation and automatic regional failover.
Yes. Every streaming server includes our always-on 5 Tbps network-level DDoS mitigation — no add-on required. This protects both your ingest endpoints (RTMP/SRT) and HLS/DASH delivery paths from volumetric attacks.
Absolutely. Use our private networking (VLAN) to connect multiple servers within a datacenter at line rate for free. Many customers run a dedicated ingest node, a transcoding cluster (GPU or CPU), and separate origin/edge servers — all on the same private LAN.
Since you have full root access, you can run any protocol your software supports: RTMP, RTMPS, SRT, RIST, HLS, DASH, WebRTC, RTP/RTSP, or custom UDP. Our network is tuned for low-latency UDP delivery with optimised kernel socket buffers.