What Softvelum does

Softvelum, legally operated through Brexon Core LLC and headquartered in Atlanta, builds software-based media streaming infrastructure centered on Nimble Streamer, a Linux-deployable media server supporting live and video-on-demand workflows. The platform's distinguishing technical characteristic is exceptionally broad protocol and codec coverage — SRT, RIST, WebRTC (WHIP/WHEP), NDI, Zixi, RTMP, RTSP, HLS, MPEG-DASH, Icecast, and the proprietary SLDP — paired with hardware acceleration on NVIDIA NVENC, Intel Quick Sync, and AMD Alveo GPUs, multi-DRM integration (Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady) across seven key-management providers, server-side ad insertion (Nimble Advertizer), and AI-powered speech recognition for closed captioning via Whisper, Speechmatics, and KWIKmotion. The product portfolio extends beyond the server to include the Larix mobile broadcasting and playback apps, the WMSPanel fleet management control plane, the Nimio open-source WebCodecs player, and the Qosifire quality monitoring service. The company targets broadcasters, OTT streaming providers, audio streaming services, and streaming hosting providers across 100+ countries.

The business model is a per-server-instance software subscription sold predominantly through a self-serve, product-led motion. Nimble Streamer is priced at $50/month per server, with Live Transcoder and Addenda (DRM + SSAI) priced at $50/month each and WMSPanel at $20/month as a required control plane. Larix Premium is offered as a $9.99/month consumer in-app subscription. Distribution is direct via softvelum.com and Google Play, supplemented by open-source releases on GitHub and a content-marketing-heavy blog and documentation library. There is no disclosed institutional funding, parent company, or M&A activity, and the company operates with an 11–50 employee footprint serving a reported 1000+ customers globally.

Name

Softvelum

Legal name

Brexon Core LLC

Website

https://softvelum.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Softvelum provides software-based media streaming infrastructure — led by its Nimble Streamer server — supporting live and VOD workflows across 30+ protocols and codecs for broadcasters, OTT providers, and hosting operators in 100+ countries via per-server subscription licensing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Media Streaming Infrastructure

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Video Streaming & OTT Delivery (Live/VOD, Low-Latency) (HDABAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Streaming Transport Protocols & Low-Latency Delivery (HLS/DASH/CMAF, WebRTC, SRT) (MPAHAIAE), Media Processing at the Edge (Transcoding, Packaging, DRM at Edge) (HDABAGAD), Live Streaming Ingest & Contribution Networks (Encoder-to-Origin, Backhaul) (MPAHAIAI)

Keywords

• Media streaming server
• Live video streaming
• Video on demand
• Adaptive bitrate streaming
• Content delivery software

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Nimble Streamer Software License: Monthly subscription for software media streaming server with live streaming and VOD capabilities. Base price is $50 per month per server instance. Includes free trial of WMSPanel.
2. Live Transcoder License: High-efficiency transcoding add-on license for decoding, content alteration, and encoding. Priced at $50 per month per server instance.
3. Addenda Package License: Premium package license covering DRM (Widevine, FairPlay, Playready), Nimble Advertizer SSAI, and other advanced features. Priced at $50 per month per server instance.
4. WMSPanel Subscription: Control and reporting web panel for media servers. Basic price is $20 per month. Required for managing Nimble Streamer fleet, transcoder licenses, and Addenda packages.
5. Larix Premium Subscription: In-app subscription for Android/Android TV at $9.99 per month unlocking time limit removal, videowall feature, and background playback. Can also be activated via Larix Tuner.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Softvelum sells Nimble Streamer, a Linux-based software media streaming server for live streaming and video-on-demand that supports a broad range of ingest and delivery protocols including HLS, MPEG-DASH, SRT, RTMP, RTSP, RIST, WebRTC, NDI, Zixi, and the proprietary SLDP. The core server is licensed at $50 per server per month, complemented by the Live Transcoder add-on and the Addenda package (DRM and server-side ad insertion), all managed through the WMSPanel control web service at $20 per month.

Product overview

Softvelum provides a comprehensive streaming infrastructure platform centered on Nimble Streamer, a software media server with live streaming and VOD capabilities ($50/month). The ecosystem includes premium add-on modules: Nimble Live Transcoder (content processing), Nimble Addenda (DRM and SSAI), and Nimble Advertizer (server-side ad insertion). Mobile contribution is handled via Larix Broadcaster (publishing) and Larix Tuner (remote management), while playback is supported through Larix Player (mobile) and Nimio Player (web/WebCodecs). The proprietary SLDP protocol delivers ultra-low latency streaming, complemented by WebRTC (WHIP/WHEP) support. AI-powered speech recognition enables closed captions and translation via Whisper, Speechmatics, and KWIKmotion. Management and control are provided through WMSPanel with SSO support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nimble Streamer: Software media streaming server with live streaming and video-on-demand capabilities
• Larix Broadcaster
• Larix Tuner
• Larix Player
• WMSPanel
• Qosifire
• Nimio
• SLDP
• Nimble Advertizer
• Nimble Transcoder

Products and services

• Nimble Streamer Software media streaming server for live streaming and video-on-demand, supporting HLS, MPEG-DASH, SRT, RTMP, RTSP, RIST, WebRTC, NDI, Zixi, and SLDP protocols; licensed at $50 per server per month for broadcasters, OTT providers, and live event producers.
• Nimble Live Transcoder High-efficiency transcoding add-on for Nimble Streamer enabling content decoding, alternation, and re-encoding with software (FFmpeg) and hardware acceleration (NVIDIA NVENC, Intel Quick Sync, AMD Alveo); priced at $50 per server per month.
• Nimble Addenda Advanced features license package for Nimble Streamer bundling Nimble DRM (Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady) and Nimble Advertizer SSAI capabilities; priced at $50 per server per month.
• Nimble Advertizer Server-side ad insertion framework that dynamically inserts pre-roll, mid-roll, per-stream, per-user, and per-session personalized ads into live and VOD streams using SCTE-35 markers; part of the Addenda premium package.
• Nimio Player WebCodecs-based open-source player for low-latency browser playback, supporting SLDP, WebRTC WHEP, and codecs including FLAC lossless audio, with caption track selection and VOD thumbnail navigation; available under open source on GitHub.
• SLDP (Softvelum Low Delay Protocol) Ultra-low latency WebSocket-based last-mile delivery streaming protocol supporting adaptive bitrate, synchronized multi-device playback, format changes on-the-fly without transcoding, and FLAC lossless audio delivery.
• Larix Broadcaster Mobile streaming application for Android and iOS supporting SRT, RTMP, NDI, Zixi, WebRTC, RIST, and RTSP protocols for live content contribution from phones and tablets.
• Larix Tuner Web-based remote control service for managing multiple Larix Broadcaster apps from a single interface, with remote control capabilities for REMI (remote production) workflows.
• Larix Player Mobile player application for Android and Android TV supporting SRT, SLDP, Icecast, RTMP, HLS, and MPEG-DASH playback; Premium subscription at $9.99 per month unlocks videowall, background playback, and removes time limit.
• WMSPanel Control and reporting web panel for Nimble Streamer and other media servers providing server management, statistics, analytics, and SSO integration with Okta, Google, and Apple; priced at $20 per month.
• Qosifire Quality monitoring service for live streaming providing visibility into stream quality metrics for media operators.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration26 records

AI capability3 records

Feature10 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AWS Elemental Media Services: AWS Elemental MediaLive, MediaPackage, and MediaConvert offer managed cloud-based live and VOD streaming with integrated DRM and SSAI — the primary hyperscaler alternative to self-hosted Nimble Streamer deployments.
• Haivision: Haivision is the originator of the SRT protocol and a broader broadcast contribution and encoding vendor (Makito encoders, Kraken gateway); competes with Softvelum in SRT contribution and broadcast workflows at the enterprise tier.
• Harmonic: Harmonic provides broadcast and OTT video infrastructure (VOS, EyeQ, cloud encoding) used by large operators — a broader incumbent that overlaps with Softvelum's broadcast/streaming delivery customers but at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Wowza: Wowza Streaming Engine is the closest direct peer: commercial, self-hosted media server software supporting HLS, DASH, RTMP, SRT, WebRTC with transcoding, DRM, and SSAI capabilities sold via subscription — overlapping nearly 1:1 with Nimble Streamer's value proposition.
• Ant Media Server: Ant Media provides a self-hosted and cloud streaming server with strong WebRTC and ultra-low-latency HLS support, similar self-serve PLG motion and subscription pricing — directly competing with Softvelum in the developer/SMB streaming server segment.
• Red5 Pro: Red5 Pro offers real-time WebRTC and HLS streaming server software targeted at low-latency live video, with cloud and on-prem deployment — competing directly with Nimble Streamer and SLDP in the interactive/ultra-low-latency streaming category.
• OvenMediaEngine: OvenMediaEngine is an open-source/sub-streaming server with low-latency LL-HLS and WebRTC support, increasingly used as a free alternative to Nimble Streamer for self-hosted live streaming deployments.
• Wowza: Listed separately for emphasis as the canonical commercial direct competitor in self-hosted streaming server software.

Emerging players

• Comrex: Comrex builds IP audio/video contribution solutions for radio and broadcast (e.g., BRIC-Link, LiveShot) using SRT-like protocols — overlapping with Larix Broadcaster/Nimble Streamer contribution workflows in the broadcast niche.
• Videon: Videon provides edge video processing and streaming compute products (Edgecaster, Central) for live event and broadcast streaming — an adjacent competitor in the hardware-accelerated streaming compute category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Softvelum
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wmspanel

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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