# Kodi vs MediaMTX — Fit & Features

Canonical: https://trutool.co/compare/kodi-vs-mediamtx
Author: Asmit (https://trutool.co/authors/asmit)

Compare Kodi and MediaMTX by use case, features, limitations, and evaluation questions.

## Compare fit, features, and limitations

### Kodi
Kodi is a free media player that is designed to look great on your big screen TV but is just as at home on a small screen.
Best fit: People and teams evaluating video editing & production for a specific workflow.
- Core product workflow
Before you choose: Test a representative task, inspect outputs, and confirm integrations, permissions, data handling, licensing, and current costs.
Pricing: https://kodi.tv
- [Read Kodi profile](https://trutool.co/tools/kodi): Read Kodi profile

### MediaMTX
Ready-to-use, open source, live media router. Publish, read, proxy, forward, record and playback real-time video and audio streams with a wide variety of protocols and codecs, plus many other feature.
Best fit: People and teams evaluating video editing & production for a specific workflow.
- Core product workflow
Before you choose: Test a representative task, inspect outputs, and confirm integrations, permissions, data handling, licensing, and current costs.
Pricing: https://mediamtx.org
- [Read MediaMTX profile](https://trutool.co/tools/mediamtx): Read MediaMTX profile