# MediaMTX vs PeerTube — Fit & Features

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

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

## Compare fit, features, and limitations

### 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

### PeerTube
A free software to take back control of your videos! With more than 600,000 hosted videos, viewed more than 70 millions times and 150,000 users, PeerTube is the decentralized free software alternative to videos platforms developed by Framasoft.
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://joinpeertube.org/en
- [Read PeerTube profile](https://trutool.co/tools/peertube): Read PeerTube profile