Live streaming, what's the best way to do it?

Question

RTMP

Good day! We are making an application with the function of broadcasting video from the phone's camera. So we are thinking what is the best thing to do, raise our servers or choose a ready-made solution like coconut.co ?!
How will be better? In cocount, as I understand it, $ 0.015 / min, that is, for one broadcast. And it turns out if 500 people start broadcasting for at least 3 hours, for this it will take me 1,350 bucks ... Or I misunderstood.
If it is better to raise your servers, then is nginx-rtmp suitable for this, will it withstand a heavy load? Now while started on this module. I heard that it is not designed for large projects.
Who faced such a task, advise the best option! Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

If it is better to raise your servers, then is nginx-rtmp suitable for this,

Yes

can it handle a big load?

endure

I heard that it is not designed for large projects.

nonsense
If there is no development in erlang, then nginx-rtmp is the only option