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You Stream It – We Measure It
All types of video streams covered.
Ideal for ISPs, MSOs, OTTs, Content Providers.
Your Complete QoS and QoE Solution
Real customer experience data and analytics
For Telcos, Streaming Providers, Integrators and Regulators we:
- automate E2E measurements of video streaming services, web and network performance
- provide user-centric quality diagnosis from the real end devices
- calculate end-user Quality of Experience (QoE) based on the latest standards and research
- optimize your services and identify QoE and QoS network bottlenecks
Gain insight into video streaming QoE and more!
The Surfmeter app now enables us, for the first time, to record qualitative measurements that are comparable with the customer’s actual perception.
Volker Libovsky – CTIO, Magenta Telekom
The Surfmeter app now enables us,
for the first time, to record qualitative measurements that are comparable with the customer’s actual perception.
Volker Libovsky – CTIO, Magenta Telekom
Know how your users perceive video and network quality
Calculate customer experience
Users typically blame their provider for video quality issues. However, the relationship between bandwidth and video quality is not linear.
- Gather video and streaming QoS data and calculate QoE
- Pinpoint the parameters degrading customer satisfaction.
- The MOS – Mean Opinion Score – predicts how a customer would rate a video.
- Trust a validated model – relying on real customers at a world-leading telco.
A single quality score to express CX
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Benefits
Reasons to rely on our QoS & QoE measurement suite.
Who uses our QoE and QoS measurement suite?
These companies benefit the most.
Telcos, ISPs, MNOs
See how their networks truly perform in terms of actual user experience.
Streaming Providers
Measure, test and debug to deliver a great viewer experience.
Integrators
Enhance solutions with precision measurements of video streaming.
Regulators
Enforce fairness with transparent metrics and proven standards.
Surfmeter Products and Modules
Market proven products and technology. Combine to fit your needs.
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Surfmeter Lab
QoE Measurements on All Platforms
Measure the quality of video streams and the performance of websites and your network, directly from the browser.
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Surfmeter Lab Mobile
Mobile Streaming and Data Analytics
Test the QoE/performance of mobile networks and video streams on mobile devices – and combine it with geodata.
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Surfmeter Client Analytics
Plugins for Fast Integration
Embed Surfmeter QoE measurements into your own video service. We provide a browser plugin for easy integration and fast deployment.
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Surfmeter Automator
Flexible 24/7 QoS/QoE Monitoring
Perform remote measurements anywhere in your network. Get a 24/7 view on video quality, customer experience, and network performance.
Dashboards and Data APIs
Actionable analytics from all Surfmeter modules.
- Create custom dashboards with detailed data from all Surfmeter measurements.
- Delegate cloud access to stakeholders.
- APIs for easy data integration – ingest and output.
- Customizable context data for location, region, technology.
Analytics allow you to act – before it is too late.
What we measure, or Key Performance Indicators and Key Quality Indicators
While it’s long, this list is not exhaustive. See below for a link to our full documentation!
Video Streaming Metrics
- ⏳ Initial Loading Delay
What it is: Time until playback starts.
Why it’s important: A key indicator of how quickly users can start watching. Long delays lead to abandonment. - ⚡ Video Response Time (Time to First Byte)
What it is: Time from request to receiving the first byte of video data.
Why it’s important: Reflects connection quality to the CDN or video server. - 🛑 Stalling Ratio
What it is: Percentage of time video playback is stalled.
Why it’s important: One of the most visible disruptions to QoE – ideally, this should be 0%. - 🎢 Number of Quality Switches
What it is: Count of resolution changes during playback.
Why it’s important: High fluctuation may signal unstable connections or poor adaptation behavior. - 📊 Initial vs. Longest Played Resolution
What it is: Difference between the starting resolution and the resolution played the longest.
Why it’s important: Shows if the experience starts at low quality and improves – or stays poor. - 🌐 Content Server IP / Hostname
What it is: Source of the video stream.
Why it’s important: Useful for identifying CDN or peering issues. - ⭐ Overall Mean Opinion Score (MOS)
What it is: Calculated user-perceived quality (1–5).
Why it’s important: A standardized summary score combining video loading, stalling, and visual quality. - 📉 Stalling Quality Contribution
What it is: Impact of stalling events on overall MOS.
Why it’s important: Helps pinpoint if stalling is the main reason for poor experience. - ✨ Audiovisual Quality Contribution
What it is: Impact of resolution, bitrate, and codec on the MOS.
Why it’s important: Shows how audio and video are contributing to overall quality. - ⏱️ Latency
What it is: Latency between the video being available at the CDN vs receiving at the client.
Why it’s important: Gives an indication of live streaming latency.
Web & Network Metrics
- 🚦 Time to First Byte (TTFB)
What it is: Measures how quickly the browser receives the first byte from the server.
Why it’s important: Indicates backend/server responsiveness – long delays suggest infrastructure or CDN issues. - 🏁 First Contentful Paint (FCP)
What it is: Tracks when the first visible element finishes loading.
Why it’s important: Reflects how fast the user sees the main content – a core perception metric for speed. - ⌛ Total Load Time
What it is: Time until the page is fully loaded and all resources are in place.
Why it’s important: Important for user satisfaction and full page interactivity, especially on slower networks. - 🔄 Speed Index
What it is: Evaluates how quickly visual content is displayed during load.
Why it’s important: Gives a holistic view of perceived performance from a user perspective. - 👆 First Input Delay (FID)
What it is: Measures time between user interaction and browser response.
Why it’s important: Captures interactivity – long delays frustrate users and break engagement. - 📥 Download Speed
What it is: Rate at which data is received from the internet.
Why it’s important: Determines how fast users can stream, browse, or download – critical for user satisfaction. - 📤 Upload Speed
What it is: Rate at which data is sent to the internet.
Why it’s important: Important for video conferencing, file sharing, and cloud-based applications. - 🧭 DNS Load Time
What it is: Time taken to resolve a domain name to an IP address.
Why it’s important: Impacts the initial load time of websites or services – slower DNS = slower start. - 📦 Network PCAP
What it is: A full packet capture of network traffic.
Why it’s important: Enables deep diagnostics and troubleshooting for packet-level issues. - 🖥️ Screen Recordings
What it is: Visual recordings of user sessions.
Why it’s important: Helps correlate technical performance with actual user experience.
Fancy some Docs?
We love to speak to technical folks directly.
An introduction to Surfmeter Automator and its setup for automating video and network quality measurements.
For all Surfmeter products covering automated measurements, analytics, conferencing, the mobile SDK and all references and KPIs.
Great use cases in multiple industries
Wherever you stream, we measure QoE for you.
Telco & Streaming
Hospitality & Medical
Aviation & Cruising
Solutions and Additional Technologies
We’ll support you if you have specific requirements or need any advanced customization.
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Compare how you Measure up
Compare your network or service performance (e.g. YouTube/Netflix) and perform measurements under different simulated network conditions.
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Crowdsourced Data on Video QoE
Gather QoE data from thousands of users and measure E2E service performance under real-life conditions.
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No two systems or services are alike. We know that. We provide our technology in modules via SDKs – for fast integration and efficient customization.
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Expertise of the AVEQ Research Lab
We are part of standardization forums and expert groups (ITU-T, Video Quality Experts Group) with 10+ years expertise in video quality engineering, QoE and user tests.
Contact Us
Let us know your questions.
Do you have a question about video and streaming analytics or customer experience?
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Capabilities and Supported Technologies
We constantly implement new features.
If you need something, just ask.
Measurements for video, web and network
Common OTT platforms (see below)
ExoPlayer (HLS and DASH)
DASH.js, hls.js
Web Browsing KPIs (W3C Navigation Timing API)
Speed tests (download, upload, latency)
Network measurements (ICMP ping, DNS, …)
Selected services we support
YouTube
Amazon Prime
Netflix
ARD/ZDF Mediathek
Zattoo
Joyn
… and many more (just ask!)
Technical Capabilities
In-depth QoS and QoE data
Single MOS score for video QoE
Integration with existing players, data feeds, …
Custom browser plugins/extensions
Customizable Analytics dashboard
Customizable visualizations
24/7 QoS/QoE monitoring
Fully automated measurements
Combination with context data
Distributed systems testing
Headless setup / GUI-free
OS and browsers
Mobile, desktop or server. Tell us what you need.
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