Modern COTS server platforms using state-of-the-art processors typically provide enough computing power to deliver the same high quality, low latency and 24/7 stable multiviewer images as dedicated special purpose hardware – even without additional GPU acceleration. This of cause requires software and a operating system highly optimized for real-time video processing. If implemented the right way, a software-based multiviewier is in no way inferior to hardware solutions. But they also deliver the high flexibility that is required in our ever-changing industry: Easy extensions towards new codecs, formats or protocols. The possibility to use and simply replace, upgrade or repurpose COTS hardware if required and the possibility to migrate a solution to the cloud are benefits that only software-based products can provide.