Restream alternatives
By Joris van Huët · each comparison from the vendors' own pricing and help pages, prices dated on the page
The short answer: 3 tools are compared with Restream on this site, and the line under each one is the verdict from its comparison: who should pick which, with the figures that decide it on the comparison itself. Read the one that names your job. What Restream costs and who it suits is in its entry, and how to use Restream walks through one job with it.
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OBS Studio
Choose OBS alone if your job is one platform.
Streamlabs
Choose Restream if your job is a company broadcast on the business networks. Choose Streamlabs if your job is a creator channel on Twitch, YouTube or TikTok that earns from its viewers, where Ultra costs $27 a month or $189 a year (Ultra trial FAQ).
Restream vs Streamlabs: Company Broadcast or Creator Toolkit
StreamYard
Choose StreamYard if your job is the interview itself: guests who join from a link, clean recordings of each person, and a webinar room on your site. Choose Restream if your job is distribution: one feed, produced in its Studio or in any encoder, sent to 8 channels with the chat gathered in one place.
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