StreamYard alternatives
By Joris van Huët · each comparison from the vendors' own pricing and help pages, prices dated on the page
The short answer: 4 tools are compared with StreamYard 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 StreamYard costs and who it suits is in its entry, and how to use StreamYard walks through one job with it.
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OBS Studio
Choose StreamYard if your job is a guest interview run from a browser tab. Choose OBS if your job is a produced stream or a product demo recording with screens, overlays and scene changes.
Restream
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.
Riverside
Choose StreamYard if your job is the live show. Choose Riverside if your job is the recording and everything cut from it.
WebinarJam
Choose StreamYard if your job is an audience on other people's platforms; choose WebinarJam if your job is a sale to people who gave you their email.
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