Gyre Review

Start is $49 a month, Start+ $99 and PRO+ $169. Paying for 3, 6 or 12 months up front saves 7%, 12% or 17%.

Start includes one HD stream and 35 GB. Start+ includes four HD streams or one 4K stream, with 75 GB. PRO+ includes eight HD streams or two 4K streams, with 150 GB. Note the "or": choosing 4K means fewer streams.

No. The current pricing page excludes both playlists and the scheduler from Start. They are included on Start+ and PRO+.

The seven-day trial includes both, so you lose them if you move from the trial to Start.

Gyre's guide says to set up each platform as its own stream with its own stream key. So YouTube, Twitch and Facebook need three streams, and each one uses a stream slot on your plan.

That lets you manage each platform on its own, but one Gyre stream does not send to several platforms at once.

The trial lasts seven days and gives you one HD stream at 1080p30, 20 GB for up to 15 files, playlists, the scheduler and a Gyre watermark.

Unless you cancel by day seven, it becomes Start+ at $99. When it switches, the trial streams stop, and you upload your videos and create your streams again on a new server. Gyre has no ongoing free plan.

Gyre's help pages describe start, stop, or start-and-stop events on a chosen date, time and time zone. Outside the trial, the scheduler comes with Start+ and PRO+.

Gyre's homepage calls this planning your broadcast grid in advance: you set start and end times, and the channel follows them. Its help pages do not describe repeating schedules.

Streamloop is simpler for several destinations. One stream reaches up to 5, and each one after the first adds $6 per 30 days at 1080p while live. Gyre needs a separate key and stream slot for each platform.

Gyre sells fixed plans with a set number of stream slots and a named list of platforms. Streamloop bills by usage and connects YouTube by sign-in, or any RTMP destination by stream key. Count how many streams each tool needs for your platforms, not how many platform logos it shows.