
LiveReacting Review
LiveReacting combines an interactive browser studio with cloud prerecorded playout; truly persistent operation is sold through a separate 24/7 Streaming plan rather than implied by standard-plan “unlimited streams.”
What LiveReacting does well, and where it falls short
An honest breakdown based on published features, third-party reviews, and their own disclosures.
- Full browser studio with guests, scenes, layouts, branding, and live editing
- Games, polls, trivia, giveaways, comments, countdowns, and AI Host features
- Cloud prerecorded streaming with playlists and advanced schedules
- Direct YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch integrations plus custom RTMP
- Dedicated 24/7 tier with configurable quality and concurrency
- Persistent streaming requires a separate $39.99/month 24/7 tier
- 4K and 60fps use price multipliers rather than being included at base price
- Advanced schedules have a four-week planning horizon and edit restrictions
- Standard-plan independent program concurrency is not publicly defined
- API access is request-based and separately priced, not a normal bundled feature
LiveReacting feature checklist
Every feature we've verified against LiveReacting's published materials, organized by category.
| Feature | |
|---|---|
| 1Pricing & access | |
| Pay-as-you-go, no subscription | ✕ |
| Free trial (no card) | Permanent Free plan, not a time-limited trial |
| Starting price | Free; Small $19.99/mo; dedicated 24/7 $39.99/mo |
| 720p 30-day price | $39.99/mo; $33 annual equivalent |
| 1080p 30-day price | $39.99/mo; $33 annual equivalent |
| 1440p / 2K 30-day price | Only on upgraded plans |
| 2160p / 4K 30-day price | Only on upgraded plans |
| 2Streaming quality | |
| 720p / 30fps | ✓ |
| 1080p / Full HD | ✓ |
| 60fps | Paid 1.5× option on Small+ and 24/7; 4K60 is 3× |
| Up to 4K @ 60fps | Paid 2× quality option on Medium+, Enterprise, and 24/7 |
| Vertical / portrait streaming | ✕ |
| HDR streaming publicly documented | ✕ |
| 3Production & design | |
| Stream designer / layout builder | Scenes, layouts, branding, media, text, and overlays |
| Image, video & logo overlays | Images, video, text, comments, branding, and interactive layers |
| Embed live websites & graphs | ✕ |
| Interactive alerts & widgets | Polls, trivia, giveaways, countdowns, comments, and AI Host |
| Custom fonts in overlays | ✕ |
| Browser Live Studio (camera) | Full browser studio with guests, cameras, screens, scenes, and layouts |
| 4Sources & inputs | |
| MP4 / MKV / AVI / MOV upload | MP4, M4V, MOV, FLV, MKV; AVI is not documented |
| Separate audio track (music / voiceover) | Studio music/audio is supported; a separate prerecorded replacement-audio workflow is not clearly documented |
| Import from Google Drive / Dropbox | Current official pages reviewed do not verify Google Drive or Dropbox import |
| Playlists with custom ordering | Loop, rerun, and scheduled prerecorded playlists |
| Custom loop logic (shuffle, loop counts) | ✓ |
| Edit the stream live (swap / skip / reorder) | Studio projects and live content can be edited while broadcasting |
| 5Destinations | |
| YouTube (one-click OAuth) | ✓ |
| Custom RTMP (any platform) | Custom RTMP supported; interactive comments/games and metadata controls are limited there |
| Twitch / Facebook / Kick / TikTok | YouTube, Facebook, Twitch direct; other platforms through custom RTMP |
| Multistream to several destinations | Simultaneous destination distribution is plan-limited |
| One-click YouTube (no stream key) | Direct YouTube integration is documented |
| SRT ingest | Custom plan |
| 6Lifecycle & automation | |
| True 24/7 continuous loop | Persistent operation is a separate 24/7 product |
| YouTube broadcast lifecycle automation | Native destination and scheduling are documented; full lifecycle ownership is not established |
| Scheduling | Basic on Small+; repeat/multi-date Medium+; four-week horizon and 3-minute gaps |
| MCP / agent integration | ✕ |
| YouTube ad cue points | ✕ |
| Edit title / description / thumbnail live | ✓ |
| Public API | Limited, request-based API access priced by requirements |
| Unlimited loop without manual rescheduling | Dedicated 24/7 plan has unlimited duration |
| 7Limits & inclusions | |
| Storage included | Plan allowances from 0.5 GB to 150 GB; 24/7 includes 100 GB at base quality |
| Concurrent streams / slots | Standard program concurrency undisclosed; 24/7 selector offers 1–20 separately priced streams |
| Max multistream destinations | 1 Free; 3 Small; 6 Medium; 10 Large; 20 Enterprise; 5 on 24/7 |
| Videos per playlist | No published limit |
| Max upload size / length | 24/7: 10 GB/file and 100 GB storage at base quality; standard limits vary by plan |
| Team / multi-user access | ✕ |
| No watermark | Watermark on free plan |
| 8Reliability & support | |
| Automatic monitoring & recovery | ✓ |
| Backup streams | ✕ |
| Chat / email support | Chat / email |
| Uptime guarantee / compensation | No published SLA |
| In-app viewer analytics | ✕ |
| 9Trust & account | |
| Trustpilot rating | 4.2 (6) |
| YouTube-Verified encoder | Not listed as verified encoder |
| Two-factor authentication | ✕ |
Pricing & access
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- ✕
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- Permanent Free plan, not a time-limited trial
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- Free; Small $19.99/mo; dedicated 24/7 $39.99/mo
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- $39.99/mo; $33 annual equivalent
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- $39.99/mo; $33 annual equivalent
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- Only on upgraded plans
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- Only on upgraded plans
Streaming quality
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- ✓
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- ✓
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- Paid 1.5× option on Small+ and 24/7; 4K60 is 3×
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- Paid 2× quality option on Medium+, Enterprise, and 24/7
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- ✕
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- ✕
Production & design
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- Scenes, layouts, branding, media, text, and overlays
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- Images, video, text, comments, branding, and interactive layers
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- ✕
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- Polls, trivia, giveaways, countdowns, comments, and AI Host
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- ✕
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- Full browser studio with guests, cameras, screens, scenes, and layouts
Sources & inputs
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- MP4, M4V, MOV, FLV, MKV; AVI is not documented
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- Studio music/audio is supported; a separate prerecorded replacement-audio workflow is not clearly documented
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- Current official pages reviewed do not verify Google Drive or Dropbox import
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- Loop, rerun, and scheduled prerecorded playlists
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- ✓
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- Studio projects and live content can be edited while broadcasting
Destinations
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- ✓
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- Custom RTMP supported; interactive comments/games and metadata controls are limited there
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- YouTube, Facebook, Twitch direct; other platforms through custom RTMP
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- Simultaneous destination distribution is plan-limited
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- Direct YouTube integration is documented
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- Custom plan
Lifecycle & automation
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- Persistent operation is a separate 24/7 product
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- Native destination and scheduling are documented; full lifecycle ownership is not established
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- Basic on Small+; repeat/multi-date Medium+; four-week horizon and 3-minute gaps
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- ✕
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- ✕
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- ✓
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- Limited, request-based API access priced by requirements
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- Dedicated 24/7 plan has unlimited duration
Limits & inclusions
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- Plan allowances from 0.5 GB to 150 GB; 24/7 includes 100 GB at base quality
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- Standard program concurrency undisclosed; 24/7 selector offers 1–20 separately priced streams
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- 1 Free; 3 Small; 6 Medium; 10 Large; 20 Enterprise; 5 on 24/7
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- No published limit
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- 24/7: 10 GB/file and 100 GB storage at base quality; standard limits vary by plan
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- ✕
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- Watermark on free plan
Reliability & support
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- ✓
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- ✕
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- Chat / email
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- No published SLA
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- ✕
Trust & account
- LiveReacting
- 4.2 (6)
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- Not listed as verified encoder
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- ✕
When to consider Streamloop instead of LiveReacting
Choose LiveReacting when the production itself is interactive: browser-based guests, scenes, branding, polls, games, giveaways, comments, camera inputs or live editing. Those capabilities make it more than a prerecorded channel service.
Consider Streamloop when the job is specifically unattended, continuous playback of prerecorded video or audio and an interactive browser studio would add cost or workflow that is not needed. Streamloop is not a substitute for LiveReacting's guest studio, games or audience-interaction tools.
For continuous operation, compare Streamloop with LiveReacting's dedicated 24/7 Streaming plan, not with the lower standard plans. The standard paid plans may allow unlimited stream starts per month while still imposing a maximum duration on each event, and the Free plan is limited to three starts of up to 30 minutes each per month.
LiveReacting FAQ
Common questions about LiveReacting's features, pricing, and fit
Is LiveReacting mainly a 24/7 prerecorded streaming service?
It is a hybrid product. LiveReacting's browser Studio supports guests, scenes, cameras, branding, overlays, comments, polls, games and other interactive formats, while its cloud can also schedule and play prerecorded files without leaving a computer on.
Persistent broadcasting is packaged separately as the 24/7 Streaming plan, so the broader Studio category should remain visible in the review.
What does LiveReacting's dedicated 24/7 plan cost?
The current public configuration lists one 1080p30 24/7 stream at $39.99 monthly or $33 per month when billed annually, with five destinations, 100 GB of storage and a 10 GB per-file allowance.
The selector supports up to 20 concurrent streams and paid 60 FPS or 4K upgrades. Price, storage and discounts change with concurrency and quality, so the base figure should not be applied to every configuration.
What limits apply to LiveReacting's Free and standard plans?
The Free plan lists three stream starts per month, a 30-minute maximum per stream, 720p output, 0.5 GB of storage, a 0.5 GB per-file limit and LiveReacting branding.
The normal paid plans advertise unlimited stream starts during the billing period, not unlimited event duration. The documented per-event limits rise from one hour on Small to three hours on Medium, eight hours on Large and 24 hours on Enterprise. The dedicated 24/7 plan is the relevant persistent-channel product.
How flexible is LiveReacting's advanced scheduling?
Advanced Scheduling supports one-time, multi-date and repeating broadcasts, including interval-based or back-to-back runs with gaps. Multi-date and repeat modes require Medium or higher and are included with the 24/7 product.
The planning horizon is four weeks, runs must be at least three minutes apart, and core schedule details cannot be edited after scheduling; the event must be cancelled and recreated.
Which destinations does LiveReacting support?
Facebook, YouTube and Twitch are clearly documented direct integrations. Other services can be reached through custom RTMP, while LiveReacting's own pages give inconsistent descriptions of whether Instagram is a direct integration or an RTMP connection.
A catalog should distinguish confirmed direct connections from RTMP reach and should not promise identical interactive features on every custom endpoint.
Is the KICKSTART2026 discount still current?
No. The 24/7 page still displays a promotion for 45% off the first five monthly payments or 40% off the first annual year, but its stated expiration was July 30, 2026.
Because this review was verified after that date, the promotional price is treated as expired even if the banner remains visible.
When is Streamloop the more relevant alternative?
Streamloop is more directly aligned when there will be no guests, cameras, polls, games or browser-produced show and the only job is a continuously managed prerecorded playlist.
LiveReacting remains the more relevant category choice when interactive production and multistream distribution are part of the same workflow.
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