| 1Pricing & access |
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| Pay-as-you-go, no subscription | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | Pay as you go is available; official pages also reference optional monthly credit plans |
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| Free trial (no card) | Permanent Free plan, not a time-limited trial | Permanent Free plan, not a trial; 5-hour watermarked sessions | Free, 24h/mo | Free forever | Permanent Free plan, not a trial | Permanent Free plan: 20 hours/mo, 200 MB, no 24/7 | Free trial available; Trial TV Playout is branded | Eligible accounts may receive starter credits; no guaranteed public amount or duration |
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| Starting price | Free; Small $19.99/mo; dedicated 24/7 $39.99/mo | Free; Creator $29/mo; Channel automation $49/mo | From $24/mo yr / $30 mo | Free; from ~$10/mo | Free core; paid core $19/mo; Upload & Stream $39/mo; looping $79/mo | Free; Pro $15/mo; continuous 24/7 from Creators $39/mo | Core $19.99/mo; infinite Pre-Recorded Live loop from Premium $199.99/mo | 720p24: $4.02 per 30 live days; usage billed, not a subscription |
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| 720p 30-day price | $39.99/mo; $33 annual equivalent | Persistent channels from Creator at $29/mo or $19/mo annually | $24/mo yr / $30 mo | ~$10/mo + $30 add-on | $39/mo yr (looping tier) | Persistent 24/7 starts on Creators at $39/mo or $33/mo annually | TV Playout starts at $19.99/mo but Starter cannot loop indefinitely | $4.02 at 24fps; $5.01 at 30fps |
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| 1080p 30-day price | $39.99/mo; $33 annual equivalent | Persistent channels from Creator at $29/mo or $19/mo annually | $24/mo yr / $30 mo | ~$10/mo + $30 add-on | No 30-day prerecorded tier; 1080p looping starts at $79/mo and stops by 40 h | Persistent 24/7 starts on Creators at $39/mo or $33/mo annually | TV Playout 1080p starts on Ultra $349.99/mo; max 30-day loop | $9.98 at 30fps |
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| 1440p / 2K 30-day price | Only on upgraded plans | 1080p30 is the documented base; no separate 1440p tier | $63/mo yr / $70 mo | ✕ | $39/mo yr (looping tier) | 4K-class persistent playout begins on Creators at $39/mo or $33/mo annually | $17/mo yr / $20 mo | $20.00 at 30fps |
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| 2160p / 4K 30-day price | Only on upgraded plans | Business $149/mo plus a $40/mo 4K add-on | $63/mo yr / $70 mo | ✕ | 4K requires $239/mo Media but still cannot run 30 days continuously | 4K persistent playout begins on Creators at $39/mo or $33/mo annually | No current 4K guarantee for cloud prerecorded playout | $29.98 at 30fps; $45.01 at 60fps |
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| 2Streaming quality |
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| 720p / 30fps | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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| 1080p / Full HD | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | TV Playout 1080p on Ultra/Events; lower plans are fixed 720p30 | ✓ |
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| 60fps | Paid 1.5× option on Small+ and 24/7; 4K60 is 3× | Channel or Business plus $10/mo; 4K60 requires both add-ons | ✓ | ✕ | Official prerecorded requirements recommend 30 or 60fps | Higher-frame-rate support is marketed, but current plan-table gates are not consistently stated | TV Playout 50/60fps on Ultra and Events | 24, 25, 30, or 60fps |
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| Up to 4K @ 60fps | Paid 2× quality option on Medium+, Enterprise, and 24/7 | Business plus $40/mo 4K add-on | ✓ | ✕ | 4K requires the $239/mo Media Upload & Stream tier | 4K begins on Creators | 4K cloud prerecorded output is not established by current official sources | Up to 2160p/4K |
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| Vertical / portrait streaming | ✕ | Portrait production and output are supported | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | Portrait and landscape output |
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| HDR streaming publicly documented | ✕ | HDR output is not publicly documented | ✕ | 1080p ceiling, no HDR | HDR prerecorded output is not publicly documented | ✕ | ✕ | HDR supported where destination and playback device support it |
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| 3Production & design |
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| Stream designer / layout builder | Scenes, layouts, branding, media, text, and overlays | Preset/custom layouts, overlays, lower thirds, clips, and compositions | ✓ | ✓ | Scenes, custom layouts, portrait/landscape, branding, and media | Official comparisons recommend an external producer for scenes and guests | Cloud Production supports positioning, scaling, transitions, and slates | No general-purpose live scene/layout builder |
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| Image, video & logo overlays | Images, video, text, comments, branding, and interactive layers | Overlay templates can be assigned to calendar blocks | ✓ | ✓ | Logos, overlays, lower thirds, captions, tickers, QR codes, and backgrounds | Chat overlays | Images, tickers, lower thirds, alerts, and external URL overlays | No general-purpose overlay designer is documented |
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| Embed live websites & graphs | ✕ | Channel add-on $29/mo; Business includes embed with higher viewer allowance | ✓ | Embed player only, not web sources in-stream | Embed player only | ✕ | Hosted HTML5 player and video hosting | ✕ |
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| Interactive alerts & widgets | Polls, trivia, giveaways, countdowns, comments, and AI Host | ✕ | ✓ | Unified chat | Unified chat and on-screen cross-platform comments | No native games, polls, or guest-studio widgets documented | External URL widgets are supported; built-in interactive show tools are limited | No live games, polls, alerts, or audience widgets |
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| Custom fonts in overlays | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | No overlay designer | ✕ | ✕ |
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| Browser Live Studio (camera) | Full browser studio with guests, cameras, screens, scenes, and layouts | WebRTC guests, cameras, screen share, layouts, recording, and channel takeover | ✓ | Up to 4 cameras | Full browser Studio with up to 10 on-screen participants | Basic direct webcam input only; no full multi-guest scene studio | 720p Cloud Production switcher; not a full multi-guest studio | No webcam, guest, screen, or gaming production studio |
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| 4Sources & inputs |
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| MP4 / MKV / AVI / MOV upload | MP4, M4V, MOV, FLV, MKV; AVI is not documented | Cloud media uploads supported; current pricing sources do not publish one definitive format list | ✓ | MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM | MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV with H.264/AAC; AVI is not documented | Cloud prerecorded uploads supported; current public plan table does not give a definitive format list | Pre-Recorded Live documents MP4 only | Docs list MP4, MOV, MKV with AV1/HEVC/H.264; homepage file-limit copy conflicts |
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| Separate audio track (music / voiceover) | Studio music/audio is supported; a separate prerecorded replacement-audio workflow is not clearly documented | Studio mixer | ✓ | ✕ | Separate Studio recording tracks do not provide a separate prerecorded audio playlist | ✕ | ✕ | Separate audio and audio playlists: MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, Opus |
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| Import from Google Drive / Dropbox | Current official pages reviewed do not verify Google Drive or Dropbox import | YouTube URL only | ✕ | Drive/Dropbox/OneDrive/Box/S3 | Current Upload & Stream pages reviewed do not verify Drive or Dropbox import | ✕ | ✓ | Google Drive, Dropbox, YouTube, and direct-download URL imports |
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| Playlists with custom ordering | Loop, rerun, and scheduled prerecorded playlists | Loop, shuffle, inline swaps, fallback, and autonomous progression | ✓ | ✓ | Marathon/Media; 40 videos, 24 hours, no playlist looping | Cloud playlists and continuous looping | Ordered playlists with per-item enable/disable controls | Ordered, non-repeating shuffle, and natural-language custom order |
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| Custom loop logic (shuffle, loop counts) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | Ordered playback, shuffle without repeats, and rule-based sequencing |
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| Edit the stream live (swap / skip / reorder) | Studio projects and live content can be edited while broadcasting | Playlist swaps and future schedule transitions can be edited live | ✓ | ✓ | Playlist items cannot be added, removed, or reordered after playback starts | Official surfaces conflict on plan gating; active playlists can be changed | Items can be managed, but the playing TV item should not be moved or replaced live | Publish playlist edits live; changes apply after the current clip |
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| 5Destinations |
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| YouTube (one-click OAuth) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Custom RTMP (any platform) | Custom RTMP supported; interactive comments/games and metadata controls are limited there | Custom RTMP/RTMPS output begins on Creator | ✓ | ✓ | Paid core plan required; no Restream chat, analytics, or title control | Custom RTMP destinations supported | Custom RTMP and SRT endpoints consume destination allowance | Any compatible RTMP destination |
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| Twitch / Facebook / Kick / TikTok | YouTube, Facebook, Twitch direct; other platforms through custom RTMP | 25+ supported platforms including major native integrations | ✓ | ✓ | 30 integrated destinations plus custom RTMP/SRT/HLS/WHIP options | YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, TikTok, Kick, LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Rumble, and more | 30+ platform catalog with native and custom endpoints | Twitch, Facebook, Kick, TikTok, and others through compatible RTMP endpoints |
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| Multistream to several destinations | Simultaneous destination distribution is plan-limited | One channel can send to several destinations | ✓ | ✓ | One live source can distribute to several enabled channels | One RTMP/SRT ingest can be relayed to many destinations | One source can distribute to several account-wide destinations | No one-to-many fan-out; create separate streams for several destinations |
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| One-click YouTube (no stream key) | Direct YouTube integration is documented | Native YouTube destination integration | ✓ | Connect account, no stream key | Native YouTube integration | ✕ | Native YouTube destination integration | Official Google OAuth connection; manual stream-key option also available |
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| SRT ingest | Custom plan | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | RTMP and SRT ingest | ✓ | ✕ |
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| 6Lifecycle & automation |
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| True 24/7 continuous loop | Persistent operation is a separate 24/7 product | Persistent channels begin on Creator; Free stops after 5 hours | ✓ | YouTube only, Enterprise/add-on | Maximum 10 loops and 40 hours per video event | Continuous looping begins on Creators | Infinite Pre-Recorded Live looping on Premium+; TV Playout loops are time-limited | Continuous cloud loop while active and funded |
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| YouTube broadcast lifecycle automation | Native destination and scheduling are documented; full lifecycle ownership is not established | Destination connection and scheduling are documented; complete lifecycle ownership is not | ✓ | Scheduling up to 60 days ahead | Scheduled event creation/attachment and advance posts; not full lifecycle ownership | ✕ | Native YouTube destination and scheduling; complete lifecycle automation not established | Can create and synchronize broadcast metadata, privacy, thumbnail, latency, DVR, recording, and schedule |
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| Scheduling | Basic on Small+; repeat/multi-date Medium+; four-week horizon and 3-minute gaps | Free/Creator can build calendars; Channel+ executes one-time and recurring automation | ✓ | Up to 60 days | Scheduled prerecorded events and playlists | Scheduled starts and recurring broadcasts | One-time prerecorded schedules and TV-style timetables | Immediate/future start; duration, end time, or open-ended |
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| MCP / agent integration | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | OAuth-protected hosted MCP for streams, playlists, uploads, destinations, usage, and billing |
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| YouTube ad cue points | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
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| Edit title / description / thumbnail live | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
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| Public API | Limited, request-based API access priced by requirements | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | API access begins on Premium | Public OpenAPI REST interface plus documented GraphQL |
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| Unlimited loop without manual rescheduling | Dedicated 24/7 plan has unlimited duration | Paid Live Channels have no session cap | ✓ | Enterprise/add-on | No perpetual prerecorded loop; playlists cannot loop | Creators and higher include continuous 24/7 playback | Yes for Premium+ Pre-Recorded Live; no for TV Playout | Can run indefinitely until stopped, credit is exhausted, or destination action is required |
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| 7Limits & inclusions |
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| Storage included | Plan allowances from 0.5 GB to 150 GB; 24/7 includes 100 GB at base quality | 10 GB Free; 100 GB Creator; 150 GB Channel; 250 GB Business | 100GB | 1 GB (Free) to 150 GB (Enterprise); +10 GB for $10/mo | Upload & Stream publishes 2-, 4-, and 12-hour libraries rather than GB quotas | 200 MB Free; 8 GB Pro; 20 GB Creators; 100 GB Business | Pre-recorded: 4/4/10/20/20 GB; hosted VOD storage is separate | Uploads and storage are free; no published hard total quota |
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| Concurrent streams / slots | Standard program concurrency undisclosed; 24/7 selector offers 1–20 separately priced streams | One concurrently live channel per seat; buy additional seats for more | 1 | 3 on Enterprise; add-on ($30/mo each) on lower plans | Published numbers are active destination channels, not independent program jobs | Current official surfaces conflict: cards show 1/2/3/12, while the comparison table shows 1/3/5/custom | Created workflows, including inactive ones, count; prerecorded streams are 1/1/2/3/3 | Multiple separate streams are supported; no public account hard cap is documented |
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| Max multistream destinations | 1 Free; 3 Small; 6 Medium; 10 Large; 20 Enterprise; 5 on 24/7 | 2 Free; 5 Creator; 8 Channel; 10 Business | 10 | 45+ | 2 Free; 3 Standard; 5 Professional; 8 Business; Enterprise custom | Official cards, table, FAQ, and help pages conflict; use three on Free conservatively | 6 Starter; 10 Standard; 20 Premium; 30 Ultra/Events, account-wide | One destination per stream |
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| Videos per playlist | No published limit | No published limit | No published limit | No published limit | 40 videos per playlist | No published limit | Pre-recorded: 2/2/10/15/15; TV Playout: 5/10/30/30/50 files | No published limit |
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| Max upload size / length | 24/7: 10 GB/file and 100 GB storage at base quality; standard limits vary by plan | 1 h Free; 4 h Creator; 8 h Channel; 12 h Business | ✕ | 15 min (Free) to 20 hrs (Enterprise) per stream | 2/4/12-hour libraries; playlists max 40 items and 24 hours | 20 min Free; 4 h Pro; unlimited event duration Creators+ | Pre-recorded max 240 min/file Premium+; TV caps range 500 MB–10 GB and 30–240 min | Current docs say 10 GB/file; homepage still says 1.5 GB free and 5 GB paid |
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| Team / multi-user access | ✕ | Workspace members and per-seat concurrent channels | ✓ | 1 seat (Free) to 10 (Enterprise) | ✓ | Published seat allowances increase by plan | 3 members (Premium), 5 (Ultra) | Shared workspaces with separate sign-ins; no public RBAC or seat limit |
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| No watermark | Watermark on free plan | Paid plans are unwatermarked; Free is watermarked | ✓ | ✓ | Free carries Restream branding; paid plans remove it | ✓ | Trial, Starter, and Standard TV Playout output is branded | No Streamloop output watermark documented |
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| 8Reliability & support |
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| Automatic monitoring & recovery | ✓ | Fallback content and automatic recovery are documented | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Reports over 99.9% uptime with automatic monitoring, restart, and reconnection |
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| Backup streams | ✕ | Fallback programming and auto-recovery; redundant backup ingest is not generally documented | ✓ | ✕ | Disconnect protection on Business; true backup encoder ingest on Enterprise | ✕ | Failover ingest begins on Ultra and Events | Standby capacity is reported; zero downtime and recovery time are not guaranteed |
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| Chat / email support | Chat / email | Chat / email | ✓ | Chat + email, 4.7/5 on Trustpilot | ✓ | Chat / email | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Uptime guarantee / compensation | No published SLA | No public compensation-backed uptime SLA found | ✓ | No published SLA | No public compensation-backed uptime SLA found | Enterprise advertises SLA options; standard plans do not | No standard public compensation-backed SLA found | No contractual uptime compensation or recovery-time SLA published |
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| In-app viewer analytics | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | Stream insights included | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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