GyreStreamloop vs Gyre
Two cloud services that loop prerecorded video 24/7, with different billing, storage, destination setup and stream limits.
| At a glance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Cloud playout for prerecorded video and audio playlists, billed by the minute. | Cloud servers with a fixed number of stream slots, for nonstop prerecorded video. |
| Billing | Prepaid credits charged only while each stream is live. | Subscriptions from $49 to $169 a month, cheaper when you pay 3, 6 or 12 months ahead. |
| Practical playlist tier | Playlists and scheduling are included on every stream. | Start ($49) has no playlists or scheduling; both start on Start+ ($99 a month). |
| Independent concurrency | Run as many streams as your balance covers; each one is billed on its own. | Start includes 1 HD stream; Start+ includes 4 HD or 1 4K stream; PRO+ includes 8 HD or 2 4K streams. |
| Quality | 720p to 4K at 24, 30 or 60 fps; HDR to YouTube only. | Start supports Full HD at 60fps; Start+ and PRO+ add 4K capacity. |
| Destination setup | Connect YouTube by signing in with Google, or paste a YouTube stream key; other platforms use an RTMP URL and key. | Connect YouTube by signing in. For Twitch and Facebook you paste the platform's stream key, and each platform is set up as its own stream. |
| Destinations | YouTube by sign-in plus any compatible RTMP destination, up to 5 per stream. | YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Instagram, X, Kick, MixCloud, and services that accept an RTMP stream key. |
| One-to-many fan-out | Yes. Up to 5 destinations per stream; each one after the first adds $6 per 30 days at 1080p while live. | No. Gyre says each platform's stream is set up and runs separately. |
| Storage | Uploads are free. The first 30 GiB of large-playlist storage is free, then $0.35 per GiB-month while live. | 35GB on Start, 75GB on Start+, and 150GB on PRO+. |
| Playlist behavior | Play in order, shuffle without repeats, or a custom order in plain words; edits made while live start after the current clip. | Reusable playlists, loop or auto-stop playback, and updates while streaming on the plans that include playlists. |
| Scheduling | Start now or later, run for a set time or until an end time, or keep running with no end. | Start, stop, or both at a selected date, time, and timezone on Start+ or PRO+. |
| Trial | $1 trial week by card, which becomes a monthly plan unless you cancel. | Seven days with one HD stream, 20 GB and up to 15 files. If you do not cancel by day 7, it becomes Start+ at $99. |
Primary job
Streamloop
- Cloud playout for prerecorded video and audio playlists, billed by the minute.
Gyre- Cloud servers with a fixed number of stream slots, for nonstop prerecorded video.
Billing
Streamloop
- Prepaid credits charged only while each stream is live.
Gyre- Subscriptions from $49 to $169 a month, cheaper when you pay 3, 6 or 12 months ahead.
Practical playlist tier
Streamloop
- Playlists and scheduling are included on every stream.
Gyre- Start ($49) has no playlists or scheduling; both start on Start+ ($99 a month).
Independent concurrency
Streamloop
- Run as many streams as your balance covers; each one is billed on its own.
Gyre- Start includes 1 HD stream; Start+ includes 4 HD or 1 4K stream; PRO+ includes 8 HD or 2 4K streams.
Quality
Streamloop
- 720p to 4K at 24, 30 or 60 fps; HDR to YouTube only.
Gyre- Start supports Full HD at 60fps; Start+ and PRO+ add 4K capacity.
Destination setup
Streamloop
- Connect YouTube by signing in with Google, or paste a YouTube stream key; other platforms use an RTMP URL and key.
Gyre- Connect YouTube by signing in. For Twitch and Facebook you paste the platform's stream key, and each platform is set up as its own stream.
Destinations
Streamloop
- YouTube by sign-in plus any compatible RTMP destination, up to 5 per stream.
Gyre- YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Instagram, X, Kick, MixCloud, and services that accept an RTMP stream key.
One-to-many fan-out
Streamloop
- Yes. Up to 5 destinations per stream; each one after the first adds $6 per 30 days at 1080p while live.
Gyre- No. Gyre says each platform's stream is set up and runs separately.
Storage
Streamloop
- Uploads are free. The first 30 GiB of large-playlist storage is free, then $0.35 per GiB-month while live.
Gyre- 35GB on Start, 75GB on Start+, and 150GB on PRO+.
Playlist behavior
Streamloop
- Play in order, shuffle without repeats, or a custom order in plain words; edits made while live start after the current clip.
Gyre- Reusable playlists, loop or auto-stop playback, and updates while streaming on the plans that include playlists.
Scheduling
Streamloop
- Start now or later, run for a set time or until an end time, or keep running with no end.
Gyre- Start, stop, or both at a selected date, time, and timezone on Start+ or PRO+.
Trial
Streamloop
- $1 trial week by card, which becomes a monthly plan unless you cancel.
Gyre- Seven days with one HD stream, 20 GB and up to 15 files. If you do not cancel by day 7, it becomes Start+ at $99.
What a 24/7 stream actually costs, by quality
Streamloop bills by the minute. Pick a resolution and frame rate, and pay only while you are live. Optional monthly credit plans are also available. Below is the cost of a stream running nonstop for a full 30 days.
| Quality | 30 fps / mo | 60 fps / mo |
|---|---|---|
| 720p | $5 | $7.50 |
| 1080pMost popular | $10 | $15 |
| 1440p (2K) | $20 | $30 |
| 4K (2160p) | $30 | $45 |
720p
- 30 fps
- $5
- 60 fps
- $7.50
1080p
Most popular
- 30 fps
- $10
- 60 fps
- $15
1440p (2K)
- 30 fps
- $20
- 60 fps
- $30
4K (2160p)
- 30 fps
- $30
- 60 fps
- $45
Metered by the minute, so a week of streaming costs about a quarter of these figures, and a day about a thirtieth. Files that need encoding add a one-time ~$0.005 per minute of encode time; files that are ready to stream skip it. Uploads and idle loops are free, and so is the first 30 GiB of large-playlist storage.
A 1080p stream running 24/7 on Streamloop is about $10/month, and you only pay while it is live. For comparison, Gyre lists: From $49/month.
Streamloop vs Gyre, side by side
Every feature that matters, with standout differences flagged by a star.
| Feature | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Pricing & access | ||
| Pay-as-you-go, no subscription | Top up by card or crypto and pay as you go; a monthly plan is optional | ✕ |
| Trial | $1 trial week by card, which becomes a monthly plan unless you cancel | 7 days, watermark, 1080p30, 20 GB; converts to $99 Start+ |
| Starting price | 720p24: $4 per 30 live days; billed by the minute, monthly plan optional | $49/mo Start; $99/mo Start+; $169/mo PRO+ |
| 720p 30-day price | $4 at 24fps; $5 at 30fps | $49/mo (HD tier) |
| 1080p 30-day price | $10 at 30fps | From $49 for a 30-day Start subscription |
| 1440p / 2K 30-day price | $20 at 30fps | Not priced separately |
| 2160p / 4K 30-day price | $30 at 30fps; $45 at 60fps | 4K starts on Start+ at $99/mo for one 4K slot |
| 2Streaming quality | ||
| 720p / 30fps | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1080p / Full HD | ✓ | ✓ |
| 60fps | 24, 30 or 60 fps | Full HD 60fps on paid plans; trial is Full HD 30fps |
| Up to 4K @ 60fps | Up to 2160p/4K | 4K on Start+ and PRO+; the plan table does not list a 4K frame rate |
| Vertical / portrait streaming | Portrait and landscape output | Vertical video is advertised on all plans |
| HDR streaming publicly documented | HDR to YouTube only | HDR is not mentioned |
| 3Production & design | ||
| Stream designer / layout builder | Yes, in Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs and graphics: a layered scene editor with an AI assistant. | ✕ |
| Image, video & logo overlays | Yes, in Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs and graphics: image, logo, text, clock, countdown and video layers. | ✕ |
| Embed live websites & graphs | Yes, in Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs and graphics: any web page can be a layer. | ✕ |
| Interactive alerts & widgets | No native alerts or polls. Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs and graphics, can show a third-party chat or alert page. | ✕ |
| Custom fonts in overlays | Partly. Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs and graphics, uses the Google Fonts catalog; no font upload. | No overlay designer |
| Browser Live Studio (camera) | No browser studio, webcam or guests. Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs, takes OBS, vMix or IP camera feeds up to 1080p60. | ✕ |
| 4Sources & inputs | ||
| MP4 / MKV / AVI / MOV upload | MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, MPEG and MXF | ✓ |
| Separate audio track (music / voiceover) | Separate audio and audio playlists: MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, Opus | ✕ |
| Import from Google Drive / Dropbox | Google Drive, Yandex Disk, YouTube, other video sites and direct file links. | ✕ |
| Playlists with custom ordering | Drag to reorder; play in order, shuffle without repeats, or describe a custom order in plain words | Included in trial, Start+, and PRO+; excluded from Start |
| Custom loop logic (shuffle, loop counts) | In order, shuffle without repeats, or a custom order in plain words; no loop counts | ✓ |
| Edit the stream live (swap / skip / reorder) | Publish playlist edits while live; they start at the next item. No skip button. | Start+/PRO+ playlists can be updated while streaming |
| 5Destinations | ||
| YouTube (one-click OAuth) | ✓ | Direct YouTube channel authorization or stream-key setup |
| Custom RTMP (any platform) | Any compatible RTMP destination | RTMP-key destinations supported |
| Twitch / Facebook / Kick / TikTok | Twitch, Facebook, Kick, TikTok, and others through compatible RTMP endpoints | YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Instagram, X, Kick, MixCloud |
| Multistream to several destinations | Up to 5 destinations per stream. Each one after the first adds $6 per 30 days at 1080p while live. | No one-key fan-out; each destination is a separate configured stream |
| One-click YouTube (no stream key) | Official Google OAuth connection; manual stream-key option also available | Direct YouTube channel authorization is supported; stream-key setup is also available |
| SRT ingest | Yes, in Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs: SRT, RTMP, RTSP and HLS. Plain loops take uploaded files only. | ✕ |
| 6Lifecycle & automation | ||
| True 24/7 continuous loop | Continuous cloud loop while active and funded | 24/7 duration and unlimited streaming hours |
| YouTube broadcast lifecycle automation | Can create and synchronize broadcast metadata, privacy, thumbnail, latency, DVR, recording, and schedule | YouTube API creates, syncs and stops broadcasts after channel authorization |
| Scheduling | Immediate/future start; duration, end time, or open-ended | Included in trial, Start+, and PRO+; start, stop, or both |
| MCP / agent integration | OAuth-protected hosted MCP for streams, playlists, uploads, destinations, usage, and billing | ✕ |
| YouTube ad cue points | ✕ | ✕ |
| Edit title / description / thumbnail live | ✓ | ✕ |
| Public API | Public OpenAPI REST interface plus documented GraphQL | ✕ |
| Unlimited loop without manual rescheduling | Can run indefinitely until stopped, credit is exhausted, or destination action is required | Continuous playout; subject to subscription and destination availability |
| 7Limits & inclusions | ||
| Storage included | Uploads are free. The first 30 GiB of large-playlist storage is free, then $0.35 per GiB-month while live. | 35 GB Start; 75 GB Start+; 150 GB PRO+; trial 20 GB |
| Concurrent streams / slots | Multiple separate streams are supported; no public account hard cap is documented | 1 HD; 4 HD or 1 4K; 8 HD or 2 4K by paid tier |
| Max multistream destinations | 5 per stream, with at most one connected YouTube channel | One destination per stream; total is limited by HD/4K stream slots |
| Videos per playlist | 1000 items per playlist | No published limit |
| Max upload size / length | 15 GiB per file | Trial: 20 GB and up to 15 files; no per-file limit listed for paid plans |
| Team / multi-user access | Shared workspaces with email invites and owner, admin and member roles | ✕ |
| No watermark | No watermark on any plan | Paid plans are unwatermarked; trial is watermarked |
| 8Reliability & support | ||
| Automatic monitoring & recovery | Automatic monitoring, restart and reconnection | ✕ |
| Backup streams | No. You do not set up a backup stream. A failed stream restarts automatically. | ✕ |
| Chat / email support | Email only, with replies typically within 24 hours | |
| Uptime guarantee / compensation | No contractual uptime compensation or recovery-time SLA published | 99.9% yearly uptime target in its Terms; no compensation stated |
| In-app viewer analytics | YouTube concurrent viewers only | ✕ |
| 9Trust & account | ||
| Trustpilot rating | Only one review so far, so no useful rating yet | 4.4/5 (47) |
| YouTube-Verified encoder | ✕ | Listed as a YouTube Live verified encoder |
| Two-factor authentication | No. You sign in with Google, an email link or a passkey, with no extra second step. | ✕ |
Pricing & access
- Streamloop
- Top up by card or crypto and pay as you go; a monthly plan is optional
- Gyre
- ✕
- Streamloop
- $1 trial week by card, which becomes a monthly plan unless you cancel
- Gyre
- 7 days, watermark, 1080p30, 20 GB; converts to $99 Start+
- Streamloop
- 720p24: $4 per 30 live days; billed by the minute, monthly plan optional
- Gyre
- $49/mo Start; $99/mo Start+; $169/mo PRO+
- Streamloop
- $4 at 24fps; $5 at 30fps
- Gyre
- $49/mo (HD tier)
- Streamloop
- $10 at 30fps
- Gyre
- From $49 for a 30-day Start subscription
- Streamloop
- $20 at 30fps
- Gyre
- Not priced separately
- Streamloop
- $30 at 30fps; $45 at 60fps
- Gyre
- 4K starts on Start+ at $99/mo for one 4K slot
Streaming quality
- Streamloop
- ✓
- Gyre
- ✓
- Streamloop
- ✓
- Gyre
- ✓
- Streamloop
- 24, 30 or 60 fps
- Gyre
- Full HD 60fps on paid plans; trial is Full HD 30fps
- Streamloop
- Up to 2160p/4K
- Gyre
- 4K on Start+ and PRO+; the plan table does not list a 4K frame rate
- Streamloop
- Portrait and landscape output
- Gyre
- Vertical video is advertised on all plans
- Streamloop
- HDR to YouTube only
- Gyre
- HDR is not mentioned
Production & design
- Streamloop
- Yes, in Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs and graphics: a layered scene editor with an AI assistant.
- Gyre
- ✕
- Streamloop
- Yes, in Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs and graphics: image, logo, text, clock, countdown and video layers.
- Gyre
- ✕
- Streamloop
- Yes, in Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs and graphics: any web page can be a layer.
- Gyre
- ✕
- Streamloop
- No native alerts or polls. Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs and graphics, can show a third-party chat or alert page.
- Gyre
- ✕
- Streamloop
- Partly. Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs and graphics, uses the Google Fonts catalog; no font upload.
- Gyre
- No overlay designer
- Streamloop
- No browser studio, webcam or guests. Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs, takes OBS, vMix or IP camera feeds up to 1080p60.
- Gyre
- ✕
Sources & inputs
- Streamloop
- MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, MPEG and MXF
- Gyre
- ✓
- Streamloop
- Separate audio and audio playlists: MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, Opus
- Gyre
- ✕
- Streamloop
- Google Drive, Yandex Disk, YouTube, other video sites and direct file links.
- Gyre
- ✕
- Streamloop
- Drag to reorder; play in order, shuffle without repeats, or describe a custom order in plain words
- Gyre
- Included in trial, Start+, and PRO+; excluded from Start
- Streamloop
- In order, shuffle without repeats, or a custom order in plain words; no loop counts
- Gyre
- ✓
- Streamloop
- Publish playlist edits while live; they start at the next item. No skip button.
- Gyre
- Start+/PRO+ playlists can be updated while streaming
Destinations
- Streamloop
- ✓
- Gyre
- Direct YouTube channel authorization or stream-key setup
- Streamloop
- Any compatible RTMP destination
- Gyre
- RTMP-key destinations supported
- Streamloop
- Twitch, Facebook, Kick, TikTok, and others through compatible RTMP endpoints
- Gyre
- YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Instagram, X, Kick, MixCloud
- Streamloop
- Up to 5 destinations per stream. Each one after the first adds $6 per 30 days at 1080p while live.
- Gyre
- No one-key fan-out; each destination is a separate configured stream
- Streamloop
- Official Google OAuth connection; manual stream-key option also available
- Gyre
- Direct YouTube channel authorization is supported; stream-key setup is also available
- Streamloop
- Yes, in Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs: SRT, RTMP, RTSP and HLS. Plain loops take uploaded files only.
- Gyre
- ✕
Lifecycle & automation
- Streamloop
- Continuous cloud loop while active and funded
- Gyre
- 24/7 duration and unlimited streaming hours
- Streamloop
- Can create and synchronize broadcast metadata, privacy, thumbnail, latency, DVR, recording, and schedule
- Gyre
- YouTube API creates, syncs and stops broadcasts after channel authorization
- Streamloop
- Immediate/future start; duration, end time, or open-ended
- Gyre
- Included in trial, Start+, and PRO+; start, stop, or both
- Streamloop
- OAuth-protected hosted MCP for streams, playlists, uploads, destinations, usage, and billing
- Gyre
- ✕
- Streamloop
- ✕
- Gyre
- ✕
- Streamloop
- ✓
- Gyre
- ✕
- Streamloop
- Public OpenAPI REST interface plus documented GraphQL
- Gyre
- ✕
- Streamloop
- Can run indefinitely until stopped, credit is exhausted, or destination action is required
- Gyre
- Continuous playout; subject to subscription and destination availability
Limits & inclusions
- Streamloop
- Uploads are free. The first 30 GiB of large-playlist storage is free, then $0.35 per GiB-month while live.
- Gyre
- 35 GB Start; 75 GB Start+; 150 GB PRO+; trial 20 GB
- Streamloop
- Multiple separate streams are supported; no public account hard cap is documented
- Gyre
- 1 HD; 4 HD or 1 4K; 8 HD or 2 4K by paid tier
- Streamloop
- 5 per stream, with at most one connected YouTube channel
- Gyre
- One destination per stream; total is limited by HD/4K stream slots
- Streamloop
- 1000 items per playlist
- Gyre
- No published limit
- Streamloop
- 15 GiB per file
- Gyre
- Trial: 20 GB and up to 15 files; no per-file limit listed for paid plans
- Streamloop
- Shared workspaces with email invites and owner, admin and member roles
- Gyre
- ✕
- Streamloop
- No watermark on any plan
- Gyre
- Paid plans are unwatermarked; trial is watermarked
Reliability & support
- Streamloop
- Automatic monitoring, restart and reconnection
- Gyre
- ✕
- Streamloop
- No. You do not set up a backup stream. A failed stream restarts automatically.
- Gyre
- ✕
- Streamloop
- Email only, with replies typically within 24 hours
- Gyre
- Streamloop
- No contractual uptime compensation or recovery-time SLA published
- Gyre
- 99.9% yearly uptime target in its Terms; no compensation stated
- Streamloop
- YouTube concurrent viewers only
- Gyre
- ✕
Trust & account
- Streamloop
- Only one review so far, so no useful rating yet
- Gyre
- 4.4/5 (47)
- Streamloop
- ✕
- Gyre
- Listed as a YouTube Live verified encoder
- Streamloop
- No. You sign in with Google, an email link or a passkey, with no extra second step.
- Gyre
- ✕
When each tool is the right call
There is no objective winner, only which tool fits your actual job.
Pick Streamloop if…
Pick Streamloop if you want to pay by the minute, need flexible media options, and run a few channels on their own.
- You want to pay only for live minutes instead of reserving a monthly server slot.
- You run one 1080p stream and would rather pay by the minute than buy Start+ to get playlists.
- You want separate audio tracks, imports from Google Drive or a link, custom play orders, or an API and MCP to control your streams.
- Free uploads and 30 GiB of free large-playlist storage are preferable to a fixed 35GB, 75GB, or 150GB allowance.
- You want playlist edits made while live to start cleanly at the next clip.
Streaming is billed by the minute, only while live: one 24/7 stream at 1080p is about $10 per 30 days. Start with a $1 trial week, which becomes a monthly plan unless you cancel, or top up and pay as you go.
Start the $1 trialPick Gyre if…
Pick Gyre if a fixed subscription with a set number of HD or 4K stream slots suits you better.
- You need several independent prerecorded streams and Gyre's 4-HD or 8-HD bundles match the workload.
- You stream to platforms Gyre names, such as Instagram, X or MixCloud, and setting up each one separately is fine.
- A bundled storage allowance and Gyre Video Converter fit your production process.
- You prefer a fixed monthly budget and can benefit from prepaid-term discounts.
- The Start+ or PRO+ playlist and scheduler features cover your programming needs.
Gyre costs $49 monthly for Start, but playlists and scheduling begin on Start+ at $99 monthly; PRO+ is $169 monthly.
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Streamloop vs Gyre: FAQ
The questions people actually ask before picking one
Are Streamloop and Gyre direct competitors?
Yes. Both are managed cloud services that run prerecorded content without a computer or encoder left on at home. The main differences are how you pay (by the minute or a fixed subscription), storage, media controls, destination setup and how many streams you can run at once.
Does Gyre multistream one feed to several platforms?
Not as one feed. Gyre supports many platforms, but its guides say each platform's stream is set up and managed separately, so each one is its own stream. One Streamloop stream can send to up to 5 destinations.
Why is Gyre Start not the closest playlist comparison?
Start costs $49 a month but has no playlists or scheduler. If you want a playlist that runs on its own, the plan to compare is Start+ at $99 a month.
Which service is cheaper for one 24/7 1080p stream?
Streamloop is cheaper for one stream. One 1080p stream at 30 fps costs about $10 per 30 days, plus a small one-time charge only for files that need encoding. Gyre's Start plan is $49 a month. Gyre's larger plans can make sense when you use all their stream slots and included storage.
How does Gyre connect streaming destinations?
For YouTube, you sign in to your channel, then pick or create a stream key. For Twitch and Facebook, Gyre's guides have you copy the platform's stream key into Gyre. Also note: when the trial turns into a paid plan, Gyre gives you a new server, so you upload your videos and create your streams again.
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