Streamloop vs Livepush
Single-destination prerecorded playout compared with a distribution-first platform that adds continuous cloud looping on Creators and above.
| At a glance | LLivepush | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Continuous prerecorded playlist playout to one destination per stream. | Live distribution and delivery, with cloud prerecorded scheduling and continuous looping on higher tiers. |
| Persistent prerecorded tier | Open-ended operation is available under usage billing. | Continuous looping and the 24/7 schedule channel begin on Creators; Pro prerecorded events are capped at four hours. |
| One-to-many and setup | No fan-out. Managed YouTube authorization or a YouTube/custom RTMP key connects one destination to each stream. | One RTMP or SRT ingest can be relayed to enabled destinations. Accounts can be linked in the dashboard or stream keys used; authenticated connections are required for multichat. |
| Browser production studio | No camera, guest, scene, or screen studio. | No built-in browser Studio. Livepush is designed to receive output from OBS, vMix, StreamYard, hardware encoders, or similar tools. |
| Prerecorded concurrency | Each active stream is separately usage billed; no fixed public account cap is documented. | Current public plan cards list 1, 2, 3, and 12 simultaneous prerecorded streams, while the comparison table shows 1, 3, 5, and custom. Treat the exact limits as plan-page inconsistencies to confirm before purchase. |
| Destination capacity | One destination per stream. | The current comparison table lists 10, 30, 40, and custom total destinations, while other current copy says Free supports 3 platforms and uses different per-platform counts. |
| Scheduling | Future starts, duration or end time, and indefinite operation. | Scheduled starts, daily or weekly recurrence, playlists, end times, and a continuous channel on eligible tiers. |
| Live playlist editing | Published additions, removals, and reordering apply after the current clip. | The scheduler advertises adding, removing, swapping, replacing, or reordering content while a stream is active. |
| Quality | Up to 4K60 with qualified HDR support. | Up to 4K and 30 or 60fps depending on plan; Creators is the first public social plan advertising 4K. |
| Storage | Uploads and storage are listed as free, with no public total quota. | 200MB, 8GB, 20GB, or 100GB across the public social plans. |
| Hosted delivery | Not a general hosted-player or CDN product. | Hosting-oriented tiers add an embeddable player, Akamai CDN, analytics, domain controls, and country restrictions alongside social streaming features. |
| 24/7 starting price | About $9.98 per 30 days at 1080p30 under usage billing. | Creators is $39 monthly or $390 annually and is the first current social plan with a 24/7 schedule channel. |
Primary job
Streamloop
- Continuous prerecorded playlist playout to one destination per stream.
- LLivepush
- Live distribution and delivery, with cloud prerecorded scheduling and continuous looping on higher tiers.
Persistent prerecorded tier
Streamloop
- Open-ended operation is available under usage billing.
- LLivepush
- Continuous looping and the 24/7 schedule channel begin on Creators; Pro prerecorded events are capped at four hours.
One-to-many and setup
Streamloop
- No fan-out. Managed YouTube authorization or a YouTube/custom RTMP key connects one destination to each stream.
- LLivepush
- One RTMP or SRT ingest can be relayed to enabled destinations. Accounts can be linked in the dashboard or stream keys used; authenticated connections are required for multichat.
Browser production studio
Streamloop
- No camera, guest, scene, or screen studio.
- LLivepush
- No built-in browser Studio. Livepush is designed to receive output from OBS, vMix, StreamYard, hardware encoders, or similar tools.
Prerecorded concurrency
Streamloop
- Each active stream is separately usage billed; no fixed public account cap is documented.
- LLivepush
- Current public plan cards list 1, 2, 3, and 12 simultaneous prerecorded streams, while the comparison table shows 1, 3, 5, and custom. Treat the exact limits as plan-page inconsistencies to confirm before purchase.
Destination capacity
Streamloop
- One destination per stream.
- LLivepush
- The current comparison table lists 10, 30, 40, and custom total destinations, while other current copy says Free supports 3 platforms and uses different per-platform counts.
Scheduling
Streamloop
- Future starts, duration or end time, and indefinite operation.
- LLivepush
- Scheduled starts, daily or weekly recurrence, playlists, end times, and a continuous channel on eligible tiers.
Live playlist editing
Streamloop
- Published additions, removals, and reordering apply after the current clip.
- LLivepush
- The scheduler advertises adding, removing, swapping, replacing, or reordering content while a stream is active.
Quality
Streamloop
- Up to 4K60 with qualified HDR support.
- LLivepush
- Up to 4K and 30 or 60fps depending on plan; Creators is the first public social plan advertising 4K.
Storage
Streamloop
- Uploads and storage are listed as free, with no public total quota.
- LLivepush
- 200MB, 8GB, 20GB, or 100GB across the public social plans.
Hosted delivery
Streamloop
- Not a general hosted-player or CDN product.
- LLivepush
- Hosting-oriented tiers add an embeddable player, Akamai CDN, analytics, domain controls, and country restrictions alongside social streaming features.
24/7 starting price
Streamloop
- About $9.98 per 30 days at 1080p30 under usage billing.
- LLivepush
- Creators is $39 monthly or $390 annually and is the first current social plan with a 24/7 schedule channel.
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're 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 | $8 |
| 1080pMost popular | $10 | $15 |
| 1440p (2K) | $20 | $30 |
| 4K (2160p) | $30 | $45 |
720p
- 30 fps
- $5
- 60 fps
- $8
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. Plus a one-time ~$0.005 per minute of video to encode it once. Uploads, storage, and idle loops are free.
A 1080p stream running 24/7 on Streamloop is about $10/month — and you only pay while it's live. Livepush charges a flat Free; paid from $15/month whether you stream all month or not.
Streamloop vs Livepush, side by side
Every feature that matters, with standout differences flagged by a star.
| Feature | LLivepush | |
|---|---|---|
| 1Pricing & access | ||
| Pay-as-you-go, no subscription | Pay as you go is available; official pages also reference optional monthly credit plans | ✕ |
| Free trial (no card) | Eligible accounts may receive starter credits; no guaranteed public amount or duration | Permanent Free plan: 20 hours/mo, 200 MB, no 24/7 |
| Starting price | 720p24: $4.02 per 30 live days; usage billed, not a subscription | Free; Pro $15/mo; continuous 24/7 from Creators $39/mo |
| 720p 30-day price | $4.02 at 24fps; $5.01 at 30fps | Persistent 24/7 starts on Creators at $39/mo or $33/mo annually |
| 1080p 30-day price | $9.98 at 30fps | Persistent 24/7 starts on Creators at $39/mo or $33/mo annually |
| 1440p / 2K 30-day price | $20.00 at 30fps | 4K-class persistent playout begins on Creators at $39/mo or $33/mo annually |
| 2160p / 4K 30-day price | $29.98 at 30fps; $45.01 at 60fps | 4K persistent playout begins on Creators at $39/mo or $33/mo annually |
| 2Streaming quality | ||
| 720p / 30fps | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1080p / Full HD | ✓ | ✓ |
| 60fps | 24, 25, 30, or 60fps | Higher-frame-rate support is marketed, but current plan-table gates are not consistently stated |
| Up to 4K @ 60fps | Up to 2160p/4K | 4K begins on Creators |
| Vertical / portrait streaming | Portrait and landscape output | ✕ |
| HDR streaming publicly documented | HDR supported where destination and playback device support it | ✕ |
| 3Production & design | ||
| Stream designer / layout builder | No general-purpose live scene/layout builder | Official comparisons recommend an external producer for scenes and guests |
| Image, video & logo overlays | No general-purpose overlay designer is documented | Chat overlays |
| Embed live websites & graphs | ✕ | ✕ |
| Interactive alerts & widgets | No live games, polls, alerts, or audience widgets | No native games, polls, or guest-studio widgets documented |
| Custom fonts in overlays | ✕ | No overlay designer |
| Browser Live Studio (camera) | No webcam, guest, screen, or gaming production studio | Basic direct webcam input only; no full multi-guest scene studio |
| 4Sources & inputs | ||
| MP4 / MKV / AVI / MOV upload | Docs list MP4, MOV, MKV with AV1/HEVC/H.264; homepage file-limit copy conflicts | Cloud prerecorded uploads supported; current public plan table does not give a definitive format list |
| Separate audio track (music / voiceover) | Separate audio and audio playlists: MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, Opus | ✕ |
| Import from Google Drive / Dropbox | Google Drive, Dropbox, YouTube, and direct-download URL imports | ✕ |
| Playlists with custom ordering | Ordered, non-repeating shuffle, and natural-language custom order | Cloud playlists and continuous looping |
| Custom loop logic (shuffle, loop counts) | Ordered playback, shuffle without repeats, and rule-based sequencing | ✓ |
| Edit the stream live (swap / skip / reorder) | Publish playlist edits live; changes apply after the current clip | Official surfaces conflict on plan gating; active playlists can be changed |
| 5Destinations | ||
| YouTube (one-click OAuth) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom RTMP (any platform) | Any compatible RTMP destination | Custom RTMP destinations supported |
| Twitch / Facebook / Kick / TikTok | Twitch, Facebook, Kick, TikTok, and others through compatible RTMP endpoints | YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, TikTok, Kick, LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Rumble, and more |
| Multistream to several destinations | No one-to-many fan-out; create separate streams for several destinations | One RTMP/SRT ingest can be relayed to many destinations |
| One-click YouTube (no stream key) | Official Google OAuth connection; manual stream-key option also available | ✕ |
| SRT ingest | ✕ | RTMP and SRT ingest |
| 6Lifecycle & automation | ||
| True 24/7 continuous loop | Continuous cloud loop while active and funded | Continuous looping begins on Creators |
| YouTube broadcast lifecycle automation | Can create and synchronize broadcast metadata, privacy, thumbnail, latency, DVR, recording, and schedule | ✕ |
| Scheduling | Immediate/future start; duration, end time, or open-ended | Scheduled starts and recurring broadcasts |
| 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 | Creators and higher include continuous 24/7 playback |
| 7Limits & inclusions | ||
| Storage included | Uploads and storage are free; no published hard total quota | 200 MB Free; 8 GB Pro; 20 GB Creators; 100 GB Business |
| Concurrent streams / slots | Multiple separate streams are supported; no public account hard cap is documented | Current official surfaces conflict: cards show 1/2/3/12, while the comparison table shows 1/3/5/custom |
| Max multistream destinations | One destination per stream | Official cards, table, FAQ, and help pages conflict; use three on Free conservatively |
| Videos per playlist | No published limit | No published limit |
| Max upload size / length | Current docs say 10 GB/file; homepage still says 1.5 GB free and 5 GB paid | 20 min Free; 4 h Pro; unlimited event duration Creators+ |
| Team / multi-user access | Shared workspaces with separate sign-ins; no public RBAC or seat limit | Published seat allowances increase by plan |
| No watermark | No Streamloop output watermark documented | ✓ |
| 8Reliability & support | ||
| Automatic monitoring & recovery | Reports over 99.9% uptime with automatic monitoring, restart, and reconnection | ✓ |
| Backup streams | Standby capacity is reported; zero downtime and recovery time are not guaranteed | ✕ |
| Chat / email support | ✓ | Chat / email |
| Uptime guarantee / compensation | No contractual uptime compensation or recovery-time SLA published | Enterprise advertises SLA options; standard plans do not |
| In-app viewer analytics | ✓ | ✓ |
| 9Trust & account | ||
| Trustpilot rating | No profile yet | 4/5 (16) |
| YouTube-Verified encoder | ✓ | Not listed as verified encoder |
| Two-factor authentication | Passkeys | ✕ |
Pricing & access
- Streamloop
- Pay as you go is available; official pages also reference optional monthly credit plans
- Livepush
- ✕
- Streamloop
- Eligible accounts may receive starter credits; no guaranteed public amount or duration
- Livepush
- Permanent Free plan: 20 hours/mo, 200 MB, no 24/7
- Streamloop
- 720p24: $4.02 per 30 live days; usage billed, not a subscription
- Livepush
- Free; Pro $15/mo; continuous 24/7 from Creators $39/mo
- Streamloop
- $4.02 at 24fps; $5.01 at 30fps
- Livepush
- Persistent 24/7 starts on Creators at $39/mo or $33/mo annually
- Streamloop
- $9.98 at 30fps
- Livepush
- Persistent 24/7 starts on Creators at $39/mo or $33/mo annually
- Streamloop
- $20.00 at 30fps
- Livepush
- 4K-class persistent playout begins on Creators at $39/mo or $33/mo annually
- Streamloop
- $29.98 at 30fps; $45.01 at 60fps
- Livepush
- 4K persistent playout begins on Creators at $39/mo or $33/mo annually
Streaming quality
- Streamloop
- ✓
- Livepush
- ✓
- Streamloop
- ✓
- Livepush
- ✓
- Streamloop
- 24, 25, 30, or 60fps
- Livepush
- Higher-frame-rate support is marketed, but current plan-table gates are not consistently stated
- Streamloop
- Up to 2160p/4K
- Livepush
- 4K begins on Creators
- Streamloop
- Portrait and landscape output
- Livepush
- ✕
- Streamloop
- HDR supported where destination and playback device support it
- Livepush
- ✕
Production & design
- Streamloop
- No general-purpose live scene/layout builder
- Livepush
- Official comparisons recommend an external producer for scenes and guests
- Streamloop
- No general-purpose overlay designer is documented
- Livepush
- Chat overlays
- Streamloop
- ✕
- Livepush
- ✕
- Streamloop
- No live games, polls, alerts, or audience widgets
- Livepush
- No native games, polls, or guest-studio widgets documented
- Streamloop
- ✕
- Livepush
- No overlay designer
- Streamloop
- No webcam, guest, screen, or gaming production studio
- Livepush
- Basic direct webcam input only; no full multi-guest scene studio
Sources & inputs
- Streamloop
- Docs list MP4, MOV, MKV with AV1/HEVC/H.264; homepage file-limit copy conflicts
- Livepush
- Cloud prerecorded uploads supported; current public plan table does not give a definitive format list
- Streamloop
- Separate audio and audio playlists: MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, Opus
- Livepush
- ✕
- Streamloop
- Google Drive, Dropbox, YouTube, and direct-download URL imports
- Livepush
- ✕
- Streamloop
- Ordered, non-repeating shuffle, and natural-language custom order
- Livepush
- Cloud playlists and continuous looping
- Streamloop
- Ordered playback, shuffle without repeats, and rule-based sequencing
- Livepush
- ✓
- Streamloop
- Publish playlist edits live; changes apply after the current clip
- Livepush
- Official surfaces conflict on plan gating; active playlists can be changed
Destinations
- Streamloop
- ✓
- Livepush
- ✓
- Streamloop
- Any compatible RTMP destination
- Livepush
- Custom RTMP destinations supported
- Streamloop
- Twitch, Facebook, Kick, TikTok, and others through compatible RTMP endpoints
- Livepush
- YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, TikTok, Kick, LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Rumble, and more
- Streamloop
- No one-to-many fan-out; create separate streams for several destinations
- Livepush
- One RTMP/SRT ingest can be relayed to many destinations
- Streamloop
- Official Google OAuth connection; manual stream-key option also available
- Livepush
- ✕
- Streamloop
- ✕
- Livepush
- RTMP and SRT ingest
Lifecycle & automation
- Streamloop
- Continuous cloud loop while active and funded
- Livepush
- Continuous looping begins on Creators
- Streamloop
- Can create and synchronize broadcast metadata, privacy, thumbnail, latency, DVR, recording, and schedule
- Livepush
- ✕
- Streamloop
- Immediate/future start; duration, end time, or open-ended
- Livepush
- Scheduled starts and recurring broadcasts
- Streamloop
- OAuth-protected hosted MCP for streams, playlists, uploads, destinations, usage, and billing
- Livepush
- ✕
- Streamloop
- ✕
- Livepush
- ✕
- Streamloop
- ✓
- Livepush
- ✕
- Streamloop
- Public OpenAPI REST interface plus documented GraphQL
- Livepush
- ✓
- Streamloop
- Can run indefinitely until stopped, credit is exhausted, or destination action is required
- Livepush
- Creators and higher include continuous 24/7 playback
Limits & inclusions
- Streamloop
- Uploads and storage are free; no published hard total quota
- Livepush
- 200 MB Free; 8 GB Pro; 20 GB Creators; 100 GB Business
- Streamloop
- Multiple separate streams are supported; no public account hard cap is documented
- Livepush
- Current official surfaces conflict: cards show 1/2/3/12, while the comparison table shows 1/3/5/custom
- Streamloop
- One destination per stream
- Livepush
- Official cards, table, FAQ, and help pages conflict; use three on Free conservatively
- Streamloop
- No published limit
- Livepush
- No published limit
- Streamloop
- Current docs say 10 GB/file; homepage still says 1.5 GB free and 5 GB paid
- Livepush
- 20 min Free; 4 h Pro; unlimited event duration Creators+
- Streamloop
- Shared workspaces with separate sign-ins; no public RBAC or seat limit
- Livepush
- Published seat allowances increase by plan
- Streamloop
- No Streamloop output watermark documented
- Livepush
- ✓
Reliability & support
- Streamloop
- Reports over 99.9% uptime with automatic monitoring, restart, and reconnection
- Livepush
- ✓
- Streamloop
- Standby capacity is reported; zero downtime and recovery time are not guaranteed
- Livepush
- ✕
- Streamloop
- ✓
- Livepush
- Chat / email
- Streamloop
- No contractual uptime compensation or recovery-time SLA published
- Livepush
- Enterprise advertises SLA options; standard plans do not
- Streamloop
- ✓
- Livepush
- ✓
Trust & account
- Streamloop
- No profile yet
- Livepush
- 4/5 (16)
- Streamloop
- ✓
- Livepush
- Not listed as verified encoder
- Streamloop
- Passkeys
- Livepush
- ✕
When each tool is the right call
There's no objective winner — only which tool fits your actual job.
Pick Streamloop if…
Pick Streamloop when the channel has one destination and the priority is low-cost, flexible prerecorded automation.
- You do not need one ingest replicated to many platforms.
- Usage billing is a better fit than reserving a Creators subscription for continuous operation.
- Free uploads and storage, separate audio playlists, server-side media imports, and custom playback rules matter.
- Each additional destination can be managed as a separate stream with its own playlist and usage.
- You want a documented next-clip boundary for publishing live playlist changes.
Streamloop's published 30-day estimates run from about $4.02 at 720p24 to $45.01 at 4K60, plus a one-time $0.005 charge per minute of successfully converted source video.
Start with StreamloopPick Livepush if…
Pick Livepush when distribution breadth and multiple simultaneous outputs matter more than the lowest cost for one playlist.
- One encoder or cloud playlist must reach many social and custom endpoints at the same time.
- You need RTMP or SRT ingest and compatibility with OBS, vMix, StreamYard, or hardware encoders.
- The Creators or Business prerecorded capacity fits a larger operation after the current limit is confirmed with Livepush.
- A hosted player, CDN delivery, domain restrictions, geo controls, or related delivery features are part of the requirement.
- You accept that Livepush's public destination and concurrency tables currently disagree and will verify the exact allowance before buying.
Livepush Creators is the first current social plan with continuous 24/7 looping: $39 monthly or $390 annually.
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Streamloop vs Livepush: FAQ
The questions people actually ask before picking one
Is Livepush a direct Streamloop competitor?
Yes for scheduled cloud prerecorded playlists and Creators-or-higher continuous loops. It is also broader: Livepush is primarily a multistream distribution and hosted-delivery service, while Streamloop assigns one destination to each stream.
Does Livepush include a full browser guest studio?
No. Livepush's official comparison page says there is no built-in browser Studio. It is designed to receive output from StreamYard, OBS, vMix, hardware encoders, or similar production tools and redistribute that feed.
Can Livepush Pro run a continuous 24/7 loop?
No. Pro advertises unlimited monthly streaming hours but caps individual prerecorded events at four hours. Continuous looping and the 24/7 schedule channel begin on Creators.
Why are Livepush destination and concurrency numbers qualified here?
Livepush's current official pricing surface contains inconsistent figures. Its plan cards and comparison table disagree on simultaneous streams, and its destination table conflicts with other product copy. This page preserves the ranges and recommends confirming the purchased allowance rather than choosing one unsupported interpretation.
Can Streamloop replace Livepush multistreaming?
No. Streamloop can reach several platforms only by running separate streams, each with one destination and its own usage. Livepush is purpose-built to fan one input out to multiple destinations.
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