Head-to-head
Streamloop
SubSub LiveStreamloop vs SubSub Live
Updated October 16, 2026
Two pay-as-you-go services for prerecorded channels, compared on pricing, destinations, media libraries and long runs.
| At a glance | Streamloop | SubSub Live |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Nonstop prerecorded video and audio, sent to YouTube or any RTMP destination, up to 5 per stream. | Prerecorded playlists from one shared library, streamed to YouTube. |
| Billing | Billed by the minute, only while live, at a set rate for each resolution and frame rate. A monthly plan is optional. | Pay as you go for active streaming plus storage; idle streams cost $0. |
| Published price | Every quality has a published price, from 720p to 4K60 (see the table below). | From $0.06 an hour, plus storage. Its calculator gives the total for your files and hours. |
| Storage | Uploads are free. The first 30 GiB of large-playlist storage is free, then $0.35 per GiB-month while live. | Storage is billed along with streaming hours, but no storage rate or limit is listed. |
| Concurrent streams | No per-account limit. Run as many streams as your balance covers; each one is billed on its own. | Unlimited simultaneous streams, each billed for its own usage. |
| 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. | Not described on its pages. Each stream is set up for its own YouTube broadcast. |
| Destination setup | Sign in with YouTube, or paste a stream key for YouTube or any RTMP destination. | You create the broadcast in YouTube Studio first, then build the playlist and start it in SubSub. |
| Quality | Up to 4K60, with HDR to YouTube only. | Up to 4K. Frame rates are not listed. |
| Media reuse | One workspace library holds your videos, imports and separate audio for every playlist. | One library: upload a file once and use it in any number of streams. |
| Playlist and schedule | Play in order, shuffle without repeats, or describe a custom order in plain words. Start now or later; stop after a set time, at an end time, or never. | Playlists that loop, shuffle or play in sequence, with the order and timing set in SubSub. |
| Long-run guidance | Built to run with no end date. It watches each stream and restarts or reconnects it on its own if something fails. | Runs 24/7, but SubSub recommends restarting streams every 3 days, saying they perform best in the first 72 hours. |
| Free usage | $1 trial week by card, which becomes a monthly plan unless you cancel. | Free credit for about 10 hours or more, depending on quality and file size. No card needed. |
Primary job
- Streamloop
- Nonstop prerecorded video and audio, sent to YouTube or any RTMP destination, up to 5 per stream.
- SubSub Live
- Prerecorded playlists from one shared library, streamed to YouTube.
Billing
- Streamloop
- Billed by the minute, only while live, at a set rate for each resolution and frame rate. A monthly plan is optional.
- SubSub Live
- Pay as you go for active streaming plus storage; idle streams cost $0.
Published price
- Streamloop
- Every quality has a published price, from 720p to 4K60 (see the table below).
- SubSub Live
- From $0.06 an hour, plus storage. Its calculator gives the total for your files and hours.
Storage
- Streamloop
- Uploads are free. The first 30 GiB of large-playlist storage is free, then $0.35 per GiB-month while live.
- SubSub Live
- Storage is billed along with streaming hours, but no storage rate or limit is listed.
Concurrent streams
- Streamloop
- No per-account limit. Run as many streams as your balance covers; each one is billed on its own.
- SubSub Live
- Unlimited simultaneous streams, each billed for its own usage.
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.
- SubSub Live
- Not described on its pages. Each stream is set up for its own YouTube broadcast.
Destination setup
- Streamloop
- Sign in with YouTube, or paste a stream key for YouTube or any RTMP destination.
- SubSub Live
- You create the broadcast in YouTube Studio first, then build the playlist and start it in SubSub.
Quality
- Streamloop
- Up to 4K60, with HDR to YouTube only.
- SubSub Live
- Up to 4K. Frame rates are not listed.
Media reuse
- Streamloop
- One workspace library holds your videos, imports and separate audio for every playlist.
- SubSub Live
- One library: upload a file once and use it in any number of streams.
Playlist and schedule
- Streamloop
- Play in order, shuffle without repeats, or describe a custom order in plain words. Start now or later; stop after a set time, at an end time, or never.
- SubSub Live
- Playlists that loop, shuffle or play in sequence, with the order and timing set in SubSub.
Long-run guidance
- Streamloop
- Built to run with no end date. It watches each stream and restarts or reconnects it on its own if something fails.
- SubSub Live
- Runs 24/7, but SubSub recommends restarting streams every 3 days, saying they perform best in the first 72 hours.
Free usage
- Streamloop
- $1 trial week by card, which becomes a monthly plan unless you cancel.
- SubSub Live
- Free credit for about 10 hours or more, depending on quality and file size. No card needed.
Real cost
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, SubSub Live lists: From $0.06 per streaming hour, plus storage.
Full feature comparison
Streamloop vs SubSub Live, side by side
Every feature that matters, with standout differences flagged by a star.
| Feature | Streamloop | SubSub Live |
|---|---|---|
| 1Pricing & access | ||
| Pay-as-you-go, no subscription | Top up by card or crypto and pay as you go; a monthly plan is optional | Pay as you go; $0 while idle |
| Trial | $1 trial week by card, which becomes a monthly plan unless you cancel | Bonus credits for about 10+ hours; no card |
| Starting price | 720p24: $4 per 30 live days; billed by the minute, monthly plan optional | From $0.06 per streaming hour, plus storage; use SubSub's calculator for a quote |
| 720p 30-day price | $4 at 24fps; $5 at 30fps | No flat 30-day price; streaming hours and storage are billed separately |
| 1080p 30-day price | $10 at 30fps | No flat 30-day price; streaming hours and storage are billed separately |
| 1440p / 2K 30-day price | $20 at 30fps | No flat 30-day price; streaming hours and storage are billed separately |
| 2160p / 4K 30-day price | $30 at 30fps; $45 at 60fps | Up to 4K, with no flat 30-day price published |
| 2Streaming quality | ||
| 720p / 30fps | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1080p / Full HD | ✓ | ✓ |
| 60fps | 24, 30 or 60 fps | Frame rate is not stated |
| Up to 4K @ 60fps | Up to 2160p/4K | Original quality up to 4K |
| Vertical / portrait streaming | Portrait and landscape output | Horizontal and vertical content |
| 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. | No browser camera/guest production studio |
| 4Sources & inputs | ||
| MP4 / MKV / AVI / MOV upload | MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, MPEG and MXF | SubSub says any format works; it lists no specific file types |
| 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 | Loop, shuffle, or sequential playback with order and timing |
| Custom loop logic (shuffle, loop counts) | In order, shuffle without repeats, or a custom order in plain words; no loop counts | Loop/shuffle/sequence |
| Edit the stream live (swap / skip / reorder) | Publish playlist edits while live; they start at the next item. No skip button. | SubSub says you can adjust the mix at any time |
| 5Destinations | ||
| YouTube (one-click OAuth) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom RTMP (any platform) | Any compatible RTMP destination | Custom RTMP is not mentioned |
| Twitch / Facebook / Kick / TikTok | Twitch, Facebook, Kick, TikTok, and others through compatible RTMP endpoints | YouTube only on SubSub's current pages; other platforms are not mentioned |
| 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; each stream is separate and billed on its own |
| One-click YouTube (no stream key) | Official Google OAuth connection; manual stream-key option also available | No; you start by creating the stream in YouTube Studio |
| 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 | Automated continuous streaming is supported |
| YouTube broadcast lifecycle automation | Can create and synchronize broadcast metadata, privacy, thumbnail, latency, DVR, recording, and schedule | No; you create the stream in YouTube Studio yourself |
| Scheduling | Immediate/future start; duration, end time, or open-ended | Order and timing scheduler included |
| MCP / agent integration | OAuth-protected hosted MCP for streams, playlists, uploads, destinations, usage, and billing | ✕ |
| YouTube ad cue points | ✕ | Monetization eligible |
| Edit title / description / thumbnail live | ✓ | ✕ |
| Public API | Public OpenAPI REST interface plus documented GraphQL | No public API listed |
| Unlimited loop without manual rescheduling | Can run indefinitely until stopped, credit is exhausted, or destination action is required | 24/7 supported, but SubSub recommends restarting every 72 hours |
| 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. | Storage is billed, with no public rate or cap |
| Concurrent streams / slots | Multiple separate streams are supported; no public account hard cap is documented | Unlimited simultaneous streams advertised |
| Max multistream destinations | 5 per stream, with at most one connected YouTube channel | Not stated; each stream seems to go to one destination |
| Videos per playlist | 1000 items per playlist | No published limit |
| Max upload size / length | 15 GiB per file | No file-size or length limit is listed |
| Team / multi-user access | Shared workspaces with email invites and owner, admin and member roles | Organization access with a shared balance |
| No watermark | No watermark on any plan | Watermarks are not mentioned |
| 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 | No published SLA |
| In-app viewer analytics | YouTube concurrent viewers only | ✕ |
| 9Trust & account | ||
| Trustpilot rating | Only one review so far, so no useful rating yet | No Trustpilot reviews (0 on its subsub.cc profile) |
| YouTube-Verified encoder | ✕ | Not on YouTube's list, though SubSub says it is |
| Two-factor authentication | No. You sign in with Google, an email link or a passkey, with no extra second step. | ✕ |
Pricing & access
Pay-as-you-go, no subscription
- Streamloop
- Top up by card or crypto and pay as you go; a monthly plan is optional
- SubSub Live
- Pay as you go; $0 while idle
Trial
- Streamloop
- $1 trial week by card, which becomes a monthly plan unless you cancel
- SubSub Live
- Bonus credits for about 10+ hours; no card
Starting price
- Streamloop
- 720p24: $4 per 30 live days; billed by the minute, monthly plan optional
- SubSub Live
- From $0.06 per streaming hour, plus storage; use SubSub's calculator for a quote
720p 30-day price
- Streamloop
- $4 at 24fps; $5 at 30fps
- SubSub Live
- No flat 30-day price; streaming hours and storage are billed separately
1080p 30-day price
- Streamloop
- $10 at 30fps
- SubSub Live
- No flat 30-day price; streaming hours and storage are billed separately
1440p / 2K 30-day price
- Streamloop
- $20 at 30fps
- SubSub Live
- No flat 30-day price; streaming hours and storage are billed separately
2160p / 4K 30-day price
- Streamloop
- $30 at 30fps; $45 at 60fps
- SubSub Live
- Up to 4K, with no flat 30-day price published
Streaming quality
720p / 30fps
- Streamloop
- ✓
- SubSub Live
- ✓
1080p / Full HD
- Streamloop
- ✓
- SubSub Live
- ✓
60fps
- Streamloop
- 24, 30 or 60 fps
- SubSub Live
- Frame rate is not stated
Up to 4K @ 60fps
- Streamloop
- Up to 2160p/4K
- SubSub Live
- Original quality up to 4K
Vertical / portrait streaming
- Streamloop
- Portrait and landscape output
- SubSub Live
- Horizontal and vertical content
HDR streaming publicly documented
- Streamloop
- HDR to YouTube only
- SubSub Live
- HDR is not mentioned
Production & design
Stream designer / layout builder
- Streamloop
- Yes, in Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs and graphics: a layered scene editor with an AI assistant.
- SubSub Live
- ✕
Image, video & logo overlays
- Streamloop
- Yes, in Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs and graphics: image, logo, text, clock, countdown and video layers.
- SubSub Live
- ✕
Embed live websites & graphs
- Streamloop
- Yes, in Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs and graphics: any web page can be a layer.
- SubSub Live
- ✕
Interactive alerts & widgets
- 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.
- SubSub Live
- ✕
Custom fonts in overlays
- Streamloop
- Partly. Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs and graphics, uses the Google Fonts catalog; no font upload.
- SubSub Live
- No overlay designer
Browser Live Studio (camera)
- 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.
- SubSub Live
- No browser camera/guest production studio
Sources & inputs
MP4 / MKV / AVI / MOV upload
- Streamloop
- MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, MPEG and MXF
- SubSub Live
- SubSub says any format works; it lists no specific file types
Separate audio track (music / voiceover)
- Streamloop
- Separate audio and audio playlists: MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, Opus
- SubSub Live
- ✕
Import from Google Drive / Dropbox
- Streamloop
- Google Drive, Yandex Disk, YouTube, other video sites and direct file links.
- SubSub Live
- ✕
Playlists with custom ordering
- Streamloop
- Drag to reorder; play in order, shuffle without repeats, or describe a custom order in plain words
- SubSub Live
- Loop, shuffle, or sequential playback with order and timing
Custom loop logic (shuffle, loop counts)
- Streamloop
- In order, shuffle without repeats, or a custom order in plain words; no loop counts
- SubSub Live
- Loop/shuffle/sequence
Edit the stream live (swap / skip / reorder)
- Streamloop
- Publish playlist edits while live; they start at the next item. No skip button.
- SubSub Live
- SubSub says you can adjust the mix at any time
Destinations
YouTube (one-click OAuth)
- Streamloop
- ✓
- SubSub Live
- ✓
Custom RTMP (any platform)
- Streamloop
- Any compatible RTMP destination
- SubSub Live
- Custom RTMP is not mentioned
Twitch / Facebook / Kick / TikTok
- Streamloop
- Twitch, Facebook, Kick, TikTok, and others through compatible RTMP endpoints
- SubSub Live
- YouTube only on SubSub's current pages; other platforms are not mentioned
Multistream to several destinations
- Streamloop
- Up to 5 destinations per stream. Each one after the first adds $6 per 30 days at 1080p while live.
- SubSub Live
- No; each stream is separate and billed on its own
One-click YouTube (no stream key)
- Streamloop
- Official Google OAuth connection; manual stream-key option also available
- SubSub Live
- No; you start by creating the stream in YouTube Studio
SRT ingest
- Streamloop
- Yes, in Live Scenes, Streamloop's mode for live inputs: SRT, RTMP, RTSP and HLS. Plain loops take uploaded files only.
- SubSub Live
- ✕
Lifecycle & automation
True 24/7 continuous loop
- Streamloop
- Continuous cloud loop while active and funded
- SubSub Live
- Automated continuous streaming is supported
YouTube broadcast lifecycle automation
- Streamloop
- Can create and synchronize broadcast metadata, privacy, thumbnail, latency, DVR, recording, and schedule
- SubSub Live
- No; you create the stream in YouTube Studio yourself
Scheduling
- Streamloop
- Immediate/future start; duration, end time, or open-ended
- SubSub Live
- Order and timing scheduler included
MCP / agent integration
- Streamloop
- OAuth-protected hosted MCP for streams, playlists, uploads, destinations, usage, and billing
- SubSub Live
- ✕
YouTube ad cue points
- Streamloop
- ✕
- SubSub Live
- Monetization eligible
Edit title / description / thumbnail live
- Streamloop
- ✓
- SubSub Live
- ✕
Public API
- Streamloop
- Public OpenAPI REST interface plus documented GraphQL
- SubSub Live
- No public API listed
Unlimited loop without manual rescheduling
- Streamloop
- Can run indefinitely until stopped, credit is exhausted, or destination action is required
- SubSub Live
- 24/7 supported, but SubSub recommends restarting every 72 hours
Limits & inclusions
Storage included
- Streamloop
- Uploads are free. The first 30 GiB of large-playlist storage is free, then $0.35 per GiB-month while live.
- SubSub Live
- Storage is billed, with no public rate or cap
Concurrent streams / slots
- Streamloop
- Multiple separate streams are supported; no public account hard cap is documented
- SubSub Live
- Unlimited simultaneous streams advertised
Max multistream destinations
- Streamloop
- 5 per stream, with at most one connected YouTube channel
- SubSub Live
- Not stated; each stream seems to go to one destination
Videos per playlist
- Streamloop
- 1000 items per playlist
- SubSub Live
- No published limit
Max upload size / length
- Streamloop
- 15 GiB per file
- SubSub Live
- No file-size or length limit is listed
Team / multi-user access
- Streamloop
- Shared workspaces with email invites and owner, admin and member roles
- SubSub Live
- Organization access with a shared balance
No watermark
- Streamloop
- No watermark on any plan
- SubSub Live
- Watermarks are not mentioned
Reliability & support
Automatic monitoring & recovery
- Streamloop
- Automatic monitoring, restart and reconnection
- SubSub Live
- ✕
Backup streams
- Streamloop
- No. You do not set up a backup stream. A failed stream restarts automatically.
- SubSub Live
- ✕
Chat / email support
- Streamloop
- Email only, with replies typically within 24 hours
- SubSub Live
Uptime guarantee / compensation
- Streamloop
- No contractual uptime compensation or recovery-time SLA published
- SubSub Live
- No published SLA
In-app viewer analytics
- Streamloop
- YouTube concurrent viewers only
- SubSub Live
- ✕
Trust & account
Trustpilot rating
- Streamloop
- Only one review so far, so no useful rating yet
- SubSub Live
- No Trustpilot reviews (0 on its subsub.cc profile)
YouTube-Verified encoder
- Streamloop
- ✕
- SubSub Live
- Not on YouTube's list, though SubSub says it is
Two-factor authentication
- Streamloop
- No. You sign in with Google, an email link or a passkey, with no extra second step.
- SubSub Live
- ✕
★ Key differentiator✓ Feature included✕ Not included- Not publicly documented
Which should you pick?
When each tool is the right call
There is no objective winner, only which tool fits your actual job.
Pick Streamloop if…
Pick Streamloop when a set price for each quality, destinations beyond YouTube and more media options matter more than unlimited stream creation.
- You want to know the rate for your resolution and frame rate before you add credit.
- You prefer free uploads and 30 GiB of free large-playlist storage to a storage charge with no listed rate.
- You stream to platforms other than YouTube, or want one stream to reach up to 5 destinations.
- Separate audio playlists and imports from Google Drive, YouTube or direct links are useful.
- You want streams to run for as long as you like, with no recommended restart every three days.
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 SubSub Live if…
Pick SubSub Live when one video library must feed many separate YouTube streams and an estimate from its calculator is enough.
- One upload library must serve many separate channels.
- Unlimited simultaneous streams suit a large catalog.
- Loop, shuffle, sequence and timing controls cover your programming.
- You stream to YouTube only and are happy to create each broadcast in YouTube Studio.
- You are fine getting your streaming and storage cost from SubSub's calculator or an Enterprise quote.
SubSub Live is pay as you go, from $0.06 an hour plus storage; its calculator gives the total for your files and hours.
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FAQ
Streamloop vs SubSub Live: FAQ
The questions people actually ask before picking one
Are Streamloop and SubSub Live direct competitors?
Yes. Both run prerecorded video in the cloud and bill by usage, not by fixed stream slots. They differ on price clarity, storage, destinations, media tools and advice for long runs.
What does SubSub Live cost for a continuous channel?
SubSub's pages say pay as you go from $0.06 an hour, plus storage, and $0 while a stream is idle. They list no storage rate, so use SubSub's calculator with your file sizes and hours, or ask for an Enterprise quote. SubSub's FAQ says most creators spend less than $30 a month for continuous streaming.
Does unlimited simultaneous streams mean multistreaming one feed?
No. SubSub's pages describe separate streams that share one library and one balance, each billed for its own usage. They do not describe sending one stream to several platforms at once, which Streamloop does for up to 5 destinations.
Why does SubSub recommend restarting every three days?
SubSub's own FAQ says streams perform best within the first 72 hours and recommends restarting them every 3 days. Streamloop does not ask for routine restarts. Neither service can prevent a platform outage, an account restriction or an expired login.
Does SubSub Live support destinations beyond YouTube?
SubSub's Live and pricing pages name YouTube only, and setup starts with creating the stream in YouTube Studio. They do not mention Facebook, other platforms or custom RTMP. Streamloop connects YouTube by sign-in or stream key, and any RTMP destination, up to 5 per stream.
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