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Compare Restream and YouTube Live 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (79.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (76.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
No pricing available
Restream
Star Rating
(52)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (79.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 3 pricing plansYouTube Live
Star Rating
(215)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (76.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about YouTube LiveRestream vs YouTube Live
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found YouTube Live easier to use and administer. Reviewers also felt that YouTube Live was easier to do business with overall. However reviewers felt that the products are equally easy to set up.
- Restream and YouTube Live both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Restream is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of YouTube Live over Restream.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Restream
Basic
Free
- Stream to multiple channels with OBS, Restream Studio, vMix and more.
- 2 channels for multistreaming
- 30+ supported platforms
YouTube Live
No pricing availableFree Trial
Restream
Free Trial is available
YouTube Live
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
37
8.8
188
Ease of Use
8.7
37
9.1
189
Ease of Setup
8.8
14
8.8
45
Ease of Admin
8.7
14
9.1
36
Quality of Support
8.6
34
8.0
165
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.3
14
8.5
33
Product Direction (% positive)
7.7
36
8.6
187
Features by Category
Software Options
8.1
23
8.6
148
8.3
31
8.8
157
8.9
30
8.0
145
7.9
22
8.6
144
Audience Tools
7.1
18
8.4
142
8.8
24
8.7
150
8.1
16
8.3
145
Streamer Tools
7.4
15
8.3
137
6.9
24
8.7
152
7.3
28
8.9
150
6.4
14
8.2
140
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Restream and YouTube Live are categorized as Live Stream
Unique Categories
Restream has no unique categories
YouTube Live has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Restream
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
YouTube Live
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Religious Institutions
14.3%
Marketing and Advertising
12.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
10.2%
Information Technology and Services
10.2%
Entertainment
8.2%
Other
44.9%
Entertainment
8.5%
Computer Games
5.7%
Higher Education
5.2%
Education Management
4.7%
Computer Software
4.7%
Other
71.1%
Discussions
Are there plans to integrate voice chat through the chat service?
2 Comments
NK
No voice chat, but since you can reply to chats during live chat that is something like voice reply as well.Read more
I'm lazy!!
1 Comment
VB
Hi Enda!
You surely can stream to Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram within Restream.
At this time, Instagram does not officially support streaming outside...Read more
What platforms does Restream stream to?
1 Comment
DK
huge lot of platforms I use fb , fb pages , youtube , linkedin , twitter , rtmp streaaming . it also streams to twitch and many many more platformsRead more
Is there such a way for more visual personalization for the streaming channel ?
2 Comments
OT
I guess if you are doing live streaming and you are interested to make your show with different layout. You can check out https://streamlabs.comRead more
Do I need streaming software for YouTube live?
2 Comments
DA
You can use the built-in functions on YouTube.
But I wouldn't say they're convenient. There are much more convenient platforms for streaming...Read more
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