--- title: Wirecast Reviews meta_title: 'Wirecast Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 37 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Wirecast works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.2 review_count: 37 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-07' parent_category: name: Video url: https://www.g2.com/categories/video --- # Wirecast Reviews **Vendor:** Telestream **Category:** [Live Stream Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/live-stream-software) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 37 ## About Wirecast Communicate your message to the world with Wirecast, the award-winning video production software. Go live with just your webcam or connect multiple cameras, scoreboards, graphics and remote guests. Wirecast makes it easy to stream amazing-looking live and pre-recorded video to Facebook Live, YouTube, Twitter, Periscope and more ## Wirecast Reviews ### 1. Really great in theory but incredibly buggy **Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** James R. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 04, 2020 **What do you like best about Wirecast?** It's a very well featured piece of software and it gives you full TV studio like operability. **What do you dislike about Wirecast?** But I've been using it for 9 months every week now and it is THE MOST buggy piece of software I've ever used. The tech support people are nice, but every week, which is to say every show, I have a problem. I don't think I've ever just turned it on, done a live broadcast and that's it. Problems include crashing mid broadcast, though infrequent. But also crashing just as you're about to go live and then causing me to miss my advertised go-live time. When that happens, it really throws you off as you're stressed. Other problems include graphics not cutting when cued, guest audio problems, guest video feeds showing a black screen, guests complaining of looped back audio, guests video needing to be cropped and re-sized for no apparent reason. As said, the technical people respond nicely, but I have to allocate a solid hour to every broadcast to account for technical problems ahead of schedule. And as mentioned, I really can't remember having done a single broadcast without software based problems that can only be resolved by a series of full reboots, and in the worst cases - having to create your broadcast document (your settings, layout, graphic and video sources) all from scratch. That's also worth a mention - be prepared to completely remake your document from scratch as the software has a habit of corrupting it when it invariably crashes. And re-creating perfectly takes time! Telestream - sorry to have to leave this review, but it is very much true and you've never responded to my request for making up for the incredible amount of time I've had to endure fixing these problems, and on occasion, telling what what has been the specific triggers. **Recommendations to others considering Wirecast:** Try all other options first - speaking for myself, the cost of my time and stress in dealing with these problems is arguably just not worth it. **What problems is Wirecast solving and how is that benefiting you?** Wirecast creates more problems than it solves would be my answer to that question. ## Wirecast Discussions - [What is Wirecast used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-wirecast-used-for) - [Is wirecast better than OBS?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/wirecast-is-wirecast-better-than-obs) - [How much does wirecast cost?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-much-does-wirecast-cost) - [What is Wirecast Pro?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-wirecast-pro) - [What is Wirecast?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-wirecast) - [View Wirecast pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/wirecast/reviews?filters%5Bnps_score%5D%5B%5D=2§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-12+12%3A59%3A54+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=9c908471-3aee-4908-8806-1e7d55f36e01&secure%5Btoken%5D=c37d452daff585f711e18a9e9f3046d037635bdd60faca0a80097a3060388944&format=llm_user) ## Wirecast Features **Additional Functionality** - Metadata Management - Version Control - Collaboration Tools - Rapid Creation - Video Tagging - Social Promotion - Filtering - Commenting/Notes - Privacy Options - Multi-Channel Marketing - Mobile Screen Support - Video Editing - Live Streaming - Inside the Video Search - Brand Overlay - Customizable Branding - Presentation Streaming - Alerts/Notifications - Multimedia Support - Real-Time Analytics - Video Creation - Content Library - Screen Recording - Closed Captions - Image Library - Website Analytics - Video Archiving - Video Support - Customizable Templates - Visual Analytics - Drag & Drop - Multi-Channel Distribution - Workflow Management - Access Controls/Permissions - Engagement Tracking - Multiple Format Support - Labeling - Social Media Integration - API - Single Sign On - File Management - Template Management - Social Sharing - Communication Management - Tagging - Search/Filter - Generative AI - SSL Security - Video Streaming - Reporting & Statistics - Content Management - AI Copilot - Video Looping - Video Management - Activity Dashboard - Reporting/Analytics - Third-Party Integrations - Bulk Uploading **Software Options** - Hosted Platform - Social Media Stream - Multi-Platform Streaming - Embeddable - Video Streaming - Multi-Channel Distribution - Presentation Streaming - Social Media Streaming **Audience Tools** - Live Rewind - Live Chat - Pause - Customizable Branding - Audience Engagement **Streamer Tools** - Highlight Clips - Video Archive - Analytics - Monetization Options - Real-Time Analytics - Visual Analytics - Two-Way Audio & Video **Agentic AI - Live Stream** - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Third-Party Integrations - Social Media Integration **Additional Functionality** - AI Copilot - Session Recording - Moderation - Engagement Tracking - Multimedia Support - Live Streaming Production - Video Call Recording - API - Reporting & Statistics - On-Demand Webcasting - Real-time Broadcasting - Monitoring - Multiple Camera Feeds - Activity Dashboard - Chat/Messaging - Video Editing - Video Conferencing - Event Management - Drag & Drop - Surveys & Feedback - Access Controls/Permissions - Scheduling - Conferencing - Interactive Content - Communication Management - Collaboration Tools - On-Demand Recording - Real-Time Data - Video Monetization Tools - Event Scheduling - Video Management - Split/Multi-Screen - Content Management - Performance Monitoring - Mobile Access - Generative AI - Meeting Management - Video Support ## Top Wirecast Alternatives - [vMix](https://www.g2.com/products/vmix/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (31 reviews) - [XSplit Broadcaster](https://www.g2.com/products/xsplit-broadcaster/reviews) - 3.9/5.0 (23 reviews) - [StreamYard](https://www.g2.com/products/streamyard/reviews) - 4.8/5.0 (289 reviews)