Castr

RATING:

4.8

(422)

About Castr

Castr is a professional live video streaming platform for both business and individual use. Castr allows users to simultaneously broadcast buffer-free and lag-free live streams on over 30 social platforms, websites, or apps of choice. With monetization tools like paywall and in-stream ads, users can make money while engaging with audiences in any location. Castr offers seamless streaming with Akamai and Fastly CDN, delivering 4k quality content for any time or occasion. A 24/7 dedicated tech support team is available to ensure events run smoothly.

Awards and Recognition

FrontRunner 2023
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Castr Pricing

Starting price: 

$50.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

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Castr Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Castr

1 - 5 of 422 Reviews

Anonymous

Used less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

Reviewed March 2023

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Lucas Pavel

Verified reviewer

Broadcast Media, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2023

my honest review

is the very fast suppport and the managment is very polite

PROS

Caster offers a variety of live streaming tools and features, including multi-platform streaming, scheduling, and recording options.The platform provides real-time analytics and audience engagement tools to help streamers improve their content and engage with viewers.castr offers a reliable transmission infrastructure, which can help ensure smooth, high-quality streaming experiences

CONS

i cant find no problems is work very fine all the time

Reason for choosing Castr

because they are very helpful

Reasons for switching to Castr

price and customer service

Vendor Response

Dear Lucas, Thank you for taking your valuable time to share your fantastic feedback. Your simple words mean a lot to us. We are working on many improvements, so stay tuned for new updates. Happy Streaming :)

Replied March 2023

Jairo

Religious Institutions, 1 employee

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2023

Love this multi streaming solution!

I have loved using castr from day one. It has been pretty much the easiest multi streamer I have tried.

PROS

I loved the great affordability. I also thought it was very easy to use and best of all it did what it is supposed to. I never have had any dropped connections with it.

CONS

Honestly I can't think of any negatives as far as the way I use it, it's perfect for my needs. We use it to multi stream our weekly church services.

Reason for choosing Castr

Affordable and ease of access, user friendly.

Reasons for switching to Castr

Affordability, budget.

Vendor Response

Hi Jairo, Thank you for the honest feedback. We are constantly working towards offering more features shortly. Stay Tuned, happy streaming :)

Replied June 2023

Houston

Broadcast Media, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

2

EASE OF USE

1

VALUE FOR MONEY

1

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed June 2020

Conceptually great, but execution is terrible

Before I give my review, if I could give one solid piece of advice, it's STAY AWAY FROM CASTR.IO Their customer service, while friendly, lack knowledge and typically beat around the bushes when answering your questions. And if they do know the direct answer, it's usually a disappointment. The scheduler is many times choppy when streaming videos from it, and you can only have ONE scheduler. YES ONE SCHEDULER. That's so crazy that no matter what package you have, you get ONE. And they mislead you to believe higher packages have more. On top of this, I've had plenty of issues with a stream stopping in the middle and having to restart it over completely from the beginning because they have no method to skip through videos that you upload to their schedulers. The idea and concept of their service is fantastic, their actual service is terrible. Save yourself some trouble and go get service that actually works consistently the way you need it to. I expect castr.io to lose more and more as people realize how featureless they actually are with all the bugs in their system.

PROS

- Great ideas and good concept of features - Prices seem to be fairly good - Customer service was friendly and quick to return questions

CONS

- Streaming was choppy when using the scheduler - Only able to schedule one at a time - Customer service lacked training and/or knowledge of product - Many bugs when uploading to scheduler - No playback menu to skim through media if things failed on their end to continue where you left off on your broadcast

Reason for choosing Castr

At the time I thought that the price and features in comparison to others was a better deal, but I soon found out that was incorrect.

Vendor Response

Hey Bulanadi, Sad to see the lower ratings, we at Castr value each and every feedback, and I personally think I can help you find the solution or help you find the source of the error. You may reach me personally at gokul@castr.io regarding this issue and I can assure you that my assistance will make you consider the change in the feedback.

Replied May 2021

Alan

Religious Institutions, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed October 2020

Castr for streaming Worship Services

With Castr we are able to steam Worship Services consistently to Facebook and YouTube without difficulties. Castr provides the streaming capability and we just need to send the video feed to Castr. Being in Hawaii it can be difficult finding a good streaming server. However we have had no problems with the Castr LA server.

PROS

Castr is easy to setup multiple streams. We use OBS as are method to stream and it is nice to be able to start the stream and connect to Castr before we stream to social media.

CONS

At this moment we have had no problems with Castr. Any problems we have had has been due to our Internet connection or the social media sites themselves. Castr has been solid. It has many features that other sites charge a lot more money to provide.

Reason for choosing Castr

Was originally going to go with Livestream but when it became Vimeo Livestream it was no longer cost effective for our purposes.

Reasons for switching to Castr

Needed to stream live video in addition to recorded video.

Vendor Response

Dear Horner, Thank you so much for such wonderful positive feedback, your simple words mean a lot to us.

Replied May 2021