Dacast 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Dacast

4.3

(229)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Dacast

Dacast is a cloud-based live streaming and video hosting solution that helps non-profits, event agencies and businesses of all sizes capture broadcast and manage videos in real-time. The platform includes white-labelling capabilities, which enable enterprises to personalize the interface, video players and landing pages with custom logos, colours and fonts to establish brand identity.

Dacast enables businesses to display videos using a live gallery, create multiple expos for live content and broadcast video content across various social networks. It offers a host of features like a content library, embeddable HTML5 players, video availability scheduling, country/domain restrictions and more. Additionally, teams can broadcast high-definition videos using transcoding tools, record and stream live videos, and securely upload videos in bulk.

Dacast’s interactive dashboard lets managers analyze audience engagement and performance of videos via analytic, graphs and reports. Pricing includes monthly/annual subscriptions and support is provided via phone, email and other online measures.

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Dacast Pricing and Plans

Starting price: Pricing available upon request

Free Trial

Free Version

Starter

$0.00

per feature, per month

Plan includes:

1.2 TB Per Year
24/7 Support
50 GB Storage
Full 1080p HD Broadcasting
Live Streaming
Unlimited Concurrent Viewers
Video Hosting

Event

$0.00

per feature, per month

Plan includes:

50 GB Storage
6 TB Upfront
Live and VOD Playlists
Live Countdown
Mid and Post Roll Advertising
Paywall
Pre
Real-Time Analytics

Scale

$0.00

per feature, per month

Plan includes:

1000 GB Storage
24 TB Per Year
3 Team Members
Advanced Library Management
Phone Support
Unlimited Channels
VOD Chapter Markers

Custom

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

5 Team Members
Added Support
Custom Slas
Large Scale Events
Migrations / Integrations
Special Features

Dacast Features

Popular features found in Live Streaming
Audience Analytics
Live Streaming Production
Moderation
Multistreaming
More features of Dacast
Access Controls/Permissions
API
Audience Engagement
Brand Overlay
Bulk Uploading
Closed Captions
Content Library
Content Management
Customizable Branding
Event Scheduling
Inside the Video Search
Labeling
Live Streaming
Mobile Screen Support
Multimedia Support
On-Demand Webcasting
Performance Monitoring
Privacy Options
Rapid Creation
Real-time Broadcasting
Reporting/Analytics
Scheduling
Search/Filter
Session Recording
Social Media Streaming
Social Sharing
Video Conferencing
Video Looping
Video Management
Video Monetization Tools
Video Streaming

Dacast Integrations

OBS Studio

Integration rated 4.8 from 18 reviews

Dacast User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

59%

26%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.1

Customer support

4.1

Functionality

4.1

Dimitrios I.

Verified reviewer

Media Production

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2022

program experience

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 5

Value for money

Previously 5

Customer support

Previously 5

Functionality

Previously 5

Pros:

Stability of the server and streaming Low latency.

Cons:

Very expensive for our small business

Juan C V.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

Self-Employed

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2021

Quick & Easy Setup for your Church

Overall, we have been using Dacast's Streaming Starter Package since July 2020 and have had zero issues. I am extremely pleased with the service and that our church members are able to watch Online, via Facebook and other Social Media, or by hosted page from our Website. Additionally,

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I am new to Webcasting, and was apprehensive initially when deciding on a streaming service. However, once I tried Dacast and saw how simple, quick, and easy it was to use I was convinced. I love that we have the ability stream our church services and that Dacast works with OBS which is what we use to create our streams. Additionally, after streaming, we have the added capability of hosting our recording as a Video On Demand option for those that were not able to catch the live stream. Also, the other reason that I chose Dacast was that our streaming and video hosting service is not competing with millions of others on free or publicly accessible options. It does require an investment upfront (I am using the starter package) and have not run out of capacity nor has anybody that connects has filed any sort of complaints. This service functions as advertised and I think it is well worth the investment, especially for teams that are new to web .

Cons:

Where I believe the product could use some improvements is on the Analytics area. I think that there should be some options or features that allow us to track specific users. In our case, I would love it if I could assign some sort of "Credential" or "ID" to users so that when they either watch online or watch "recordings", I could be able to track who where the users. There are other reports, hwo

Reasons for choosing Dacast

I chose Dacast because I provided what I really wanted from a streaming service: A professional and easy to use interface, No Ads or Suggested "other" videos, and I wanted to be able to host my own recordings after the fact. Dacast provides all these things at a reasonable price.

Larry J.

Verified reviewer

Broadcast Media

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

Lot of investment

You guys need to realize that if we have trouble using your program we fail our customers and they will not hire us. Our customers ARE Your customers. If we fail you fail I would check to when most of your streaming happens. I’m gonna guess the weekends and nights. So when do you offer support? I be never gotten you when I needed you the most and it had cost me business. People are already suspicious of streaming and I have to use all the elite features or I can’t separate from Facebook streamers. Most importantly they must be easy to use.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The layers are good. It follows logic. The audio is a bit confusing.

Cons:

There are so many variables that you have to be Very good problem solver and completely knowledgeable about product and how third party interacts

Reasons for choosing Dacast

It seemed to be a good value at the time

Vendor Response

Hello Larry, thank you for leaving a review! We are always trying to find ways to improve our platform and make it more user friendly. Could you please let me know what it is specifically that you are finding challenging so I may be able to further assist you? Thank you!

Replied June 2022

John C.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

Ideal for church live streaming

Dacast has been a valuable platform by which we can connect with our parishioners, both local and in remote locations.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The Dacast platform provides great value for money. The move to the Limelight CDN platform has give much lower latency, and a generally improved connection experience for viewers. Works seamlessly with OBS and most hardware encoders.

Cons:

Some viewers have difficulty making a connection to a live stream, since connection to the video feed is not automatic once the streaming url is displayed. Analytics are not fully available on the basic plan, and sometimes do not show at all. Brand image does not always display in the same location of the streaming window, depending on the aspect ratio of the device used to view the stream. Multi bitrate streaming appears to be unavailable with the Limelight platform.

Reasons for choosing Dacast

Dacast is an add-free platform. Inaccurate labelling of copyright breaches by Youtube, unmanageable means of recourse.

Alan D.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

Solid Church Live Stream Platform

Excellent reliability. Been streaming with Dacast for sever years now and never had a failure. Solid, reliable streaming every time

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Dacast gives us all we need to live stream our services at a competetive price. We're not a huge ministry so price is important to us, and other providers don't seem to get that and offer such competetive rates for small users who want to grow

Cons:

The customised OBS version needs updating. You don't have to use it, but it's a good option for new starters

Reasons for choosing Dacast

We looked at many other options

Reasons for switching to Dacast

Because they got rid of their free option and the cheapest entry-level paid offering was way too big and costly for our needs

jason h.

Verified reviewer

Entertainment

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2019

Great people. Great service.

We needed the ability to allow our entire user base to be able to upload video game performance videos directly into the service. This means many thousands of different people from anywhere in the world, with incredibly large video uploads. We were able to accomplish this. There is nothing more to say.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Bottom line is that it works. It's consistent. It's straightforward. The support available is prompt, understanding and interested in supplying the best product and service they can.

Cons:

I have no complaints. The software and company have completely met my expectations. I am not exaggerating.

Reasons for choosing Dacast

Vimeo was incapable of providing the specific kind of service we needed. They were just not as flexible.

Reasons for switching to Dacast

We needed complete control over our incoming videos in every way shape and form. Youtube does not allow that.

Vendor Response

Hi Jason! Thanks a lot for your review. We are so pleased to keep on working with you and will definitely keep on serving you for many more adventures!

Replied July 2019

Jose B.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2022

Great product for Churches

Very easy to use, live-stream has never failed.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The live stream file that it provides is easy to integrate with subsplash, an app developer/platform we use for our custom app.

Cons:

When you delete videos that have been recorded, you don’t get your memory back. When you’re not streaming, the not available feature doesn’t work with subsplash, instead you get an error.

Reasons for choosing Dacast

The free trial and testing I was able to do ahead to see what features worked with my platforms.

Ignacio R.

Verified reviewer

Telecommunications

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2022

reliable system, never had a transmission break

the best thing it has is its reliability and that makes a huge difference with other services, compared to vimeo the value is higher... but vimeo has also suffered worldwide outages. In a professional environment it is the most reliable service

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

easy to use and integration in a landing page

Cons:

has no a multibitrate like youtube or vimeo, the multibitrate it´s manual

Reasons for choosing Dacast

I have been using dacast for years in professional transmissions to companies and corporations, zero failures

Martin F.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

Live Streaming

Overall a very positive experience and has transformed our business, especially through the Pandemic. We had a glitch earler this year with the payment account and this was ironed out very quickly and efficiently :)

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Reliability and ease of use. Works with no fuss and the if there is ever a problem the online help is very effective.

Cons:

No issues whatsoever. I was sceptical about the online help, but this has turned out to be very good indeed.

Reasons for choosing Dacast

We were using youtube for obvious reasons, (its free) The adverts and integration into our website never worked for us.

Reasons for switching to Dacast

Dacast works quietly in the background with no fuss. It integrates beautifully into our website and has been very reliable.

Paul P.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

They doubled the price of our subscription

Dacast worked for us for a few years and did what it was supposed to. We only needed it for live streaming and it did that well. The analytics sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. We were happy with it when we only had the $19/month package but when they raised the price to $39/month we switched to another provider. We didn't need the extra storage or pay wall features they were adding so the price increase didn't make sense for us to keep the service. We switched to another provider and are very happy with our decision. Dacast also made it very difficult to cancel their service and in the end the only reason they did cancel it was because our card on file was expired. Otherwise they would have ignored my multiple emails and requests to cancel the service and I doubt I would have been refunded a full amount.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It worked reliably. It didn't do anything fancy which made it solid, and they did make things easy to change on my end when they upgraded their distribution services. Once you set it up, you kind of forgot about it because it just sat in the background and worked, which was ideal.

Cons:

It didn't stream to social media, you had to constantly remember to turn on live stream recording.

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