Restream

RATING:

4.6

(405)

About Restream

Restream is a live streaming solution that helps businesses of all sizes distribute video content across multiple social media channels including Facebook, Linkedin, YouTube and Twitch. It lets users create customizable chat boxes to read and reply to messages across multiple platforms from within a unified dashboard. Restream's scheduler module enables businesses to upload videos in .mp4 or .mov formats and pick channels for them to go live at a specified date/time. It lets users add voice-overs or translations and broadcast several points of view utilizing the multi-camera mode. Additionally, users can gain insights into live stream performance by analyzing audience sentiments and engagement levels across all platforms. Restream is available as integration f...

Awards and Recognition

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Restream Pricing

Restream offers a Free plan with a taste of multistreaming. Paid subscriptions include: - Standard - $19 per month or $16 per month (billed annually) - Professional - $49 per month or $41 per month (billed annually)

Starting price: 

$19.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Available

Restream events scheduler

Restream Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

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 Restream

1 - 5 of 405 Reviews

David

11 - 50 employees

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 January 2022

Great service to allow you to multi stream!

User Profile

Obed

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 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

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2021

The best Multistream Service

I'm happy with Restream, with my 2 years using stream, I only experience one issue with them. The issue was, I have a good internet connection, but it seems my ISP connection and Restream having an issue. Support was able to help me by giving me access to the beta feature of Stream Applifier which helps resolve the issue. So all in all, I have a great experience with Restream, I just wish they be more flexible in providing add-on features for a non-profit that need failsafe stream backup without subscribing to their $299/mo package.

PROS

Restream is a feature pack multistream service out there. It is also the easiest UI/UX to understand. Even if it's your first time accessing Restream, you'll immediately be able to set up your account. What I love the most is the unified chat integration and the bot that comes with it. You can live stream on YouTube and Facebook and see all the chat's in one place. The bot helps sends out a series of chats at a predetermined time. For example, you can setup that when you type !Subs, the bot will chat, "Don't forget to subscribe" and have it send every 30mins. Stream recording is a bonus as well, it lets me download past live stream episodes for archiving purposes.

CONS

What I don't like about Restream is, even if you paid $19/mo they will put a "Powered by Restream.io" on your live stream description/caption. Streaming for 3 concurrent channels will also force you to upgrade at $49/month which is a bit expensive.

Reason for choosing Restream

UI is confusing and Restream has more features compared to Castr.io

Javier

Entertainment, 1 employee

Used weekly for 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:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed March 2022

My Restream Review after 1 year

Overall, my experience has been great. I multistream to Twitch, Facebook, and Youtube. Unfortunately, Instagram is not available to stream from any computer-based program due to Meta policies, and they cannot do anything regarding that. But so far, so good. The main reason I use it is the integration with Ecamm, which is my main streaming software, the video quality, and the cloud recording is very useful to later take clips to publish

PROS

The most important of all features is the Ecamm Live integration. Being able to read comments from different platforms/social media from the same chatbox. Also, the video quality that Restream provides is the best with barely any delay. When they dropped the Restream branding in the basic standard tier, it was a no brainer about what multistream software to use, especially the discount for Ecamm users under the Ecamm Perks program

CONS

Restream needs to incorporate an HTML5 embedded player /chatbox. Many of us would be very benefited by this, especially the ones that would like to use our own website and private subcriptions. FYI: Streamyard already offers an embedded player

Reason for choosing Restream

The video and streaming quality, and the overall chat integration with Ecamm

Reasons for switching to Restream

I never felt comfortable with the Streamyard graphics and video quality. Overall don't feel comfortable with browser-based streaming platforms

Arjay

Media Production, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

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:

3

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

1

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

1

Reviewed February 2020

Restream is alright but falling behind

Restream.io worked as advertised 99% of time. However, for what it offered, the price was just worth the value of continuing with their service.

PROS

Easy to get up and started, offering stability to maintain livestreaming onto multiple platforms.

CONS

The cost are ridiculously higher to use in comparison to its competitors.

Reason for choosing Restream

Castr offered a better value with additional services included unlike Restream, which is at a higher cost with fewer options.

Reasons for switching to Restream

It's an incredibly affordable option compared to Restream. In addition, it's no extra cost to run two RTMP Pull links. On Restream, to run just one RTMP Pull link is an additional cost. Additionally, Castr has servers located in my city, unlike Restream, making latency significantly lower.

Anonymous

501-1,000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

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

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed January 2024

Game changing capacities of restream

PROS

I like most about the broadcasting my content across different platforms and good user interface made to use by anyone like from beginner to pro.

CONS

I like all the features but i have noticed some delays in stream synchronization across various platforms.