StreamYard
Browser live studio with multistreaming, AI Clips and AI backgrounds
Overview
A no-download livestreaming and recording studio that runs in the browser, multistreams to up to 8 destinations, and repackages broadcasts into captioned vertical clips. Popular with webinar hosts and podcasters.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 13 Jul 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- 1 seat
- 6 on-screen guests
- StreamYard logo
- 2 hrs/mo local recording
- Full HD streaming
- No logo
- AI Clips
- Multistream to 3
- 4K local recording
- Multistream to 8
- On-air webinars
- Transcript downloads
- Team seats
- Custom pricing
- Priority support
What you can produce with StreamYard
- Browser-based live studio (no download)
- Multistream to up to 8 destinations
- AI Clips 2.0 (prompt-guided vertical shorts)
- AI background generator
- AI teleprompter
- 4K local recording (Advanced)
- Custom branding, overlays and scene switching
- Guest management and backstage participants
ASEAN Perspective
StreamYard in Southeast Asia
ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).
StreamYard's appeal is that it does broadcast-grade production without asking you to install or configure anything, guests join by clicking a link, you switch scenes and overlays in the browser, and it pushes to multiple platforms at once. The AI additions (Clips 2.0 for prompt-guided vertical shorts, a background generator, an AI teleprompter) are now built into the workflow rather than tacked on, which is genuinely useful for repurposing a stream into social content. G2 users rate it highly (4.8/5 across ~290 reviews). The friction is money and expectation-setting: a private-equity acquisition brought a steep price increase that soured longtime users, and the marketing implies 4K streaming when live broadcasts actually cap at 1080p (4K is local-recording only). There's no public developer API. Strong pick for anyone running regular multi-guest livestreams or webinars who values zero setup; less compelling if you want low cost or true 4K live output.
What people say
StreamYard is one of the better-reviewed tools in its category, holding 4.8/5 on G2 from roughly 290 reviews. What earns that is the core experience: reviewers repeatedly note that a full multi-guest, multistream broadcast runs entirely in a browser tab, no OBS, no downloads, no encoder wrangling. Guest onboarding by link, scene switching, branded overlays, and simultaneous streaming to up to 8 destinations are the features people credit.
The 2026 AI features get a warmer reception than most bolt-ons. AI Clips 2.0 is described as about three times faster with prompt-guided generation, and it turns a finished stream into captioned vertical shorts without a separate editor. The AI background generator and AI teleprompter round out a repurposing story that reviewers find practical rather than gimmicky.
The loudest criticism is pricing, and it's pointed. Following a private-equity acquisition, StreamYard raised prices sharply, one analysis pegs the jump near 80%, and long-term users describe feeling "burned." Current individual plans run Free ($0), Core at $44.99/month ($35.99 annual), and Advanced at $88.99/month ($68.99 annual), with Business quoted separately. That places it at the premium end of browser streaming tools.
The second recurring gripe is a capability mismatch. Marketing around 4K leads some buyers to expect 4K live streaming, but all live broadcasts cap at 1080p Full HD; the 4K on the Advanced plan applies only to local recordings saved to your machine. Reviewers who bought expecting 4K output flag this as misleading.
Other minor notes across Capterra and Tekpon listings: no public developer API for automation, and storage limits on lower tiers that push heavy users upward. Reviewers migrating from OBS also mention giving up some deep customization in exchange for not having to configure anything, a trade most of them say is worth it for regular multi-guest shows. But the through-line is positive, StreamYard is treated as the default recommendation for creators starting with livestreaming, with the caveats being cost and the 1080p live ceiling rather than the product itself.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
About this listing
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