StreamYard
The easiest way to live stream and record
StreamYard is a browser-based live streaming and recording studio for producing live broadcasts, recordings, podcasts, and webinars without installing software. It addresses the need to produce multi-participant video content with remote guests while streaming to social platforms and capturing high-quality local recordings, even on weaker connections.
Key capabilities include multistreaming to destinations such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, and Twitch, on-screen comment display, branding tools (logos, overlays, backgrounds, intro/outro videos), local recordings, remote guest participation from browser or phone, pre-recorded streaming, custom RTMP destinations, AI clips, AI backgrounds, chat overlays, and transcripts. StreamYard On-Air provides a live webinar platform with white-label embedding options.
StreamYard is aimed at individual creators, podcasters, and teams, with separate Business plans for organizations. It offers a free plan with core studio features and usage limits, alongside Core and Advanced individual editions available through a 7-day free trial, with monthly or yearly billing. Paid plans add features such as higher resolutions, more multistream destinations, larger participant counts, extended storage, and webinar viewer capacity.
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