Free
$0
forever
Stream to two channels simultaneously with Restream branding.
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Restream
Restream is a browser-based live streaming platform for broadcasting to multiple destinations, producing streams, managing chat, recording events, and creating clips.
Editorial overview
Aggregated Overview
Restream provides multistreaming, browser-based production, chat aggregation, recordings, analytics, clips, integrations, and a documented API. G2 reports a 4.5 out of 5 rating from 83 reviews. Higher plans become comparatively expensive for larger channel counts and advanced features.
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Overview
Restream is a cloud-based live video platform that distributes one broadcast to multiple destinations. Users can stream through Restream Studio or connect external encoders such as OBS, Zoom, vMix, Streamlabs, Wirecast, and Microsoft Teams.
The service combines multistreaming with browser production, cross-platform chat, stream monitoring, recordings, analytics, webinars, and AI-assisted clips. Restream began in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, in 2015.
Restream Decision Snapshot
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Platforms
Android, API, iOS, Web
TechZella assessment
8.5/10
Restream Pros & Cons
Pros
- Supports more than 30 streaming destinations and custom protocols.
- Provides browser-based production without requiring a desktop encoder.
- Combines multistreaming, chat, recording, analytics, and clips.
- Offers integrations for OBS, Zoom, vMix, Streamlabs, Teams, and other tools.
- Includes a permanent free plan for basic multistreaming.
- Provides documented OAuth 2.0 APIs for channels, events, analytics, storage, clips, Studio, and chat.
Cons
- The free plan includes Restream branding and limits broadcasts to two channels.
- Higher channel counts and team features require substantially more expensive plans.
- Clips and webinars can require separate paid add-ons.
- Some destination features, including chat actions and manual go-live steps, vary by platform.
- The browser-first workflow may not replace a full local production system for advanced broadcast control.
Restream Pricing & Plans
Standard
$19
month
Stream to three channels, remove Restream branding, add guest channels, and access included clips capacity.
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$49
month
Stream to five channels with 1080p Studio streaming, 4K recording, and dual-format streaming.
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$239
month
Stream to eight channels with a 1,000-viewer website player, two included team seats, co-producer mode, and workspaces.
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custom
Customized media and corporate package with options including SSO, multiple workspaces, dedicated account management, SRT ingest, and stream backup.
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Restream Features
Multistreaming
- Broadcast to more than 30 integrated destinations
- Stream to custom RTMP, SRT, HLS, and WHIP channels
- Simultaneous channel limits vary by subscription plan
- Use one incoming stream without separately uploading to each destination
Production
- Browser-based Restream Studio
- Scenes, layouts, overlays, backgrounds, and logos
- Guest participation with invite links
- Screen sharing and camera or microphone switching
- Dual-format horizontal and vertical streaming on Professional and higher plans
Audience Engagement
- Unified cross-platform chat
- Chat reply and moderation tools on supported destinations
- Chat relay between selected platforms
- Live chat access through Studio, browser, OBS integration, and desktop chat tools
Recording and Content
- Record live broadcasts
- Upload and stream pre-recorded videos
- Store recordings in Restream storage
- Generate AI-assisted short clips
- Publish eligible clips to selected social platforms
Analytics and Monitoring
- Live health monitoring
- Viewer and chat-engagement analytics
- Post-stream performance data
- Destination-level analytics through supported API endpoints
Integrations
- OBS Studio
- Zoom
- vMix
- Streamlabs
- Wirecast
- Microsoft Teams
- Ecamm
- XSplit
- GoPro
- Stream Deck
- Dropbox
- Google Drive
- Descript
- Shopify
- WooCommerce
- Wix
- Amazon
- Etsy
API and Automation
- OAuth 2.0 authentication
- Channel and destination management
- Event scheduling and control
- Analytics access
- Recording and storage access
- Clip generation and download
- Studio asset management
- WebSocket chat workflows
Restream Specifications
| Deployment | Cloud-based SaaS |
|---|---|
| Primary interface | Web browser |
| Mobile access | iOS and Android mobile browsers |
| API | REST API with OAuth 2.0; public read-only API also available |
| Supported destinations | 30+ integrated destinations plus custom channels |
| Custom protocols | RTMP, SRT, HLS, and WHIP |
| Free plan | Yes |
| Free trial | No separate time-limited trial stated; free plan available |
| Maximum Studio participants | Up to 10 |
| Professional Studio output | 1080p |
| Professional recording | 4K Ultra HD |
| Enterprise options | SSO, workspaces, dedicated support, SRT ingest, stream backup |
Our evidence-based assessment
TechZella Score
A proprietary editorial score based on product capabilities, usability, value, performance, support and user sentiment evidence.
8.5/10Moderate confidence
Restream provides multistreaming, browser-based production, chat aggregation, recordings, analytics, clips, integrations, and a documented API. G2 reports a 4.5 out of 5 rating from 83 reviews. Higher plans become comparatively expensive for larger channel counts and advanced features.
Methodology v1.0. The assessment weighs feature coverage (25%), ease of use (15%), value for money (20%), performance (15%), support (10%) and user sentiment (15%), using researched product evidence and verified review evidence where available. It is a TechZella editorial assessment, not a direct user-review average.
Restream FAQs
Answers begin with the clearest available response, followed by the context that helps you act on it.
Does Restream have a free plan?
Yes. The Free plan allows simultaneous streaming to two channels and applies Restream branding.
Is Restream a desktop application?
Yes.
Restream Studio runs in a web browser. Users can also connect desktop and mobile encoders, including OBS, vMix, Wirecast, Streamlabs, Larix Broadcaster, and other RTMP-compatible tools.
Restream Studio runs in a web browser. Users can also connect desktop and mobile encoders, including OBS, vMix, Wirecast, Streamlabs, Larix Broadcaster, and other RTMP-compatible tools.
Does Restream provide an API?
Yes. Its API uses OAuth 2.0 and supports channels, events, analytics, storage, clips, Studio assets, and chat workflows. A public API provides read-only platform and ingest-server reference data.
Can Restream stream to custom destinations?
Yes. Custom RTMP, SRT, HLS, and WHIP channels are supported when the destination provides compatible connection details.
Does Restream offer a free trial?
Restream provides a free plan rather than a separately described time-limited trial. Paid features may vary by plan and add-on.
Can Restream stream from a phone?
Yes. Restream Studio can run through a mobile browser. Restream also supports compatible iOS and Android streaming apps that use RTMP.
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