| First paid plan | Starter — $39/mo, but you must pay a full year up front ($468). Includes 2.4 TB of viewer traffic for the whole year and 500 GB of storage. | Events — $49/mo paid yearly, or $59 month-to-month. Includes 1 TB of viewer traffic every month (that's 12 TB a year — five times more) and 50 GB of storage. |
| Higher plans | Event — $63/mo (yearly payment only, 6 TB/year) · Scale — $165/mo paid yearly or $250/mo monthly (24 TB/year). | Studio — $119/mo (3 TB every month) · Network — $339/mo (8 TB every month) — both can be paid month-to-month. |
| Payment flexibility | The two cheaper plans require paying a year up front; month-to-month billing has a 3-month minimum. | Every plan can be paid monthly. Cancel or switch plans whenever you like — no minimum commitment. |
| What happens if you exceed your traffic allowance | Extra viewer traffic costs $250–300 per TB (cheaper if you prepay). Without their overage protection option, your stream can be shut off mid-broadcast. | A flat $33 per TB on every plan — roughly 8× cheaper — and your stream is never cut off in the middle of an event. |
| A direct video link you can use anywhere | Only on their custom enterprise plan. (This is the raw link that lets your stream play inside any app, video player, or smart TV.) | Included on every plan — your stream gets a universal link that works in any player, mobile app, or TV app you choose. |
| Ways to send your video in | The standard streaming-software connection (RTMP), plus HLS. | All common connection types, including SRT — a newer one that keeps streams stable on shaky internet. Livepush can also pick up a stream that's already live elsewhere, just from its link. |
| Streaming to social platforms at the same time | Included, but capped at 5–40 hours per month depending on plan. | Built in with no hourly caps — reach 30–40+ platforms at once, and read chat from all of them in one window. |
| Airing pre-recorded videos as live & 24/7 channels | You can broadcast an uploaded video as live. | A full scheduler: air uploads at set times, loop them, update the playlist without going offline, and run channels that never stop from the Studio plan. |
| Recordings of your streams | Live streams are automatically saved on all plans. | Automatic recording (roughly 6–20 hours per event depending on plan), viewers can rewind while you're live, and you can download everything as normal video files. |
| Storage for your videos | 500 GB – 2 TB depending on plan — the better choice if you keep a huge video library. | 50 GB – 400 GB, designed around live events and scheduled playback rather than big archives. |
| Selling & protecting your videos | Stronger here: copy protection (DRM), a built-in paywall for charging viewers, and delivery into China as an add-on. | Live-focused protection: run ads in your stream, add a password, block countries, and lock playback to your own website. |
| Support | 24/7 support on all plans; phone support on the higher tiers. | Live chat, email, and WhatsApp, with direct access to engineers on all paid plans — plus free help moving over from Dacast. |
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