Restream

Restream helps you stream live to multiple platforms with a single click. It makes live streaming simple, powerful, and accessible for everyone.

Restream Overview

Restream is a service that operates in the cloud and allows people to broadcast live video at the same time on several online platforms. With Restream, users do not have to choose whether to stream their videos on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, or other platforms. Instead, they can send their streaming video to about 30 platforms at once, creating a wider audience and allowing the content creators to engage more effectively and manage their online presence much better.

The cloud-based nature of the service allows reducing the pressure on the computer hardware: as the software is mainly implemented in the cloud, the CPU capacity as well as bandwidth needed for streaming becomes much less than if several instances of the streaming application were running on the same device. Therefore, users have the chance to stream from anywhere paying less and using less advanced equipment. The service is popular among gamers, influencers, companies, educators, and event managers who need to communicate to their audience on different platforms.

Features of Restream

Restream Studio: a web-based studio for broadcasting. The value of this software lies in its ability to host broadcasts together with remote guests and share screens.
Cross-Platform Chat: This application collects the live chat information from all relevant services in one window to ease communication with the audience.
Analytics: Restream provides unified metrics to see the total audience count, watching time, and engagement from all services in the dashboard.
Event Scheduling: You can make plans for your broadcasts in advance and broadcast your pre-recorded videos to be seen as “live” at your preferred moment.
Custom RTMP: If you need to stream to some platform that is not supported by Restream, you can use Custom RTMP destinations.

Pros and Cons of Restream

Pros

Bandwidth Savings: You transmit only one video stream from your computer, saving significant upload bandwidth.
Broad Compatibility: Works well with practically all well-known broadcasting software (OBS, Streamlabs, XSplit).
Unified Chat: Now you can easily monitor chats from as many as 4 different platforms in a single tab.
Browser Studio: This feature makes streaming and launching interviews simple, even for novices.

Cons

Paywalls: Using custom RTMP destinations and streaming to Facebook Pages/Groups necessitates purchasing a subscription.
Watermarks: The free version of Restream Studio puts a logo on your stream.
Limits of Pre-recorded Video: You can upload a pre-recorded clip to go live, but there are restrictions on both the video’s size and duration unless you select a more deluxe plan.
Latency Issues: Using Restream may cause delays in video signals because the video passes through another server.