Restream

What Restream actually does

Restream broadcasts one live stream to 30+ destinations simultaneously — YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Instagram and more — from a browser-based Studio that needs no OBS knowledge: invite guests, add overlays, scenes, a scrolling ticker, even AI background music, and go live. Prefer your own encoder? Point OBS or Zoom at Restream and it fans the signal out, preserving your original quality up to 4K via encoder passthrough on every plan, free included.

Around the stream itself: cross-platform chat aggregated into one feed, stream analytics, cloud recordings with transcription in 39 languages (paid plans), and a Clips add-on that auto-cuts streams into TikTok-ready verticals.

Pricing in 2026 — what you'll really pay

Verified from the official pricing page: Free — 2 simultaneous channels forever, with Restream branding and the Studio capped at 720p. Standard $19/month or $16/month annually ($190/year) — 3 channels, no branding, guest channels. Professional $49/month or $39/month annually ($470/year) — 5 channels, Full HD 1080p Studio, 4K recordings and dual-format streaming (horizontal to YouTube + vertical to TikTok at once). Business $239/month or $199/month annually — 8 channels, a website embed player good for 1,000 concurrent viewers, and two team seats.

The annual toggle advertises "save 20%" — per-plan reality is 16% on Standard, a true 20% on Professional and about 17% on Business.

The verified code — and its condition

RESTREAM20 is published on Restream's own comparison pages for people switching from StreamYard or another streaming tool: 20% off any plan, for life, not just the first year. Stack logic: for Professional, the code on monthly billing (~$39.20) roughly matches the annual price without locking a year — but code-on-annual is the deepest cut if you're committed.

Where it shines

The free plan is a real product — two channels forever is enough for a podcaster simulcasting YouTube + LinkedIn. Encoder passthrough at original quality up to 4K on every plan (including free) is a genuinely uncommon spec, and dual-format streaming on Professional solves the horizontal/vertical problem without running two productions. The browser Studio is the lowest-friction way to look professional live.

Where it falls short

Know the caps: the Studio (not passthrough) is limited to 720p on both Free and Standard — native 1080p production needs Professional at $49/$39. Cloud recordings expire after 15 days on Standard and Professional (30 on Business) with 6–10 hour per-stream limits, so download promptly. Extra team seats run $25/month each, and additional workspaces get expensive fast.

Who should buy

Creators simulcasting to two platforms should start free and live with the watermark. Podcasters and marketers going out to 3+ channels want Standard annual at $16/month; anyone producing in the Studio at 1080p or needing vertical simulcasts should go Professional with RESTREAM20 if switching from another tool — that's the best live-streaming deal we've verified this year.