OneStream Live vs Restream (2026): which should you pick?

Pick OneStream Live if

• Fits if you want to push one stream to YouTube, Facebook and others at once
• Works for small teams that stream from the browser

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: 2 destinations and 15-minute streams
• Watch out: stream length is 1 hour on Basic, 3 on Standard and 8 on Professional
• Pricey if you add on: 5 more destinations are $10 a month, 24-hour YouTube streams $30
• Not for you if you need webinar registration pages
• Watch out: the page showed ringgit; confirm the dollar price for your region

Pick Restream if

• Fits if you go live on YouTube, Twitch and LinkedIn at the same time and want their comments in one place
• Works for streamers who already use OBS and want one feed sent to several channels

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want 1080p from the browser studio without paying for Professional at $49 a month
• Pricey if you mostly want webinars: $99 a month for 100 attendees on top of the plan, or $299 for 500 on Business
• Tight if you're staying free, with Restream branding, only 2 channels and no cloud recording
• Watch out: recordings are kept 15 days (30 on Business), and extra seats are $25 a month each, sold only on Professional and Business
• Not for you if you want a desktop or phone app, since it's web only

OneStream Live

• Free streams last 15 minutes each; the limit is 1 hour on Basic, 3 on Standard and 8 on Professional.
• Extra destinations are $10 per month for 5, and 24-hour YouTube streams are a $30 per month add-on.
• Prices were read from the page's dollar figures; the rendered page showed Malaysian ringgit, so confirm your region.

Restream

• Webinars cost extra: $99 a month for 100 attendees on Standard and Professional, and $299 a month for 500 on Business.
• The Free plan carries Restream branding, streams to only 2 channels and has no cloud recording.
• Studio streams at 720p on Free and Standard; 1080p needs Professional, and recordings are kept 15 days (30 on Business).
• Extra team seats cost $25 a seat a month and are sold only on Professional and Business.

OneStream Live

Live Studio

Host a branded browser session with guests and screen sharing; guest limits run from 4 on Free to 12 on Enterprise.

Multistreaming

Send one stream to 45+ social platforms at once, with a destination cap that depends on the plan.

External encoders

Stream from OBS, Zoom, Streamlabs and similar software; the integrations page also lists vMix, Wirecast and XSplit.

Pre-recorded streaming

Schedule uploaded videos to broadcast as if live, including 24-hour streams on paid plans.

Stream players and websites

Embeddable players and hosted custom live pages are included, with counts that rise by plan.

Restream

Multistreaming

Sends one stream to 30 or more platforms, from 2 at once on Free to 8 on Business, plus custom RTMP and SRT destinations and paired channels added by guests.

Restream Studio

A browser studio with up to 10 people on screen, scenes, overlays, logos, a scrolling ticker, QR codes and background music. Professional and up stream in 1080p and record in 4K.

Encoder support

Instead of Studio, you can stream from OBS, Zoom, mobile encoders or game consoles into Restream and let it fan the stream out to every channel.

Cross-platform chat and analytics

Comments from every channel arrive in one feed, and viewer and engagement stats from all channels are shown together, with a live health monitor during the stream.

Webinars add-on

One link handles registration, the live webinar and the replay. Attendees watch in a browser without an account, and the webinar can also be streamed into a Slack channel.

Upload & Stream and clips

Pre-recorded videos can be broadcast as live streams, and the Clips add-on cuts streams into short vertical clips for TikTok, Shorts and Reels.

OneStream Live

• Free$0

  2 destinations, 720p, 1 seat, 1 GB storage, 3 scheduled events.

• Basic$12

  per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)

  5 destinations, 720p, 1 seat, 5 GB storage, 0.5 TB bandwidth a month.

• Standard$32

  per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly)

  10 destinations, 1080p, 4 seats, 20 GB storage, 1.5 TB bandwidth.

• Professional$39

  per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)

  30 destinations, 1080p, 6 seats, 50 GB storage, 2.5 TB bandwidth.

• Enterprise$83

  per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)

  50 destinations, 1080p, 10 seats, 150 GB storage, 5 TB bandwidth.

Restream

• Free$0

  Stream to 2 channels at once with Restream branding; Studio at 720p with 6 people on screen.

• Standard$19

  per month, billed monthly ($190 a year billed annually)

  3 channels, no Restream branding, guest channels, 10 people on screen, cloud recording of 6 hours per stream kept for 15 days, and transcription.

• Professional$49

  per month, billed monthly ($470 a year billed annually)

  5 channels, 1080p from Studio, 4K recording, horizontal and vertical streams at once, 10 hours recorded per stream and 2 team seats.

• Business$239

  per month, billed monthly ($2,390 a year billed annually)

  8 channels, a website player for 1,000 viewers, 2 seats, co-producer mode, team workspaces and 30 days of recording storage.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom channels and seats, SSO, multiple workspaces, SRT ingest, stream backup and an account manager.

OneStream Live

• Annual discount

  Yearly billing is about 20% cheaper

  The pricing page shows yearly billing at roughly 20% below monthly, for example Basic at $144 a year against $15 a month.

Restream

• Annual discount

  Annual billing labelled Save 20%

  Restream's pricing page offers annual billing marked "Save 20%". Its price data gives $190 a year for Standard, $470 for Professional and $2,390 for Business, against $19, $49 and $239 a month.