# BoxCast review (2026): is it worth $109 a month, billed yearly? > Live streaming platform with encoders, captions and OTT apps Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. BoxCast is a live streaming platform used by churches, schools, sports leagues, businesses and local governments. A paid plan covers cloud transcoding, scheduling, viewer chat, captions, analytics and unlimited viewers, and it works with BoxCast's own encoders or third-party RTMP and SRT encoders. Branded mobile and TV apps and ticketing are sold separately. - **Category:** Webinars & Live Streaming - **Made by:** BoxCast - **Website:** https://www.boxcast.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you stream occasionally: Standard is $109 a month with one broadcast and 90 days of storage. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, BoxCast is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $109 per month, billed annually ($119 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial offered; the page does not state its length. 30-day money-back guarantee on paid plans. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Standard | $109 per month, billed annually ($119 billed monthly) | Up to 1080p30, 1 concurrent broadcast, 90 days of storage, 10,000 viewer hours a month and unlimited viewers. | | Deluxe | $169 per month, billed annually ($189 billed monthly) | Up to 1080p30, 1 concurrent broadcast, 1 year of storage and white-labeled embeds. | | Advanced | $249 per month, billed annually ($279 billed monthly) | Up to 1080p60, 3 concurrent broadcasts, 1 year of storage. | | 4K | $449 per month, billed annually ($499 billed monthly) | Up to 4K60, 3 concurrent broadcasts, 1 year of 1080p storage and 30 days of 4K storage. | Read from https://www.boxcast.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with BoxCast before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual billing saves $10 to $50 a month** (Annual discount): Standard drops from $119 to $109 a month and 4K from $499 to $449 when billed annually. Source: https://www.boxcast.com/pricing ## Key features - **Cloud transcoding:** Creates up to 4 adaptive bitrate streams so playback adapts to each viewer's connection. - **Scheduling and simulated live:** Broadcasts can be scheduled in advance, and recordings or uploads can be re-broadcast as simulated live. - **Captions:** Automated captioning is listed for recorded broadcasts, and automated live captioning is listed among the plan features. - **Streaming to social media:** Streams at the same time to Facebook, YouTube and X. - **Viewer chat, overlays and documents:** Viewer chat, graphic overlays and PDF document display sit beside the live player. - **OTT apps:** Branded web, mobile and TV apps can be bought as a separate product, from $25 a month billed annually. ## Good for - Churches, schools and sports leagues that stream the same events every week - Organizations that need captions or a white-labeled player - Teams that want unlimited viewers at a flat monthly price ## Worth knowing - Each plan includes at least 10,000 viewer hours a month, though viewer numbers are not capped. - BoxCast OTT apps are priced separately: $25, $75 or $200 a month billed annually ($35, $100 or $250 billed monthly). - Ticketing is an add-on, and the BoxCast Spark encoder is bought separately. - A Premium plan exists but is quoted through sales. It is a broadcast platform, not a webinar tool with registration and polls. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. BoxCast is a broadcast platform with its own encoders, captions and apps for TV streaming. It is also expensive for what the entry plan gives you: one concurrent broadcast and 90 days of storage at $109 a month, and the apps, ticketing and encoder all cost extra. - **Value for money: D.** $109 a month billed yearly for Standard, more than double the category's middle of $49, and it allows one broadcast at 1080p30. White-labelled embeds start at $169. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A free trial is offered but its length is not stated; there is a 30-day money-back guarantee, which does not count as free use. - **Features: C.** Streaming, storage and viewer-hour allowances are clear, but the TV apps, ticketing and the Spark encoder are separate purchases, and it has no registration or polls. - **Ease of use: C.** Web only, with no rating on record, and getting the best from it means setting up an encoder. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, but it lists Facebook, YouTube, X, RTMP and SRT plus a public API. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from BoxCast's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among webinar and live streaming tools - BoxCast's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 4 of the 34 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 10 of 34) and worst on value for money (D, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $109 a month, against a middle price of $50 for the category: 22 of the 28 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/webinars ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace BoxCast you would be making one live stream sent to several platforms at once. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 23 of the 34 other webinar and live streaming tools grade higher. It costs $1,308 a year. - You could not: One live stream sent to several platforms at once. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. - You could not: A tracking script and a database that counts every visit. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Facebook, YouTube and X among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Facebook, YouTube, X, RTMP, SRT, Mixing Station **Tags:** Multistreaming, Ticketing, Public API, Web analytics ## Alternatives - [Dacast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dacast): Live streaming and video hosting with bandwidth-based plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boxcast-vs-dacast) - [Restream](https://toolgpa.com/tools/restream): Multistream one live video to YouTube, Twitch, LinkedIn and more. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boxcast-vs-restream) - [Castr](https://toolgpa.com/tools/castr): Multistreaming, video hosting and 24/7 playout in one service. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boxcast-vs-castr) - [Wowza](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wowza): Streaming server software you run yourself, plus a cloud platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boxcast-vs-wowza) - [vMix](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vmix): Windows live video production and streaming software. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boxcast-vs-vmix) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.boxcast.com/pricing - https://www.boxcast.com/about Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/boxcast Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).