Dacast review (2026): is it worth $39 a month, billed yearly?
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Dacast report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for live streaming and video hosting by bandwidth
Dacast hosts live streams and video on plans priced by bandwidth, starting at $39 a month billed yearly. Overage runs $0.30 a GB, paywalls need the $63 plan, and there are no webinar features like registration or polls.
Who Dacast is for
- Fits if you stream and host video for a paying audience
- Works for events where you can estimate the bandwidth you will use
Who Dacast is not for
- Skip it if you want registration, polls or attendee chat, because none are listed
- Watch out: overage costs $0.30 per GB of bandwidth and $0.15 per GB of storage
- Pricey if you need paywalls or ads, since they start on the $63 Event plan
- Tight if you pay monthly, as that carries a three-month minimum
- Watch out: extra team seats are $10 each a month, and multi-CDN and China streaming are add-ons
Why Dacast gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$39 a month billed yearly for Starter, between the cheaper quarter ($27) and the middle ($49) of webinar tools, with only 2.4 TB of bandwidth a year.
- CFree plan and trialA 14-day trial needs no card, and there is no free plan.
- CFeaturesLive channels with RTMP and HLS, a video library, paywall and ads from the Event plan, and analytics. It lists no webinar tools.
- CEase of useWeb only, with no rating on record, and the encoder side is yours to set up.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, but there is a public API and Google Analytics and Google Drive links.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Dacast's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Dacast's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 15 of the 34 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade, and level with 8.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 10 of 34) and worst on features (C, above 2).
Its paid plans start at $39 a month, against a middle price of $50 for the category: 7 of the 28 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 35 webinar and live streaming tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Dacast’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 9 of 34, level with 15
- CFree plan and trialAbove 12 of 34, level with 19
- CFeaturesAbove 2 of 34, level with 27
- CEase of useAbove 3 of 34, level with 30
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 10 of 34, level with 20
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 30 webinar and live streaming tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Dacast, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Dacast you would be making live video to hundreds of people at once. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $468 a year.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Live video to hundreds of people at once.
- One live stream sent to several platforms at once.
- It plugs into other products, Google Analytics and Google Drive among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Dacast’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Dacast?
Dacast is a live streaming and video hosting platform with unlimited concurrent viewers on every plan. Plans differ by bandwidth and storage allowance rather than attendee count, and add features such as paywall, advertising and DRM at higher tiers. It is used for webinars, events and on-demand video.
Worth knowing
- Overage runs $0.30 per GB of bandwidth and $0.15 per GB of storage.
- Monthly payment carries a three-month minimum, and extra team seats cost $10 per user per month.
- Multi-CDN, China Live and China VOD are paid add-ons.
- The page lists no webinar-specific features such as registration or polls.
Key features
- Live streaming
- Full 1080p broadcasting with RTMP and HLS channels and browser or mobile streaming.
- Video hosting
- VOD library with bulk upload from Google Drive and VOD to Live.
- Monetization
- Paywall and pre, mid and post roll advertising start on the Event plan.
- Security
- Domain and country restriction on all plans; DRM and AES for VOD on Scale.
- Analytics
- Advanced analytics and a Google Analytics integration are listed.
- Support
- 24/7 support on all plans, with phone support on Scale.
Dacast pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Dacast is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $39 per month, billed annually.
- Starts at
- $39 per month, billed annually
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $39per month, billed annually | 2.4 TB bandwidth a year and 500 GB storage, with live streaming, simulcast and VOD hosting. |
| Event | $63per month, billed annually | 6 TB upfront and 250 GB storage; adds paywall, ads, countdown and stream monitoring. |
| Scale | $165per month, billed annually | 24 TB a year, 2,000 GB storage, unlimited channels, DRM, 3 team members and phone support. |
| Custom | Custom | High-volume plans with custom SLAs, migrations and extra support. |
Read from dacast.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Dacast before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Dacast have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Dacast is listed for Web.
Does Dacast have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Dacast is listed for Web.
Is Dacast open source?
Dacast is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Dacast have an API?
Yes. Dacast offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.