StreamAlive review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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StreamAlive report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for chat polls and quizzes in Zoom and live streams
StreamAlive adds chat-based polls, quizzes and word clouds to Zoom, Teams and live streams. It does not host webinars, registration or replays, and the free plan allows only 5 participants per session.
Who StreamAlive is for
- Fits if you already present on Zoom or Teams and want live polls
- Works for trainers who run quizzes inside a session
Who StreamAlive is not for
- Not for you if you want to host webinars, as it has no registration or replays
- Tight if you stay free: 5 participants a session
- Watch out: Starter is limited to 4 sessions a month, and Starter, Free and Pro are for one presenter
- Pricey if you have 3 or more presenters: that starts at $5,000 a year
- Watch out: your own branding is Pro only
Why StreamAlive gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyStarter is $25 a month for 4 sessions on yearly billing and Pro is $75, between the $20.80 and $45 marks. It adds to a meeting rather than replacing a webinar tool.
- CFree plan and trialFree with no time limit, but only 5 participants per session and 7 days of analytics.
- DFeaturesOne narrow function: audience interaction. It needs a webinar or meeting tool to be useful at all.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You connect it to a meeting or stream and build your interactions.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb and browser extension, with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, PowerPoint, YouTube Live, Twitch and StreamYard.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from StreamAlive's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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StreamAlive's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 26 of the 60 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade, and level with 6.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 20 of 60) and worst on features (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $25 a month, against a middle price of $47 for the category: 13 of the 45 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 10 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 61 webinar and live streaming tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. StreamAlive’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 15 of 60, level with 27
- CFree plan and trialAbove 24 of 60, level with 27
- DFeaturesAbove 0 of 60, level with 3
- CEase of useAbove 7 of 60, level with 51
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 20 of 60, level with 36
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 47 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 StreamAlive, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace StreamAlive 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 $300 a year.
What you could make
- Surveys and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Live video to hundreds of people at once.
- It plugs into other products, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. StreamAlive’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 StreamAlive?
StreamAlive is an audience-interaction layer that sits on top of a meeting, webinar or live stream rather than hosting one. Attendees answer polls, quizzes, word clouds and maps by typing in the chat of the tool they are already in, with no second screen or QR code. Plans are priced by how many sessions you run, and the audience never pays.
Worth knowing
- It adds interaction to a meeting or stream and does not host webinars, registration or replays itself.
- Participants are counted as people who type in the chat; the free plan allows only 5 per session.
- Starter is limited to 4 sessions a month, and Starter, Free and Pro are for one presenter; 3 or more presenters starts at $5,000 a year.
- Your own branding is only on Pro; Session Pack and Starter show a small StreamAlive mark.
Key features
- Chat-based interactions
- Live polls, quizzes with a leaderboard, word clouds, maps, rating polls, a spinner wheel and quick questions, all answered by typing in the chat.
- Works inside other tools
- Listed to work with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, PowerPoint, YouTube Live and Twitch, plus a Chrome extension for StreamYard, Restream and LinkedIn Live.
- Chat tracking
- A link library, ranked list of most active commenters, and a film-style credits crawl of everyone who commented.
- AI help
- StreamAlive AI writes questions and summarizes answers; summaries are limited on the free plan.
- Presentation builder
- Build slides and interactions together, with 50+ themes on paid plans.
- Reports
- A report after every session, kept for 7 to 180 days depending on the plan.
StreamAlive pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, StreamAlive has a free plan, and paid plans start at $25 per month for 4 sessions a month, billed annually ($50 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $25 per month for 4 sessions a month, billed annually ($50 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Free with no time limit: up to 5 participants per session, unlimited sessions, every interaction type, rehearsals, and analytics kept for 7 days.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Up to 5 participants per session, unlimited sessions, every interaction, limited AI summaries and 7 days of analytics. |
| Session Pack | $100for 4 sessions, used within 12 months, one-time | Up to 250 participants per session, 50+ themes, AI summaries and 60 days of analytics. Sessions with 5 or fewer participants are free. |
| Starter | $25per month for 4 sessions a month, billed annually ($50 billed monthly) | Up to 1,000 participants per session under fair use, 50+ themes, a small StreamAlive mark and 180 days of analytics. One presenter. |
| Pro | $75per month, unlimited sessions, billed annually ($150 monthly) | Everything in Starter with unlimited sessions, your own logo, colors and backgrounds, and analysis in Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot, listed as coming soon. |
| Teams and enterprise | $5,000per year, for 3 or more presenters | Single sign-on, invoicing, onboarding and premium support. Sold through sales. |
Read from streamalive.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with StreamAlive before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountAnnual billing at half the monthly price
Starter is $25 a month billed $300 a year against $50 monthly, and Pro is $75 a month billed $900 a year against $150 monthly.
Stated on streamalive.com
Works with
- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams
- Google Meet
- PowerPoint
- YouTube Live
- Twitch
- StreamYard
- Restream
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Common questions
Does StreamAlive have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. StreamAlive is listed for Web.
Does StreamAlive have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. StreamAlive is listed for Web.
Is StreamAlive open source?
StreamAlive is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.