# Streamlabs review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Live streaming apps, overlays and tools for creators

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Streamlabs is a set of streaming tools for creators: a desktop app for Windows and Mac, a mobile app, a console streaming service, a browser studio for guests, and web tools for alerts, tipping and clip editing. A free Starter tier covers the basics, and one paid plan, Ultra, unlocks the premium features across all of them.

- **Category:** Webinars & Live Streaming
- **Made by:** Logitech Services S.A.
- **Website:** https://streamlabs.com
- **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want registration pages, polls or attendee follow-up, as the pricing page has none.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Streamlabs has a free plan, and paid plans start at $27 per month, or $189 per year.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Starter plan, free always: free overlays and themes, 2 streaming destinations, 1 guest, limited free apps, no-fee tipping and 1 GB of storage.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Streamlabs Starter | $0 | Free overlays and themes, 2 destinations, 1 guest, no-fee tipping, 1 GB of storage and basic Cloudbot. |
| Streamlabs Ultra | $27 per month, billed monthly ($189 per year when billed annually) | 1000+ overlays and themes, 3+ destinations, up to 11 guests or cameras, 60+ apps, custom tip domain, 10 GB storage, and Pro tiers of its editors and Talk Studio. |

Read from https://streamlabs.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Streamlabs before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Annual billing saves $135** (Annual discount): Ultra is $189 a year against $27 a month, which the pricing page states as a $135 saving. Source: https://streamlabs.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Desktop streaming app:** Streamlabs Desktop for Windows and Mac handles scenes, overlays, alerts and streaming, with multistream and dual output on Ultra.
- **Multistreaming:** The free plan streams to 2 destinations; Ultra raises that to 3 or more.
- **Guests from the browser:** Talk Studio records and broadcasts from a browser with up to 12 guests, and saves up to 10 hours of recording on Pro.
- **Mobile and console streaming:** A mobile app for iOS and Android and a console service that streams to Twitch without a desktop.
- **Alerts, tips and Cloudbot:** Alerts and widgets, a tip page and a chat bot come with every plan; Ultra adds a custom tip domain and a custom-named bot.
- **Editing and clips:** Cross Clip reformats clips for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, and the Video and Podcast Editors cover browser-based editing.

## Good for

- Streamers on Twitch, YouTube or Facebook who want overlays and alerts
- Creators who stream from a desktop, phone or console
- Small webinar or interview streams with a few guests

## Worth knowing

- Ultra is the only paid plan; the pricing page shows no team or business tier.
- The free Starter plan allows 1 guest and 2 destinations, and the editors add watermarks or limits.
- It is built for creator streams, so webinar features such as registration pages and polls are not part of the pricing page.
- The Logitech G discount for Ultra members is US only.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Streamlabs is a set of creator streaming apps on desktop, mobile and web, with a free Starter plan and one paid plan at $27 a month. The free plan allows 2 destinations and 1 guest, the editors add watermarks or limits, and there are no webinar features.

- **Value for money: B.** Ultra is $27 a month or $189 a year (about $15.75 a month), at the low end of what webinar tools charge, with just one paid plan.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** The free Starter plan has 2 destinations, 1 guest and 1 GB of storage, and the editors add watermarks or limits.
- **Features: C.** Scenes, overlays, alerts, multistream, a browser studio and editors, but no registration pages or polls.
- **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record, and you connect accounts and build scenes before going live.
- **Platforms and integrations: A.** Web, Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android, with Twitch, YouTube, Facebook and TikTok.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Streamlabs's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. Its pricing page needed a browser to show its text.

## Where it stands among webinar and live streaming tools

- Streamlabs's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 32 of the 34 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade, and level with 1.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 31 of 34) and worst on features (C, above 2).
- Its paid plans start at $15.75 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $50 for the category: 2 of the 28 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/webinars

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Streamlabs 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. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 32 of the 34 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade. It costs $189 a year.

- You could not: One live stream sent to several platforms at once.
- You could not: A video editor.
- You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Twitch, YouTube and Facebook among them.
- You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Logitech G

**Tags:** Multistreaming, Video editing

## Alternatives

- [Restream](https://toolgpa.com/tools/restream): Multistream one live video to YouTube, Twitch, LinkedIn and more. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/restream-vs-streamlabs)
- [Lightstream](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lightstream): Browser-based live streaming studio, built for console streamers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lightstream-vs-streamlabs)
- [Ecamm](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ecamm-live): Mac app for live streaming, recording and multistreaming. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ecamm-live-vs-streamlabs)
- [vMix](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vmix): Windows live video production and streaming software. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/streamlabs-vs-vmix)
- [Castr](https://toolgpa.com/tools/castr): Multistreaming, video hosting and 24/7 playout in one service. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/castr-vs-streamlabs)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://streamlabs.com/pricing

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