StreamYard Reviews

Summary: It is the ideal tool for those who do not want to complicate their streaming life, but without sacrificing the quality of the show.

Positive: It allows multistreaming in a very simple way, with great stability and with a totally professional appearance.

Even if you don't have the best computer in the world or the fastest internet connection, with StreamYard you can stream to several networks simultaneously without any problem.

Negative: It does not allow to add videos with transparent background, nor formats such as .mov .webm

Only 1 audio channel per participant is allowed.

It does not allow adding background music or sound effects.

Summary: I am a small business owner with a small team and I love that I can stream into their customer groups while doing my own stream for my personal customers. It is very user friendly and not complicates to use. StreamYard was my saving grace when I had to pivot from in person to virtual everything.

Positive: Stream into multiple platforms simultaneously.
Super User Friendly.
Prerecord streams.
Able to incorporate video clips into stream.
Easy to add guests.

Negative: Would love a camera filter.
Maybe some pre loaded backgrounds.

Summary: One of the most efficient streaming platforms. I have been a collaborator for an internet radio station for more than a year and StreamYard has helped us to broadcast the 6 weekly programs of the station to our hispanic community of listeners of over 35,000 viewers on our platforms! We are so grateful we have StreamYard

Positive: StreamYard is reliable, user friendly and has an amazing support team who can answer all our questions.

Negative: I truly don’t have any cons. I’m a StreamYard user for more than a year now and I’m very satisfied with StreamYard.

Summary: Best option for our needs, happy with it, looking forward to updates and improvements. We signed up using the annual rate and will be renewing.

Positive: Easy to use, we stream bowling tournaments and a talk show about bowling, this platform works great, Ability to use OBS for multiple camera setup is great and using voicemeter for multiple microphones.

Negative: Moving between video and live is a little cumbersome, need a smooth way to transition, especially if the video goes to black but has audio still active, as a “bumper” to come back to the live.

Summary: I am so happy I started my streaming journey with StreamYard and never want to use anything else. Because of it I have been able to grow from a web show to podcast to a digital TV show all with the same platform. I cannot wait to see what the future holds for them.

Positive: There is so much to love about StreamYard, where do I even begin?! The system is so user friendly for both the creator and the guests. The screen layouts they provide make it so easy to customize your live streams along with the tabs to change the colors to fit your brand. With banners that scroll or pop-up on screen, you can get the info out to your viewers with ease. Absolutely love being able to feature comments from the streaming sites during the live video to help the viewers feel part of the show.

The best part is they are always looking for ways to make StreamYard better for its viewers with a weekly Townhall meeting and other opportunities during the week to educate users on how to best take advantage of StreamYard. Their customer service is unlike anything else I've seen before, whether I'm in the middle of a stream or not, I reach out to them for help through the direct message link for their immediate, helpful service. They are always polite and eager to assist.

Negative: If I had to give a con, I think it would be not being able to set up a login name and password instead of using a code to validate. Also it would be really nice to be able to format the font of the banners.

Summary: Really wonderful. It’s simple to set up. It’s easy to use every show. My guests love it too. A solid product that anyone can use to host a livestream or just record videos.

Positive: In looking for a tool to live stream, I stumbled upon Streamyard very early in their lifecycle, and they were really good. Over the last 18 months, they’ve gotten even better.

From making it easy to produce the show with just me, to offering a one click solution for my tech not-so-savvy guests, to giving me an MP3 file I can use in my audio only version of my podcast GerbyCasts, StreamYard does it all for me. Recently they even added 50 hours of storage which is 100 hours of my 30 minute show, which is outstanding as I used to forget to download the audio file in 7 days.

Negative: The only thing I wish they would do would be to make it super easy for my guests to also livestream on their channels.

Summary: I have referred several of my friends to Streamyard.

Positive: I love how simple it is to use and it's very robust.

Negative: I do not have the ability to place music in Streamyard.

Summary: I cant see myself using another product, it is easy to use and very user friendly. When I have guests, it's easy for them who have never used it.

Positive: My friends and I started our podcast on Google hangouts, when Hangouts changed we were so worried about how we would continue. When we found stream yard we jumped on and it was so easy to use, I was shocked. Now I look back and can't believe we ever used anything different the StreamYard!

Negative: Would love to have a volume control for shared audio.

Summary: Since it came out, there have been multiple "clones" that popped up, even copying the UI and features. That's ok and it shows that StreamYard is doing something right AND setting the trend for web-based online streaming. StreamYard is easy to pick-up, even for first time users and guests.

Positive: StreamYard is easy to use, reliable, and delivers the best value-for-money. What's more, the strong community support and interaction gives rise to new features that have made this streaming solution a no-brainer.

Negative: Initially, it was pricing -- but thanks to the occasional promos, the annual cost for a Pro Plan are the lowest around. Also, I wish there was a way to better assign user rights even on a Pro Plan, as creating weekly online shows involve not just one person or host... you need one for your co-host, the showrunner, to name a few. So instead of giving other people "full" rights, you can just limit them to what they are meant to do.

Summary: Without StreamYard I probably would have stopped doing live shows, StreamYard makes it so easy and they keep adding features that make it easier and help make it look professional.

Positive: Ease of use.
Pretty much log on a record.
Easy to have guests.
Works on various browsers.
Works on pc, laptop, mobiles and tablets.

Negative: I think price could be slightly lower or offer deals to people who have been using StreamYard for a while.

Summary: I am very happy to use StreamYard for my live streaming service. I recommend you give StreamYard a try.

Positive: StreamYard is the best live streaming service out there. Very easy to use. Even a 5 year old can do it. StreamYard goes beyond and above to help other user level up their live streams.

Negative: None that I can’t think. They are the best service!

Summary: Great to use, simple, but could use more features, and more overlay options as well. It's great for hosting guests.

Positive: Love the simplicity of using StreamYard, fast, reliable, easy to learn! Love that they added the PiP for streaming gaming!

Negative: Needs for features, more layout options, ability to pull in media quicker in a Live stream. Easier way to have multiple cameras in it would be great. I use an ATEM to bypass this issue.

Summary: When Covid happened I decided to start a YouTube channel to try and help jobseekers find a new job during the most difficult of times. Through that channel I have been able to help thousands and thousands of people. None of it could’ve been possible without StreamYard. I had never recorded a video on YouTube or any other social media platform before I started this endeavor. Thanks to StreamYard we now have almost 300 videos out there and the response to our channel has been amazing. I credit StreamYard with helping me help so many others during these difficult times through their amazing product.

Positive: There are lots of broadcast studio options available for people wanting to live stream or record videos. That being said I don’t think that there are any that are as good of a value as StreamYard is. StreamYard is constantly making the product better, giving advice to its users, and making the product so user-friendly that anyone could utilize it. It is by far one of the best investments I have made for my business and my YouTube channel. I would recommend stream yard to anyone to try, you will not be disappointed.

Negative: I really can’t think of any cons of the product. It is so easy to use with so many features it is just amazing.

Summary: I am not a major techie but needed to get my club meetings online during the pandemic. StreamYard works as both a basic easy way to get broadcasting fast as a video newbie , and allows you to produce more professional looking broadcasts as you learn or if you have advanced skills already. The fact that I can live broadcast or record an edited video is the best of both worlds. And having a free version, allows for trying it out without any anxiety. My guests have quickly taken to the system with a quick run through.

Positive: Ease of use and minimal set-up.
Variety of platforms to broadcast to.
Free version to test it out.
Online community to troubleshoot and request features.

Negative: I dislike having to navigate the menu and click on the various features, to use them. I'd prefer to be able to set up my most used features in one view.

Summary: Great product, need more destinations, great customer service, ease of going live on 8 destinations, and recording.

Positive: Ease of use simple to train hosts, ease of banners, brands and overlays, ease of use on phones, and tablets.

Negative: None need longer videos, need videos for green screen.