StreamYard Pricing & Billing History
Browser-based live streaming studio popular with creators and podcasters
What StreamYard costs, how it compares to similar Live Streaming & Recording tools on price positioning, and every documented billing complaint that's shaped its reputation.
Current pricing
StreamYard is a browser-based live streaming and recording studio that lets creators broadcast to multiple platforms simultaneously. Pricing starts at a free tier with watermarks and scales to $49/month.
StreamYard has a strong reputation in the live streaming category — browser-based with no software install required, multi-destination streaming that works, and a complaint record that's light for the category. The main friction points are the aggressive watermark on the free tier (essentially a forced advertisement for StreamYard) and the occasional stability complaints during high-CPU streams.
Pricing details are drawn from our editorial research and may change — always confirm current rates on streamyard.com before buying.
How StreamYard is priced relative to similar tools
This isn't a feature-by-feature price comparison — it's a positioning check against other Live Streaming & Recording tools we track, based on documented complaint volume and risk profile.
| Product | Risk Score | Billing complaints | Positioning note |
|---|---|---|---|
| StreamYard (this product) | 20 · Mixed Signals | 0 | — |
| Restream | 13 · Clean Record | See pricing → | Lower overall risk profile — worth a look if pricing transparency matters to you Full comparison → |
| Riverside.fm | 13 · Clean Record | See pricing → | Lower overall risk profile — worth a look if pricing transparency matters to you Full comparison → |
| Streamlabs | 25 · Mixed Signals | See pricing → | Higher overall risk profile — StreamYard may be the safer bet Full comparison → |
Documented pricing changes & billing history
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All documented billing complaints
Every billing, hidden-fee, and pricing-related complaint we've recorded for StreamYard — with sources.
A note on pricing data
We don't scrape live pricing pages — this page reflects documented pricing details from our editorial research and dated billing complaints from public sources. For current rates, always check the vendor's own pricing page.