10 best live streaming services for church you should know
Richard Bennett
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
In this post, we will discuss about 10 live streaming platforms including their features, pros and cons in intention to educate you about different platforms and selecting the one which is most suitable.
This is a fully equipped online streaming service which is set up with do-it-yourself approach. You can sign up easily and begin sharing of live videos in few seconds. You can also create archives of these videos so that viewers can view, skim or pause at their convenience. You can create your own channel at DaCast and theme them with your design before embedding it to your URL. There is no start-up fees but following are the monthly plans which it offers:
Starter plan @ $19 per month with a bandwidth of 100GB;
Pro plan @ $165 per month with 2000 GB (billed at $149 per month if purchased annually);
Premium plan @ $390 per month with 5000GB bandwidth (billed at $350 in annual plan)
DaCast is a fairly good option but is slightly expensive but is not Ad-free and also it doesn’t provide real0-time monitoring.
As the name suggests Livestream has brought exclusive live video solutions for every industry- varying from local communities to global brands. It helps in broadcasting worship events and retreats which members and parishioners can watch on any device. It provides end-to-end production solutions with following plans:
Basic plan @ $99 per month (billed at $42 per month if purchased annually);
Premium @ $449/month ((billed at $249 per month if purchased annually);
Enterprise plan @ $799/month;
Custom plan @ $1199/month
LiveStream overcomes the shortcomings of Dacast and is ad-free with real time support round the clock but its price tag and limited features in basic plans don’t turn out the best
Streamshark is another platform which provides features like customization of video, real time stats, privacy controls and compatibility with all mobile devices. Following is the pricing for their plans:
Lite @ $50/month with bandwidth of 416 GB;
Pro @ $100/month with 1000GB;
Biz @ $250/ month with close to 2800 GB
It is affordable as well as provides free trial but there are many features which are not available on standard plans and require investment in dedicated corporate servers.
This streaming platform is generally preferred for hosting events happening at large scale anywhere in the world. It is flexible and provides turnkey solutions to produce sizzling reels. It has variety of pro and enterprise plans as follows:
Silver plan @ $99/month with video storage of 50 GB;
Gold plan @ $499/month with video storage of 250 GB;
Platinum plan @ $999/month with video storage of 500 GB;
Customized Enterprise plan tailored to the requirements of religious events.
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