OBS Studio vs. Riverside.fm

OBS Studio

OBS Studio

42 Reviews and Ratings

Riverside.fm

Riverside.fm

7 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
OBS Studio	Score 8.9 out of 10	N/A	OBS Studio is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming, featuring real time video/audio capturing and mixing. Users can create scenes made up of multiple sources including window captures, images, text, browser windows, webcams, and capture cards.	N/A
Riverside.fm	Score 5.8 out of 10	N/A	Riverside.fm headquartered in Tel Aviv offers a remote recording solution for enterprise teams. It is presented as an easy way for teams to record professional-grade video content and podcasts, from anywhere.	$90 per year

Pricing

OBS Studio

Riverside.fm

Editions & Modules

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Basic: $90
per year
Standard: $180
per year
Pro: $288
per year
Enterprise: Custom

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
OBS Studio	Riverside.fm
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	OBS Studio	Riverside.fm
Considered Both Products	OBS Studio Mantra Manan Saraswat Product Manager Chose OBS Studio Only one reason which is that OBS studio is free and open source and we had team members capable of using it effectively. Other softwares have great prebuilt features which make it super easy to go live for small streams and individual streamers. Incentivized Helpful? HL Hayden LeMaster Owner/Operator Chose OBS Studio I've tried both Meld and Bandicam in the past. But OBS seems like the best to me. I've been using OBS for a few years now, it's nice that it's free :) not opposed to paying for good software, but OBS seems to be the best of the bunch and it's free, so I've stuck with it … Incentivized Helpful? LS Louis Schietekat Founder and Tutor Chose OBS Studio I've used Zoom to capture my screen on video. Although the tool is obviously not primarily built to fulfill that function. To capture basic tasks on video, zoom could do the trick but as soon as it gets a bit complex or lengthy, or you need to use multiple video inputs, I would … Incentivized Helpful? Bobby Matheson Owner/Operator Chose OBS Studio OBS is far more customizable and user-friendly than any other broadcasting software I have found. It keeps things simple while allowing you to customize your layout exactly how you want it - there are more user-friendly options, but none with the customizability of OBS. I would … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose OBS Studio I have also used TinyTake by Mango Apps and I prefer OBS studio because the video quality results are better and OBS allows you to record an unlimited length of the video. OBS also lets you record an entire screen instead of manually having to draw your parameters, which can … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose OBS Studio I first was recommended beta version of mmhmm but it was not available for Windows OS. I tried it when it became available but it was too late for me to switch and I stayed with OBS. OBS did everything I needed and it is free Incentivized Helpful? MD Rafsanjani Rahi CEO Chose OBS Studio I have never use anything like OBS Studio. This is very easy to use. I just saw some reviews online and downloaded OBS Studio. This is free for download, easy to run, no virus and no watermark.OBS Studio is a great programme for advanced users and there are no time limits. Incentivized Helpful? Joshua Welsh Assistant Professor Chose OBS Studio OBS is the only robust screen capture with a stable graphical user interface that works on Linux (that I could find). That's why I originally chose it. Since the program is cross-platform, I have been able to keep using it. I could switch back to Panopto, now that I am on … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose OBS Studio We checked out a lot of alternatives, which were simply too expensive for us when we are just in the startup stage of livestreaming. Incentivized Helpful? Charles Beck Vice President, Sales Chose OBS Studio The fact that it's free is helpful and it is so unique with the level of technology it provides for such a low cost that it is worth trying. Now that we use it every day, why know that there is a paid professional version that offers even more features. I didn't do a hard … Incentivized Helpful? Steven Shulmister Co-Founder \| Head of Research \| VP, Operations Chose OBS Studio Webex has its uses, particularly when meeting viewers need to participate, but we always use OBS Studio when they don't need to interact (just view). Incentivized Helpful? Seth Paine Web & Media Developer Chose OBS Studio OBS takes a lot more work to get started with than Google Hangouts, but you get a much more high quality output from it. It even works better with YouTube than Hangout, which is odd since it is also owned by Google. You can not set a poser image on a YouTube live stream when … Incentivized Helpful? Travis Gray Owner/Producer Chose OBS Studio Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder (obsolete, clunky and not always clear what's wrong when it was giving us issues) Wirecast (too pricey for what we needed) Incentivized Helpful?	Riverside.fm JS Jeremy Shatan Director, Proposal Development Chose Riverside.fm StreamYard may have fewer capabilities than Riverside.fm, but it knows exactly what it is: a place to record/stream video conversations. Riverside.fm, in trying to be all things to all users, may need to improve its UI to serve all constituents. Incentivized Helpful? SP Seth Paine Web & Media Developer Chose Riverside.fm Riverside is far better than trying to record on Zoom or Skype because on both of those platforms you are recording others' videos from over the internet, so you get any glitches that come from inconsistent connections that either you or your guest has. Riverside records … Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	OBS Studio	Riverside.fm
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (0 ratings)	5.4 (0 ratings)
Usability	7.9 (0 ratings)	4.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	OBS Studio	Riverside.fm
Likelihood to Recommend	From simple streaming to bigger events, OBS has been able to handle all of it with full confidence from us. Have never questioned if it was going to be unreliable in a specific situation, even with minimal training. Software identified the external input source easily and had no issues setting that up (Blackmagic Mini Recorder), and great for pulling in separate audio from the computer input. Incentivized Travis Gray Owner/Producer Read full review	While Riverside.fm is good for creating videos, it's less well-positioned to create audio-only shows. Incentivized Jeremy Shatan Director, Proposal Development Read full review
Pros	Free software for live telecast Open source project for video recording Powerful video recording Written in C and C++ Totally virus free and free download Collaborates with Facebook live and YouTube live streaming. Computer screen recording A hub for collectting source and broadcast MD Rafsanjani CEO Read full review	very easy to use great to have all video files in one location automatically the backup audio files are perfect to download and make sure all files are synced up for editing it's easy to get on as a producer and be there to help everyone else who is recording without being recorded myself. Incentivized Seth Paine Web & Media Developer Read full review
Cons	OBS can be a little clunky sometimes, the lots of features can be a bit overwhelming I can multitask with it, but can't run heavy software like Premiere alongside it No way to make adjustments to file after it's done, have to use After Effects or Premiere for that Incentivized HL Hayden LeMaster Owner/Operator Read full review	Unable to upload multiple files at once For the beginner, while the layout looks good it is somewhat opaque as to how to get started Free account features an immovable tile asking for $15/month. Incentivized Jeremy Shatan Director, Proposal Development Read full review
Usability	Very usable because it is free and has had a lot of people helping to suggest improvements and sponsors have allowed the product to grow in sophistication and suitability across a variety of situations and use needs. It is very logical to use once you get started, although the dashboard can seem intimidating at first. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	There are a couple of small technical issues that can effect the quality of the videos produced that is keeping me from giving it a 10. It is far superior to any other tool to get a high quality video recording with multiple people over the internet, so it is hands down the best tool I have found for this use case, but I know it can be better. Incentivized Seth Paine Web & Media Developer Read full review
Support Rating	For a free product, a range of support is available. There are plenty of ways to find out answers to questions, because there are probably thousands of people using the product who are willing to share what they have learned. It usually works as designed, so needs for support are limited. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	I have not needed to use the Riverside.fm support that much, which in itself is a good sign of how good their product is, but when I have had to use their support it was prompt, and helpful, and the people were very kind. I am glad to know there is someone there to help quickly if I am having a problem. Incentivized Seth Paine Web & Media Developer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Only one reason which is that OBS studio is free and open source and we had team members capable of using it effectively. Other softwares have great prebuilt features which make it super easy to go live for small streams and individual streamers. Incentivized Mantra Manan Saraswat Product Manager Read full review	Riverside is far better than trying to record on Zoom or Skype because on both of those platforms you are recording others' videos from over the internet, so you get any glitches that come from inconsistent connections that either you or your guest has. Riverside records locally and then uploads separately, so everyone's video quality is much greater. Incentivized Seth Paine Web & Media Developer Read full review
Return on Investment	It was great to have a platform that is free that I can experiment with without having to use our business capital on. It took time to learn, but it helped me understand a lot of things, so it was a great learning experience. It was a great balance of cost and time with the high-quality product we got from it. Incentivized Seth Paine Web & Media Developer Read full review	Since I need their platform, which again is actually pretty good, I had to waste money to sign up again, so that I had a workable password. from experience, wasted weeks of going back and forth with their support team - throwing off my podcast schedule. TB Tim Bray Owner Read full review
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