TrustRadius Insights for StreamYard are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Pros
Easy to use: Many users have praised StreamYard for its incredibly user-friendly interface, which makes it easy to set up live shows quickly. The simplicity and effectiveness of the platform's user interface are particularly valued, as they make it accessible even for those without a technical background.
Ability to stream to multiple platforms simultaneously: Users highly appreciate the ability of StreamYard to stream their live shows on multiple social media platforms at the same time. This feature not only saves them time and effort but also allows them to reach a wider audience across different platforms.
Professional features and functionality: Reviewers have expressed their satisfaction with the professional features and functionality offered by StreamYard. They find it impressive that they can incorporate live comments on screen during their live shows and engage with viewers in real-time. Additionally, the ability to have multiple guests on a show and easily train volunteers to use the platform is highly valued by users.
Our company actively uses StreamYard for live streaming special events, info sessions, and panel discussions. We use also StreamYard to record interviews and info sessions for our external audience. StreamYard helps us to add visuals, slides, and videos to our live streams, which make our social media appearance more professional and engaging.
Pros
It has an easy and comfortable interface for participants and admins.
It provides the opportunity to add videos, banners, and slides to your session.
It provides the opportunity to show live comments and answer to them right from StreamYard.
Cons
I would like to be able to change default layout via admin in some instances because for example, it’s a cropped layout for 2+ speakers by default.
I would like the opportunity to copy comments from the comments section (even if we need to paste it to private chat).
I would like the opportunity to share the link to download video with guest speakers.
Likelihood to Recommend
StreamYard is a great tool to create good-looking and engaging live sessions on social media. It allows adding visuals and videos, showing comments, as well as communicating with your audience and speakers in one place. StreamYard is also a great tool to film interviews or info sessions for those who are not familiar with video editing as it allows you to add all the necessary visuals with one click. StreamYard is great for communication with an extended audience.
Hi, I'm using StreamYard to broadcast my live interview session over my company's LinkedIn, YouTube, and Facebook social channels. Align events, create them for each account, manage the live session on air, and record everything is usually a pain. With StreamYard, I've solved all of them with one tool. I can program everything in advance and quickly go live.
Pros
Broadcasting across channels
Scheduling broadcasts
Recording broadcasts
Managing live comments
Personalize the experience with branded skin
Cons
Provide with a transcription service
Increase the interaction level with polls
Allow blurred background
Likelihood to Recommend
StreamYard is easy to use from the beginning. You don't have to be an expert, and you can go live quickly and hassle-free. So great for interviews, round-table, and frontal events. I recommend using something else to manage webinars or where you need an interactive audience, like in a workshop.
We currently use it to stream our podcast LIVE to Facebook, LinkedIn, and Youtube three times per week. It is our main channel for promoting the business and building strategic relationships. The simplicity of the platform has come in handy for the development of the show and the consistency needed to lift the podcast off the ground.
Pros
Easy access to stream to multiple locations at the same time
Simple and intuitive user interface.
Self-explanatory. Small learning curve to be able to master it.
Cons
One big downside is that you can't download separate high quality video and audio files for each person in the stream.
The simplicity takes away from the "customization" that you could potentially have in other platforms.
A backroom where you could communicate with other people in the stream, without streaming it while live, would be very useful.
Likelihood to Recommend
We usually recommend it to those that want to start streaming their podcasts LIVE and don't have much bandwidth for learning new software. Its simplicity is perfect for beginners. That being said, if the person we are talking to wants to be able to download high-quality video and audio files after the stream is over -for post-production reasons- we usually refer them to different software.