Pay for the number of streams and video storage

A stream keeps the channel active without shooting anything new: it puts what you have already made to work. It stays available around the clock and is built for viewers looking for background content rather than a specific video. What comes of it depends on your niche and material — nobody can guarantee growth.

Through Google OAuth: you click “Connect with Google”, choose the channel and approve access on Google's consent page. With that access the service creates live broadcasts on your channel, sets their title, description, thumbnail, category and privacy, starts and ends them, and reads viewer statistics for your dashboard. It does not upload, change or delete the regular videos on your channel. You can revoke access at any time — in the dashboard or in your Google Account. Alternatively, add the channel with a stream key: then the service only sends the video stream, and you manage the broadcast yourself in YouTube Studio.

No. You upload video files from your own computer through the dashboard, or by a public link (direct, Dropbox, Google Drive). The files are stored on our servers and streamed from there. Google access is not used to upload videos: the service does not take videos from your channel.

We stream through YouTube's standard RTMP ingest — the same way any streaming software does. But YouTube sets the platform rules and changes them without us, so we cannot promise there will be no restrictions. The channel owner is responsible for what is streamed: the rules on repetitive and reused content apply, and if the stream contains someone else's video or music, that risk lies with the content. We do not guarantee monetization.

Technically these are different objects on the channel: a live broadcast and an uploaded video. But how the platform treats repeated material is up to the platform, and the rules change. We do not recommend building a stream from content you have already published, and we do not take responsibility for that choice: originality of the material remains your job.

No. Everything runs in the cloud: videos are streamed from our servers. Your computer can be off, and you can be on vacation.

Usually 10–15 minutes including the video upload. Uploading files takes the longest; the rest is a few switches.

You can start with a single video — it will play on a loop. The more material you have, the more varied the stream and the fewer repeats a regular viewer sees.

The service monitors the broadcast on four levels: the encoding process, stream health as reported by YouTube, the broadcast status and server availability. On failure the stream is restarted automatically, and the event is written to the log.

Yes — 3 days on the START plan: one stream and 5 GB for videos, no card required. If it doesn't suit you, simply don't pay: trial videos are deleted 2 days after the trial ends, your settings stay.

OBS is free, but a 24/7 stream needs your computer and home internet running non-stop. If the stream drops at night, restarting it is on you, and titles and thumbnails are changed by hand. AutoStream streams from a server, restarts the stream after a failure and rotates titles and thumbnails on a schedule.

In the dashboard, under Billing, request an invoice: plan, term (1, 3, 6 or 12 months with a discount) and payment method. There are no automatic charges: if you don't pay the next invoice, the subscription ends at the end of the paid period. The first payment for a plan can be fully refunded within 14 days.

Yes. Request an invoice for another plan under Billing. Once it is paid, the new plan's limits apply.