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 "id": "restream",
 "name": "Restream",
 "research_status": "researched",
 "vendor_domain": "restream.io",
 "category": "Growth & Revenue",
 "task": "Webinars & events",
 "summary": "Multistreaming studio: broadcast one show to YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitch at once from the browser, with guests and local recordings.",
 "best_for": "creators, podcasters and marketing teams who broadcast one show to many platforms at once, without extra encoding hardware",
 "skip_if": "you stream to a single platform (its native studio is free) or you need broadcast-grade production control: an OBS-style tool fits better",
 "honest_knock": "The channel caps are the business model -- each tier buys a few more destinations. Seats are the second meter: Free and Standard include one and cannot buy another at all, while Professional and Business include two and sell extras at $25 a month. Price it at your real destination count and team size, not the sticker.",
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  "entry_price": "$19",
  "entry_price_terms": "per month ($190/yr billed annually)",
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  "plans_source": null,
  "notes": "Re-read on restream.io/pricing on 26 September 2026, with both the Creator/Business tabs and the Monthly/Annually toggle operated. Free: 2 channels with Restream branding, 1 seat. Standard $19 a month, billed as $190 a year (3 channels, 1 seat). Professional $49 a month, billed as $470 a year (5 channels, Full HD 1080p in Studio, 2 seats). Business $239 a month, billed as $2,390 a year (8 channels, website player to 1,000 viewers, 2 seats). Enterprise is quoted. Annual therefore saves 16.7% on Standard and Business and 20.1% on Professional, not the flat 'Save 20%' the toggle advertises. Add-ons are monthly on top: Clips +$19/+$29/+$59 and Webinars +$99/+$99/+$299 across the three tiers, extra team seats $25 a seat on Professional and Business only, and extra workspaces $49 (Professional) or $239 (Business).",
  "verified_at": "2026-09-26",
  "source_url": "https://restream.io/pricing/",
  "schema_offer": null,
  "source_quotes": null,
  "recent_change": null,
  "price_history": null
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 "free_plan": true,
 "free_plan_evidence": "Free: 2 channels with Restream branding, 1 seat.",
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   "id": "addons_extra",
   "label": "Key features are paid add-ons",
   "evidence": "Add-ons are monthly on top: Clips +$19/+$29/+$59 and Webinars +$99/+$99/+$299 across the three tiers, extra team seats $25 a seat on Professional and Business only, and extra workspaces $49 (Professional) or $239 (Business).",
   "verified_at": "2026-09-26",
   "source_url": "https://restream.io/pricing/"
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  "name": "StreamYard or OBS Studio",
  "why": "StreamYard wins on beginner-friendly guest shows, OBS on free pro-grade control; Restream wins on multistream breadth and scheduling"
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  "record": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/api/v1/products/restream.json",
  "review": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html",
  "marketplace": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/marketplace/restream/",
  "vendor_site": "https://restream.io"
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 "purchase": {
  "seller": "the vendor",
  "how": "AIBuilder Marketplace does not sell this software. Sign up, start a trial or buy on the vendor's site.",
  "handoff_url": "https://try.restream.io/r09i9uua5ley",
  "affiliate": true,
  "disclosure": "Where purchase.affiliate is true, purchase.handoff_url is an affiliate link: AIBuilder Marketplace may earn a commission at no extra cost to the buyer. Commission never changes what a record says, and products are not ranked by commission. Where it is false the link is the vendor's plain site."
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 "provenance": {
  "research": "hand-researched dossier, read on the vendor's own pages",
  "researched_since": "2026-07",
  "method": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/how-we-review/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0. Credit 'AIBuilder Marketplace' with a link to https://aibuildermarketplace.com/atlas/.",
  "note": "A rebuild is not a new measurement: pricing.verified_at is the date that matters."
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  "engine": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/agents/#cost",
  "rules": null,
  "growth": null
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  "Plan-by-plan prices are not structured in this record yet; pricing.notes has the full text.",
  "Data export tested on 2026-11-06; contract terms not researched. Scope and untested export routes are listed in measured.exit_test.",
  "Being verified: free trial and refund terms are not yet matched to a verbatim line on the vendor's own pages. Not matched does not mean there is none.",
  "No computable price rules yet: cost at a given team size cannot be calculated for this product."
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 "verification": {
  "price": "read",
  "free_trial": "being_verified",
  "refund": "being_verified"
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  "onboarding": null,
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      "sender_name": "Restream team",
      "sender_domain": "mail.restream.io",
      "subject": "Please confirm your email",
      "folder": "inbox",
      "offer": null
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   "window_end": "2026-11-19T23:00:00Z",
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   "time_basis": "signup_date_midnight_Europe_Amsterdam",
   "status": "partial",
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    "personal_looking_sales": 0
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   "address_book_requested": "not_tested",
   "workspace_requested": "not_tested"
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    "card_required": "not_tested",
    "call_required": "not_tested",
    "observed_on": null,
    "evidence_url": null
   },
   "cancel": {
    "screens": "not_tested",
    "call_required": "not_tested",
    "observed_on": null,
    "evidence_url": null
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  "tested_on": "2026-11-06",
  "tested_by": "Our team; actor, account and scope are documented in the review.",
  "review_url": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html",
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   "Completed onboarding as an individual and read the plan and add-on screen",
   "Opened checkout and read the total without entering anything",
   "Uploaded the test video to Storage and opened its menu and the schedule-stream form"
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    "claim_read_on": "2026-11-06",
    "observed": "All three add-ons were checked by default; checkout Due today $96.98 with those defaults.",
    "observed_on": "2026-11-06",
    "evidence": {
     "label": "Our test observations",
     "url": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html#claim-vs-measured"
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    "status": "confirmed",
    "buying_consequence": "Review each selected add-on before subscribing.",
    "buyer_direction": "neutral",
    "claim_changed_on": null
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   {
    "claim": "Due today $96.98",
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    "claim_read_on": "2026-11-06",
    "observed": "No payment submitted; no VAT line visible before payment data.",
    "observed_on": "2026-11-06",
    "evidence": {
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     "url": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html#claim-vs-measured"
    },
    "plan": "Free",
    "comparability": "Restream: Immediate displayed checkout only, not an invoice or proof of an actual charge.",
    "status": "confirmed",
    "buying_consequence": "Tax treatment is unknown at the inspected point.",
    "buyer_direction": "neutral",
    "claim_changed_on": null
   },
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    "claim": "UPLOADS 1/3",
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    "claim_read_on": "2026-11-06",
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    "observed_on": "2026-11-06",
    "evidence": {
     "label": "Our test observations",
     "url": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html#claim-vs-measured"
    },
    "plan": "Free",
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    "status": "confirmed",
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    "buyer_direction": "neutral",
    "claim_changed_on": null
   },
   {
    "claim": "Create an event post in advance to invite your audience",
    "claim_source": "https://app.restream.io/",
    "claim_read_on": "2026-11-06",
    "observed": "Checkbox was on by default; Loop video required Upgrade. Stopped before selecting channels.",
    "observed_on": "2026-11-06",
    "evidence": {
     "label": "Our test observations",
     "url": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html#claim-vs-measured"
    },
    "plan": "Free",
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    "status": "confirmed",
    "buying_consequence": "Review event-publicity setting before continuing.",
    "buyer_direction": "neutral",
    "claim_changed_on": null
   },
   {
    "claim": "Transcript",
    "claim_source": "https://app.restream.io/",
    "claim_read_on": "2026-11-06",
    "observed": "Item menu labelled Transcript Upgrade; Download offered without a download attempt.",
    "observed_on": "2026-11-06",
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     "label": "Our test observations",
     "url": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html#claim-vs-measured"
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    "plan": "Free",
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    "status": "confirmed",
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   {
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   "what": "Own six-second MP4 uploaded successfully per notes. UPLOADS changed from 0/3 to 1/3, storage from 100% to 66%; item showed Expires: 29 days. Schedule Video inspected; stopped before channel selection, no event saved or live stream.",
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   "file_inspected": false,
   "reimport_tested": false,
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    "export_route": "Download offered in item menu; not used. Transcript and Loop video labelled Upgrade. No return file, reimport or live-stream test.",
    "format": "No downloaded product file.",
    "reimport": "No native-ID reimport.",
    "cancellation": "Cancellation/downgrade not tested."
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   "note": "A check of this export route with synthetic records, on the account and date stated. Re-importing the export was not tested. The exported file was not opened, so what it contains is unverified. Friction is described, not scored; this is not a verdict on the product.",
   "evidence_url": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html#exit-test"
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    "value": "not_tested",
    "basis": "No explicit observation in the public evidence.",
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   "trial_duration_confirmed": {
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    "basis": "No explicit observation in the public evidence.",
    "observed_on": "2026-11-06",
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   "export_file_inspected": {
    "value": false,
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    "observed_on": "2026-11-06",
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   "export_reimport_tested": {
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    "observed_on": "2026-11-06",
    "evidence_url": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html#exit-test"
   },
   "export_direct_download": {
    "value": "not_tested",
    "basis": "No explicit observation in the public evidence.",
    "observed_on": "2026-11-06",
    "evidence_url": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html#hands-on"
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   "marketing_emails_14d": {
    "value": "not_tested",
    "basis": "No complete unambiguous 14-day inbox observation available.",
    "observed_on": "2026-11-10",
    "evidence_url": null
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    "product_name": "Restream",
    "product_id": "restream",
    "run_date": "2026-11-06",
    "session_type": "hands_on",
    "what": "Tested by our team on 6 November 2026 on the free plan: Daan created the account and our AI assistant ran the test in Daan's browser. We went through onboarding, read the plan screen, uploaded a 6-second test video and opened the schedule-stream form. We stopped before connecting any channel and before payment.",
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     "Onboarding asks who will stream (an organization or just you). No card was requested. Two draft events, an RTMP stream and a Studio stream, already existed on the home page.",
     "Straight after onboarding a plan screen appears. Free is $0 with 50 streaming hours, counted per destination, so one hour on 3 platforms uses 3 hours. Creator Plus is $19.99 a month.",
     "On Creator Plus all three add-ons were ticked by default: Clips +$19, Advanced Cloud recording +$19 and Upload & Stream +$39. Checkout then showed 'Due today $96.98', nearly five times the $19.99 base price. A 7-day money-back guarantee is shown at checkout. No VAT line appeared.",
     "Storage accepted our 6-second MP4 (32 KB). The counter went to 1 of 3 uploads and available storage to 66%, so the limit counts files and not bytes.",
     "The file menu offers Schedule stream, Download, Trim video, Transcript (upgrade), Details, Rename and Delete. Create event offers a title, date with time zone, and a preticked option to create an event post in advance. Loop video needs an upgrade."
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     "Going live: no channel was connected and the event was not saved",
     "Downloading the upload again",
     "Support, roles and invitations (free plan is individual use only), downgrade and cancellation",
     "The final price including VAT"
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    "disclosure": null,
    "evidence_status": null,
    "result": "reported",
    "note": "Findings as written up after the session; no pass/fail per task was scored.",
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     {
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       "url": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html#claim-vs-measured"
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      "status": "confirmed",
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      "buyer_direction": "neutral",
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     },
     {
      "claim": "Due today $96.98",
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      "observed": "No payment submitted; no VAT line visible before payment data.",
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       "label": "Our test observations",
       "url": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html#claim-vs-measured"
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      "status": "confirmed",
      "buying_consequence": "Tax treatment is unknown at the inspected point.",
      "buyer_direction": "neutral",
      "claim_changed_on": null
     },
     {
      "claim": "UPLOADS 1/3",
      "claim_source": "https://app.restream.io/",
      "claim_read_on": "2026-11-06",
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      "observed_on": "2026-11-06",
      "evidence": {
       "label": "Our test observations",
       "url": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html#claim-vs-measured"
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      "comparability": "Restream: One successful media upload; no general byte-cap calculation or durability test.",
      "status": "confirmed",
      "buying_consequence": "The inspected allowance counted the file slot despite its small size.",
      "buyer_direction": "neutral",
      "claim_changed_on": null
     },
     {
      "claim": "Create an event post in advance to invite your audience",
      "claim_source": "https://app.restream.io/",
      "claim_read_on": "2026-11-06",
      "observed": "Checkbox was on by default; Loop video required Upgrade. Stopped before selecting channels.",
      "observed_on": "2026-11-06",
      "evidence": {
       "label": "Our test observations",
       "url": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html#claim-vs-measured"
      },
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      "status": "confirmed",
      "buying_consequence": "Review event-publicity setting before continuing.",
      "buyer_direction": "neutral",
      "claim_changed_on": null
     },
     {
      "claim": "Transcript",
      "claim_source": "https://app.restream.io/",
      "claim_read_on": "2026-11-06",
      "observed": "Item menu labelled Transcript Upgrade; Download offered without a download attempt.",
      "observed_on": "2026-11-06",
      "evidence": {
       "label": "Our test observations",
       "url": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/restream-review.html#claim-vs-measured"
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      "buyer_direction": "neutral",
      "claim_changed_on": null
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     {
      "claim": "Due today $96.98",
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      "claim_read_on": "2026-11-06",
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      "status": "confirmed",
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      "buyer_direction": "neutral",
      "claim_changed_on": null
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     "run_date": "2026-11-06",
     "what": "Own six-second MP4 uploaded successfully per notes. UPLOADS changed from 0/3 to 1/3, storage from 100% to 66%; item showed Expires: 29 days. Schedule Video inspected; stopped before channel selection, no event saved or live stream.",
     "first_import": null,
     "file_inspected": false,
     "reimport_tested": false,
     "awkward": "Add-ons were preticked in the plan screen and checkout, so the default basket cost $96.98 against a $19.99 base price.",
     "friction": {
      "export_route": "Download offered in item menu; not used. Transcript and Loop video labelled Upgrade. No return file, reimport or live-stream test.",
      "format": "No downloaded product file.",
      "reimport": "No native-ID reimport.",
      "cancellation": "Cancellation/downgrade not tested."
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      "Downloaded product exports and native-ID roundtrip.",
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     "note": "A check of this export route with synthetic records, on the account and date stated. Re-importing the export was not tested. The exported file was not opened, so what it contains is unverified. Friction is described, not scored; this is not a verdict on the product."
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    "in_catalog": true
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   "question_id": "restream:cancellation_terms",
   "key": "cancellation_terms",
   "question": "Can a customer cancel at any time, and what happens to an annual plan that is cancelled mid-term?",
   "status": "open"
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  {
   "question_id": "restream:data_export",
   "key": "data_export",
   "question": "Which data can a customer export, in which formats, on which plans?",
   "status": "open"
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  {
   "question_id": "restream:data_location",
   "key": "data_location",
   "question": "Where is customer data stored, and can a customer choose the region?",
   "status": "open"
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  {
   "question_id": "restream:minimum_seats",
   "key": "minimum_seats",
   "question": "Is there a minimum number of seats or users on any plan?",
   "status": "open"
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   "status": "not_found",
   "detail": "No explicit support for purchases by AI agents on the vendor's own pages.",
   "checked_at": "2026-10-07",
   "method": "homepage, /pricing and the pricing page we cite, read as plain HTML (no JavaScript) and searched for explicit support of purchases by AI agents: Agentic Commerce Protocol, Instant Checkout, Agent Payments Protocol, buy in ChatGPT, agentic checkout"
  }
 }
}