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 "schema_version": "1.0",
 "id": "switcher-studio",
 "name": "Switcher Studio",
 "research_status": "researched",
 "vendor_domain": "switcherstudio.com",
 "category": "Operations & Workflow",
 "task": "Webinars & events",
 "summary": "Multi-camera live production and streaming from iPhones and iPads you already own, with overlays and pay-per-view monetisation.",
 "best_for": "creators, churches, events and small businesses that want multi-camera live production and streaming using iPhones and iPads they already own: no broadcast hardware",
 "skip_if": "you're on Windows, you need rock-solid wired production for high-stakes broadcasts, or a single-camera stream is all you'll ever need",
 "honest_knock": "The app runs on Mac and iOS only (Android phones can join as cameras, but there is no Windows version) so the machine doing the switching has to be an Apple one. And wireless multi-cam is only as reliable as your venue's Wi-Fi; a shaky connection is the failure mode nobody markets. The monetization features (pay-per-view, subscriptions) are strong, but only matter if you're actually selling access.",
 "pricing": {
  "status": "public",
  "entry_price": "$65",
  "entry_price_terms": "a month month-to-month, or $45 a month billed annually",
  "from_price_usd_month": 65.0,
  "plans": [
   {
    "name": "Studio",
    "price": "$65 month-to-month / $45 annually",
    "includes": ""
   },
   {
    "name": "Suite",
    "price": "$99 month-to-month / $79 annually",
    "includes": ""
   },
   {
    "name": "Studio 7-Day Pass",
    "price": "$35 one-time",
    "includes": "All Studio features for a single event"
   }
  ],
  "plans_source": "summarised from pricing.notes; every plan name and amount appears verbatim in those notes",
  "notes": "(read 2026-09-26 on switcherstudio.com/pricing) Studio is $65 a month month-to-month and $45 on annual billing ('Up to 30% Off'). Suite is $99 month-to-month and $79 annually, and both Suite rates carry a limited-time promotion: $79 for the first month ($20 off, renewing at $99) or $71 a month for the first year ($95 off, renewing at $948 a year). The Studio Seasonal tier we read on 8 September ($55 a month on a three-month commitment) is no longer on the page; in its place is a Studio 7-Day Pass, $35 one-time, with all Studio features for a single event. Fourteen-day trial, no free plan. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the cycle ends, and payments for a previous period are nonrefundable. Monetisation carries no revenue share but $0.99 per transaction. The app runs on Mac and iOS; Android phones can be used as cameras, and there is no Windows version.",
  "verified_at": "2026-09-26",
  "source_url": null,
  "schema_offer": null,
  "source_quotes": null,
  "recent_change": null,
  "price_history": null
 },
 "free_plan": false,
 "free_plan_evidence": null,
 "cost_traps": [
  {
   "id": "annual_lock",
   "label": "Annual commitment",
   "evidence": "(read 2026-09-26 on switcherstudio.com/pricing) Studio is $65 a month month-to-month and $45 on annual billing ('Up to 30% Off').",
   "verified_at": "2026-09-26",
   "source_url": null
  }
 ],
 "compare_with": {
  "name": "OBS Studio or Ecamm Live",
  "why": "OBS is free but desktop and technical; Switcher trades that for wireless iPhone simplicity at a subscription price"
 },
 "links": {
  "record": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/api/v1/products/switcher-studio.json",
  "review": "https://officesoftwaremarketplace.com/switcher-studio-review.html",
  "marketplace": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/marketplace/switcher-studio/",
  "vendor_site": "https://switcherstudio.com"
 },
 "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://start.switcherstudio.com/pq0alaki5yss",
  "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."
 },
 "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."
 },
 "cost": {
  "status": "not_yet",
  "engine": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/agents/#cost",
  "rules": null,
  "growth": null
 },
 "unknowns": [
  "Contract terms (cancellation, data export, data location, minimum seats) are not researched as separate fields; pricing.notes mentions them only where the vendor's pricing page does.",
  "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.",
  "Not tested hands-on by us: what the product does comes from the vendor's pages and our reading of them."
 ],
 "verification": {
  "price": "read",
  "free_trial": "being_verified",
  "refund": "being_verified"
 },
 "status_page": null,
 "task_evidence": null,
 "open_questions": [
  {
   "question_id": "switcher-studio: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"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "switcher-studio:data_export",
   "key": "data_export",
   "question": "Which data can a customer export, in which formats, on which plans?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "switcher-studio:data_location",
   "key": "data_location",
   "question": "Where is customer data stored, and can a customer choose the region?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "switcher-studio:minimum_seats",
   "key": "minimum_seats",
   "question": "Is there a minimum number of seats or users on any plan?",
   "status": "open"
  }
 ],
 "vendor_answers": [],
 "agent_channels": {
  "vendor_mcp": null,
  "agent_checkout": {
   "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"
  }
 }
}