Restream

by Restream Inc.

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The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

Multi-destination live-streaming platform with AI recording features.

Web, iOS, Android  ·  free / from $16/mo

TL;DR

Best for creators and B2B teams that want to simulcast a single feed to many destinations and get AI captions and recaps. Pricing: free / from $16/mo.

Category
Products
Pricing
free / from $16/mo
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android

What it is

Restream is a multi-destination live-streaming platform that lets creators and B2B teams broadcast a single feed simultaneously to YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Twitch, and other endpoints. The product added AI captions, transcripts, and post-stream summaries in 2024 and produces a structured recap that includes a transcript, chapter markers, and short clip suggestions. Restream is one of the two dominant browser-based simulcast tools alongside StreamYard and is used by hundreds of thousands of creators worldwide. Pricing and product details listed here were last reviewed by Neugence on 2026-05-12; check the vendor site for current values before quoting.

Best for: Creators and B2B teams that want to simulcast a single feed to many destinations and get AI captions and recaps.
Watch out for: Live-streaming first; AI is a 2024 addition rather than a deep CI layer.

Install / use

restream.io — Free, Starter $16/mo, Professional $41/mo, Business $99/mo

What people actually do with Restream-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Google DriveMake.comZapiern8nZoomSlack

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Restream vs Whipscribe

FeatureRestreamWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages—99
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Restream

Frequently asked about Restream

Is Restream free?

Partly. Restream has a free tier with paid plans above it — published pricing: free / from $16/mo. Free-tier limits change more often than this page does; verify on the vendor's pricing page.

Does Restream work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Restream runs on Web, iOS and Android.

How do I get started with Restream?

There is nothing to install — Restream is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

What are the limitations of Restream?

Live-streaming first; AI is a 2024 addition rather than a deep CI layer.

Who is Restream best for?

Creators and B2B teams that want to simulcast a single feed to many destinations and get AI captions and recaps.

Is Restream open source?

No. Restream is a proprietary product from Restream Inc.. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Who makes Restream?

Restream is made by Restream Inc..

What kind of tool is Restream?

In this directory Restream is filed under webinar, live streaming as a product.

What are the alternatives to Restream?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/restream-alternatives comparing Restream with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Restream-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Restream?

Restream is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Restream?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Restream category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

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