Best 24/7 Live Streaming Software in 2026

A 24/7 stream plays pre-recorded video as a live broadcast, all day, without anyone operating it. Lofi radio, devotional channels, ambience streams and news replays all work this way. The tools that do it fall into two groups, and they are more different from each other than their feature lists suggest — StreamOps now comes in both.

This comparison covers six options. Prices and limits were checked on each company's own pricing page on 9 October 2026. They change, so follow the links before you buy.

Monthly billing shown. Sources: Upstream, Gyre, LiveReacting, OneStream Live, OBS Studio, and StreamOps pricing.

Neither is better in general. Cloud trades money for convenience. Your own machine trades a computer and a connection for a lower bill and control of your files. StreamOps is in both columns: StreamOps Cloud is a cloud service, and StreamOps on your own PC is software on your machine.

Best for: always-on playlist channels, especially more than one — on a PC or server of your own, or on StreamOps Cloud if you have nothing to leave on.

Price: On your own machine: free for 1 stream; Creator is ₹999 a month (about $12) for up to 5 streams; Pro is ₹2,999 a month (about $36) for up to 15. StreamOps Cloud: from ₹1,499 a month ($15) for 1 stream to ₹24,999 (about $301) for 20, every Pro feature included. Billed in rupees.

What is good

• The free plan runs one always-on stream on your own machine with no time limit.
• On your own machine, videos are read from a folder on your disk — no upload and no storage cap.
• StreamOps Cloud runs the same engine on our servers with nothing to install; upload videos or import them from Google Drive or Dropbox.
• Restarts a stream automatically after a crash, a dropped connection or a reboot.
• Converts mismatched files before they play, so one odd video does not stall the loop.
• On your own machine, price is per plan, not per stream, so extra channels cost little.
• Runs on Windows and Linux, including a rented Linux server.

Where it is not a fit

• On your own machine, it has to stay on, with enough upload bandwidth for every stream.
• StreamOps Cloud has no free plan (its free trial lasts 12 hours), 25 GB of storage per stream, and no 4K or 60 fps.
• No polls, games or other interactive overlays on the stream.
• No browser studio for live guests.
• On your own machine, the scheduler and multi-destination streaming are on the paid plans.
• No macOS version of the desktop app.

Best for: people who want a cloud service with simple per-stream pricing and designed overlays.

Price: $30 a month for 1 stream, $50 for 2, $70 for 3, then $20 per stream. Annual billing works out to $24 a month for one stream.

What is good

• Runs in the cloud, so no computer has to stay on.
• Every paid plan includes the same features; you pay only for the number of streams.
• Multistreams to up to 10 destinations.
• Stream Designer for overlays, a browser studio for live guests, an API, and team access.
• The free plan has no watermark.

Where it is not a fit

• The free plan stops at 24 streaming hours a month, so an always-on stream needs a paid plan.
• Cost rises with every stream you add.
• Your videos have to be uploaded to Upstream.

Full comparison: Upstream vs StreamOps.

Best for: YouTube-focused channels that want a cloud service and can use videos already on their channel.

Price: Start is $49 a month for 1 HD stream. Start+ is $99 for 4 HD streams or one 4K stream. PRO+ is $169 for 8 HD streams or two 4K streams.

What is good

• Runs in the cloud, so no computer has to stay on.
• Can stream videos that are already uploaded to YouTube.
• Streams to YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Instagram, X, Kick and Mixcloud.
• 4K on the two higher plans.

Where it is not a fit

• The $49 Start plan does not include playlists or the stream scheduler. Those start at $99.
• Storage is capped: 35 GB on Start, 75 GB on Start+, 150 GB on PRO+.
• The free trial lasts 7 days and adds a watermark.

Full comparison: Gyre vs StreamOps.

Best for: streams that want viewers to take part — polls, trivia, countdowns and giveaways on screen.

Price: The 24/7 plan is $39.99 a month per stream, or $33 a month billed yearly, with 4% to 23% off for two or more streams. 60 fps costs 1.5 times the plan price and 4K costs twice.

What is good

• Runs in the cloud, so no computer has to stay on.
• Interactive features are the core of the product: polls, trivia games, countdowns, giveaways and chat overlays.
• Imports video from Google Drive, Dropbox and YouTube links.
• 100 GB of storage on the 24/7 plan.

Where it is not a fit

• The regular plans cap stream length (1 to 24 hours). Always-on streaming is a separate plan.
• 1080p at 30 fps is the base; higher frame rate or 4K multiplies the price.
• The free plan is limited to 30-minute streams with a watermark.

Full comparison: LiveReacting vs StreamOps.

Best for: teams that mainly want scheduled pre-recorded events and multistreaming, with always-on streaming as an extra.

Price: Plans run from $15 to $139 a month. 24-hour streaming is included in the $139 Enterprise plan and sold as a $30-a-month add-on on lower plans.

What is good

• Runs in the cloud, so no computer has to stay on.
• A long-established multistreaming service with scheduling built in.
• The free plan includes 3 scheduled events.

Where it is not a fit

• Always-on streaming is not part of the standard plans.
• 24/7 streaming is for YouTube only, and runs up to 30 days at a time.
• Storage is capped, from 1 GB on the free plan to 150 GB on Enterprise.
• The lower plans stream at 720p.

Full comparison: OneStream Live vs StreamOps.

Best for: live shows with a person at the controls: cameras, scenes and overlays mixed in real time.

Price: Free and open source.

What is good

• Costs nothing.
• The most capable tool here for composing a live scene.
• Can loop a video or a folder of videos.

Where it is not a fit

• No built-in scheduler.
• Does not restart itself after a crash or a dropped connection, so an unattended stream can stay down for hours.
• Built around one stream at a time; several channels usually means several copies to look after.

More in OBS vs StreamOps.

Monthly billing; most of these are cheaper paid yearly. The “StreamOps on your PC” and OBS figures do not include the machine, electricity and internet connection you run them on. If you would have to rent a server just for this, add that to the comparison.

• You have no machine that can stay on, and do not want to rent one: a cloud service. StreamOps Cloud for playlists, the scheduler and analytics on every plan at among the lowest prices per stream; Upstream for overlays and a free plan to try; Gyre if your videos are already on YouTube or you need 4K.
• You want viewers to interact with the stream: LiveReacting.
• You have a PC or server and one channel: StreamOps Free.
• You run several channels from your own machine: StreamOps Creator or Pro, where the price does not rise per stream.
• Your library is large, or you do not want to upload it: software on your own machine. Nothing leaves your disk and nothing is capped.
• You present live, with cameras and scenes: OBS — and a second tool for the always-on channel in between shows.

Decide where the stream should run before you compare features. If the answer is "on someone else's servers", the cloud services above — StreamOps Cloud included — are all workable and differ mostly in price and extras. If the answer is "on my own machine", StreamOps is built for that and is free to try with one stream.

Two well-known names are left out of this list because always-on streaming is not their main job: Restream, whose looped streams stop after 40 hours, and Castr, whose cheaper plans loop at most two files. Each has its own comparison.