Looking for a Playout alternative without restarts? Gyre turns your pre-recorded videos into a 24/7 live stream on YouTube that runs as one broadcast until you stop it, with 60fps in every paid plan.
| CATEGORY | GYRE | PLAYOUT |
|---|---|---|
| One broadcast or many | ✓One broadcast with no planned restarts. A Gyre customer's longest stream has run since February 2022 |
An optional switch on paid plans starts a new YouTube broadcast every 11 hours, because YouTube may not save a recording longer than 12 hours |
| YouTube status | ✓YouTube Live verified encoder, on YouTube's official list |
Not on YouTube's list |
| Uptime | ✓99.9% |
No SLA on Free, Creator, Channel or Business. SLA on Enterprise |
| When a stream drops | In 24/7 mode we reconnect automatically, within 1–2 seconds in our tests | Automatic recovery, restored in seconds |
| Infrastructure | ✓Your own server on every plan |
Redundant servers |
| CATEGORY | GYRE | PLAYOUT |
|---|---|---|
| 4 streams at 1080p60 | ✓$20.54 a stream · Start+ |
$47.33 a stream billed yearly ($59 monthly): Channel plus the 60fps add-on, paid for each stream you add |
| 8 streams at 1080p60 | ✓$17.54 a stream · Pro+ |
$47.33 a stream billed yearly ($59 monthly): Channel plus the 60fps add-on, paid for each stream you add |
| 1 stream in 4K at 60fps | ✓$82.17 a month · Start+ |
$160.67 a month billed yearly, $199 monthly: Business plus the 4K (+$40) and 60fps (+$10) add-ons |
| 1 stream at 1080p30 | $49 a month · Start, 60fps included | ✓$19 a month billed yearly · Creator |
| CATEGORY | GYRE | PLAYOUT |
|---|---|---|
| 60fps and 4K | ✓60fps on every paid plan. 4K from Start+, the same price at 30 or 60fps |
1080p30. 60fps is an add-on from Channel, 4K an add-on on Business |
| Scheduler | ✓Runs on every plan, including Start at $49 |
Runs automatically from Channel ($39). On Free and Creator, you can only build the schedule |
| Live studio | Pre-recorded 24/7 only | ✓Guests who join by link, scenes, switching between 24/7 and a live show |
| Overlays and AI tools | Your video airs as uploaded | ✓Templates, visualizers, a now-playing overlay and an AI assistant |
| CATEGORY | GYRE | PLAYOUT |
|---|---|---|
| Multistreaming | 8 platforms, each its own stream, playlist and schedule | ✓One stream to up to 10 destinations on Business (2 on Free, 5 on Creator, 8 on Channel) |
| Support | ✓Email, chat and Telegram, in four languages, on every plan |
Email. Chat and priority support on Business |
| Testing real 24/7 | ✓7-day trial: 168h nonstop
WHY 168 HOURS MATTER
24 hours shows you the dashboard, not the result. Views, watch time and ranking build up while a live stream stays on air, so a 24/7 stream needs days, not hours, to show what it can do.
7×more airtime than 24 hours to see real results on your own channel
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Free plan: sessions of up to 2h, 1080p30 |
| Free plan without a card | 7-day trial, card required | ✓One stream in 1080p30, up to 2 hours at a time, with a watermark |
Playout features and Playout uptime terms come from its public pages, checked in November 2026. Choosing the best 24/7 live streaming software for your channel? See the full list of Gyre features.
Playout is priced per stream: each stream you add costs the plan's per-stream price. 60fps is an add-on from the Channel plan ($39 a month billed yearly, $49 monthly) that costs $100 a year or $10 a month, so each 1080p60 stream comes to $47.33 a month billed yearly, or $59 monthly. 4K is a $40 add-on on Business ($119 billed yearly). On Gyre, 60fps comes on every paid plan, and 4K from Start+ costs the same at 30 or 60fps. So the 24/7 live stream cost depends on frame rate: Playout pricing is lower only for one 1080p30 stream, and Gyre pricing is the cheapest 24/7 live stream option at 60fps from four streams up.
Playout at 1080p60: $47.33 a stream billed yearly, $59 monthly. We compare regular prices, without special offers.
Each live stream is a separate live video on your channel, with its own title, thumbnail and audience. Many Gyre customers run 10 to 30 streams on one channel. With Google sign-in, Gyre creates the broadcast on your channel through the YouTube API. Set a start time in the calendar and Gyre starts it for you.
We pick the cheapest combination of Gyre plans for your number of streams. Want to see how much your channel could earn with 24/7 streaming? Try the 24/7 revenue calculator.
A 24/7 stream needs days, not hours, to show what it can do. Looking for a Playout free trial? Playout's paid plans have no trial, and its free plan streams up to 2 hours at a time, in 1080p30 with a watermark. The Gyre free trial runs a 24/7 live stream for 7 days, 168 hours nonstop, and stays free if you cancel before day 7.
Playout publishes a Playout vs Gyre page that presents it as a Gyre alternative. Is Playout better than Gyre? Here is what that page says and how Gyre works today.
Source: playout.video/
Gyre's Start plan is $40.66/mo billed annually.
That's right: yearly Start is $488, which is $40.67 a month, with 60fps included; you can also pay monthly or for 3 or 6 months at a time. Playout's $19 Creator plan runs at 1080p30, with no 60fps option and no automatic scheduling.
Multiple simultaneous channels: "Higher tiers; Enterprise from 20 streams".
Start+ runs 4 streams and Pro+ 8, and you can combine subscriptions long before you need Enterprise.
Nothing happens at 12 hours on Gyre: no restart and no new broadcast, so your 24/7 stream stays one YouTube video. A Gyre customer's longest stream has run that way since February 2022, and a different customer's stream has passed 230 million views. Playout has an optional switch on paid plans that starts a new YouTube broadcast every 11 hours, because YouTube may not save a recording of a live stream over 12 hours. With it on, each part becomes a separate video.
Not at 1080p60. Gyre Start costs $49 a month with 60fps included. On Playout, one 1080p60 stream is the Channel plan plus the $10 60fps add-on: $59 monthly, or $47.33 a month billed yearly. From four streams, Gyre Start+ comes to $20.54 a stream billed annually, against $47.33 on Playout. Playout is cheaper only for one 1080p30 stream: Creator costs $19 a month billed yearly ($29 monthly), without 60fps or a calendar that runs on schedule.
It depends on what you stream. Playout fits live shows: a browser studio with guests, scenes, overlays and AI tools, plus a free plan for short sessions. Gyre fits a channel that stays on air around the clock: one YouTube broadcast with no planned restarts, 60fps on every paid plan, 4K from Start+ without add-ons, a YouTube Live verified encoder and a full week of real 24/7 to test. Among Playout alternatives, Gyre is the one built only for 24/7.
Gyre, if your channel runs several 24/7 streams. Each stream gets its own playlist and schedule, every paid plan includes 60fps, and Pro+ billed annually runs eight Full HD streams for $140.33 a month. At the same quality, eight streams on Playout come to $378.67 a month billed yearly.
Yes. Playout streams 1080p30 by default: 60fps is a $10-a-month add-on from the Channel plan, and 4K is a $40 add-on on Business. One 4K stream at 60fps comes to $160.67 a month billed yearly, or $199 monthly. On Gyre, 60fps comes on every paid plan, and 4K comes with Start+ and Pro+ at the same price at 30 or 60fps: $82.17 a month on Start+ billed annually.
Yes. YouTube allows nonstop live streams, and on Gyre a 24/7 stream runs as one broadcast with no planned restarts. If the platform's receiving server drops the connection, Gyre reconnects within 1–2 seconds in its tests, so the broadcast keeps going, and every customer streams from their own server. Facebook and Instagram cap a live broadcast at about 8 and 4 hours.
Only Gyre. Gyre is on YouTube’s official list, linked in the sources below. Playout isn't on the list as of November 2026, and its own pages don't mention the status.
Only in short sessions. Playout's free plan streams up to 2 hours at a time, in 1080p30 with a watermark, and its paid plans have no trial. Gyre's trial gives you 7 full days, 168 hours of continuous Full HD streaming, with playlists and the scheduler.
Yes, and for a full week: Playout's free plan stops each session after 2 hours, at 1080p30. The 7-day trial runs one Full HD stream for 168 hours nonstop, with playlists, the scheduler and a Gyre watermark. It needs a credit card. We ask for a card because a nonstop stream runs on a real server. You won't be charged today. After day 7 it converts to Start+, four Full HD streams for $99 a month, unless you pick another plan or cancel.
Yes. Gyre streams from its own servers, so you don't need a computer, OBS or an encoder running on your side. Upload your videos or import them from Google Drive or Dropbox, build a playlist, connect YouTube with Google sign-in, and go live with a 24/7 live stream on YouTube that keeps running when your computer is off. Playout sends one stream to several destinations at once, up to 10 on Business; on Gyre each platform gets its own stream and playlist. Step-by-step guide: Can you stream prerecorded videos as live on YouTube?
We're the Gyre team, so we have a stake in this comparison. We compare like for like: the same video quality, the same number of streams and the same billing period. Every claim about Playout comes from its own pages, linked and dated. Figures were checked against public pages in November 2026. Spot something out of date? Email [email protected] and we'll correct the page if it checks out.
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