On Gyre your 24/7 stream stays one YouTube broadcast until you stop it. Playout offers an optional new broadcast every 11 hours on paid plans, off until you turn it on.
Gyre is a YouTube Live verified encoder, on YouTube's official list.
NBCUniversal, BBC Studios, WildBrain and National Geographic run 24/7 channels on Gyre. BBC Studios streams Top Gear around the clock through Gyre.
| CATEGORY | GYRE | PLAYOUT |
|---|---|---|
| One broadcast or many | ✓One broadcast with no planned restarts. Our longest has run since February 2022 |
Optional new broadcast every 11 hours on paid plans, off until you turn it on |
| YouTube status | ✓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 isolated server on every plan |
Redundant servers |
| CATEGORY | GYRE | PLAYOUT |
|---|---|---|
| 4 streams at 1080p60 | ✓$18.56 a stream · Start+ |
$47.33 a stream, priced per stream, each stream added to a plan |
| 8 streams at 1080p60 | ✓$15.84 a stream · Pro+ |
$47.33 a stream, priced per stream, each stream added to a plan |
| 1 stream in 4K at 60fps | ✓$74.25 a month · Start+ |
$160.67 a month billed yearly, $199 monthly |
| 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 |
| 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: 168 h nonstop
WHY 168 HOURS MATTER
2 or 24 hours show you the dashboard, not the result. YouTube's algorithm needs a live stream to stay on air well past 24 hours before it starts recommending it: views, watch time and ranking build up day by day.
7×more airtime than 24 hours to see real results on your own channel
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Free plan: sessions of up to 2 h, 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 is priced per stream, each stream added to a plan. 60fps is an add-on from the Channel plan ($39 a month billed yearly), which comes to $47.33 a stream, and 4K is an add-on on Business ($119). On Gyre, 60fps comes on every paid plan, and 4K from Start+ costs the same at 30 or 60fps.
Playout at 1080p60: $47.33 a stream billed yearly, $59 monthly. Playout showed promotional prices on November 2, 2026.
Each live stream is a separate live video on your channel, with its own title, thumbnail and audience. Many Gyre customers run dozens of 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.
A 24/7 stream needs days, not hours, to show what it can do.
Playout publishes a page comparing itself with Gyre. Here is what it says and how Gyre works today.
Source: playout.video/
Multiple channels: "Higher tiers; Enterprise from 20 streams".
Start+ runs 4 streams, Pro+ 8, and subscriptions combine before Enterprise.
Gyre's Start plan is $40.66/mo billed annually.
Start costs $49 a month, billed monthly, 3 or 6 months, with no yearly plan, and includes 60fps. Playout's $19 Creator plan runs at 1080p30, with no 60fps option and no automatic scheduling.
Gyre does nothing at 12 hours: no restart and no new broadcast. Our longest has run that way since February 2022, and our most-watched single stream has passed 230M views. Playout offers an optional new broadcast every 11 hours on paid plans, off until you turn it on, because YouTube may not save a recording longer than 12 hours. With it on, each part becomes a separate video.
Not at the same quality. At 1080p60, Gyre costs $18.56 per stream on Start+ billed annually, against $47.33 on Playout, which is priced per stream with 60fps as an add-on. Playout is lower for a single stream: $47.33 at 1080p60 billed yearly, and its Creator plan costs $19 a month billed yearly at 1080p30, without 60fps or automatic scheduling.
Playout isn't on YouTube's Live verified encoders list as of November 2, 2026, and its own pages don't mention the status. Gyre is on the list.
Yes. Gyre is a YouTube Live verified encoder, on YouTube's official list, linked in the sources below.
Yes, with one stream slot per platform, each with its own playlist and schedule. Gyre streams to 8 platforms: YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Instagram, X, Kick, Telegram and Mixcloud. YouTube allows nonstop live streams, while Facebook and Instagram cap them at 8 and 4 hours, so one live there runs up to that limit.
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.
In 24/7 mode, if the platform's receiving server closes the connection, we reconnect within 1–2 seconds in our tests, so your broadcast keeps going. Every customer streams from their own isolated server, and we run at 99.9% uptime.
Yes. Why we ask for a card: a non-stop stream needs a real server. Nothing is charged today. The trial runs one Full HD stream, with playlists, the scheduler and a Gyre watermark. After day 7 it converts to Start+, four Full HD streams for $99 a month. Cancel any time before day 7, or pick another plan yourself. Streamed under 10 hours and forgot to cancel? Request a refund within 14 days, minus payment fees.
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 on November 2, 2026. Spot something out of date? Email [email protected] and we'll correct the page if it checks out.
Playout and its logo are trademarks of their owner. This page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Playout.
Run your channel for a full week and let the numbers decide.
7 days, 168 hours. Credit card required. Streamed under 10 hours and forgot to cancel? Refund within 14 days, minus payment fees.
