About Wirecast

Wirecast is a cloud-based and on-premise live video streaming solution designed to help churches, schools, event production, media & digital marketing businesses broadcast events in real-time. Features include playlist creation, web conferencing, screen capture, and audio ingestion & mixing.

The application enables event organizers to capture live or pre-recorded video, audio or images to create professional content as well as prepare individual audio tracks for different outputs & streams. Wirecast comes with a stock media library, which allows professionals to access multiple media assets such as videos, music, background images, and more while creating live broadcasts. Sports facilities can use the solution to stream events using built-in timers, stopwatches, scoreboards, and instant replays functionalities.

The solution offers integration with various third-party applications such as YouTube, Facebook, LiveStream, Wowza, Twitter, Periscope, and more. Digital marketers using Wirecast can stream videos across multiple platforms, create content/graphics, communicate with the audience in real-time, and monitor engagement through comments on social media.


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Overall rating

4.5 /5
(17)
Value for Money
4.2/5
Features
4.4/5
Ease of Use
4.4/5
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Frank . P.
Frank . P.
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Wirecast is a great tool for Live-streaming!

Reviewed on 2021/10/14

Since I switched from other live-streaming applications and started using Wirecast, I have produced...

Since I switched from other live-streaming applications and started using Wirecast, I have produced fantastic work and I have seen great results. It is not difficult to setup and use, the interface is great and you can customize your streams to suit your needs. Fantastic Software!

Pros

This software is easy to set up. Even if one does not have a good background of it, it is easy to master. It took me just a week to start streaming on my own. I really liked the professional interface it provides, which is also very user friendly. Everything is clear and colorful. Whenever i faced some challenges, their customer support was very helpful. I really appreciate their effort. With Wirecast, I am now streaming on both You Tube and Facebook. The Wirecast Pro is a very good tool, that is indeed value for money. Wirecast produces fantastic streams especially for me because I use Blackmagic streaming product kit.

Cons

If the machine freezes, you have to restart the session. Also I have found out that it requires a stable connection of internet.

Philip
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  • Industry: Media Production
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Wirecast works well but it does take some time to learn, however, the customer service is...

Reviewed on 2021/11/23

I was able to do what I set out to do - go live on social media with my broadcast quality cameras...

I was able to do what I set out to do - go live on social media with my broadcast quality cameras and audio. I did this regularly for a period of time and was able to teach my apprentice how to use my gear so that I could concentrate more on being talent than camera operator/producer/audio recordist, etc...Then he decided not to participate and I stopped broadcasting for a while. When I got back into it I realized that my yearly subscription has run out and I decided to give OBS another try. My experience and confidence with Wirecast made it easier for me use OBS.

Pros

The ability to set up a series of scenes that play one after the other without having to interact with the software. This enables me to be a one man show with a certain finesse that would be difficult to do without this feature. I also like that I can connect it to my broadcast cameras and record isos independently of the mix I'm streaming live (so I can re-edit and re-purpose the raw "live" footage at it highest quality later).

Cons

The price point is a bit restrictive, however the customer service is worth it for the most part. The thing is upgrades are costly and older versions are not always compatible with OS updates, so I couldn't use it with all my computers and that is exactly why I switched to OBS recently.

Alternatives Considered

OBS Studio

Reasons for Choosing Wirecast

I couldn't get OBS to work with my hardware. The customer service representative at Wirecast walked me through the proper settings and I was quickly able to get up and running.

Switched From

OBS Studio

Reasons for Switching to Wirecast

Customer service and feature set (including being able to create a play list that switched automatically from one source to another.
Spencer
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  • Industry: Research
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Layout

Reviewed on 2024/12/20

Pros

Software is Super easy to use and great layout.

Cons

Sometimes the application can be a bit buggy.

Andy
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10

Great concept but software is buggy and unreliable

Reviewed on 2024/06/12

I would avoid using Wirecast you need streaming software to be reliable and in my experience...

I would avoid using Wirecast you need streaming software to be reliable and in my experience Wirecast is not because they keep on introducing new versions and features without testing them properly.

Pros

The UI is the best of any streaming software that I have seen. Its well laid out and easy to navigate. It also has a large range of output options.

Cons

Wirecast has not been reliable for me, I purchased 2 licenses but it would never do some of the things that it advertised that it could do (eg stream to both a Facebook page and a Facebook group at the same time, it had issues showing the list of facebook pages and groups so you couldn't choose them as outputs Support ticket number [sensitive content hidden]) I gave the the benefit of the doubt and assumed that given time they would correct these problems but they never did, they then started suggesting me paying a yearly fee of $199 to tech support I wasn't willing to do this as the software never worked in the way that they claimed it would be able to. It seems like they as a company don't invest enough in testing and focus more on adding new non essential features. They also introduce new versions regularly rather than just trying to make the existing ones work properly. Their facebook group has many posts in it where people are talking about reliability issues. One of the Tech support agents agreed to refunding the money I spent on the licenses then another staff member got involved [sensitive content hidden] and insisted that they would only refund one of the two licenses that I purchased. Ages ago I purchased another product from this company (Screenflow) and i've been quite happy with it and so was quite disappointed with the investment in Wirecast.

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Todd
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  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great for streaming!

Reviewed on 2023/12/13

Pros

Love how customizable you can make your layers and inputs/outputs. It can setup for any need!

Cons

It is most likely our computer but sometimes while streaming, we get a lot of dropped frames which causes buffering to happen on the viewers end.

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Wirecast FAQs

Below are some frequently asked questions for Wirecast.

Wirecast offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: US$599.00/one-time
  • Free Trial: Available

Wirecast offer a free trial for new users, after which the software is available across 2 pricing tiers. Pricing details are outlined below- Wirecast Studio: $599 for 2 remote guests & 1-4 multi-viewer output Wirecast Pro: $799 for 7 remote guests & 1-17 multi-viewer output

Wirecast has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

Wirecast supports the following languages:

English

Wirecast supports the following devices:

iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

Wirecast integrates with the following applications:

Meta for Business, Twitter/X

Wirecast offers the following support options:

FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support

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