Alternatives to Upstream
Upstream: Cloud-based live streaming software for 24/7 streams, scheduled pre-recorded streams, browser live studio, and multistreaming. 8 products similar to Upstream, compared on pricing, free tier, API, MCP server, SDK and open source. 8 of 8 have a free tier, 8 of 8 have an API, 6 of 8 offer an MCP server, 2 of 8 are open source.
- LiveReacting
Browser-based live streaming studio for interactive, pre-recorded and 24/7 live streams
- Stream
Scalable Chat, Video & Activity Feed APIs and SDKs
- UptimeRobot
Website and uptime monitoring service with alerts and status pages
- Qencode
Cloud video services: transcoding, live streaming, media storage, content delivery and video player APIs
- Uptimepage MCP Server
Model Context Protocol server for uptime monitoring with 39 tools that read monitors, incidents and status pages, with write actions gated behind user approval.
- Better Stack Uptime
Uptime monitoring with incident management, on-call alerting, and status pages
- NATS
Cloud Native, Open Source, High-performance Messaging
- TranscriptAPI
REST API and MCP server for extracting YouTube transcripts, searching videos, and listing channel and playlist data.
Side by side
| Product | Pricing | Free tier | API | MCP server | SDK | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upstream | Freemium · from $30/month per stream (free plan: 24 hours/month, 1 stream) | yes | yes | yes | — | no |
| LiveReacting | Freemium · from $16/mo (billed yearly); Free plan available with 3 streams/month, 720p, 30-minute limit | yes | yes | yes | — | no |
| Stream | Freemium | yes | yes | no | yes | no |
| UptimeRobot | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | — | no |
| Qencode | Usage-based | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Uptimepage MCP Server | Freemium · from $0 | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Better Stack Uptime | Freemium · from $0 | yes | yes | yes | — | no |
| NATS | Open source | yes | yes | — | yes | yes |
| TranscriptAPI | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
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