this is our 2022 roundup of the best
live streaming software for mac right
now so after trying and testing all the
top options i'm going to run through my
short list of the best ones as well as
my pick for the best live streaming
software for mac in 2022. now as we're
going through scroll down and let me
know in the comments what live streaming
software are you currently using right
now and what's your favorite feature
okay so there's so many options when it
comes to live streaming software on mac
you've got things like be live stream
yard ecamm live obs wirecast melon wave
video light stream manycam zoom evmux
restream and that that's not even all of
them so after so much trying and testing
of all the top options here's my short
list for the best options so option
number one is obs and this works on mac
pc and linux this is one of the most
popular options out there because it is
open source it is 100 free but it also
packs in a ton of features not just for
live streaming but also for screen
recording as well so while it's got a
ton of features and options and
everything in there the overall
interface really isn't too intuitive
it's not that easy for say an absolute
beginner to jump in and to configure
everything and to get set up and going
live it's definitely possible and we do
have a full walkthrough of obs which i
will link in the description box below
but compared to some of the other
options that we've got coming up it
definitely isn't as intuitive but
because it is such a popular option
there is a massive community online of
people that will help you if you're
stuck and lots of resources and youtube
videos there to help you there's also an
amazing library of plugins and add-ons
that you can use to really help you take
your obs experience and the live streams
and screen recordings you're doing to
the next level as well now while there
is support to go live from all the major
platforms from obs there is no built-in
simulcast or multicast feature so if you
do want to be going live to say facebook
and youtube at the same time you can do
it but there's nothing built in to make
that easy for you so it's possible but
it's a lot more complicated than some of
the other options and there's also no
built-in guest feature if you want to
bring in other people into your stream
again there's workarounds but there's
also simpler options but overall obs is
a great solution for someone who is
looking for more of the advanced
features or controls or someone who
doesn't want to spend any money because
it's free but he's willing to spend the
time to learn it and to get everything
set up the way that they want but if you
don't need those extra features and
you're after something more intuitive
and something simpler or you're after
something even more advanced then make
sure you stick around the next option is
evmux now this one is a little bit
different to the previous option because
there is nothing to download and install
this one runs in your web browser
meaning that it's going to work on
pretty much anything this decision was
actually really hard to make because i
guess the competition here in this space
of online browser-based or cloud-based
live streaming solutions is quite a few
like stream yard bee live melon
wave.video is a new one that's out in
beta and evmux and all of them are very
very similar like literally if you're
logging into the different platforms
the interface between them all is pretty
much identical i mean yes there's pros
and cons and standout features of each
of them but i gotta say after making
this video for the last few years this
was the toughest call we've ever had to
make and stream yard has previously been
my top pick in this category now this
isn't to say that stream yard is a bad
option it's not at all i'm still a big
fan of stream yard but what evmux has
included in there now is actually really
awesome so pretty much all the options i
just covered have amazing easy to use
simple intuitive interface that's really
easy to add your webcam add your screen
share go live to multiple platforms
bring in guests they all make it so easy
to grab an invite link and send it out
and bring other people onto your live
stream and even do video recording as
well either as a backup of your live
stream or even if you just want to use
these platforms to record a video you
can do that pretty much in all of those
as well but the standout things for me
with evmux right now is the level of
control the level of customization that
you get in there while still having it
really easy to use so not only do you
get access to the preset templates of
say a 50 50 screen split or a screen
share with a picture in picture effect
applied you can really pick things up
and scale things up and down and move
them around to customize them up the way
that you want them and you can save
these customizations as separate scenes
that you can easily click between while
you're live so you can set everything up
before you go live and you can easily
switch between them while you're live
now scenes is something that wave video
is bringing in as well so that's cool to
see but evmux currently takes it further
with what you can control and add in
them there's also a dedicated green room
where all your guests can hang out and
actually interact and talk to each other
while they're waiting to come onto your
live stream now this is something that
the others don't really do while you can
be waiting backstage to come on to
someone's live stream you don't really
get to connect or engage or see who else
is backstage with you so i love the
green room concept you can also easily
add co-hosts so other people can help
you control and manage your live stream
it supports multiple cameras you also
have and manage multiple broadcasts at
the same time so if you're a larger
company or an organization you've got a
few different live streams on the go at
once you can manage them all and run
them all inside of ev mux as well but
probably the biggest standout feature
for me that i absolutely love is that it
has iso video recording in here now this
is something that you really only see in
top line live streaming solutions but
what it means is that your video
recording of your live stream it's
actually recording a separate video file
for each one of the guests or cameras
that you're having in your live show so
if you're going to be editing your
videos down afterwards and repurposing
them this means that you're not just
limited to a finished recording or
whatever happened live you can actually
re-edit everything together to create
some really effective repurposed content
too now in terms of pricing there is a
free plan which gives you access to so
many features but it does include the
evmux watermark and i am not a fan of
that so what i recommend and for a
professional looking live stream is that
you pay the 25 per month or it works out
as 19 per month if you're paying
annually to move up to the basic plan
which will remove the watermark and
it'll also unlock the recording
functionality too and then above that
there's a pro plan for 49 a month or 39
a month if you're paying annually which
will give you access to more storage and
additional hosts or producers so
ridiculously cheap considering what
you're getting access to so this is a
great option for anyone who is looking
for a simple way to go live to bring in
guests to simulcast to have access to be
able to customize everything up but also
have access to some of those more
advanced features like iso recording
then yeah evmux it's a pretty good deal
but if you are someone who's after more
advanced features and controls and
really wants to dial everything in and
control everything then the next options
could be the one for you the next option
is ecam live now this is one that i've
been a big fan of since they first
launched it is an absolutely amazing
live streaming tool on mac now this is
an actual program that you will need to
download and install on your computer
but it runs so well especially on the
new m1 max comparing this to the other
options so far this one is probably the
closest in terms of advanced features
and functionality to obs but probably
with the intuitiveness is that even a
word the ease of use as you get in ev
marks it's kind of a mix of both of them
it's easy to use but it packs a punch
once again it's really easy to get
everything set up to bring in your
cameras to create your different scenes
that you can easily switch between and
even configure up while you're live if
you needed to there's great hardware
support for using your dslr and
mirrorless cameras over usb support for
a lot of hdmi capture devices direct
connection of your ipad or iphone and
even mdi support just like a lot of the
other options there is a built-in guest
feature interview mode in ecamm as well
and you've got the ability to bring in
and feature your viewers comments on
screen as well now while you can
simulcast or multicast from ecamm live
it is using external services like
restream but apparently this is
something that they are building out
themselves as well just like a lot of
the other options you can also use this
just for video recording or screen
recording as well and there is iso or
isolated audio recording so this will
record the audio from the different
guests but right now at the time of
filming this it doesn't do iso video
recording the two standout features for
me with ecam the first one is the
virtual camera this is something i use
all the time it is amazing it
essentially lets you create a virtual
webcam a fake webcam that you can link
up in zoom or teams or really any
application and it's a pass-through of
what you're doing or what you have in
ecamm meaning that you can switch
between different cameras you can bring
up titles and graphics and play videos
all in any other applications that are
just going to see that as a webcam so
this is a great way that you can not
only take your conference calls to
another level but also run webinars and
those sorts of things much more
effectively and much more professionally
as well and the second one is really the
amount of control and everything you
have while you're live simple things
like being able to pinch to zoom on your
mac trackpad to zoom in on a screen
share or just to quickly pick something
up and move it around while you're live
yes you can do it in other applications
and tools as well but you're normally
using clunky sliders or you have to
click and drag and it's it's not the
same once you've experienced this it is
an absolute game changer to how you can
produce and run your live streams now in
terms of pricing you've really got two
options there is a standard plan for
twenty dollars per month which works out
as sixteen dollars per month if you pay
annually that's going to give you access
to pretty much the core functionality
from ecamm live and then up from that
there's the pro plan for forty dollars
per month which works out as 32 per
month if you pay annually and that's
going to unlock all the pro level
features things like the interview mode
the virtual webcam 4k live streaming and
video monitoring as well so overall i
think ecam live is a really great option
for someone whether you are an absolute
beginner just looking to do simple
streams even bring in a few guests or
someone who's looking for something more
advanced to be able to control and
configure everything without the
headaches of some of the more
complicated interfaces that you have in
the more professional options i really
think this is a great mix of simplicity
and ease of use but with a lot of the
more professional features in here too
the last one on the short list then is
wirecast and this one is hands down the
most professional most advanced live
streaming solution on mac while i said
obs had a ton of advanced features and
controls it does but this is really the
next level on top of this and it's
actually in a more intuitive and more
easy to use interface as well now this
is really where you go if you really
want to dial everything down and control
everything down to the nitty-gritty so
in here you can do things like specify
multiple outputs for your live streaming
for your video recording for different
formats different bandwidth different
quality so you could have an output
created so you're live streaming to
youtube you might then be broadcasting
to facebook in a different quality
different resolution different bit rate
you might also set up to do a full hd
video recording of your live stream to
your computer and you could also create
a low quality version of that same
recording as well so that when you
finish your production or your live
stream or your recording that you have
all of those outputs automatically
created and ready to go there's also a
built-in action replay feature and
built-in iso recording for audio and for
video really making this a great
all-round production tool again not just
for live streaming but for creating
videos and recording multiple camera
angles or recording your guests as well
now while wirecast does have a guest
feature and you have the ability to
bring in guests as you can with a lot of
the other previous options as well it's
a lot more complicated in wirecast and
the overall experience is definitely not
as easy as an ev mux or an ecam but you
do have more control but you also need
to set it up and configure everything
before you can just quickly bring
someone in in terms of pricing this one
isn't a monthly subscription unlike some
of the others that we have covered so if
you're someone who is anti-subscription
model then this could be a good option
because you pay once and then you own
that software so you've got two options
the first one is wirecast studio for 599
which will give you two remote guests up
to 4k recording and live streaming and
five video mixing layers and then to
unlock all the features wirecast pro
sells for 799
giving you up to seven remote guests
access to iso video recording and the
instant replay functionality too so it's
definitely a lot more of an initial
outlay but again it's a one-time cost
instead of a monthly recurring fee so
those are my top options right now obs
evmux ecam live and wirecast now from
all of those if i had to pick one
overall winner it's going to go to ecam
live i really do think it is the
complete package the best mix of easy to
use with professional level features
it's going to be great for someone
whether you're an absolute beginner
never live streamed before just want to
create something simple right through to
if you do want to create your own scenes
bring in videos and animations and
graphics and things to really make a
professional stream now if you do end up
going ahead with ecamm live then make
sure you join their facebook group it is
absolutely amazing the community that
they've built so if you've got any
support questions or anything like that
there is an amazing community there to
help you have success with it and i'm in
there as well so now that you have your
live stream software sorted if you want
to learn how you can create amazing
looking animations and graphics and
video intros to use in your live streams
then check out the video linked on
screen and i'll see you in the next one
cheers