OBS Studio

Open Source

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live…

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About OBS Studio

OBS Studio is a ai video creation tool for making video. In its own words: OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.

What the free plan gives you

Free and open source streaming and recording.

Because OBS Studio is open source, the ceiling is your own infrastructure rather than a billing page. Self-hosting costs nothing but your time, and a hosted plan is there if you would rather not run it.

When you would pay

You may never need to. The free tier is not a funnel step here, so the sensible move is to use it until something it genuinely cannot do forces the question.

We list OBS Studio because the free plan was checked against its own pricing page, not because a vendor asked. If it has changed, tell us and we will re-check it.

Pros & Cons

Open source — self-host it for nothing

Free tier has no hard usage ceiling

Free plan verified against the vendor's pricing page

Vendor does not publish a clear free-plan breakdown

The free plan in practice

What you can actually do on OBS Studio's free plan (Free and open source streaming and recording), where it stops, and when it's worth paying.

When to upgrade to a paid plan

OBS Studio is open source, so self-hosting is free and unlimited. The only reason to pay is convenience: choose a hosted or cloud option when you'd rather not run and maintain it yourself, or need official support.