What is Castr used for?

Castr is a commercial live video streaming platform that combines multistreaming, video hosting, CDN delivery, VOD and white-label OTT. It is a good fit for churches streaming services online, sports and live event producers, and corporate video broadcasts.

How much does Castr cost?

Paid plans for Castr start at $19.99 per month, and there is no free plan. A free trial is available.

Is Castr open source?

No. Castr is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Castr include Ant Media Server.

What are some alternatives to Castr?

Castr competes with Restream, StreamYard and Dacast. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Castr alternatives.

Castr: features, pricing and alternatives

About Castr

Castr is a commercial live video streaming platform that bundles delivery, recording, hosting, monetization and OTT into one product. Broadcasters send a feed from any RTMP or SRT encoder and Castr distributes it to viewers and, if desired, to other destinations.

Platform areas include live streaming, multistreaming, cloud production, low-latency streaming, audio and radio streaming, always-on channels such as 24/7 TV playout and pre-recorded-as-live, IP camera streaming and live video monitoring. For hosting and delivery it offers video hosting, a video CDN, a live streaming CDN and live transcoding.

Monetization options include pay-per-view streaming and white-label OTT, and developers get an RTMP server, SRT streaming and a video API. Castr is hosted software with a trial that needs no credit card, and the vendor says plans start at $16 per month. It targets media and events, TV and radio, sports, churches, education and corporate video.

Key features

Live streaming from RTMP and SRT encoders
Multistreaming to several destinations
Video hosting and CDN delivery
Always-on 24/7 channels
Pay-per-view and white-label OTT
Live transcoding
Video API for developers

Good fit for

→Churches streaming services online
→Sports and live event producers
→Corporate video broadcasts

Tags: live-streaming; multistreaming; video-hosting; vod; ott; rtmp; srt; cdn

Castr: questions and answers

What is Castr used for?: Castr is a commercial live video streaming platform that combines multistreaming, video hosting, CDN delivery, VOD and white-label OTT. It is a good fit for churches streaming services online, sports and live event producers, and corporate video broadcasts.
How much does Castr cost?: Paid plans for Castr start at $19.99 per month, and there is no free plan. A free trial is available.
Is Castr open source?: No. Castr is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Castr include Ant Media Server.
What are some alternatives to Castr?: Castr competes with Restream, StreamYard and Dacast. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Castr alternatives.