Icecast vs mimoLive
Icecast
icecast.orgmimoLive
mimolive.comSide by side
| Figure | Icecast | mimoLive |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $70/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Live TV streaming services | 7.7 (#100) | 9.4 (#1) |
| Spec score · Live streaming software | 7.5 (#106) | 9.4 (#1) |
| Spec score · Live Streaming Software | 7.5 (#109) | 9.4 (#1) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The project describes libshout as a library for communicating with Icecast servers and IceS as a program that sends audio to Icecast. | The maker lists destinations including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, LinkedIn, Zoom, RTMP services, and others on its homepage. |
| Support | The documentation lists the Icecast mailing list, developer mailing list, and IRC chat as ways to contact the development team. | The pricing page lists community support for Free, professional support for Studio, and priority support for Broadcast. |
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In their own words
mimoLive
mimoLive is a live video production application built around a many-in, many-out engine. It combines switching, graphics, DVR playback, ISO recording, streaming, transcoding, scaling, keying, multiview, and audio and video routing. Its graphics engine uses customizable layers that can be rearranged and saved as sets and variants. The software can stream and record to separate destinations and record independent tracks from input sources. It supports real-time chroma keying for green, blue, or other backgrounds, and multistreaming to as many as six destinations. Listed destinations include YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, LinkedIn, Zoom, and RTMP services. Zoom participants can be sources, and mimoLive output can be sent to Zoom through a virtual camera. NDI input, output, and source conversion are also supported. Version 6.18 requires an Intel or Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 13.0 or higher; it is not a browser-based studio. The Free plan costs nothing and includes the full feature set, with a watermark.