mimoLive vs Rivendell
mimoLive
mimolive.comRivendell
rivendellaudio.comSide by side
| Figure | mimoLive | Rivendell |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $70/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Live TV streaming services | 9.4 (#1) | 7.3 (#130) |
| Spec score · Live Streaming Software | 9.4 (#1) | 7.1 (#131) |
| Spec score · Live streaming software | 9.4 (#1) | 7.1 (#129) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The maker lists destinations including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, LinkedIn, Zoom, RTMP services, and others on its homepage. | The system supports interfaces for audio routing switchers, satellite downlink receivers, mixing consoles, and commercial traffic and music scheduling systems. |
| Security | The maker warns that the HTTP API is not well protected and advises against exposing it directly to the public internet. | The Ubuntu appliance installation guide says Secure Boot should be disabled because some third-party drivers may otherwise fail to initialize. |
| Support | The pricing page lists community support for Free, professional support for Studio, and priority support for Broadcast. | The maker lists an Operations and Administration Guide, a wiki, and a user mailing list for help and information. |
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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.
Rivendell
Rivendell has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.