OneStream Live vs WorshipMetrics

OneStream Live is a cloud service for creating, scheduling, and multistreaming prerecorded and live video to more than 45 social platforms and the web. It offers browser-based Studio livestreaming, encoder streaming, and scheduled prerecorded streams. Studio livestreams can include up to 16 guests. Prerecorded videos can be scheduled up to 60 days ahead, and playlists can queue videos sequentially. The 24/7 streaming option loops prerecorded content on YouTube only. Encoder protocols include RTMP, RTMPS, WHIP, and SRT. Listed integrations include OBS Studio, Zoom, Webex, vMix, Wirecast, Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox; browser extensions offer Studio access through Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Firefox. Dedicated Android and iOS apps support remote scheduling, management, and monitoring. Team Management lets invited members work on streams without the owner's social media passwords or administrative settings. The free plan includes two destinations, 720p, one team seat, 1 GB storage, and three scheduled events. Paid plans start at $15 a month; the listed maximum resolution is 1080p.

WorshipMetrics is a church AV and worship platform for planning services, operating production, streaming, and monitoring equipment. Present provides a slide editor, lyrics, scripture, playlists, media, and stage display; the maker describes it as free forever. Tech Manager is a Windows desktop app for the production booth, with dashboards, switcher and camera controls, stream health, and booth telemetry. The platform describes local control for OBS, vMix, and Blackmagic ATEM, plus NDI and PTZ camera support. Streaming can send one feed to YouTube, Facebook, a church website player, and other destinations; Stream allows up to ten simultaneous destinations. The song library records CCLI numbers, keys, arrangements, chord charts, and scheduling history, and can import from Planning Center. Pulse monitors machines, connected devices, and streams around the clock, providing alerts and AV health information. The free plan costs nothing, with no credit card or expiration, and includes unlimited users with practical limits on cloud storage and clips. Assist costs $49 a month; Stream costs $99 a month. The platform is described as built for church production teams, including volunteer-run and multi-site teams.