Wirecast review

Wirecast is Telestream's production switcher and the main cross-platform rival to vMix, since it runs on both Mac and Windows. Wirecast Studio costs $59 per month or $34 per month billed yearly and includes unlimited live camera sources, NDI input, screen capture, IP cameras and web stream inputs, GPU-accelerated encoding, 2 Rendezvous remote guests, a 1 to 4 slot multi-viewer, dedicated technical support and a stock media library with over a million assets. Wirecast Pro, at $79 per month or $42 per month billed yearly, adds NDI output, cloud multistreaming, 7 remote guests, a 1 to 17 slot multi-viewer, ISO recording, PTZ camera control, sports production tools and multi-track audio recording. It encodes to RTMP and SRT and outputs to YouTube, Facebook, X and other CDNs. The price is the barrier: it is the most expensive subscription here, there is no lifetime option, and several features streamers expect, such as multistreaming, sit only in Pro.

Who it is for

Organizations that need a supported cross-platform production switcher for Mac and Windows.

Price

Studio from $34 per month billed yearly or $59 monthly; Pro from $42 per month billed yearly.

Wirecast Studio Billed Monthly $59 /mo Buy Monthly Billed Yearly $59 $34 /mo
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 6, 2026.

Key features

• Unlimited live camera sources, screen capture, IP cameras and web stream inputs
• 2 Rendezvous remote guests on Studio, 7 on Pro
• Cloud multistreaming, ISO recording and multi-track audio recording on Pro
• PTZ camera control and sports production tools on Pro
• Integrated stock media library with 1,000,000+ assets

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Runs on both Mac and Windows
• Strength: Dedicated technical support team on every plan
• Strength: Pro adds NDI output and a 1 to 17 slot multi-viewer
• Weakness: Most expensive subscription in this list
• Weakness: No free plan or lifetime license
• Weakness: Studio lacks cloud multistreaming and ISO recording

Key facts

• Studio: $59 per month, or $34 per month billed yearly
• Pro: $79 per month, or $42 per month billed yearly
• Operating systems: Recent macOS versions; Windows 10 (1809 or higher) and Windows 11
• Publisher: Telestream

Where it ranks

Wirecast is No. 8 in our Best Streaming Software verdict.