Facebook Live vs. OBS Studio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Facebook Live
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Facebook supports livestreaming on its own platform, with Facebook Live. Users can go live on Facebook to broadcast a conversation, performance, Q&A or virtual event.N/A
OBS Studio
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
OBS Studio is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming, featuring real time video/audio capturing and mixing. Users can create scenes made up of multiple sources including window captures, images, text, browser windows, webcams, and capture cards.N/A
Pricing
Facebook LiveOBS Studio
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Facebook LiveOBS Studio
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Facebook LiveOBS Studio
Best Alternatives
Facebook LiveOBS Studio
Small Businesses
OBS Studio
OBS Studio
Score 8.9 out of 10
Zoom Events & Webinars
Zoom Events & Webinars
Score 8.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Zoom Events & Webinars
Zoom Events & Webinars
Score 8.5 out of 10
Zoom Events & Webinars
Zoom Events & Webinars
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Zoom Events & Webinars
Zoom Events & Webinars
Score 8.5 out of 10
Zoom Events & Webinars
Zoom Events & Webinars
Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
Facebook LiveOBS Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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9.0
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Usability
7.0
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8.0
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Support Rating
-
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9.0
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User Testimonials
Facebook LiveOBS Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
The best tool to stay connected and remain friends. Very popular tool as it allows you to search and meet up with old friends. Plus, you can even post ads for your company to promote yourself.
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From simple streaming to bigger events, OBS has been able to handle all of it with full confidence from us. Have never questioned if it was going to be unreliable in a specific situation, even with minimal training. Software identified the external input source easily and had no issues setting that up (Blackmagic Mini Recorder), and great for pulling in separate audio from the computer input.
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Pros
  • Live Broadcasts
  • Webinars
  • Broadcasting information
  • Conversational Chat
  • Prompting reactions
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  • Free software for live telecast
  • Open source project for video recording
  • Powerful video recording
  • Written in C and C++
  • Totally virus free and free download
  • Collaborates with Facebook live and YouTube live streaming.
  • Computer screen recording
  • A hub for collectting source and broadcast
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Cons
  • It has a lot of annoying advertising.Reduce ads
  • It should have more filters when searching for a post
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  • OBS can be a little clunky sometimes, the lots of features can be a bit overwhelming
  • I can multitask with it, but can't run heavy software like Premiere alongside it
  • No way to make adjustments to file after it's done, have to use After Effects or Premiere for that
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Usability
It is easy to use, quite intuitive. I miss some documentation for the configuration, especially the access security.
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Very usable because it is free and has had a lot of people helping to suggest improvements and sponsors have allowed the product to grow in sophistication and suitability across a variety of situations and use needs. It is very logical to use once you get started, although the dashboard can seem intimidating at first.
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Support Rating
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For a free product, a range of support is available. There are plenty of ways to find out answers to questions, because there are probably thousands of people using the product who are willing to share what they have learned. It usually works as designed, so needs for support are limited.
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Alternatives Considered
Facebook Live is similar to StreamYard, although it serves a slightly different purpose. We like using both together. StreamYard can allow you to bring multiple people into the Facebook live stream, although offers some new glitches as well. Facebook live is smoother and works better for our advertisement / informational broadcasts.
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Only one reason which is that OBS studio is free and open source and we had team members capable of using it effectively. Other softwares have great prebuilt features which make it super easy to go live for small streams and individual streamers.
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Return on Investment
  • Higher coverage
  • Higher cost for setup of equipment
  • Mobile phone gives limited screen coverage
  • Live streaming has 2 second delay
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  • It was great to have a platform that is free that I can experiment with without having to use our business capital on.
  • It took time to learn, but it helped me understand a lot of things, so it was a great learning experience.
  • It was a great balance of cost and time with the high-quality product we got from it.
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