Product Overview of Switchboard Live
Switchboard Live is a cloud-based live video streaming solution designed to enable content creators, marketers, and broadcasters to stream live content simultaneously across multiple social media platforms and other streaming services.
Key Functionality
- Multistreaming: The core feature of Switchboard Live allows users to stream live videos to multiple platforms at once, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, LinkedIn, Custom RTMP destinations, and many others. There is no limit to the number of live destinations you can stream to.
Key Features
- Stream Customization: Users can customize their streams by adding brand logos, watermarks, and overlays, enhancing the visual appeal and branding of the live content.
- Viral StreamShare™: This feature enables users to share their live streams directly to other users’ social media pages, groups, or channels without the need for password sharing. This facilitates collaborations between content creators, influencers, and brands.
- Auto Start/Stop and Scheduled Streaming: Switchboard Live supports automatic start and stop of destinations, as well as scheduled start and stop times. This automates the streaming process, saving time and streamlining workflows.
- Mobile and Tablet Compatibility: The platform is functional on mobile and tablet devices, allowing users to monitor and control their streams from anywhere.
- RTMP, RTMPS, and Custom RTMP Support: Switchboard Live supports RTMP, RTMPS, and Custom RTMP destinations, enabling streaming to a wide range of platforms, including social media sites, niche streaming apps, and websites.
- Integration with Mobile Streaming Apps: It works seamlessly with mobile streaming companies such as Switcher Studio, Live:Air Solo, PRISM Live Studio, Otter Networks, and Larix Broadcaster, allowing for flexible streaming setups.
Benefits
- Bandwidth Efficiency: Switchboard Live optimizes bandwidth usage by allowing users to send a single copy of their stream to the platform, which then distributes it to all designated platforms. This ensures high-quality streams without consuming excessive bandwidth.
- Platform Notifications: Each connected platform can push its own notifications for the live stream, ensuring that all user bases across different platforms are informed simultaneously.
- Scalability: The platform caters to a wide range of users, including public sector agencies, live streamers, media operators, and marketers, making it versatile for various needs and applications.
Pricing and Trial
Switchboard Live offers a 99-minute free trial to test the service. After the trial, users can choose from subscription plans such as the PRO plan ($99/month) for professional live streamers, the SMB plan ($249/month) for businesses with team members and multi-inputs, and custom plans for enterprises and government agencies.