Streamyard Introduces AI Backgrounds to Core Plan, Enhancing User Experience
What happened
Between the Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026 captures of Streamyard's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: AI Backgrounds added to Core plan. Pulse files it as a product change (feature added) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 27, 2026) lists Essential at $14.99, Core at $35.99, Advanced at $68.99 and Business at $249.
Streamyard's previous recorded change was "Streamyard Discontinues Business and Teams Plans, Removing High-Viewer On-Air Webinar Options" (Q3 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Streamyard Implements Major Pricing Restructure: All Pricing Hidden Behind Sign-Up Gate Starting from $0/Month" (Q2 2025). Streamyard has been tracked since 2025-10-05.
In the same window Restream also changed their Marketing & Content pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Core · FeatureAddedNo AI BackgroundsAI Backgrounds
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Feature | No AI Backgrounds | AI Backgrounds | Added |
Values as written on Streamyard's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Streamyard's pricing page (streamyard.com) from Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where AI Backgrounds now appears.
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Streamyard, pricing history
Full history- Jul 27, 2026improvedStreamYard: On-Air webinars capped at 100 viewers (Advanced)
- Apr 4, 2026improvedStreamyard Adds Chat Overlay and Clean Thumbnails to Core Plan
- Week 3, 2026improvedStreamyard Upgrades Core Plan With Chat Overlay and Clean Thumbnails
- Jan 12, 2026improvedStreamyard Introduces AI Backgrounds to Core Plan, Enhancing User Experience · this change
- Q3 2025packagingStreamyard Discontinues Business and Teams Plans, Removing High-Viewer On-Air Webinar Options
- Q2 2025improvedStreamyard Implements Major Pricing Restructure: All Pricing Hidden Behind Sign-Up Gate Starting from $0/Month
Across Marketing & Content in the same window
All Marketing & Content changes- RestreamJan 12Restream Launches Workspaces Add-On Pricing for Professional and Business Plans, Unlocking Team Collaboration Features
- RestreamJan 12Restream Limits Business Plan Viewer Capacity to 1,000 While Enhancing Standard and Professional Plans with Unlimited Storage
- RestreamJan 12Restream Reduces Professional Plan Channels from 8 to 5 Despite Price Cut to $39/mo
- RestreamJan 12Restream Introduces Video Transcription in 39 Languages and Updates Annual Billing Discount to Save Up to 20%
- RestreamJan 12Restream Moves Local Recordings to Professional Plan, Enhances Streaming with Dual Output Feature
Questions about this change
Did Streamyard raise prices in January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature added.
What changed on Streamyard's pricing page between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026?
Core feature: No AI Backgrounds → AI Backgrounds, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Streamyard change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Streamyard in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Streamyard Discontinues Business and Teams Plans, Removing High-Viewer On-Air Webinar Options" in Q3 2025; Streamyard has been tracked since 2025-10-05.