Streamyard Upgrades Core Plan With Chat Overlay and Clean Thumbnails
What happened
Between the Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 13, 2026 captures of Streamyard's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Two new features added to the Core plan: Chat Overlay and Clean thumbnails (no watermark), expanding the plan's streaming and content quality capabilities. 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 Introduces AI Backgrounds to Core Plan, Enhancing User Experience" (Jan 12, 2026). Streamyard has been tracked since 2025-10-05.
In the same window Restream and X 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 Two new featuresTwo new features
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Feature | No Two new features | Two new features | 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 Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 13, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where Two new features now appears.
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Streamyard, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 26, 2026packagingStreamyard adds $18.99/mo Essential plan with 1080p multistreaming
- 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 · this change
- Jan 12, 2026improvedStreamyard Introduces AI Backgrounds to Core Plan, Enhancing User Experience
Across Marketing & Content in the same window
All Marketing & Content changes- RestreamApr 3Restream restructures plans with 4K streaming and new branding tiers
- XFeb 18X adds real-time voice AI, drops structured outputs from API
- RestreamMar 17Restream Drops Annual Savings Callouts, Adds Audience Labels to Plans
- RestreamFeb 24Restream adds 4K recording, dual format streaming to Pro tier
- XJan 23X Introduces New grok-4.1 Models with Enhanced Image Input Pricing and Tool Calling Features
Questions about this change
Did Streamyard raise prices in January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 13, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature added.
What changed on Streamyard's pricing page between Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 13, 2026?
Core feature: No Two new features → Two new features, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 13, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Streamyard change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Streamyard in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Streamyard Introduces AI Backgrounds to Core Plan, Enhancing User Experience" on Jan 12, 2026; Streamyard has been tracked since 2025-10-05.