Streamyard adds $18.99/mo Essential plan with 1080p multistreaming
What happened
Between the Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026 captures of Streamyard's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: New paid Essential plan added at $18.99/mo monthly ($14.99/mo yearly) with unlimited streaming, 2-destination multistream and 1080p; Core now builds on Essential; Free plan no longer lists 'Limited storage' and 'Dark mode' bullets. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new plan, freemium change) 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.
It lands 91 days after Streamyard's previous change, "StreamYard: On-Air webinars capped at 100 viewers (Advanced)" (Jul 27, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Streamyard Adds Chat Overlay and Clean Thumbnails to Core Plan" (Apr 4, 2026), "Streamyard Upgrades Core Plan With Chat Overlay and Clean Thumbnails" (Week 3, 2026) and "Streamyard Introduces AI Backgrounds to Core Plan, Enhancing User Experience" (Jan 12, 2026). Streamyard has been tracked since 2025-10-05.
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- Essential, Core · PlanAddedNo paid Essential planpaid Essential plan
- — · Free tierRemoved
Before'Limited storage' and 'Dark mode' bullets
AfterNot listed
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential, Core | Plan | No paid Essential plan | paid Essential plan | Added |
| — | Free tier | 'Limited storage' and 'Dark mode' bullets | Not listed | Removed |
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 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where paid Essential plan now appears.
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Streamyard, pricing history
Full history- Oct 26, 2026packagingStreamyard adds $18.99/mo Essential plan with 1080p multistreaming · this change
- 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
- 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 changesQuestions about this change
Did Streamyard raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new plan, freemium change.
What changed on Streamyard's pricing page between Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026?
Essential, Core plan: No paid Essential plan → paid Essential plan, added; free tier: 'Limited storage' and 'Dark mode' bullets → Not listed, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 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: On-Air webinars capped at 100 viewers (Advanced)" on Jul 27, 2026; Streamyard has been tracked since 2025-10-05.