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Castr vs Altar Live: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 18th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 4,054 reviews from Live Streaming users.
% Fit
High performer
Feature ratings
Real-time Broadcasting
4.8
Live Streaming Production
4.8
Social Media Streaming
4.8
Multistreaming
4.8
Session Recording
4.3
% Fit
Missing features
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Real-time Broadcasting
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Live Streaming Production
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Social Media Streaming
NA
Multistreaming
NA
Session Recording
NA
User satisfaction
4.8
User reviews430
Ease of use
4.7
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.7
Customer support
4.7
4.3
User reviews21
Ease of use
4.0
Functionality
4.1
Value for money
4.3
Customer support
4.9
Price starts from
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

Castr is ideal for everyone from individual creators to large-scale enterprises with a variety of industries including Faith, Sport, Music, Live TV Broadcast, Education, Agencies, Media, Nonprofit...

Altar Live is used by churches of all sizes for Sunday services, fellowship time before and after, and throughout the week.

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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Video reviews
Joshua M
Graphic Designer
5.0

Joshua: My name is Joshua. I am the Tech Director at a church called Grace Community Fellowship in Georgia. I rate Castr five stars. We use Castr every week to broadcast our Sunday morning services. We bring everything in through OBS and push it out to Castr, which then pushes it out to all the social media platforms and YouTube. At our church, we have very limited internet bandwidth, so one of the best things about Castr is that we only have to push out one stream, and Castr does the work to push the streams out to every other platform. We've actually been able to grow our audience because we can stream to our main platform, which is YouTube, but then we can hit some of the other social media platforms like Facebook is another big one for us. Those are the big... main reason we love using it. There is really nothing that we have found that we dislike about Castr. Their pricing is fantastic. Their services are great. Everything else that we have run into has just been top-notch with them. We have nothing to complain about.

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Do these products fit your needs?

Prioritize real-user-identified key features according to your needs to find your best fit.

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Access Controls/Permissions
207
Important
Activity Dashboard
388
Important

Castr

Top Features
25/50
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Conferencing
  • Drag & Drop
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Event Management
  • Interactive Content
  • Meeting Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Moderation
  • Monitoring
  • Multimedia Support
  • Multiple Camera Feeds
  • On-Demand Recording
  • Presentation Streaming
  • Split/Multi-Screen
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Two-Way Audio & Video
  • Video Call Recording
  • Video Conferencing
  • Video Editing
  • Video Management
  • Video Support
  • Visual Analytics
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • API
  • Audience Analytics
  • Audience Engagement
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Content Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Event Scheduling
  • Live Chat
  • Live Streaming Production
  • Multi-Channel Distribution
  • Multistreaming
  • On-Demand Webcasting
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-time Broadcasting
  • Real-Time Data
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Scheduling
  • Session Recording
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Media Streaming
  • Video Monetization Tools
  • Video Streaming
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Altar Live

22/50
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Castr

Altar Live

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Castr
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Altar Live
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Castr
  • By Castr
  • Located in Canada
  • Founded in 2018
Altar Live
  • By Altar Live
  • Located in United States
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