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# OBS Studio

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> Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 1072 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses OBS Studio?

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 1072 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Open Broadcaster Software

## Commercial Context

- **Pricing model**:  (Free version available)
- **Pricing Details**: Open source and free software
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Windows (Desktop)
- **Supported Languages**: Basque, English, French, German, Korean, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

## Features

- Animation
- Live Streaming Production
- Real-time Broadcasting

## Integrations (2 total)

- YouTube
- Zoom Workplace

## Category

- [Video Making Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31677/video-making/software)

## Related Categories

- [Video Making Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31677/video-making/software)
- [Live Streaming Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31755/live-streaming/software)
- [Screen Recording Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31975/screen-recording/software)

## Alternatives

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4. [Loom](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/191187/loom) — 4.7/5 (518 reviews)
5. [Zoom Workplace](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/144037/zoom-video-conferencing) — 4.6/5 (14528 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Save yourself explaining things repeatedly\!" — 4.0/5

> **Amber** | *15 July 2025* | Nonprofit Organization Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: It is simple to record video SOPs to upload to our intranet and share with colleagues.  This saves me a lot of time answering the same questions repeatedly.
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> **Cons**: It can be difficult to set the audio levels at first.  I filmed some videos that were way too quiet (whilst using a headset microphone) and I had to refilm.
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> Overall for a free software I am really impressed.  It is easy to use out of the box. I have recommended to several colleagues who have also enjoyed using it for tutorials and walkthrough videos.

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### "Highly customisable, very well written screen recording software" — 5.0/5

> **David** | *30 May 2025* | Photography | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: Highly customisable screen recording software. It's possible to use as a web-cam for videoconferencing.
> 
> **Cons**: The interface is a little fiddly to get used to at first, but after a little practice, this isn't an issue.
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> I have a very positive experience of OBS Studio. We use it to record tutorials, mainly, but I've occasionally tested its other functions. I've never known it to break, and I love that there are so many settings to customise.

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### "Good quality live streaming software" — 4.0/5

> **Andy** | *16 July 2024* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
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> **Pros**: OBS has been around a long time and has had regular updates. Its good for either doing live streams or recording videos in real time. Its an open source project which means that its free to use.
> 
> **Cons**: The UI elements dont look quite as polished compared to using something like Wirecast.

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### "Fantastic software for streaming" — 5.0/5

> **Ian** | *4 October 2019* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
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> **Pros**: Incredible number of features&#10;Easy to setup and use&#10;Support for many different streaming services&#10;No costs involved
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> **Cons**: If you have little or no technical knowledge, you may require some help to get started as it can be a little confusing.  This, however, is true of most streaming software.
> 
> As someone that has used OBS for many years, it is amazing to see how far it has come.  With support for multiple streaming services, plus local recording (which we often use for creating user tutorials), it has been an amazing tool to use for streaming educational/informative content for work.  With multiple scenes and sources setup and bound to keyboard shortcuts, I can quickly switch between them to ensure the viewer sees exactly what I need them to.

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### "OBS is Studio Stream-sational" — 5.0/5

> **Destiny** | *7 December 2025* | Broadcast Media | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: The OBS app is 1 of the best tools, by far, that I've been able to find that gives you probably the widest range of functions available on the market\! With OBS you can sync your usual broadcasting fees to the software \&amp; give yourself the ability to then integrate so many different features that you almost couldn't find a way to use them all if you tried. From its overall performance and broadcasting quality \&amp; speed, to using a digitally implemented green screen \&amp; even quality adjustment options, you really CAN live broadcast to your fans with almost studio like quality\!
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> **Cons**: The only suggestion that I would find to be useful to new OBS users, would be if there were a more comprehensive \&amp; expanded downloadable .pdf user and functions manual. Or even a more expanded "hints" segment when initially logging on so that it can teach you about all of the various uses \&amp; functions available to the user.
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> My overall opinion of OBS Studio is that it's honestly served me more useful \&amp; way better than any other streaming application or software that I've attempted to use this far. As a content creator \&amp; frequent love broadcasting cam model, if I had to suggest an app that anybody could use \&amp; never be left disappointed, then my choice would be OBS Studio by an longshot\!

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