Slant community chat on DiscoursePro Free, open source and cross-platform
OBS is licensed under GPLv2 with code available on GitHub. It's available on Windows, OSX and Linux.
Con Can't output to multiple streams at once (planned)
Ability to stream to multiple outputs is planned but not available yet.
Pro Supports Intel's Quick Sync for faster and more power efficient video processing
Quick Sync is hardware video encoding and decoding technology that's comparable in speed, compression ratio and quality to x264. Since Quick Sync is a dedicated hardware core on the processor die, it allows for faster and more power efficient video processing.
Pro Simultaneous broadcast
A paid license allows streaming to multiple services at the same time.
Con Adding text requires a plugin
While a minor inconvenience, most other tools include this functionality by default.
Pro Functionality can be extended via plugins
XSplit has a source plugin store (with about 5 plugins) that add functionality such as whiteboards, image slideshows and video playlists.
Pro Provides a lot of advanced functionality
Wirecas has support for rare advanced functionality such as IP cameras, remote desktop capture, 3d virtual sets, image slideshow, scoreboards, projectors.
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