Facebook Live lets users share live video with their followers and friends on Facebook.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online


Comments about Facebook Live as an Alternative to Twitch

- Facebook Live is Free and Proprietary
Twitch is described as 'Interactive platform for live gaming streams, esports, music, and creative arts with chat integration, monetization options, and a global community' and is a very popular Live Streaming tools and service in the video & movies category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Twitch for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Android Tablet and iPad apps. The best Twitch alternative is YouTube, which is free. Other great apps like Twitch are PeerTube, Odysee, Owncast and DLive.
Facebook Live lets users share live video with their followers and friends on Facebook.



From live video streaming to real-time interaction, BIGO allows you to live broadcast your life, connect with your friends, fans and favorite broadcasters as well as following them.



YouNow is the best way to discover talented broadcasters, watch live streams and video chat live with people from around the world.



A video live streaming platform that allows it's customers to broadcast live video content online, and viewers to play the content via an internet connected device.

It's a product for companies.

This alternative is disputed. Vimeo Livestream is a legitimate Twitch alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
Vimeo Livestream is the most popular commercial alternative to Twitch.
NiMO TV is a game live streaming platform that utilizes bullet comments, and provides live streaming of the hottest PC and mobile games, as well as tournaments all over the world.



Open Streaming Platform (OSP) is an open-source, RTMP streamer software front-end for Arut's Nginx-RTMP Module. OSP was designed as a self-hosted alternative to services such as Twitch.tv, Ustream.tv, Mixer, and Youtube Live.




Almost everyone thinks Open Streaming Platform is a great Twitch alternative.
Open Streaming Platform is the most popular Linux alternative to Twitch.


Twire is an open source, ad free Twitch browser and stream player for Android. You can select multiple themes and also login with your twitch account. You can also follow and unfollow streamers through the app.
Alternate front end where you can login to twitch account. Also follow streamers locally without data being sent to twitch

Are you tired of watching the boring content and propaganda put out by the mainstream legacy media corporations and gatekeepers? Have you ever filmed a video at home and wanted to share it with the world?

ULIVE Studio is an entertainment platform built for creators and a live video community where you can show the world who you are. Run a live stream that captures the moments of your life in a unique and memorable way.



Bringing you Entropy: an arsenal of tools that wraps around your live stream to give you meaningful audience interaction and censorship free monetization because it's about time streamers had more than a chat box!

Same view as Facebook Gaming, i.e. Absolutely horrible encoding and streaming. Hard to use without account and incredibly slow and low quality. Please keep off Facebook if you care even one bit about a good streaming experience.