Compare Restream and Galene on pricing, features, platforms, and ratings — both Video Conferencing tools, Freemium subscription, monthly or annual billing vs…
At a Glance
Restream
Galene
Primary category
Video Conferencing
Video Conferencing
Rating
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Pricing model
Freemium subscription, monthly or annual billing
Open Source
Starting price
Free (2 channels); paid plans start at $19/month, or $16/month billed annually
Free
Free plan
Yes
Not documented
Free trial
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Platforms
Web
Web, Android, Mac, Windows
Team collaboration
Not documented
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AI features
Yes
Not documented
Public API
Yes
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Pricing Compared
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
Restream
Free — $0 free
Standard — $19/month ($16/month annual) monthly or annual
Professional — $49/month ($39/month annual) monthly or annual
Business — $239/month ($199/month annual) monthly or annual
Broadcasts to 30+ platforms simultaneously from one dashboard
Browser-based Restream Studio needs no separate broadcasting software
Free plan available for testing with 2 simultaneous channels
Cloud recording and analytics included on paid plans
Supports multi-guest, multi-camera live production
Cons
Free plan includes Restream branding and a watermark
Channel limits scale with price, so reaching many destinations gets expensive
Clips, the AI short-form repurposing feature, is a separate paid add-on
Higher-tier features like SRT ingest and the website player require the Business plan
Employee and company-size figures vary across third-party data sources
Galene
Pros
Free and MIT-licensed, with full source code access and no vendor lock-in
Very low CPU and RAM footprint compared to many comparable SFUs
Cross-platform server support across Linux, macOS, Windows and ARM devices
Actively maintained with funded development and an independent security review
Proven in production at major universities and open-source conferences
Cons
No official managed or hosted SaaS option; self-hosting is required
Requires system administration skills to deploy and maintain
User interface is more minimal than commercial tools like Zoom or Google Meet
Many-to-many meetings scale quadratically, limiting very large all-camera calls
Smaller community and fewer integrations than Jitsi Meet
Use Cases
Restream
Independent streamers and podcasters — Multistream live shows to YouTube, Twitch, and X simultaneously to reach a wider audience.
Business webinars and product launches — Broadcast webinars and launches across multiple platforms at once to maximize reach.
Browser-based multi-guest production — Produce live, multi-guest shows using Restream Studio without extra broadcasting software.
Galene
University lecture and remote examination platform — Originally built for and still used to deliver lectures, tutorials and supervised remote exams at Universite Paris Cite and Sorbonne Universite.
Conference and community event streaming — Used to host free-software and academic conferences such as LibrePlanet 2024 and JFLA 2021, letting organizers avoid proprietary conferencing platforms.
Privacy-conscious self-hosted meetings — Deployed by organizations that want full control over meeting data and infrastructure instead of relying on a third-party video SaaS.