Streamyard

WHAT IT DOES

• Multi-platform live streaming. Go live on YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more — simultaneously. Reach volunteers, donors, board members, and partners wherever they already spend their time, without asking them to come to you.

• Professional-looking events. Branded overlays, guest management, screen sharing, and clean layouts that make your virtual events look polished without a production team.

• Built-in clip creation. Streamyard includes tools for creating clips from your live content, plus AI integrations that extend the value of every broadcast.

WHY WE RECOMMEND IT

• We use it ourselves. Streamyard is part of how we produce live content for the Proimpact Project. It’s the best tool we’ve found for public-facing live events and streaming.

• Supports a core belief. We believe nonprofits need to transform traditionally in-person programs and fundraising into hybrid or fully digital experiences. Streamyard is one of the best tools for executing that shift.

• Incredibly user-friendly. Staff without AV backgrounds can run professional-looking live events. The learning curve is minimal compared to production-grade tools like OBS.

BEST FIT

• Public-facing live content. LinkedIn Lives, social media updates, fundraisers, town halls, virtual galas, interviews, and any content designed for an external audience.

• Fragmented audiences. If your supporters are spread across YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn, multi-platform streaming reaches all of them at once without choosing a single channel.

• Digital-first organizations. Nonprofits that are serious about building an online presence and treating digital content as a core part of their engagement and fundraising strategy.

WHEN THIS ISN’T THE RIGHT FIT

• Internal meetings. Streamyard is built for content creation and distribution, not internal team calls. That’s Zoom’s territory.

• Complex webinar features. If you need advanced registration management, breakout rooms, or CE tracking, dedicated webinar platforms handle that better.

• No live content plans. If live streaming isn’t part of your strategy, the tool has no application. Start with the content strategy first.

HOW IT FITS THE LANDSCAPE

• Streamyard is not Zoom. This is the most important distinction. Zoom is for internal meetings. Streamyard is for digital, public-facing content. They serve different purposes and most organizations need both.

• More polished than Zoom streaming. If you’ve ever tried to livestream a Zoom call to Facebook, you know it looks amateur. Streamyard gives you branded overlays, clean layouts, and multi-platform distribution out of the box.

• Simpler than pro tools. OBS and similar production software offer more control, but require significant technical skill. Streamyard gets you 90% of the result with a fraction of the complexity.

BOARD-READY CASE

• Reach audiences where they are. Multi-platform streaming means you’re not asking supporters to come to a new platform — you’re meeting them on YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn simultaneously.

• Digital-first strategy. Fits into the broader strategic shift toward digital fundraising and engagement, which the data increasingly supports as more effective than in-person-only models.

• Low cost, high production value. Pricing in the low-to-mid tens of dollars per month for events that would cost significantly more to produce with a traditional setup.

DISCLOSURE

Full transparency: if you sign up through this page, Proimpact earns a referral fee — and that’s exactly how we keep all of our content, workshops, and community resources free for nonprofit EDs. We only recommend tools we genuinely believe in.