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Comparison

Restream vs Metricool

Side-by-side comparison of Restream and Metricool.

Tool
Restream

Stream live video to every platform at once

Metricool

Schedule, analyze, and report social media in one place

Starting price
16/mo
20/mo
Founded
2015
Pricing model
freemium
freemium
Free option
Free tier
Free tier

What they are

Restream

Restream sends a single live broadcast simultaneously to more than 30 platforms, including YouTube, Twitch, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Creators, businesses, and educators use it to maximize reach without running separate streams. The built-in chat aggregator pulls audience messages from all platforms into one view. The free tier caps you at two destinations with Restream branding on the stream.

Metricool

Metricool is a social media management platform that covers scheduling, analytics, and competitor tracking across major networks including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. Freelancers, agencies, and small business owners use it to plan content and pull client reports without juggling multiple tools. The free plan is genuinely usable, though it caps brand connections and historical data depth.

Choose
Restream

if you need analytics and live streaming. It has a usable free tier to start with.

  • +Streams to 30+ platforms simultaneously from one setup
  • +Unified chat inbox consolidates comments from all destinations
  • +Works with any RTMP-compatible encoder, including OBS and Streamlabs
Choose
Metricool

if you need scheduling and analytics. It has a usable free tier to start with.

  • +Free plan covers one brand with real scheduling and analytics
  • +Unified dashboard spans more networks than most competitors at this price
  • +Auto-best-time scheduling based on your own audience data

Which to choose

Restream and Metricool both cover analytics, so this is a real either-or for some teams. The right pick depends on which one's wider feature set and pricing fit how you work.

Read the full reviews for Restream and Metricool.

Pricing checked 3 Jun 2026.