OBS vs XSplit: Which is better for Streaming?

Tool Logo	Tool Name	More Info	Operating System	Price	Capture Screen	Record Game Captures	Livestream	Webcam Recording	Capture Mic	Capture System Audio	No Watermark	Hot Key Controls	Recording Session Limit	Timeline Editing	Adjust Audio	Pan & Zoom	Add Media	Drawing Tool	Add Annotations	Video Output Formats	Audio Output Formats	Upload Directly to Internet	FAQ or Knowledgebase	Tutorials	Phone Support	Email Support	Live Chat	MISC
	OBS	Visit Site	Windows/Mac/Linux	Free						Yes			None							6, MP4 FLV MOV +3 more	1, MP4	No						Not easy to get started with but endless customization possibilities.
	XSplit Free	Visit Site	Windows 7, 8, and 8.1	Free						Yes			None							2, MP4 or FLV	0	Yes (& YouTube)						Not worth using over OBS for any reason.
	XSplit Paid	Visit Site	Windows 7, 8, and 8.1	Paid						Yes			None							2, MP4 or FLV	0	Yes (& YouTube)						Video Game Console Capture | Green Screen Transparency Effect | Simultaneous broadcasting to multiple stream services

The short story is you get better performance from OBS but your going to have to take the time to lookup how to videos (or watch my awesome tutorial for it below) to learn how to do what you want to do with it because it is not very intuitive on how to use it when you first open it up.

That’s where XSplit does well. It is extremely beginner friendly and easy to get setup and start streaming quickly. XSplit Paid version can stream to multiple services at once so that is definitely a nice feature if you take your streaming seriously and you want to be on as many platforms as possible. As well as a few other features.

If you would like to read a more in-depth review of these two going head to head then you can check out this article.

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