When asked for the best live streaming software, 6 AI assistants named 5 brands between them this month. OBS Studio was named most often, followed by Restream and StreamYard. One brand was named by every assistant that answered: OBS Studio.
Who named whom
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Claude | Grok | DeepSeek | Cohere | Named by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OBS Studio | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Restream | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 of 6 |
| StreamYard | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | 4 of 6 |
| Browser | · | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | 3 of 6 |
| Ecamm Live | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | 3 of 6 |
Share of voice
What each assistant said
ChatGPT
Named 3 brands, in this order: OBS Studio, Ecamm Live, Restream.
Selecting the best live streaming software for a small business depends on your specific needs, budget, and technical expertise.
Perplexity
Named 2 brands, in this order: StreamYard, OBS Studio.
For most small businesses, StreamYard is the best live streaming software if you want the simplest setup, easy guest/co-host management, and a browser-based studio that’s quick to learn.
Claude
Named 5 brands, in this order: StreamYard, Restream, OBS Studio, Ecamm Live, Browser.
Here are some top options depending on your needs:
Grok
Named 3 brands, in this order: Browser, OBS Studio, Restream.
DeepSeek
Named 5 brands, in this order: StreamYard, Browser, Restream, OBS Studio, Ecamm Live.
There's no single "best" option — the right choice depends on what you're streaming (webinars, product demos, behind-the-scenes, live sales) and your budget.
Cohere
Named 2 brands, in this order: OBS Studio, Restream.
Choosing the best live streaming software for a small business depends on your specific needs, budget, and technical expertise.
The questions asked
- What is the best live streaming software for a small business?
Asked between 2026-09-26 and 2026-09-26. Not answering this month: Gemini, Mistral.
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Each month we ask every assistant the same plain buyer questions, worded the way a person shopping for this kind of product would ask them, with no brand suggested in the question except where the question itself names the market leader to find alternatives to. Each assistant answers in a fresh session with no earlier conversation, so an answer reflects what the assistant says to anyone who asks, not what it was steered towards.
From each answer we keep the product and company names it recommends. A name counts only when it appears in the answer as a proper name, is not a heading such as "Best for" or "Pricing", and is confirmed by a second assistant naming it too, by a website the answer cites, or by being the market leader named in the question. Share of voice is each brand's share of all brand mentions in the category this month. Assistants that could not answer this month are listed as not answering, never counted as naming nobody.
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