Broadcasteervs ProPresenter.
The deepest presentation suite in church tech vs the whole booth in one app.
ProPresenter is presentation software — the industry-standard way to put lyrics, scripture and media on screens, and at that job it is deeper than anything else. Since 7.1 it also streams a screen over RTMP and records it to disk, so a single-camera church can go live from ProPresenter alone. What it does not do is switch cameras, bring phones in as cameras, or talk to your crew; for that it expects a production stack around it. Broadcasteer is that stack with the lyrics built in: switching, phone cameras, streaming, recording, comms and planning in one app. Media-heavy church with a dedicated presentation operator: ProPresenter. A few hands running a full multi-camera service: Broadcasteer.
Feature by feature, no spin.
Who should pick which.
- Your services are media productions — layered motions, masks, multi-screen environmental projection — and you have a person dedicated to driving them.
- You are deeply invested in ProPresenter libraries, themes, and trained volunteers.
- You run macOS front-of-house.
- You need advanced Bible translation workflows and CCLI reporting tied into presentation.
- You stream one camera or the screen itself — ProPresenter’s built-in Capture already covers that.
- The same person who runs lyrics also needs to run cameras, stream, and record — ProPresenter never solves that; Broadcasteer is built for it.
- PRO at $199.99/yr costs less than one ProPresenter seat and adds three cameras and the stream.
- You want the singer, speaker, and floor crew each on their own confidence surface without extra displays and cabling.
- You value being live 15 minutes after opening the laptop, run by whoever shows up.
What each actually costs.
- ProPresenter — subscription only: Standard $29/mo or $289/yr per seat; Campus (20 seats, worship) $59/mo or $649/yr; Remote app included (September 2026; verify current plans)
- Streams and records a screen on its own; a multi-camera service still needs a switcher and comms beside it
- FREE — $0 forever: One phone as your camera. Stream to YouTube or Facebook, record, project and send NDI — free in 720p.
- PRO — $19.99/mo ($199.99/yr): Three cameras, full HD, hardware encode, and a Scheduler that starts Sunday itself.
- MAX — $39.99/mo ($399.99/yr): Broadcasteer streams your service to your own campuses and rooms, in sync, without routing it through YouTube or Facebook. The audience is the screens you enrolled.
Competitor pricing approximate, checked September 2026 — always verify current plans on their site.
Switching? Here’s how it goes.
Your song lyrics move as text: rebuild verse blocks in the Broadcasteer song library once, then every service reuses them. Most teams migrate their active rotation (30–60 songs) in an afternoon.
You do not have to switch cold. Some churches keep ProPresenter for projection and adopt Broadcasteer for cameras, streaming, and comms first — then consolidate when the team is ready.
Asked often.
Can Broadcasteer replace ProPresenter?
For lyrics and slides in a live-streamed service, yes — the song library and live overlay cover the core job, and the same app also switches cameras, streams, records, and runs crew comms, which ProPresenter never does. For deep media production (motions, masks, multi-screen mapping) and for stage screens, ProPresenter remains the specialist.
Is Broadcasteer cheaper than ProPresenter?
To start, yes — free. PRO at $199.99/yr undercuts a $289/yr ProPresenter seat and adds three cameras and the stream. MAX at $399.99/yr costs more than one seat, and buys the switcher, comms and campus distribution ProPresenter does not have. Like for like, it depends on what you run.
Does Broadcasteer do confidence monitors like ProPresenter stage displays?
ProPresenter’s stage screens are excellent and need a display or a second machine. Broadcasteer takes a different route: instead of one stage display output, four role-scoped surfaces — Floor Director command, Song Remote control, Presenter’s own slides, and a read-only Lyrics follower — each on an ordinary phone, no extra displays or cabling.
Can I run ProPresenter and Broadcasteer together?
Yes. A common transition path keeps ProPresenter driving projection while Broadcasteer handles cameras, streaming, recording, and comms. Broadcasteer’s capture input and NDI make the handoff practical while your team migrates at its own pace.
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