Signal drops don't end your stream
Your mobile connection will drop. When this happens, Cloud OBS keeps the stream live with a BRB scene that plays your channel's clips, so you keep your viewers and your VOD stays in one piece.
Cloud OBS server for IRL streamingGo live.
[Anywhere.]
Your OBS runs 24/7 in the cloud. You stream on the go. When the signal drops, viewers get clips from your own channel instead of a dead stream, and you run the whole show from your browser or your pocket.
- Disconnect protection
- No setup fees
Stream to any platform
- Twitch
- Kick
- YouTube
- TikTok*
- X
- Rumble
- Trovo
- AfreecaTV
- Bilibili
- DLive
36+server locations
99.9%uptime
5ingest protocols: SRT/SRTLA, RIST, RTMP/ERTMP
$0setup fees
What is Cloud OBS?
OBS on a server that never sleeps
Cloud OBS is OBS Studio running on a machine stored in a professional data centre, online 24/7. Your device sends audio and video to it, OBS adds in your overlays and alerts then the server sends the stream to Twitch, Kick, YouTube or any streaming platform of your choosing. No laptop in a backpack, no PC left running at home.
Try it: lose your signal
Tunnels, large crowds or a dead SIM. On a normal setup the stream goes offline and your stream ends. With Cloud OBS the server is still live, so it switches to your BRB scene and plays clips from your channel. Your viewers stay, and the stream picks right back up the moment your connection recovers.
You, outside
Moblin, IRL Pro, IRLwhatever, Belabox, LiveU
Sending 6.4 Mbps
Cloud OBS
Scenes, overlays, alerts, BRB
Scene: IRL · Main cam
Your viewers
Twitch, Kick, YouTube and more
Watching you live
[LIVE]
[BRB]
Be right back
Playing clips from your channel while you reconnect…
Try it: lose your signal
Tunnels, large crowds or a dead SIM. On a normal setup the stream goes offline and ends. With Cloud OBS the server is still live, so it switches to your BRB scene and plays clips from your channel. Your viewers stay, and the stream picks right back up the moment your connection recovers.
Why you need it
Streaming IRL without Cloud OBS is hard mode
Lightweight and simplified
Your phone or encoder only sends video. All the heavy lifting (encoding, overlays, alerts) happens on our server, so you're not required to carry additional gear to enhance your stream.
No PC left running at home
Home internet hiccups and power cuts take a home OBS down with them. Ours sits in a professional data centre on a fast, redundant connection designed for running 24/7.
One device, every platform
Send one stream with your device and have the Cloud OBS server push it to Twitch, Kick and YouTube at the same time with the built-in multi-streamer, on Intermediate (up to 5 platforms) and Professional (up to 12).
Control from anywhere
Production power in your pocket. Switch scenes from your phone mid-walk with the included IRLremote, or let a mod run the show from their browser with IRLstudio mode. Complete control without the need to have someone acting as a producer behind a PC.
For streamers, by streamers
Setup and direct support is included with every Cloud OBS package. Our Discord is full of real, experienced streamers who've been where you are. Direct, personal support is available with our #open-a-ticket system. You get real support from real streamers, not generalized AI responses.
IRLstudio
Your Cloud OBS Stream, all contained within a browser tab
IRLstudio is a way to control OBS without remotely accessing OBS directly: see your output, switch scenes, toggle sources, mix audio and start the multi-streamer from any computer. Give trusted community members access via the access token system and they can assist with running your stream while you're out streaming.
- Live previewSee exactly what viewers see, refreshed every few seconds or in real time.
- Scenes and sourcesSwitch scenes, show or hide sources, reorder them. Lock the ones nobody should touch.
- Audio mixerMic too loud, music too quiet? Fix levels live from the browser.
- Multi-streamerAdd Twitch, Kick, YouTube and more, then start and stop them all together.
- ControlsStart streaming, studio mode, destination and a one-click "fix sources" when something's stuck.
Open the menu
A whole production team's worth of tools
These are located one click away from your preview. No additional overlay accounts required, no extra laptop, no plugins to install.
Build overlays right in IRLstudio
Drag widgets onto a landscape or vertical canvas and press Add to OBS. Every edit shows up on stream within seconds.
- Chat from Twitch, Kick and YouTube in one box
- Pop-up alerts, sub goals, event ticker and emote wall
- Labels, timers, clocks, and your own images and video
- Live preview with sample chat, 25 fonts, undo and redo
Collab streams that survive a guest's dead zone
Invite a guest by email. They stream to their own relay near them, get a scene in your OBS, and Switching Bot covers them with BRB if their signal drops.
- Each guest gets a relay close to where they are
- Their own scene in your OBS, ready to switch to
- Pull in another streamer's SRT, RTMP or RIST feed
- Included on Intermediate and Professional
Your BRB screen, but entertaining
Out of the box, your BRB scene plays clips from your own channel, so nothing needs setting up. Make playlists when you want to pick exactly what plays.
- Uses your channel's clips by default, or import from any Twitch or Kick channel
- Sort by views, date or length, and filter by clipper
- Shuffle or play in order, and loop so the screen never goes blank
- Credit the clipper on screen, and cap clip length
Every follow, sub and tip in one feed
Activity collects your events from IRLchat and puts alert control next to your preview.
- Replay any alert on stream, even weeks later
- Pause alerts during a serious moment, then play them in order
- Skip the alert on screen, or send a test alert
- 30 days of history, filtered by type and platform
Let chat pick the soundtrack
Viewers request YouTube videos from chat, and they play in OBS through your Media requests source.
- A queue of up to 50, with play, skip and remove
- Chat verification so only real viewers can request
- Limits, a block list and a permanent remote for your mods
Hand your mods the controls, safely
Make a link for each person, pick exactly what they can do, and revoke it whenever you like. Nobody gets your login.
- Presets: Producer, Show operator, Scene editor, Audio operator, View only
- 16 fine-grained permissions to make your own mix
- Protect sources nobody else should touch
- Links expire after 1, 7, 30 or 90 days, or never
Make IRLstudio yours
Everything lives in the menu, from your media library to the colour of the interface.
- 10 colour themes and compact or roomy controls
- English, Deutsch, Português, Español and 日本語
- Keyboard shortcuts, plus docks you can pop out and resize
- Media library, media playlists and Screenshot Bot
And there's more
Shortcuts and pop-out docks
Keyboard shortcuts for scenes and stream controls, and panels you can pop out into their own windows.
External feeds
Paste another streamer's SRT, RTMP or RIST playback link and put their camera or full show into yours.
Studio Mode
Separate Preview and Current canvases. Line up the next scene, pick a transition, then take it live.
Move and resize sources
Drag, crop, align, flip and lock sources on the canvas, with copy and paste transforms and edit history.
Browser and text sources
Add widgets, web overlays, or text you can change mid-stream, like a title or a social handle.
Multi-streamer
Set your main destination, add extra platforms, then start and stop them together.
Media library
Upload images and videos (up to 95 MB), drop them into a scene, or grab a permanent browser-source link.
Screenshot Bot
Captures from your stream land in your media library, ready for socials or your BRB screen.
Relay region
Travelling? Move your relay to a city near you. IRLstudio updates OBS and Switching Bot by itself.
Profiles and scene collections
Switch or create OBS profiles and scene collections from the browser, so you can keep a setup per show.
Fix sources
A camera feed froze or an overlay went blank? One click restarts every stuck browser and media source.
IRLstudio anywhere
Need to give a mod access or invite a guest while you're out? IRLstudio does that from your phone too.
IRLremote
Control OBS from your phone, one thumb away
IRLremote is the phone-sized control room. Open it next to your streaming app and switch scenes without stopping to fiddle with a laptop. It comes with every plan.
- Quick scene switch: big buttons you can hit while walking
- Start and stop the stream from your pocket
- Fix sources in one tap when a camera feed freezes
- Preview and bitrate so you know what viewers see
Remote desktop
Need the full OBS? Remote desktop into the server
Intermediate and Professional plans include remote desktop access to your cloud server, right in the browser. It's the full OBS Studio, the same as at home, on a server that stays online.
- Install OBS plugins and scripts
- Build scenes with browser sources, overlays and alerts
- Upload your own files: BRB loops, music, stingers
- Opens from your client area, with no extra software
Plans
Cloud OBS plans and pricing
Every plan runs 24/7 with unlimited bandwidth, includes setup, and comes with IRLstudio and IRLremote. No setup fees.
StreamSaver
Budget-friendly essentials
$39.99/month
- IRLstudio + IRLremote
- 720p / 60fps
- Shared instance
- Disconnect protection
- 1 endpoint relay
- 250 MB cloud storage
- Remote desktop
- Collab tools in IRLstudio
Basic
Perfect for phone streamers
$59.99/month
- IRLstudio + IRLremote
- 1080p / 60fps
- Shared VPS
- Disconnect protection
- 1 endpoint relay
- 1 GB cloud storage
- Remote desktop
- Collab tools in IRLstudio
Intermediate
Full control and customisation
$79.99/month
- IRLstudio + IRLremote
- 1080p / 60fps
- Semi-dedicated server
- Remote desktop + full OBS
- Multi-stream to 5 platforms
- 1 endpoint relay
- 2 GB cloud storage
- Collab tools in IRLstudio
Professional
Maximum power and support
$129.99/month
- IRLstudio + IRLremote
- 4K / 60fps
- Dedicated bare metal
- Remote desktop + full OBS
- Multi-stream to 12 platforms
- 3 relays, collab streams, custom ideas
- 5 GB cloud storage
- Collab tools in IRLstudio
We set up every server for you, live within 24 hours of payment and usually much sooner.
Need something custom, like GPU servers, a fleet for an event or sub-second latency? Ask us on Discord.
Ready in 5 minutes SimpleStreamer, from $14.99/month Happy with the stream your phone makes? SimpleStreamer passes it through untouched and holds a BRB screen when the signal drops. No cloud OBS needed. See SimpleStreamerOnly need a relay?
SRT, SRTLA, RIST, RTMP and ERTMP endpoints for your own OBS have moved to their own home: IRLrelays.com. Every Cloud OBS plan above still includes its own relay.
How it works
IRL stream without a PC at home, in three steps
- 01
Pick a plan
Choose the server that fits how you stream. Not sure? Ask in Discord and we'll point you at the right one.
- 02
Connect your phone
We set your server up within 24 hours. Your client area has one-tap imports for Moblin and IRL Pro, plus step-by-step guides.
- 03
Go live
Walk out the door. Switch scenes from IRLremote, and let disconnect protection handle the dead zones.
Works with Moblin · IRL Pro · IRLwhatever · Belabox · LiveU · IRLbox · DJI (RTMP)
FAQ
IRL streaming questions, answered
What's the difference between a relay and Cloud OBS?
A relay (endpoint) only receives your phone's video so your own OBS can pick it up, which means you still need a computer running OBS. Cloud OBS is that computer: a server running OBS 24/7 that receives your video and sends the finished stream out. Every Cloud OBS plan includes at least one relay. If you only want a relay, head to IRLrelays.com.
How does disconnect protection work?
When your mobile connection drops, the stream stays live on our server. Viewers see your holding scene (like "Reconnecting…") instead of the stream going offline, and it carries on as soon as you're back. You keep your viewers and your VOD stays in one piece.
Which plan is right for me?
A majority of streamers' needs are satisfied with the Intermediate plan. For more complex streams, multiple cameras/drones or collaborative streams, choose Professional. Still unsure? Open a ticket in our Discord and we'll help determine what plan best meets your needs.
What are IRLstudio and IRLremote?
IRLstudio controls your cloud OBS from any browser: preview, scenes, sources, audio, transitions and the multi-streamer. Its menu adds the Overlay Maker (chat, alerts and goals), BRB clip playlists, an alert activity feed, viewer media requests, a media library and access links for your mods. IRLremote is the phone-sized version for switching scenes and starting or stopping the stream on the go. Both come with your plan.
How long does setup take?
Servers are delivered within 24 hours of payment, and most are much sooner. Your client area then walks you through connecting your app, with one-tap imports for Moblin and IRL Pro.
Which platforms can I stream to?
Anything that accepts a stream: Twitch, Kick, YouTube, Facebook, X, Rumble, Trovo, AfreecaTV and more. TikTok needs an RTMP address, which TikTok only gives out through agencies.
Do I need a PC at home to IRL stream?
No. Your phone or encoder sends video to your Cloud OBS server, and the server does everything a home PC would: scenes, overlays, alerts, BRB and sending the stream to Twitch, Kick or YouTube. Nothing has to stay switched on at home.
How do I IRL stream to Kick or Twitch from my phone?
Install Moblin (iPhone), IRLwhatever (Android), or IRL Pro (Android), scan the provided settings import QR code and tell the Cloud OBS server to go live from IRLstudio or IRLremote. Our guide to IRL streaming from your phone walks through it.
Can I multistream to Twitch, Kick and YouTube at the same time?
Yes. Intermediate streams to up to 5 platforms at once and Professional to up to 12, all from the same OBS. Set the destinations in IRLstudio's multi-streamer and start or stop them together.
What is SRTLA bonding?
SRTLA splits your stream across several connections at once, like two SIM cards and Wi-Fi, so one dropping out doesn't end your stream. Every plan's relay accepts SRTLA as well as SRT, RIST, RTMP and ERTMP. Read more in what is SRTLA?
Is IRLhosting an alternative to IRLToolkit?
Yes. Both run OBS in the cloud for IRL streamers. IRLhosting plans start at $39.99/month and include IRLstudio, IRLremote, BRB clip playlists and disconnect protection. See the IRLhosting vs IRLToolkit comparison.
Will you help me set everything up?
Yes. Basic setup is included on every plan, and Professional gets white-glove setup. Our Discord support is run by people who actually stream IRL.
Partner program
Big on IRL? Stream with us as a Partner
Partners get special rates, a faster line to our team and first go at new IRLstudio features. In return, you tell us what works out there and what doesn't.
Partner pricing
Special rates on every IRLhosting service.
Priority support
Dedicated help with faster replies.
Early access
Try new features and betas first.
Direct contact
A direct line for custom requests and integrations.
What we look for
- 100+ average concurrent viewers on IRL streams
- IRL streams at least 4 times a month
- Active on Twitch, YouTube or Kick
- Happy to give feedback and suggest features
- Professional conduct and a positive community
We review applications within 48 hours and reach out on Discord if you're accepted.
Ready to leave the laptop at home?
Pick a plan and we'll set up your cloud OBS for you.