Also, just like Twitch, UStream also offers its native clients for smartphones such as Android and iOS. On the other hand, UStream offers a better streaming service, that rarely experiences any downtime. Additionally, while Twitch does host a lot of gaming streams, it has seen a lot of downtimes as well. Ustream also supports streams of any kind, something that Twitch has been trying to incorporate with IRL (In Real Life). Similar to Twitch, UStream is also embedded into Sony’s PlayStation 4, allowing you to stream your gameplay from the console easily. Now owned by IBM, the service is responsible for almost a third of all live business video and is used by Facebook, LinkedIn, Intuit, NASA, and Salesforce. Undoubtedly Twitch’s biggest competitor has got to be UStream. The San Francisco-based company Ustream is a general streaming platform, which allows viewers to find sporting events, talk shows, and private live streams, apart from the general gaming streams like Twitch.
