Comparison
The best stream alert tools
Our top pick is StreamNeeds: follow, sub, gift, tip and raid alerts for Kick and Twitch on the free plan, alert rules for amounts, sub tiers and specific viewers, and alert history with replays, all in the same drag-and-drop overlay as your chat, goals and other widgets. Below, the other alert tools streamers use, with what each one lists and what it costs.
Last checked October 2026.
1.StreamNeeds
Top pickstreamneeds.comBest for: Streamers on Kick, or on Kick and Twitch, who want alerts inside one overlay
Price: Free plan; paid plans from $25/month
Follow, sub (new, renewal and gifted), tip, gift and raid alerts for Kick and Twitch on the free plan, with a visual alert designer, custom styling per alert type, alert rules for amounts, sub tiers, specific viewers and first-time supporters, and 30 days of alert history with replays. Launching soon: Alerts Studio, an animated designer that takes your own images, GIFs, videos, sounds and fonts.
- Follow, sub, gift, tip and raid alerts on the free plan
- Kick and Twitch events in one alert box
- Alert rules: amounts, sub tier, a specific viewer, first time
- Alert history with replays, and test events
- Alerts sit in the same overlay as your chat, goals and widgets
- Animated Alerts Studio with your own GIFs, videos and sounds: launching soon
2.StreamElements
streamelements.comBest for: Free alerts, chatbot and overlays across Twitch, YouTube and Kick
Price: Free
A free alert box and widgets in a cloud overlay editor, with alert variations by amount. On Kick it covers follower, subscriber, gifted-sub and tip alerts, and it added KICKs gift alerts in September 2026. Also a chatbot and a tipping page.
Full comparison: StreamNeeds vs StreamElements →3.Streamlabs
streamlabs.comBest for: A familiar free alert box with a large theme library
Price: Free; Ultra $27/month or $189/year
Alert Box for tips, follows and subs on Twitch, YouTube, Kick, X, Facebook, Patreon and Tiltify, with your own images, video and sound, text-to-speech and alert variations. Its help site notes that Kick-only accounts edit Kick alerts on Streamlabs.com rather than in Streamlabs Desktop.
Full comparison: StreamNeeds vs Streamlabs →4.Sound Alerts
soundalerts.comBest for: Viewer-triggered sound and animation alerts on Twitch
Price: Free; Premium $6.99/month
A Twitch Extension soundboard where viewers trigger sound and animation alerts with Bits or channel points, plus custom uploads, text-to-speech and a tipping page. Its setup guide requires a Twitch account, and its site does not list Kick alerts.
5.Lumia Stream
lumiastream.comBest for: Alerts that also drive smart lights and devices
Price: Free tier; Premium from $5.99/month
An alert box for follows, subs, gifts, donations, cheers and raids on Twitch, TikTok, YouTube, Discord, Kick and Facebook, with text-to-speech, media triggers and smart-light control. Alert variations by condition are on Premium.
6.OWN3D Pro
own3d.tvBest for: Designer alert and overlay assets inside OBS
Price: Free tier; Stream Pass for the full library
Follower, subscriber, donation and raid alerts that its guide says work with Twitch, YouTube and Kick, with your own graphics and sounds and text-to-speech on several alerts. The free tier includes 5 overlays, panels and alerts; the Stream Pass unlocks the full library.
7.Streamer.bot
streamer.botBest for: Building your own alerts and automations on Windows
Price: Price not listed (supported through Patreon and Ko-fi)
A local Windows app of triggers and actions for Twitch, YouTube and Kick, the last through Kick's official API, with C# scripting and OBS control. You build alerts with it rather than getting a ready-made alert box.
Features and prices are as each tool describes them on its own site. Products change constantly — check each one before deciding, and tell us if anything here is out of date.
Everything StreamNeeds does
48 features live today, and 35 more launching soon. Overlays, alerts, bots, points, giveaways and clips in one place, for Kick, Twitch, YouTube and Discord.
Bonus hunts
- Bonus hunt tracker over a 16,000+ slot database
- Live and starting break-even, average and 100x count
- Simple mode, presets and hunt duplication
- Live viewer page and share links
- Add to Hunt button inside 12 casinos (Chrome extension)
- Per-game hunt statistics
- Guess the balance with lock rules and the Price-Is-Right rule
- Guess the balance prize placesLaunching soon
- Firefox extensionComing in V2
OBS overlays and widgets
- Drag-and-drop overlay editor with 48 widgets
- Unlimited scenes, switchable from chat
- OBS scene control over the WebSocket
- Layout templates and scene duplication
- Hunt table, dashboard, reel, big win and progress widgets
- Chat, activity feed, goals, polls, hype train and timer widgets
- Widget library and Stream PacksLaunching soon
- Brand Kit and Media libraryLaunching soon
- Signature widget looksLaunching soon
- Clutch mode: hide every overlay with one switchLaunching soon
Alerts
- Follow, sub, gift, tip and raid alerts
- Alert rules: amounts, sub tier, a specific viewer, first time
- Alert history and test events
- Alerts Studio: animated alert designerLaunching soon
- Casino alerts tied to events: big wins, max wins, hunt results, winners, store purchasesLaunching soon
- Timed alerts that play every few minutes while liveLaunching soon
- Chat command alerts (!hype plays an alert)Launching soon
- Alert library packsLaunching soon
- Text-to-speech alertsComing in V2
Chat bots
- Kick bot: commands, timed messages, points, giveaways, slot requests
- Twitch and YouTube chat bot: commands and timed messages
- TikTok Live and Facebook Live chat in your overlay and historyLaunching soon
- Editable bot replies in 10 languages
- Discord bot: slash commands, points and a daily bonus
- Discord hunt, giveaway, big win and go-live announcements
- Discord moderation and cross-server bans
- Discord verification gates (account age, server time, casino details)
- Self-service Discord rolesLaunching soon
- Discord ticketing: forms, routing, macros, notes, transcripts, workflows
- Ticket web portal
- Ticket response targets (SLA)Launching soon
- Discord game nightsLaunching soon
Points, store and giveaways
- One points balance across Kick and Discord
- Points for chat, watch time, subs, follows and tips
- Points store with fulfilment and refunds
- Slot requests with voting, points cost and promote to hunt
- Chat giveaways with multiple winners
- Numbered raffles with a ticket grid on your overlay
- Points leaderboardsLaunching soon
- PredictionsLaunching soon
- Stream Bingo and the Challenge boardLaunching soon
- Stream WheelsLaunching soon
- Social giveaways on X with a provably fair drawLaunching soon
- Public provably fair proof for every drawLaunching soon
- TournamentsComing in V2
Viewers and community
- Viewer profiles linking Kick, Discord and Twitch accounts
- Viewer history: points, purchases, requests and wins
- Verified casino usernames, crypto wallets and affiliate codes
- Account flagging across your community
- Bans that follow the casino account, not just the chat name
- Quests and community goalsLaunching soon
- Viewer portal where viewers see their own statsLaunching soon
- Alt Guard multi-account detectorLaunching soon
- Lobby codesLaunching soon
Mods and control
- Mod accounts with per-area permissions
- Stream Pad and a Stream Deck URL for every trigger
- Mod Box: private live view, team chat and Stream PadLaunching soon
- Stream Pad looks and sound boardLaunching soon
- StreamNeeds for OBS plugin: stream health, go live, docksLaunching soon
Clips and content
- Stream clips with a win-moment library
- Hosted clip library with a share link
- Auto clips when chat erupts
- End-of-stream recap email
- Branded game graphics generator
- Clip Rewards: a viewer clipping team with a prize poolLaunching soon
- Content Planner that grades every stream ideaLaunching soon
- Link in Bio page with tracked linksLaunching soon
- Tip pageLaunching soon
Sponsors and growth
- Sponsor and agency campaign reports
- Media kit with 30-day audience stats
- Wager race leaderboards from casino affiliate stats
- Command Centre analytics across platforms
- Live sponsor page with delivery sign-offLaunching soon
- Public REST API with scoped keys
- WebhooksLaunching soon
- Claude connector that builds overlays and alerts for youLaunching soon
GTA and gaming streams
- GTA tools: game trackers, wanted level meter, crew alertsComing soon
- Auto game switch for trackers and scenesLaunching soon
Not just tools: built to help you grow
Other tools put an overlay on screen. StreamNeeds is built to grow the channel around it.
Keep viewers coming back
Points they earn on Kick and spend in Discord, a store, guess the balance, slot requests and raffles give viewers a reason to stay, chat and return tomorrow.
Turn a community into a Discord that runs itself
Announcements, verification gates, tickets and points keep your Discord busy between streams, with mods handling it from their own logins.
Win and keep sponsors
Campaign reports, a media kit and wager race leaderboards show a casino or agency exactly what they got — the evidence that gets a deal renewed.
Spend your time streaming, not managing tools
One dashboard instead of five tabs and two bots. Everything you set up once works everywhere, so the hours go into content.
What to look for in an alert tool
Three things decide it. First, platforms: an alert tool only fires for the events it can read, so a Kick streamer needs one that reads Kick. Second, control: rules that play a bigger alert for a bigger tip, a sub tier or a regular. Third, where the alerts live: a separate alert box per tool means more browser sources to manage in OBS.
- Reads every platform you stream on
- Rules for amounts, tiers and specific viewers
- Your own images and sounds
- History, so a missed alert can be replayed
Why StreamNeeds is our top pick
Alerts in StreamNeeds are one widget in the same overlay as your chat, goals and the rest of your scene, so there is one browser source to manage and one place to change it. The free plan covers the alerts most streamers need; paid plans add the rest of the toolkit around them.
How we checked
This list is written by the StreamNeeds team. Every other tool was checked against its own website in October 2026. Where a site does not describe a feature, we say so rather than guess.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best stream alerts tool?
- StreamNeeds, if you stream on Kick or on Kick and Twitch: free follow, sub, gift, tip and raid alerts, alert rules and alert history, inside the same overlay as the rest of your widgets.
What are the best free stream alerts?
- StreamNeeds' free plan includes follow, sub, gift, tip and raid alerts for Kick and Twitch with a visual designer and alert rules. Other tools on this list also have free alerts; check which platforms each reads.
Which alert tools work on Kick?
- StreamNeeds reads Kick follows, subs, gifted subs and Kicks. Check any other tool's site for Kick support before you set it up, because an alert box only fires for events it can read.
How do I get GTA-style alerts?
- Load GTA-themed alert art into an alert tool, one animation and sound per event. Our guide walks through it step by step.
Turn on free alerts tonight
Create a free StreamNeeds account, connect Kick or Twitch, and add the alert box to OBS as part of your overlay.
Keep reading
- OBS overlays you build by dragging, not by editing CSSA visual overlay editor with 48 live widgets for any stream: chat, alerts, goals, timers and leaderboards, plus hunt tables and running totals for slot streams. Multi-scene, with OBS scene control.
- GTA stream alerts: how to set them upHow to get GTA-style stream alerts for follows, subs, tips and raids: where to find GTA-themed alert art, how to add it to OBS, and free GTA tools for streamers.
- The best Kick overlaysThe best Kick overlays in 2026: live overlay tools that read your Kick chat, goals and alerts, and the overlay packs that give you the look. StreamNeeds is our top pick and free to start. Checked October 2026.
- The best free stream overlay toolsThe best free stream overlay tools in 2026: what each free plan really includes, which platforms it reads and what costs extra. StreamNeeds is our top pick for a free live overlay editor. Checked October 2026.