How Much Does Funeral Streaming Cost? What Affects the Price
When someone you love has died, the last thing you want is a confusing price list. If family and friends can't be there in person, a live stream lets them share the day. But how much should it cost, and what are you actually paying for?
This guide explains the options and the things that affect the price, so you know what to expect. For our current prices, see how much funeral streaming costs with Funeral AV.
The short answer
A professional funeral live stream in the UK usually costs a few hundred pounds. With Funeral AV, prices start from £595 for a single camera and from £650 for two cameras. Every funeral is different, so we give each family a personal quote. See our full price guide.
Your three options
1. A friend with a phone
It costs nothing, but it's a lot to ask of someone who is grieving too. Phones struggle with sound in large churches, the signal often drops, and if the stream fails there's usually no recording.
2. The venue's own system
Many crematoria have a built-in webcast camera. It's simple and usually cheaper, but it's normally one fixed view and only covers that building. Most churches, burial grounds and private venues don't have one.
3. A professional streaming service - Funeral AV Live Streaming
A trained operator, proper cameras and microphones, and a reliable internet connection. This is the option to choose if the service is at a church, a graveside, a woodland burial ground or anywhere with a poor signal, or if you want it to look and sound right. Here's what's included in our streams.
What affects the price?
Number of cameras. One camera works well for smaller churches, chapels, woodland burials and cemetery gravesides. Two cameras let us show the whole room and close-ups of the people speaking, switching between them live.
Number of locations. Streaming the church service and then the committal at the graveside or the wake means moving and setting up equipment more than once.
The venue and its signal. Rural churches and natural burial grounds often have little or no mobile signal. We use bonded internet from 6 × 4G modems with Starlink satellite backup, so it isn't a problem. But that kind of equipment is part of what you're paying for.
Where the funeral is. Prices can vary by area. Central London, for example, can cost more because of travel, parking and access.
Extras. Tribute slideshows, PA systems so everyone in the room can hear, TV screens for overflow rooms, photography and filming all add to the cost.
What should always be included?
Whoever you choose, check that the price covers:
a private, secure link, ideally with an optional password
good sound, with microphones for the officiant, readers and music, not just the camera's built-in mic
a backup recording made on site, in case the internet drops
a recording you can watch again afterwards
no charge per viewer, and no apps or downloads needed to watch
If a quote seems very cheap, ask about each of these. A failed stream on the day can't be redone.
Questions to ask before you book
Have you streamed from this venue, or one like it, before?
What happens if the signal is poor?
How many microphones will you use?
How long will the recording be available?
Is the price fixed, or could there be extras on the day?
Get a personal quote
We've streamed thousands of funerals over more than 10 years, across the whole of the UK. See our funeral streaming prices, or call or text Darren on 07766 754944 for a personal quote. You can also find out more about our funeral live streaming service.