Razer - Kiyo
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Last updated: Dec 23, 2025 Scoring
Elgato Facecam Neo, Razer Kiyo, if you want a built-in light or Logitech c920 series. Take your pick, all for less $100 usd typically
r/streaming • Best webcam under 150$? (I want the best quality) ->I’ve owned Kiyo and C920. Not sure why everyone used to recommend C920, I like Kiyo way better.
r/digitalnomad • Seeking Webcam Recommendations for Online Teaching ->The LED ring definitely makes a difference. I say better in terms of out of the box color profile of the camera. Of course you can install the app and adjust it but as a plug and play, the colors and contrast of Razer is way better than Logi.
r/digitalnomad • Seeking Webcam Recommendations for Online Teaching ->I have the same and have been happy with it.
r/WeddingPhotography • Not really a photo question, but those who have a dedicated webcam for meetings that clips/attaches to their monitor (possibly with a light). What are you using? ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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https://www.razer.com/ca-en/streaming-cameras/razer-kiyo?srsltid=AfmBOoql0ES1W7gtheiNxwOEvdCjewZVcZccgi4_vPd8nu8CLuJYHggz Mostly because it was fairly inexpensive and has its own ring light...
r/WeddingPhotography • Not really a photo question, but those who have a dedicated webcam for meetings that clips/attaches to their monitor (possibly with a light). What are you using? ->I had issues with Razer Kiyo. It just stopped working after a month. I've got a replacement unit which also suddenly stopped working after a year. The image quality was mediocre at best. I am using Elgato Facecam Neo now and I am very pleased with it. The image quality is way better than Razer Kiyo. It also has a great optional software - you can set focus to near / mid / far / auto, set contrast, saturation., sharpness, adjust shutter speed, iso, dynamic range and white balance. There is also a very good looking image noise reduction. Elgato Facecam Neo doesn't have a microphone, but the microphones in webcams are usually shitty quality anyways, so you will not really want to use the built in mic anyway. To achieve a nice image with any webcam you will need a good lighting. Sitting in a well lit room, putting a night lamp near your face should be good enough at first. You can also consider using your smartphone as a webcam, there are apps like DroidCam that you install on your PC and your phone that let you connect your phone via USB or wifi. The camera in your phone will most likely produce better quality video than most webcams on the market.
r/Twitch • New to streaming. Need a webcam. Logitech C920, razor kiyo, any other suggestions? ->I ran the kiyo for about two years. I think it's a fine camera. I'd take the savings and buy some cheap led light boxes and a desk mount for them because extra light will help with webcam clarity and despite the ring light being there it isn't really that powerful. I actually still use the webcam almost daily as I mounted it on my wall and pointed it at my cat perch and it's lasted about 5 years My upgrade as a relatively cheap/poor hobbist has been the a5000 but that was roughly 300$ before the capture card. Old Cellphones work great with a program like Irun Webcam. I use my current cellphone as an additional camera for things like showing people my cannabis garden.
r/Twitch • Best Webcam for Streaming – Need Your Thoughts! ->Razer Kiyo is $60, it’s what I use
r/Twitch • Which face cam should I get as a beginner streamer? ->I started with Razer Kiyo and then got a C920 Pro HD.
r/Twitch • Which face cam should I get as a beginner streamer? ->Razr Kiyo It's great. Has a ring light and.mic if needed. Though the mic isn't great. I use it for meetings and streaming. I got made fun of during the panini for having a 4k camera when everyone else was in pixilated jail at work.
r/EDH • What Webcam do you use for playing over Spelltable? ->I use the razr kiyo, steelseries arctis pro wireless headset, and blue yeti mic. I've never used the kiyo mic, but I do know discord likes to default to it a lot lol.
r/EDH • What Webcam do you use for playing over Spelltable? ->I’ve personally enjoyed the freedom of the razer kiyo line
r/youtubegaming • View on Reddit →I got the razor kiyo at Walmart for $50 clearance. Check there first if it’s available as I can stream up to 1080p 30-60fps
r/streaming • View on Reddit →The only way I can think of requires a capture card, Xbox to PC, using OBS to capture the gameplay and webcam. Although, it would be really best to not use laptop built in mic/webcam mic, or webcam built in for that fact. The quality will be quite awful and be detrimental to the viewer. Unless of course your webcam is great quality, which would be something I haven't seen too often from built in webcams. I have the Razer Kiyo, cheap and great quality, £50 ($65 maybe?), and for mic I started out with Samson Meteorite, which cost £20 at the time, probably around $30ish but there's probably much better on the market these days for budget friendly.
r/Twitch • View on Reddit →I have a Kiyo with a ring light. Honest opinion in these 2 months that I’ve been using it: it’s great for that price. I have not so good lights in my room, as my pc is below a bunk bed but it still performs great, that I’m not even using that ring light. Also I streamed Fort Solis the other day in complete darkness and the camera view was (in my opinion) totally awesome for the circumstances. If you want to check it look for @derangedraven
r/Twitch • View on Reddit →You'll want some form of lighting. My first camera was a razer kiyo which had a ring light built in -was very useful. Currently got an elgato Facecam - p good camera but good lighting would probs double the cost I'd recommend getting a cheaper camera like the Logitech c920 and getting some lighting to go with it.
r/Twitch • View on Reddit →I'm sure there are good ones, but Razer has acknowledged that my camera is defective and still refused to replace or repair it (I've only had it for a few months). In my experience, Logitech stands by their products in a way that Razer does not.
r/streaming • View on Reddit →I have a kiyo it's pretty good. Not the light ring one, apparently that one isn't as good. Lighting is cheap, you should make due with some white LEDs
r/Twitch • View on Reddit →Noted, ahh thank you so much! I actually have the way older version of the Razer Kiyo that i got like 8 years ago lol but after watching a review of the upgraded Pro Ultra, it looks way more amazing compared to it. I may order this one! Thank uuu
r/CamGirlProblems • View on Reddit →I did not have a good experience with the Razor Kiyo
r/macmini • View on Reddit →Hey! Welcome to streaming!! So I only have experience with the Razor Kiyo. I only have the base version, not the pro. At first, I thought that for the price, it was not a great camera. But after upgrading my lighting and tweaking some settings in the razer app. I have 0 complaints. Obviously, it could always be better. But if you can find this camera on sale. I would go for it. I'm not sure how the base vs. pro holds up. Again, this is just my experience with the base version. Hope this helps in some way TheOGJagg out??
r/Twitch • View on Reddit →Have you checked if Razer - Kiyo? It has a built in ring light. It's the best bang for the buck but some user report that the microphone isnt just good but it's available. You could try intalling Krisp for this to enhance your audio. But all in all, would recommend this one. and FWIW, my mate and I recently did an analysis on reddit data on webcams. Basically ranked them by aggregated sentiment. Maybe you'll find the results helpful [../../webcam/](../../webcam/) You can get a breakdown of what ppl have said about the most often recommended ones.
r/homeoffice • View on Reddit →I recommend the Razer Kiyo, comes with a ring light and light matters so much with tracking. Also what program do you use? If it’s VNyan you really wanna mess with your tracking layers. Side note, if it’s in the budget, I suggest an iPhone for tracking unless you are sold on hand tracking in which case yeah webcam makes more sense
r/vtubers • View on Reddit →This may or may not help because of the $70 constraint, but I recently purchased 4 different web cams before I found one that was actually on par with my cellphone or good enough for me to actually want to keep. I tried the C922, it was not great at all, and I was surprised because of how many people recommend it. I tried the logitech stream cam, and even though it was better than the C922 I also returned it. I tried the razer Kiyo, no dice. Finally I tried the elgato Facecam 4K and it was legit! I use it daily to stream with now and for business meetings! I always get compliments on it. All that to say, you won't get a wow factor at all for $70, you will be underwhelmed.
r/obs • View on Reddit →I ran the kiyo for about two years. I think it's a fine camera. I'd take the savings and buy some cheap led light boxes and a desk mount for them because extra light will help with webcam clarity and despite the ring light being there it isn't really that powerful. I actually still use the webcam almost daily as I mounted it on my wall and pointed it at my cat perch and it's lasted about 5 years My upgrade as a relatively cheap/poor hobbist has been the a5000 but that was roughly 300$ before the capture card. Old Cellphones work great with a program like Irun Webcam. I use my current cellphone as an additional camera for things like showing people my cannabis garden.
r/Twitch • View on Reddit →I have the same and have been happy with it.
r/WeddingPhotography • View on Reddit →Definitely the razor kyio ngl its the best bang for your buck at only 30$ usd in best buy rn and it even comes with a ring light on the camera for better visibility and performance
r/streaming • View on Reddit →I don’t remember how much it is but me I use de razer kiyo it work really well !
r/Twitch • View on Reddit →I'm a big fan of the Razer Kiyo. Not only is it about $42, but it also has a built-in key light.
r/SmallStreamers • View on Reddit →A Razer Kiyo. LOVE my Razer Kiyo. The quality can be really good if you use the settings correctly, if you turn off the auto brightness setting you can get a crisp 60FPS camera feed. Has a built in ringlight too to assist in proper lighting to get the lighting youd need, frankly I would recommend good ambient lighting instead of the ringlight, but it's good in a pinch. Has served me so well.
r/Twitch • View on Reddit →I started with Razer Kiyo and then got a C920 Pro HD.
r/Twitch • View on Reddit →The LED ring definitely makes a difference. I say better in terms of out of the box color profile of the camera. Of course you can install the app and adjust it but as a plug and play, the colors and contrast of Razer is way better than Logi.
r/digitalnomad • View on Reddit →I've had good experience with the kiyo series from razer, but the endgame is a dslr. you might be able to use your phone too, they have good cameras.
r/buildapc • View on Reddit →I’ve owned Kiyo and C920. Not sure why everyone used to recommend C920, I like Kiyo way better.
r/digitalnomad • View on Reddit →Anyone else open this thread to figure out what the Misc Razor has to do with FOIP? ?? Even though I OWN a Razer Kiyo (not pro), my brain short circuited seeing the title. Anyways... I almost never use FOIP features, so I don't know if I can speak to your question. It's a different camera version anyways. A short search tells me the pro version has significantly better low-light performance, so that bodes well. What I CAN say, is I've had my Kiyo for 5 years and haven't had any problems with it. Usually that cam ends up getting used pointed at a monitor screen for video feedback loops doing VJ visuals
r/starcitizen • View on Reddit →I have a Razer Kiyo with the ring light and it was less than $60
r/Twitch • View on Reddit →Depending on your use-case either could work for you. The Pro Ultra will very likely have much better visual clarity and low light performance if that's something you need since the sensor is noticeably larger. 1/1.2” Sony STARVIS 2 for the Pro Ultra, vs 1/2.8” Sony STARVIS for the v2 (note that the smaller number 1.2 actually corresponds to a larger sensor, which directly results in a brighter and sharper picture with far less graininess, especially when the lighting isn't perfect) From what I see, the Kiyo v2 tries to bridge the gap with AI. They say they partnered with Reincubate Camo Studio. presumably that would be integrated into synapse or they'll give you a license for the software. We'll have to wait for actual reviews to see how well that performs, but either way the 'raw' data from the camera will still be better with the Pro Ultra.
r/razer • View on Reddit →I bought the Kiyo webcam expecting a high quality camera. The one I received could not focus. Razer replaced it with one that doesn't work AT ALL (as in the aperture blades don't even open!). It's still within the warranty period, but Razer will not fix it or replace it. I need a new webcam and want the best one on the market. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!
r/streaming • View on Reddit →I would honestly look on marketplace for anything logitech or elgato. The streamcam was 150 brand new for me, but you can probably get cheaper Razer kiyo wasn't good imo. Also just an idea, I did for a time use my xbox kinect v2 (xbone version), with a $20 adapter, on my pc as a webcam
r/streaming • View on Reddit →I have the c920 for the work set up and the razer kiyo on my personal PC. I prefer the kiyo so much more I brought a second one for the work computer.
r/homeoffice • View on Reddit →I recently got the Razer Kiyo for about $100 So far, very happy
r/obs • View on Reddit →