Donastar vs Alive Studio — Features & Pricing
Alive Studio is an overlay design tool built around screen widgets — roulette, counter, timer — and a large asset library, while Donastar is an all-in-one that offers those same widgets plus donation alerts, multilingual TTS, and AI. They sit in different categories, so this article compares them by what each one can actually do.
Official service: streamer.donastar.tv
What Alive Studio does well
Alive Studio is an overlay design tool that makes it easy to style on-screen widgets like roulette wheels, counters, and timers. Its biggest strength is a design asset library of more than 2,000 items — frames, icons, and animations you can drop in to finish a stream layout fast. At ¥980/month (¥9,800/year), with a free tier that unlocks some assets, it’s an affordable pick for streamers who mainly want a good-looking screen. It is not an avatar or Live2D tool, though, and it does not include donation alerts, TTS, or AI features.
What Donastar adds
Donastar ships the same roulette and counter widgets Alive Studio is known for, then layers donation operations and AI/multilingual features on top.
- Donation alert widgets — real-time on-screen donation alerts
- 30+ multilingual TTS voices (KR/EN/JA/ZH)
- AI live chat / AI VTuber and AI image generation (Imagen)
- 12-platform unified chat — YouTube, Twitch, SOOP, Chzzk, TikTok, Kick, and more
- Widget set — roulette, ranking, counter, timer, and memo
- 6-language UI and one USD price (Dona top-ups can be paid in local currency at checkout)
At a glance
| Feature | Donastar | Alive Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Donation alert widgets | ✓ | ✗ |
| Multilingual TTS (30+ voices) | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI live chat / AI image | ✓ | ✗ |
| Widgets (roulette·counter·timer) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Design asset library | — built-in | ✓ 2,000+ |
| Multi-platform unified chat | ✓ 12 | — YouTube comments |
| Monthly price | $110 | ¥980 |
How pricing differs
Alive Studio is a low-priced design and widget tool at ¥980/month (¥9,800/year), with a free tier on top. Donastar Premium sits at a different tier — $110/month ($99 for the first purchase). The gap reflects scope. Where Alive Studio concentrates on screen widgets and design assets, Donastar bundles those same roulette and counter widgets together with donation alerts, AI live chat, multilingual TTS, AI images, and multi-platform unification in a single subscription. It’s more accurate to read it as the combined cost of a design tool, a donation tool, and an AI tool folded into one. On the donations you receive, Donastar’s fee is the world’s lowest at 5%: the 3% payment-network fee is deducted with it at settlement, settlements requested within your first 3 months (under 5,000 Dona received) are 0% for both, and viewers pay a 10% payment fee when they buy Dona (1 Dona = $0.10). New accounts get 2,000 credits free, and the first Premium subscription includes a 7-day free trial. Premium is one USD price worldwide, and viewers can pay for Dona top-ups in their local currency at checkout.
Which should you choose
- Just want cheap screen widgets and design assets? → Alive Studio. Its 2,000+ asset library makes a polished layout quick and easy, at a low price.
- Want those same roulette and counter widgets plus donation alerts, AI chat, and multilingual TTS in one subscription? → Donastar. You won’t need a separate design tool, donation tool, and AI tool.
Wrap-up
Alive Studio is a low-cost tool that’s strong on screen widgets and design assets; Donastar is the all-in-one that adds donation alerts, multilingual TTS, and AI on top of the same widgets. If you’re looking for an Alive Studio alternative — or you’d rather bundle widgets with donation and AI operations in one place — try Donastar free for 7 days first.
Get started: streamer.donastar.tv
Contact: hello@donastar.tv
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