10 reviews for Elgato Stream Deck Mini: Boost Productivity with Ease!

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   southenduser – October 7, 2025

   This is a great “nice to have” solution for working from home
   I did not buy this for streaming, and instead use this for working from home at my desk.Reasons why I enjoy it* Zoom – I was able to program shortcuts and just have a nice little gadget to mute, raise hand, camera on/off, and leave calls. I felt more engaged in the meeting vs using my mouse to move all over the screen and getting distracted by other things going on* Elgato Key Light – I received this as part of a work from home package and at first I wasn’t sure if I cared but it ended up being a very useful and needed light source for my needs. Having a simple button at my fingertips made this a nice add.* Pomodoro Timer – I was able to use this to trigger multi-actions. So I had a pomodoro timer turn on and also a white noise track from spotify play at the same time. This allowed me to get my focus work done.* Calendar – I had set up separate buttons specifically to pull up my calendar on a specific area of my screen (used with moom) to have a good glance at my day. I use this feature often since my day is filled with zoom meetings.* World clock – I was able to display a world clock which is useful since I have teams across the world I work with* Spotify – nice to have controls at my finger tips.* App Launcher – it works just like cmd-tab, but I could toggle thru my apps by using a button.So… to be fair, none of this *required* a stream deck, but it definitely did make things a lot more simple, and I really liked this experience that I didn’t realize I would benefit from, especially working from home.However, I have decided to return the mini. I was going to buy the 15key one because while the mini does allow for folders and menus, I find that I would be willing to pay a little extra to not have to dig thru menu items. However, before I buy the 15key, I am going to try the mobile app version on a stand first. One day with the mobile version definitely means it is not as tactile (the buttons on the stream deck feel great) but it does provide the same functionality as the 15key at a fraction of the cost.I think this is a great product for those working from home and taking video calls with teams often. This can be programmed to do a lot of things and I feel like I haven’t scratched the surface. The mini definitely did everything I mentioned above, but I have the desk space and disposable income to maybe take it a step further. Highly recommend, but not needed. It’s like wired vs wireless headphones. Wired was fine, wireless is better.

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   JimW – October 7, 2025

   Perfect for my use.
   I’ve already own a couple of 32-button Stream Deck XL’s for several years and really like them.That said, I have a situation on one of my pc’s where I wanted the macro functionality on only a few buttons and an XL was overkill with its 32 buttons as well as taking up more desk space that I wanted to give up. The question for me was, would this mini support the functionality I wanted like its big brother?The answer was a resounding YES. As soon as I plugged the mini in, the Elgato Stream Deck software recognized it and all the familiar programming options showed as usual. In short order I had the macro I needed programmed and the button graphics set the way I wanted.The only real differences I’ve seen so far between the 32-button XL and this 6-button mini are the number of buttons and the price tag. Build quality is exactly the same – excellent. Functionality is as good as the XL. Its compatible with the software. What’s not to love?As far as other comments about it sliding around on the desk, there was a clear plastic sticker covering its rubber base. Peeled that off and no sliding. Not even on my glass mouse pad.As long as you don’t pound on it like a gaming keyboard, it’s not going anywhere. It’s NOT a keyboard. It has buttons. Those buttons don’t take much effort to push down. They are slower than keys on a gaming keyboard, which should be fine since they were never intended for typing. They are all individual little displays that you can make look like pretty much anything you want within the limitations of how many pixels are available. No more stick on labels or swapping key caps.There is nothing entry level about this mini. It just has fewer buttons than its bigger brothers and cost less. For me it fits a particular niche I had and does so perfectly.

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   Mon V. – October 7, 2025

   Quality of Life
   The Elgato Stream Deck Mini is a compact powerhouse for streamers, content creators, and productivity enthusiasts. With six customizable LCD buttons, it offers streamlined control over your broadcasting software, apps, and even smart devices—all in a footprint small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.The Stream Deck Mini is a fantastic tool for streamers who want powerful control without the bulk or cost of larger models. It’s ideal for beginners, hobbyists, or anyone looking to automate tasks and enhance their workflow. If you find yourself needing more buttons, Elgato’s larger models or the mobile app are great next steps—but for most users, the Mini is more than enough to elevate your setup.

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   S. Dee, Ph.D. – October 7, 2025

   Good product
   Great product, easy to set up. I use it to day trade. So far no issues with it, very durable.

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   Carlos Rey – October 7, 2025

   Great but limited space
   I purchased this trying to solve an issue for when in conference calls and trying to quickly unmute and/or toggle the camera on/off. And while I was at it, I figured I could use it to speed up my photo and video editing workflows and maybe some productivity.Well, the conference call situation was resolved by a 3rd party (aka paid app) called Mutedeck, but I got to work fine. My issue was with app profile switching and the functionality of said profiles. I just couldn’t get it to work right. Many of the workflow profiles were paid-to-play, and quite frankly after spending $150, I was expecting a bit more built-in functionality.Build quality, button feedback and image quality were pretty awesome.I did find the 6 button to work perfectly for my conference call solution, but when it came to other profiles, it just wasn’t enough. I also reviewed the 15 button one, and while it was much better for my needs, I ended up returning it and replaced it with a Lupedeck Live which has built-in profiles for most adobe suite apps. I has a bunch of knobs that allow editing much quicker and more intuitive.

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   Jarno Nooij – October 7, 2025

   Gekocht voor de fun, maar je kan bijvoorbeeld ook allerlei informatie vanuit HWinfo inladen dus hoe snel draaien je fans, hoe warm is je CPU temperatuur etc. Screensavers mogelijk, snelkoppelingen naar je favouriete sites, custom icoontjes etc. Handige en intuitieve software ook!

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   Hugues – October 7, 2025

   Nom de l’item à l’achat fait le 04 juin 2019:Elgato 10 Gai9901 Stream Deck Mini contrôleur de création de contenu  Live avec 6 personnalisables LCD touches, NoirPrix lors de l’achat en date du 04 juin 2019:99.99$Commande reçue le 07 juin 2019 via Amazon Prime.Évaluation générale de 5 étoiles.2019-06-29Livraison avec Prime, donc assez rapide. Livraison en 3 jours.Je suis complètement en amour avec Stream Deck. Je ne suis pas un “Streameur”, mais un artiste numérique. J’utilise le mini pour mon centre Multimédia (Netflix, Prime Video, VLC, YouTube) branché à ma télé. J’ai tellement adoré la machine que j’ai fini par commander la version XL que j’utilise avec mon système de montage Media Composer d’Avid, Photoshop, After FX, Resolve et plus. Les possibilités avec cette appareil sont illimitées. Je peux développer des macros avec des logiciels externes (comme AutoHotKey, que j’ai découvert grâce aux usagers), des commandes aussi préprogrammées via le logiciel qui est mis à jour au moins une demi-douzaine de fois par année. Pas des mises à jours de corrections de fautes d’orthographes, des VRAIES mises à jour! Des améliorations utiles et parfois même indispenssables. Elgato semble être à l’écoute de ses usagers.Mais ne vous fiez pas qu’à mes commentaires, allez voir sur YouTube, les “reviews”, les tutoriaux et autres, les critiques sont assez unanimes, cette machine et son logiciel sont du bonbon. J’ai tellement de plaisir avec mon ordi depuis que j’ai ces petits, mais puissants, gadgets. WoW!!J’ai préféré prendre la garantie prolongée de 4 ans proposée par Asurion sur Amazon, parce que les 1es générations de ces appareils ont reçu des critiques négatives quant à du “flicker”, “ghosting” et interférences au niveau des boutons avec le temps. Ce sont quand même de petits écrans. Il semblerait que des améliorations aient été apportées mais pour une quarantaine de dollars, j’ai préféré ne pas prendre de chance.p.s.: J’ai maintenant décidé de toujours introduire mes commentaires par les 5 premières lignes ci-haut et de toujours joindre des photos de l’item. J’ai découvert à mes dépens que certains revendeurs changent carrément le produit affiché à la page de vente mais conservent les commentaires de l’ancien produit. Ce qui induit en erreur, les consommateurs. Grâce à ces premières lignes, les gens qui liront mes commentaires sauront que mon évaluation vise le produit que je décris. Mon souhait est que cette méthode soit contagieuse et que nous soyons beaucoup à procéder de la sorte.

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   Sharat Faqurudheen – October 7, 2025

   The Stream Deck Mini is ideal for folks who require only minimal programmable macros in their setup.The functionality, build quality and convenience are near identical to the bigger models.With a well integrated store to find macros & profiles, this device will improve your productivity and gaming setup many fold.Plus there’s a very well supported online community that can teach you to integrate the deck with just about any software that’s out there, while working on Windows, Mac & Linux!Highly recommended.

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   Amazon Kunde – October 7, 2025

   Ich habe mir das Elgato Stream Deck Mini für meinen Mac gekauft, um meinen Arbeitsalltag effizienter zu gestalten, und ich bin absolut begeistert! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Was das Stream Deck Mini so wertvoll macht:Nahtlose Integration: Die Integration mit Programmen wie Zoom, Teams, PowerPoint, Microsoft Office (und vielen anderen!) ist einfach perfekt. Ich kann mit einem Tastendruck Meetings starten/beitreten, die Kamera/das Mikrofon steuern, Präsentationen starten, Textbausteine einfügen und vieles mehr.Individuelle Anpassung: Die Tasten lassen sich extrem flexibel mit eigenen Aktionen, Makros und Tastenkombinationen belegen. Ich habe mir für meine häufigsten Aufgaben und Workflows eigene Profile erstellt. Das spart enorm viel Zeit und Klickerei.Einfache Einrichtung: Die Einrichtung und Anpassung über die Stream Deck Software ist intuitiv und selbsterklärend. Man muss kein Technik-Experte sein, um das volle Potenzial auszuschöpfen.Kompakte Größe: Das Mini nimmt kaum Platz auf dem Schreibtisch weg, bietet aber trotzdem genug Tasten für die wichtigsten Funktionen.Verbesserter Workflow: Seit ich das Stream Deck Mini benutze, ist mein Workflow deutlich flüssiger und effizienter geworden. Ich kann mich besser auf meine Aufgaben konzentrieren, da ich weniger Zeit mit Suchen und Klicken verbringen muss.Stabilität: Die Software läuft stabil und ich hatte bisher keinerlei Abstürze oder ähnliche Probleme.Fazit: Das Elgato Stream Deck Mini ist ein absolutes Must-Have für alle Mac-Nutzer, die ihre Produktivität steigern und ihren Arbeitsalltag optimieren wollen. Es ist eine kleine Investition, die sich aber schnell bezahlt macht. Ich kann es uneingeschränkt empfehlen! Es ist jeden Cent wert und hat meine Arbeitsweise grundlegend verbessert.

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    AWB – October 7, 2025

    I don’t stream but I got this product due to the convince it brings. I use it for daily tasks and it is really useful for particular people and specific use cases. I will outline some of my use cases in detail for people who might want it for the same application. Some of these features have to be enables by enabling the plugins that are extra and not enabled by default.Headphones and Mics:I use it to switch between headphones and microphones. The stream deck is great as it allows you to switch between microphones and playback devices. For example if I want to use one pair of headphones and want to switch my playback to that then i can by setting a key to do that functionality. However if i want to switch back or switch to another pair i can then click a button. But you have switch the mic and the playback separately. So for example say your headphones have a mic in them and you want to use a separate mic you can do that by selecting the mic you want through the stream deck instead of going through all the settings and then changing that one to default. For example you can have Headphone1 Mic and Headphones2 Mic and Webcam Mic as buttons and switch between them. Same situation with headphones. So that makes it really convenient as it changes the default one and then that means software’s will automatically change to.Voicemod:This is a cool little extra feature that was added my Elgato to the stream deck and it is for a little fun. As mentioned before you can set a button to change to the voice mod output however it wont change the mic selected on the software you have to change that manually. You can do funny things like change your voice and censor words with a beep button and you can pick random voices but you if you want a particular one you have to buy the pro version. You can also hear yourself and can turn on and off through the elgato stream deck which is really convenient.Zoom:The elgato stream deck can be used in zoom calls and be used for a full list of things that i will list:Mute toggle, Video Toggle, Share Toggle, Focus, Leave Meeting, Cloud Record Toggle, Local record Toggle, Ask all to Unmute, Mute all Participants, Custom Shortcut. This is good for zoom calls an there is not much to add as it works seamlessly.YouTube:You can use it to control YouTube. I don’t use it for this however it does allow you to chat a message through a click of a button and you also have another option of viewers. That is all you can do with YouTube as of default.Mute and Unmute:When in any call or meeting you can use the elgato stream deck to mute and unmute and it will work with any program and call because it mutes the mics internally and not through that software so if you are in 2 calls and want to mute on one then you cant through this unless that other one is a zoom call, that is where you can mute using the zoom mute button that is enables through the elgato stream deck.Games:This is useful for games as you can function it to do specific binds or to do things in games instead of binding things to using keyboard binds. It is not built to control games exactly but is useful and you have to find your own use in what games you play and what you want it for. This is too universal to gives any examples on.OBS:Whatever you could image you can do on here. You can change scenes. You can also mute your mic and also desktop audio. There are so many options that there is no limit here and you can do anything you can image through obs. There are YouTube videos that cover all the combinations as it would take too long to cover in a minor review.Twitter:You can tweet a specific tweet on that you have binded to a button and will automatically do that. This is mainly towards streams but you can bind anything you want here really. Also you can change name on here to.System:This is what you would expect that this should be able to do like open a website, hotkey switch, act as a hotkey, open something like a program, type text, and uses as multimedia controller.Spotify:There is a plugin that you can enable that allows you integrate and control Spotify from your stream deck.Lighting:You can control Philips hue with this as there is a plug in that can be enables and controls Philips hue lights and same with corsair icue.Build:The build of the elgato stream deck is great and it does not come with a stand but it does have a rubber button to stop it from being pushed back then being uses however it can be a bit annoying but nothing major. Also when you lock your computer you can keep any screen saver on the stream deck.In conclusion, there are a lot more functions that one can use this for streamers and non streamers.