Which podcast platform is the best ? (+3 free platforms)

By Pod Mirror

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Just like you need a hosting service for your website, a podcast hosting offers the same service for your podcast’s media files.

24 Aug, 2022

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Captivate

– Calls to action within the podcast player. – Add unlimited team members to run your show. – Run as many shows as you like in one account (monthly fee) – Run a private podcast, across all payment tiers. – Extensive listen/subscribe link options, including Attribution Links and Single Promotional Link. – Well-designed and mobile-friendly website – Transcription feature – WordPress plugin option for connecting to your own website

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Buzzsprout

– Gives you unique “Listeners” stat: an estimate of your total listener numbers based on past stats. – One of the well designed embeddable podcast players around – You get multiple episode players – Transcription feature – “Magic Mastering” helps the inexperienced producer automate their sound. – Dynamic ad capabilities  – You can easily automate ‘video soundbites’ for sharing on YouTube . – You can add chapter markers right inside the episode interface.

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Casto

– Integrate with WordPress via plugin. – You can create unlimited podcasts with no cap on downloads. – There is built-in episode transcription. – You have option to create private podcasts. – You also have an option to outsource your editing to Castos Productions.

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Transistor.fm

– You get private podcasting tools, built-in, to create members-only podcasts. Good for corporate bodies – You have option of single episode, latest episode, multi-episode & dark mode podcast players. – You can publish your show to YouTube automatically. – You can invite multiple team members to manage your show. – There is an In-built website tool that integrates with many email providers (Convertkit, Drip, etc). – Free podcast website builder tool

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RSS.com

An easy-to-use platform for hosting podcasts . They provide limitless downloads and episode streams without changing the audio files. Three languages have complete localization for them (English, Spanish, and Italian). Platform is quite budget friendly

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Podbean

In recent years, Podbean has made great progress to offer a variety of amazing tools to assist podcasters expand and monetize their shows. Their hosting is of excellent quality, and it is simple to connect it to their premium content service, dynamic ad insertion, and sponsorship marketplace.

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Libsyn

Libsyn empowers you to be found anywhere podcasts are consumed, and with their "Destinations" service you can publish to any day/time in future to each podcast directory, independently. Also, they don’t change your files at all

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Blubrry

Their fantastic Powerpress plugin enables anybody to operate a podcast from their own website. Blubrry were one of the first independent podcast hosting services to be given IAB certification 

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Acast

The user interface of Acast is simple, and uncluttered. They provide embeddable podcast players and samples your podcast. Additionally, you can include dynamically inserted advertisements inside your episodes using their tools!

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Should I opt for a free podcast hosting ?

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When you begin podcasting, using a free hosting site might be a good way to test the waters. However, if you refuse to pay, you become the product.

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Their plan allows unlimited hosting, but they only offer statistics from people who listen using their app. If you want additional analytics on your show, you’d have to use a third party service 

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Castbox

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The free plan gives you 15 GB of bandwidth per month and 500MB of storage a month, by far the most technical limits of any free podcasting plan.  

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Podomatic

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They only offer a free plan, which allows for unlimited episodes, basic analytics, a simple website, and some monetization options, though the latter is available only to users in the US. But they have issues of piracy and bugs to deal with on their platform.

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