Podcast hosting platforms 24 tools listed

Hosts that store episodes, publish the RSS feed and distribute to podcast apps. We list 24 podcast hosting platforms; 14 of them have a free plan.

Entry prices for paid plans run from $6.90 a month (pigeon-pod) to $38 (Alitu), across 21 tools that publish prices. Units differ (per user, per account, flat), so compare the plan tables.

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Tools listed: 24
With a free plan: 14
Ranked: 22

Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify

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Top ranked

From the podcast hosting platforms scorecard: pigeon-pod (86/100), ZenMic (82/100) and Podomatic (81/100).

Rank 1
pigeon-pod
86/100
Based on 4 of 8 criteria
Rank 2
ZenMic
82/100
Based on 4 of 8 criteria
Rank 3
Podomatic
81/100
Based on 4 of 8 criteria

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A to Z, with entry prices and free plans as each vendor publishes them.

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All podcast hosting platforms
Tool	From, billed monthly	From, billed yearly	Free plan	Integrations	Public API
Acast	$25/mo	$14.99/mo	Yes, 1 show	–	Yes
Alitu	$38/mo	Not offered	No	–	–
Blubrry	$7/mo	Not offered	No	–	–
Buzzsprout	Not offered	$15/mo	Yes, 2 upload hours per month	–	Yes
Captivate	Not offered	$17/mo	No	–	–
Castos	$19/mo	Not offered	No	–	–
Fireside	Not offered	$9/mo	No	–	Yes
Libsyn	$12/mo	Not offered	No	–	Yes
pigeon-pod	$6.90/mo	Not offered	Yes, 1 storage gb	–	–
Podbean	$17/mo	$12/mo	Yes	–	–
Podfan	$12/mo	Not offered	Yes	–	–
Podomatic	$9.99/mo	Not offered	Yes	–	–
Podpage	$19/mo	$12/mo	No	30	–
RedCircle	$14.99/mo	Not offered	Yes, 1 show	–	–
Riverside	$29/mo	$24/mo	Yes	–	Yes
RSS.com	Not offered	$15/mo	Yes	–	Yes
Simplecast	Not offered	$13.50/mo	No	–	Yes
Soundtrap	Not offered	$9.59/mo	Yes	–	–
Spreaker	$20/mo	Not offered	Yes	–	–
Squadcast	$24/user/mo	$16/user/mo	Yes, 1 show	–	Yes
Supercast	Contact sales	Contact sales	No	–	Yes
Transistor	$19/mo	Not offered	No	–	Yes
Vatis Tech	–	–	Yes	–	Yes
ZenMic	Free	Free	Yes	–	Yes

– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.

How we rank

Every one of these podcast hosting platforms is scored on the same 8 weighted criteria (scorecard v2), from the vendor's published data. 22 of the 24 listed have enough verified data to be ranked; a tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed but not ranked. Nobody gets custom weights, including our own products.

Every criterion and score Methodology

Heaviest criteria

Entry price · Core25%
Price per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other podcast hosting platforms on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).
Free plan or trial · Core15%
Whether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.
Verified features · Core15%
How many of the 10 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (one-click distribution to podcast apps, listener analytics, iab-certified analytics, monetisation (ads or listener support), dynamic ad insertion, transcripts, video podcasts, private podcasts, podcast website, team access). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.
Pricing transparency · Core10%
How much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.
API, integrations and export · Core10%
Whether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.