Fireside review 75/100 on verified data
Fireside is a podcast hosting platform: Podcast hosting platform with distribution, analytics, a podcast website, embeddable player, private podcasts and collaborator access.
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
- Score (rank 8 of 22)
- 75/100
- Coverage (7 of 8 criteria)
- 90%
- From, per month
- $9
- Free plan
- No
Paid plans start at $9 per month billed yearly on the Starter plan, and there is no free plan, but a 14-day free trial.
Fireside has a public API.
In our podcast hosting platforms ranking Fireside scores 75/100, rank 8 of 22, based on 7 of 8 criteria (90% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).
Fireside at a glance
- Pricing model
- Paid only source, Oct 14, 2026
- Cheapest paid plan
- Starter: $9/mo (billed yearly) source, Oct 14, 2026
- Free plan
- No source, Oct 14, 2026
- Free trial
- 14 days source, Oct 14, 2026
- Public API
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Data export
- Episode totals and monthly or yearly download history as CSV source, Oct 14, 2026
Fireside plans
Starter
$9per month, billed yearly
- Billed monthly
- Not offered
- Billed yearly
- $9
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
- 2 users
- 1 show
Standard
$19per month, billed yearly
- Billed monthly
- Not offered
- Billed yearly
- $19
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
- 5 users
- 1 show
Professional
$49per month, billed yearly
- Billed monthly
- Not offered
- Billed yearly
- $49
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
- 10 users
- 2 shows
Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
Full Fireside pricing and plan limitsHow Fireside scores
Score
75/100
Rank #8 of 22
Coverage 90%
7 of 8 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.
Entry price
75/100
Weight 28%$9/month billed annually on Starter; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) source
Free plan or trial
60/100
Weight 17%Free trial (14 days), no free plan source
Pricing transparency
100/100
Weight 11%3 of 3 plans have a public price source
Verified features
100/100
Weight 17%7 of 10 tracked features verified: one-click distribution to podcast apps, listener analytics, monetisation (ads or listener support), transcripts, private podcasts, podcast website, team access source
API, integrations and export
100/100
Weight 11%public API, documented data export source
Shows per plancategory criterion
0/100
Weight 11%1 podcasts on Starter ($9/month) source
Upload allowancecategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion
98/100
Weight 6%$6.33 per user per month on Standard (team of 3, billed annually) source
Fireside features
- One-click distribution to podcast apps
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Listener analytics
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Monetisation (ads or listener support)
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Transcripts
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Private podcasts
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Podcast website
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Team access
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
4 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify
Fireside alternatives
| # | Tool | Score | Coverage | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Public API | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  pigeon-pod | 86/100 | 65%4 of 8 criteria | $6.90/mo | Not offered | Yes, 1 storage gb | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  ZenMic | 82/100 | 65%4 of 8 criteria | Free | Free | Yes | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  Podomatic | 81/100 | 65%4 of 8 criteria | $9.99/mo | Not offered | Yes | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  RSS.com | 81/100 | 90%7 of 8 criteria | Not offered | $15/mo | Yes | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  RedCircle | 81/100 | 80%6 of 8 criteria | $14.99/mo | Not offered | Yes, 1 show | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.
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Questions, answered from the data
How much does Fireside cost?
Paid plans start at $9 per month billed yearly on the Starter plan, according to Fireside's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Does Fireside have a free plan?
No: Fireside has no free plan, but a 14-day free trial (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Does Fireside have an API?
Yes, a public API is documented (checked Oct 14, 2026).
How does Fireside score?
In our podcast hosting platforms ranking Fireside scores 75/100, rank 8 of 22, based on 7 of 8 criteria (90% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).
What are the best Fireside alternatives?
By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are pigeon-pod (86/100), ZenMic (82/100) and Podomatic (81/100).
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Pricing last read Oct 14, 2026. Vendors change prices; the linked page is the final word.