Podfan review
Podfan is a membership platform: Platform for podcasters that provides a podcast page and sells paid memberships, donations and private member-only feeds, with payments handled through Stripe.
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
- Score
- Not ranked
- Coverage (3 of 7 criteria)
- 50%
- From, per month
- $12
- Free plan
- Yes
Paid plans start at $12 per month billed monthly on the Essential plan, and there is a free plan.
Podfan is not ranked among membership platforms yet: only 50% of the scorecard weight (3 of 7 criteria) has verified data, under the 60% we require.
Podfan at a glance
- Pricing model
- Free plan + paid plans source, Oct 14, 2026
- Cheapest paid plan
- Essential: $12/mo source, Oct 14, 2026
- Free plan
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Free trial
- No source, Oct 14, 2026
7 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify
Podfan plans
Free
Free
- Billed monthly
- Free
- Billed yearly
- Free
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
None statedEssential
$12per month, billed monthly
- Billed monthly
- $12
- Billed yearly
- Not stated
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
None statedPremium
$19per month, billed monthly
- Billed monthly
- $19
- Billed yearly
- Not stated
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
None stated
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 Podfan pricing and plan limitsHow Podfan scores
Score
Not ranked
Partial score 100/100
Coverage 50%
3 of 7 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.
Not ranked: insufficient verified data: 3 of 7 criteria, 50% of the weight (needs 60%)
Entry price
100/100
Weight 50%$12/month billed monthly on Essential (scored on the monthly price) source
Free plan or trial
100/100
Weight 30%Free plan (Free) source
Pricing transparency
100/100
Weight 20%3 of 3 plans have a public price source
Verified features
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
API, integrations and export
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Fee on salescategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Members per plancategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Podfan alternatives
| # | Tool | Score | Coverage | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Integrations | Public API | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tutor LMS | 99/100 | 85%6 of 7 criteria | Not offered | $16.58/mo | Yes, unlimited members | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  Fourthwall | 99/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | $15/mo | Not offered | Yes, 5 storage gb | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  Flodesk | 98/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | Free | Free | Yes | – | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  Easy Digital Downloads | 90/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | Not offered | $8.29/mo | Yes | 100 | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  LifterLMS | 89/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | Not offered | $16.58/mo | Yes, unlimited members | – | Yes | 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 Podfan cost?
Paid plans start at $12 per month billed monthly on the Essential plan, according to Podfan's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Does Podfan have a free plan?
Yes: Podfan has a free plan (checked Oct 14, 2026).
How does Podfan score?
Podfan is not ranked among membership platforms yet: only 50% of the scorecard weight (3 of 7 criteria) has verified data, under the 60% we require.
What are the best Podfan alternatives?
By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are Tutor LMS (99/100), Fourthwall (99/100) and Flodesk (98/100).
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Pricing last read Oct 14, 2026. Vendors change prices; the linked page is the final word.