A studio, plus a feed
People buy Riverside to record. Hosting is included from Pro, for a set number of shows.
Riverside alternative
Switch from
Riverside.
Riverside is a recording studio that includes podcast hosting on paid plans. The free plan does not include hosting. Podhome is the hosting plan: one price, unlimited shows, and Podhome AI included.
Choose monthly or yearlyPodhome
One plan.
Every show.
$15.99 a month, or $185 a year. The price promise covers the same features either way. There is no free tier and no higher tier.
Shows follow the plan
Pro hosts one show. Grow hosts two. Business is unlimited shows, and it is quoted.
Cancel after the redirect
Riverside’s move article lists the redirect on paid plans. A deleted account can no longer be redirected.
Side by side
Riverside
and Podhome.
Competitor figures are as of October 2026, in the US dollars those pages publish. Sources are linked under the price notes.
| Topic | Riverside | Podhome |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | Free is $0, without podcast hosting. Pro is $29 a month or $24 a month billed annually ($288 a year). | $15.99 a month or $185 a year. |
| What the plan is | Remote recording, an editor, and hosting on paid plans. | Podcast hosting. Recording stays in your own tools. |
| Shows with hosting | 1 on Pro. 2 on Grow. 3 on Webinar. Unlimited on Business. | Unlimited. |
| Podcast downloads | Not the published hosting meter. | Unlimited. |
| Separate-track downloads | 15 hours a month on Pro, 20 on Grow, 25 on Webinar. Recording hours are listed as unlimited. | Not a hosting meter. Optional Audio Enhancement is $0.03 a minute after the trial. |
| Transcripts and AI | Unlimited transcription on paid plans. Some AI tools spend credits. Pro starts with 2,000. | Podhome AI included, unlimited, not metered. |
| Inactive account | Free plans: 120 days without use, then Riverside deletes the account and its content. | The paid plan stays until you cancel. Cancel anytime. |
| Trial | 14 days, on the pricing cards. | 30 days of the only plan. No free tier. |
Prices, with the date
What we
checked.
As of October 2026, Riverside’s pricing page lists a free plan at $0 and paid plans that include the studio. The comparison data on that page sets podcast hosting to off for Free, “For 1 show” on Pro, “For 2 shows” on Grow, “For 3 shows” on Webinar, and “For unlimited shows” on Business. The hosting page says podcast hosting comes with paid plans. Pro is $29 a month, or $24 a month billed annually, and the card says billed $288 a year. Grow is $39 a month, or $34 billed annually, billed $408 a year. The FAQ says Webinar drops from $99 a month to $79 on annual billing. The Webinar card also prints “Billed $408 annually” next to $79 a month. $79 times 12 is $948, and $408 is Grow’s yearly total. Re-check that card before you treat $408 as the Webinar invoice. Business is contact sales.
A studio is one show’s home: recordings, hosting, analytics, and a website. Pro includes one studio. Separate-track downloads, the individual recording files, are 15 hours a month on Pro, 20 on Grow, and 25 on Webinar. The same comparison marks recording hours as unlimited on every plan, including Free. Free recording is a 2-hour one-off of separate tracks, up to 720p, with a watermark. An extra editor seat is an add-on on Pro, Grow, and Webinar. Business includes collaborative editing.
Transcription hours are unlimited on the paid plans, in more than 100 languages. Magic Clips, Magic Audio, and the AI Co-Creator do not use credits. Translation, B-roll, and animated clips do. Pro, Grow, and Webinar start with 2,000 credits. Business starts with 12,000. More credits can be bought. The pricing page does not say how many credits one translation uses.
Riverside does not publish a podcast-download cap on these cards, and it does not publish a hosting revenue share. The price is the studio plan. Podhome’s hosting price is $15.99 a month or $185 a year. Optional Audio Enhancement is $0.03 per minute after the trial. That is usage, not a second plan. Podhome does not include Riverside’s recorder.
What Riverside does well
Riverside’s product is the recording. Separate tracks, a text editor, transcriptions, show notes, and clips are the reason the paid plans cost more than a host. Hosting is included so a recorded episode can go out on an RSS feed without a second subscription. For a show that lives in Riverside’s studio, that bundle is the point.
The hosting piece still has a shape. The free plan does not include it. Pro hosts one show. A second show is Grow, at $39 a month or $408 a year. Cancelling Pro, Grow, or Webinar drops the account to free, and a free account that goes 120 days without a login, a recording, a share, or an export is deleted, along with its content. Podhome is the hosting plan beside that studio, at one price, for as many shows as you publish.
Sources
Checked in October 2026. Where a help article and a pricing page disagree, use the pricing page.
Everything. Unlimited.
One plan, every feature, no metering on the things that matter.
- Unlimited shows & episodes
- Unlimited Podhome AI
- Unlimited uploads & downloads
- Unlimited team members
- Website for every show
- Live podcasting
- Full analytics
- API, Zapier & Claude integration
$15.99/month
or $185/year
Choose monthly or yearly
Free for 30 days, all features, cancel anytime. Only optional Audio Enhancement is metered per minute.
Questions, answered
Straight
answers.
Is Podhome cheaper than Riverside?
Riverside’s free plan is $0 and does not include podcast hosting. The first plan that does, Pro, is $29 a month or $288 a year, for one show, and that price includes the recording studio. Podhome is $15.99 a month or $185 a year for hosting, with unlimited shows, and it does not include Riverside’s recorder. Grow, for two hosted shows, is $39 a month or $408 a year. On the hosting sticker, Podhome is lower. On the product, Riverside is a studio with hosting added. Prices as of October 2026.
Does Riverside limit podcast downloads?
The pricing comparison does not publish a monthly podcast-download cap. It meters studios, and it meters separate-track downloads from the recorder: 15 hours a month on Pro. Podcast downloads on Podhome are unlimited.
What happens to a Riverside account that goes quiet?
The inactive-account policy applies to free plans. After 120 days without a login, a recording, a share, or an export, Riverside deletes the account and its content. Paying Pro, Grow, Webinar, or Business is outside that policy. Cancelling Pro, Grow, or Webinar downgrades the account to free, and the policy then applies. Reading a Riverside email does not count as activity.
Can I move a Riverside show to Podhome?
Yes. Import the RSS feed and keep existing GUIDs when they are present. Then set Riverside’s redirect, from a paid plan, before you cancel or delete. Riverside says the feed cannot be redirected after the account is deleted. If the redirect is already in place, Riverside says it stays after deletion. Podhome does not delete the Riverside show.
Where is Podhome based?
Podhome is Waarde door IT B.V. in Breda, the Netherlands. The terms and privacy policy are written for the GDPR.