Cost calculator
What will
my show cost?
One Podhome plan, then the published price of seven other hosts for the same show. Enter downloads, hours, and shows. Audio Enhancement is optional usage, not another plan.
Choose monthly or yearlyYour show
Four numbers.
One bill.
Podhome stays at $15.99 a month or $185 a year. Prices on this page are in US dollars. The other rows use prices checked on 25 October 2026. Hours are the total you publish in a month, across every show.
The estimate
Same inputs.
Different meters.
On these inputs, Spotify for Creators ($0) has a lower published monthly price than Podhome’s $15.99.
On these inputs, Podbean ($144) and Spotify for Creators ($0) have a lower published yearly price than Podhome’s $185.
Prices in US dollars.
Audio Enhancement is not part of that comparison. At the minutes you entered, it adds $1.80 a month, or $21.60 a year, to the Podhome invoice. Rival mastering and transcription add-ons stay off unless a page publishes a price this calculator can apply.
| Host | Monthly estimate | Yearly estimate | What drives the cost | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Podhome | $17.79 $15.99 plan + $1.80 Audio Enhancement | $206.60 $185 plan + $21.60 Audio Enhancement | One plan. Shows, hours, and downloads do not change it. Audio Enhancement is optional usage. | $15.99 a month or $185 a year for every podcaster. No free tier and no other plan. Audio Enhancement is $0.03 a minute after the trial. |
| Buzzsprout | $26 Audio, 1 podcast, 2 extra hours at $4 | $228 Audio, 1 podcast, 24 extra hours at $2 | Upload hours and the number of shows. Downloads are not the published meter. | Monthly and yearly can be different plans. Each column is the published audio plan with the lower price, including a larger show allowance when extra hours on a smaller plan cost more. Extra monthly hours use that plan’s published rate. Extra annual hours are $2, rounded up. |
| Libsyn | $25 Advanced, 10 hours | Not published Not published | Monthly audio upload hours on the pricing page. Downloads are not the published meter. | Advanced, 10 hours is $25 a month for 10 hours of audio uploads. The pricing page does not publish a yearly total. An $8 plan is linked without an hour allowance, so it is not used. |
| Podbean | $17 Unlimited Audio | $144 Unlimited Audio | Public channels and monthly upload hours. Downloads are not added. | Unlimited Audio. Downloads are not added. Unmetered bandwidth on Unlimited Audio and Unlimited Plus is subject to a fair-use policy. The free account is not used: 5 hours of total storage, and the feed shows up to 20 episodes. |
| Spotify for Creators | $0 Free hosting | $0 Free hosting | No published hosting fee. | Spotify’s switch page describes hosting, uploads, and storage as free. There is no paid hosting ladder on that page. Other listening apps need the RSS feed turned on. Monetization programs require hosting there. This is free hosting, not the same set of tools. |
| Transistor | $49 Professional, 100,000 downloads | $490 Professional, 100,000 downloads | Monthly downloads, pooled across unlimited shows. | Show count does not change the plan. There is no overage fee. If you finish the month over the allowance, Transistor emails you to move up, and the audio keeps playing. This row is the published plan that covers the downloads you entered. Storage is also capped, and this calculator does not estimate it. AI transcription is a paid add-on with no public dollar price, so it is not added. Yearly billing is 12 months for the price of 10. |
| Captivate | $19 Personal, 30,000 downloads | $204 Personal, 30,000 downloads | Monthly downloads, shared across unlimited shows. | Show count does not change the plan. One month over a lower allowance is allowed. A second month in a row, Captivate asks you to move up. This row is the plan that covers the downloads you entered. The pricing page lists the yearly rates as $17, $44, and $90 a month. The plans FAQ, updated 20 February 2025, lists the monthly prices and the yearly totals used here. |
| Riverside | $29 Pro, 1 hosted show | $288 Pro, 1 hosted show | Hosted shows. The free plan does not include podcast hosting. | Hosting starts on the paid plan for this many shows. The price includes Riverside’s recording studio. Riverside’s free plan is $0 and does not include podcast hosting. |
How the estimate is built
- Hours are the total you publish in a month. A shared allowance is compared with that total.
- Download allowances are monthly, pooled or shared the way that host describes.
- Each rival column uses the lowest published plan that fits that billing period. Taxes are not included.
- Add-ons without a price this calculator can apply are left off. That includes Buzzsprout Magic Mastering and Cohost AI, Transistor transcription, and Podbean AI credits.
Sources, 25 October 2026
The only plan
The subscription
does not move.
A 30-day trial uses this plan. The facts list what is included. The compare pages cite each host.
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
Free for 30 days, all features, cancel anytime. Only optional Audio Enhancement is metered per minute.
Questions, answered
Before you
compare the bill.
What will my show cost on Podhome?
The only plan is $15.99 per month or $185 per year. Shows, download counts, and upload hours do not change that subscription. Optional Audio Enhancement is $0.03 per minute after the 30-day trial. That is usage on the same invoice, not a second plan. It is free during the trial.
How does this calculator price other hosts?
It picks the published plan that fits the shows, hours, and downloads you enter. Prices were checked on 25 October 2026 on each company's own pricing or help page. Where a page does not publish a price, the row says so. The calculator does not invent a tier, a discount, or an overage.
Why can another host show a lower price?
Some entry stickers are lower for a small show. Spotify for Creators publishes free hosting. Libsyn Basic is $12 a month for 3 hours of audio uploads. That page does not publish a yearly total. Podbean Unlimited Audio is $12 a month when billed yearly, for one channel and about 16 hours. Buzzsprout's one-podcast audio plan is $18 a month for 6 upload hours, or $180 a year for 72 hours. Buzzsprout's free plan is $0 and hosts each episode for 90 days. Riverside's free plan is $0 and does not include podcast hosting. The notes say what each figure leaves out.
Does a lower rival sticker change the Podhome plan?
No. Podhome has one plan. There is no free tier and no paid tier under or over it. This page compares published prices. It is not an offer to match another host.
Are these rival figures a quote?
No. They are estimates from public pages checked on 25 October 2026. Taxes, fair-use limits, and add-ons with no published price are not included. Check the host's own page before you switch. Each name links to the Podhome comparison, which cites the sources.