--- description: Review of Podbean Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Podbean | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Podcast Hosting Software](/directory/4448/podcast-hosting/software) > [Podbean](/software/242108/podbean) # Podbean Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/242108/podbean Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/242108/podbean?page=2) > Podbean is a podcast management solution that helps organizations create, publish and manage audio and video podcasts, marketing campaigns, and live audio streams on a unified portal. The platform enables users to distribute podcasts across various online channels including Google, Apple, Spotify and more. Podbean allows businesses to design personalized websites using custom themes and domain, view followers and respond to comments. Podcasters can embed podcasts into multiple blogs and websites and share posts on various social channels such as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Additionally, it offers a host of features including user management, data import/export, customer engagement, reports and more. Podbean facilitates integration with Mailchimp marketing application, which lets users create and run email marketing campaigns to share new releases and engage with the target audience. It is available on monthly/annual subscriptions and support is provided via email, tutorials and other online measures. > > Verdict: Rated **4.0/5** by 28 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.0/5** | 28 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 70% | (7/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Podbean Tech ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$9.00 - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Podbean offers a 14-day free trial for new users, after which the software is available across 4 pricing tiers, details of which are outlined below – Basic – Available to users for free Unlimited Audio – $14/month or $9/month (billed annually) Unlimited Plus – $39/month or $29/month (billed annually) Business – $129/month or $99/month (billed annually) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Audience Analytics - Audience Engagement - Audio Recording - Audio/video file upload - Bulk Uploading - Custom Domains - Customisable Branding - Dashboard - Data Storage Management - Distribution Management - Engagement Tracking - Event Scheduling - Hosting - Live Streaming Production - Live Streaming Software - Mobile Access - Moderation ## Integrations (4 total) - Mailchimp - Meta for Business - Twitter/X - WordPress ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support ## Category - [Podcast Hosting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4448/podcast-hosting/software) ## Related Categories - [Podcast Hosting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4448/podcast-hosting/software) - [Live Streaming Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4376/live-streaming/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Riverside](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/386167/riverside) — 4.8/5 (199 reviews) 2. [Hubhopper](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/356101/hubhopper) — 4.6/5 (149 reviews) 3. [SoundCloud](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/242080/soundcloud) — 4.5/5 (107 reviews) 4. [Anchor](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/242142/anchor) — 4.7/5 (61 reviews) 5. [Soundwise](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/242364/soundwise) — 4.7/5 (59 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Joe Normandin's Podbean Review" — 5.0/5 > **Joseph** | *3 May 2026* | Media Production | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy to use podcasting platform. Offers in-depth reporting for all podcast episodes. Simple to setup new podcasts and embed episodes on your website via iframe embed code. The Podbean-hosted "channel" landing pages are very nicely designed, and also include subscribe links for your podcast on other platforms like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. So you can easily promote those links on your own website, etc. > > **Cons**: Not being able create a new podcast channel via splitting out episodes from an existing channel, AND keep all the historical data/statistics on downloads. We ran into this when the company I work at wanted create a new channel, but use episodes that were part of an existing channel. We could create the new channel and move existing episodes over, but we'd lose all the historical download data for those episodes. > > I find Podbean to be very valuable for the money you spend. It a very easy to use platform, and offers solid reporting and podcast player embed options. It's also very easy to setup new podcast channels. Our company has over 50 podcasts hosted in Podbean, and the search feature makes finding them easy. ----- ### "Podbean give my podcast power" — 5.0/5 > **CharRon** | *9 October 2021* | Broadcast Media | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: I enjoy the third party integration. I am able to setup Mailchimp, Auphonic, and Resonate immediately after I upload a episode. I am glad of all the streaming service provider that are at my disposal. They even have tutorials on how to set them up. I am starting to use the live streaming program for my movie viewing . > > **Cons**: Since Anchor has landed, it is a hard sell to new customers that don't see podcast as a long process to use. But I understand that I still have ownership of my episode when I move podcast hosting sites. I do wish that patreon was a free addon to the basic plan. > > Podbean allows you 2 hours of free podcast time to try out podcasting and only $9 a month / $108 annual plan is pretty good. ----- ### "Crippled Entry Level Packages" — 2.0/5 > **Greg** | *12 March 2025* | Religious Institutions | Recommendation rating: 2.0/10 > > **Pros**: Not a bad podcasting platform but they cripple the low end offerings to try to persuade customers to upgrade to the more costly packages. > > **Cons**: Crippled website at the lower cost packages. There's no reason for this other than to try to get the person to upgrade. You'll have to buy the video podcast package even if you don't do videos if you want to be able to white label your podcasting site. > > Good if you don't need any assistance. Support can take a while and some of the features are crippled in the lower cost packages to incentivize you needing to pay more to fix the problem. ----- ### "A good place to start your podcast" — 4.0/5 > **Jeremy** | *15 May 2026* | Entertainment | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is a very user friendly experience and a great place to start for someone trying to start a podcast > > **Cons**: Not enough variety in tools to customize your show. Other applications give you more ways to improve your content ----- ### "Podbean. A good starting point Not sure about things after that" — 4.0/5 > **Robert** | *16 August 2024* | Entertainment | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy to use and free program for hosting. If we grow our podcast to the point where we can pay a monthly subscription I'll be checking back in on them > > **Cons**: Can't schedule podcast launches ahead of time > > It was promising until I found out I can't schedule a launch. 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