Acast vs Podbean
No leader: the top candidate Acast has only 0.26 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for podcast hosting. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Acast
A cloud-based service that provides podcast creators with tools for publishing episodes across major platforms, analyzing listener data, and monetizing through advertising and sponsorships.
Podbean
A cloud-based service for creating, publishing, and distributing podcasts with built-in tools for monetization through ads and subscriptions, audience analytics, and AI-powered content production assistance.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Acast
Free tier available; paid plans from $25–$50/month USD
- StarterFree
- Unlimited episodes with ads when in advertising marketplace
- Basic embed player
- Essential$25/month USD
- Switch from another host
- Basic embed player
- Advanced podcast analytics
- Monetize with ads
- Transcriptions
- +8 more
- Pro$40/month USD
- All Essential features
- Team and network management
- Prioritized support
- Publishing API
- Video publishing capabilities
- Video$50/month USD
- All Pro features
- Publish video episodes to Apple Podcasts
- Automatic video to audio conversion
- 10,000 monthly video views included
- Acast Creator NetworkContact sales
- Premium benefits and exclusive services
Podbean
From $12/month (annual billing). Free tier for individual podcasters.
- Unlimited Audio$12/month (annual, save 29%) or $17/month (monthly)
- 1 podcast channel
- 1GB monthly uploads (16 hours audio)
- Unlimited monetization features
- One-click distribution
- Custom domain mapping
- +7 more
- Unlimited Plus$29/month (annual, save 25%) or $39/month (monthly)
- 2 Audio or Video podcasts
- 10GB storage
- Multiple podcast network support
- Advanced analytics with episode trends and comparison
- User engagement tracking
- +5 more
- Business$79/month (annual, save 20%) or $99/month (monthly)
- Unlimited Audio and Video podcasts
- 40GB storage
- Public business podcast hosting
- Advanced analytics
- Network analytics
- +5 more
- Enterprise$129/month (annual, save 23%)
- Unlimited private podcasts
- 2 public podcasts
- 100 private members
- Private podcast hosting with content protection
- SSO login
- +7 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Apple Podcasts
- Spotify
- Amazon Music
Acast
- Headliner
- Supercast
Podbean
- iHeartRadio
- Podbean App
- YouTube
- Tumblr
- WordPress
- Podbean API
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.