How much does Castos cost?

Castos publishes 4 tiers, from $19/month for Essentials up to $499/month for Premium. The entry tier costs nothing.

Does Castos have a free plan?

Yes, Castos is recorded as subscription, so it can be used without paying.

What is the difference between Essentials and Growth on Castos?

Growth costs $49/month against $19/month, and adds advanced analytics, 25 transcripts/month.

Is the Premium plan on Castos worth it?

That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is unlimited transcripts, dedicated account management. It costs $499/month against $19/month for Essentials. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.

Which podcasting tools can I use without paying?

6 of the 8 podcasting tools listed alongside Castos have a free tier: Podbean, Cleanfeed, Captivate, Patreon, Audioboom.

What am I actually paying for with Castos?

The record lists 13 features across 4 areas: other, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for podcast hosting with unlimited episodes and downloads, private and subscriber-only podcasts, automatic transcription of episodes.

Does Castos charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.

Are these Castos prices current?

They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.

What should I compare Castos against before paying?

The closest podcasting tools in this directory are Megaphone, Podbean, Hindenburg Journalist, Cleanfeed. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Castos covering price, platforms and features.

Podcasting · pricing

Castos pricing

Castos publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.

As of 30 August 2026, Castos pricing is free, then $19/month across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.

Entry price: Free, then $19/month
Model: Subscription
Tiers: 4
Free tier: Yes

Castos plans, side by side

Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.

Castos pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
Essentials	$19/month	2	Entry tier
Growth	$49/month	2	+$30/month, 2 more features
Pro	$99/month	2	+$50/month, 2 more features
Premium	$499/month	2	+$400/month, 2 more features

What each tier adds

The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.

Essentials

$19/month

The entry tier. It covers unlimited podcasts/episodes, 10 transcripts/month.

Growth

$49/month

Over Essentials, this tier adds:

advanced analytics
25 transcripts/month

Pro

$99/month

Over Growth, this tier adds:

video hosting
100 transcripts/month

Premium

$499/month

Over Pro, this tier adds:

unlimited transcripts
dedicated account management

What the product covers

The full Castos feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.

Other

Unlimited hosting
WordPress integration
Distribution
Analytics
Monetization
Email marketing

Integrations

WordPress
All podcast platforms
Email services

Security

Content protection
WordPress security

Platform

Web support
Wordpress support

People bring Castos in for podcast hosting with unlimited episodes and downloads, private and subscriber-only podcasts, automatic transcription of episodes, republishing episodes to youtube, wordpress-integrated podcast publishing. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Castos are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in Podcasting

Across the 6 podcasting tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $16/month. Castos starts at $19/month, which puts it above the middle of its category.

Castos entry price against other Podcasting tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
Castos (this page)	Free, then $19/month	subscription	-
Megaphone	$99/month	subscription	-	vs Castos
Podbean	Free, then $17/month	subscription	-	vs Castos
Hindenburg Journalist	$12/month	subscription	-	vs Castos
Cleanfeed	Free, then $15/month	freemium	-	vs Castos
Captivate	Free, then €17/month	subscription	-	vs Castos
Patreon	Free	usage-based	-	vs Castos

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Castos badges page.

Before you pay for Castos

Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.

What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between $19/month and $499/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.

Castos runs on web, wordpress, and is published by Castos Inc of Portland, OR. The full record is on the Castos review, and the rest of the category is under best podcasting tools.

Castos pricing on the vendor's own site

Castos pricing questions

How much does Castos cost?: Castos publishes 4 tiers, from $19/month for Essentials up to $499/month for Premium. The entry tier costs nothing.
Does Castos have a free plan?: Yes, Castos is recorded as subscription, so it can be used without paying.
What is the difference between Essentials and Growth on Castos?: Growth costs $49/month against $19/month, and adds advanced analytics, 25 transcripts/month.
Is the Premium plan on Castos worth it?: That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is unlimited transcripts, dedicated account management. It costs $499/month against $19/month for Essentials. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
Is Castos expensive for a podcasting tool?: It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 6 podcasting tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $16/month; Castos starts at $19/month.
Which podcasting tools can I use without paying?: 6 of the 8 podcasting tools listed alongside Castos have a free tier: Podbean, Cleanfeed, Captivate, Patreon, Audioboom.
What am I actually paying for with Castos?: The record lists 13 features across 4 areas: other, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for podcast hosting with unlimited episodes and downloads, private and subscriber-only podcasts, automatic transcription of episodes.
Does Castos charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
Are these Castos prices current?: They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
What should I compare Castos against before paying?: The closest podcasting tools in this directory are Megaphone, Podbean, Hindenburg Journalist, Cleanfeed. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Castos covering price, platforms and features.