Podcast & Audio Publishing · pricing
Podbean pricing
Podbean 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.
- Entry price
- Free, then $9/month
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
Podbean 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.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Unlimited Audio | $9/month | 4 | +$9/month, 4 more features |
| Unlimited Plus | $29/month | 4 | +$20/month, 4 more features |
| Business | $99/month | 4 | +$70/month, 4 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.
Basic
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 5 hours total storage, 100 gb bandwidth, basic analytics, podcast website.
Unlimited Audio
$9/monthOver Basic, this tier adds:
- Unlimited storage
- Unlimited bandwidth
- Advanced analytics
- Custom domain
Unlimited Plus
$29/monthOver Unlimited Audio, this tier adds:
- All audio features
- Video podcasting
- Live streaming
- Premium support
Business
$99/monthOver Unlimited Plus, this tier adds:
- All features
- Team management
- Enterprise security
- API access
Where Podbean stops being free
Basic, Free
- 5 hours total storage
- 100 GB bandwidth
- Basic analytics
- Podcast website
Unlimited Audio, $9/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Unlimited storage
- Unlimited bandwidth
- Advanced analytics
- Custom domain
What the product covers
The full Podbean 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.
Core
- Unlimited hosting
- Built-in monetization
- Live streaming
- Video podcasting
- Podcast app
- Premium content
Integrations
- Apple Podcasts
- Spotify
- Amazon Music
- Social media
- Payment processors
Security
- SSL encryption
- Privacy controls
- Content protection
Platform
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
People bring Podbean in for hosting and distributing a podcast with an rss feed and player, running multiple shows or a private internal podcast. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Podbean are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Podcast & Audio Publishing
Across the 4 podcast & audio publishing tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $17.49/month. Podbean starts at $9/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Podbean (this page) | Free, then $9/month | freemium | - | |
| Buzzsprout | Free | freemium | - | vs Podbean |
| Audioboom | Free | freemium | - | vs Podbean |
| Adobe Podcast | $22.99/month | subscription | - | vs Podbean |
| Apple Podcasts Connect | Free | free | - | vs Podbean |
| Auphonic | Free, then $10/month | freemium | - | vs Podbean |
| Acast | On request | quote | - | vs Podbean |
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 Podbean badges page.
Before you pay for Podbean
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 Free and $99/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.
Podbean runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Podbean Tech of Newark, DE. The full record is on the Podbean review, and the rest of the category is under best podcast & audio publishing tools.
Podbean pricing questions
- How much does Podbean cost?
- Podbean publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Basic up to $99/month for Business. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Podbean have a free plan?
- Yes. The Basic tier costs nothing and covers 5 hours total storage, 100 gb bandwidth, basic analytics. Paying starts at $9/month for Unlimited Audio.
- What is the difference between Basic and Unlimited Audio on Podbean?
- Unlimited Audio costs $9/month against Free, and adds unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth, advanced analytics, custom domain.
- Is the Business plan on Podbean worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all features, team management, enterprise security, api access. It costs $99/month against $9/month for Unlimited Audio. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Podbean expensive for a podcast & audio publishing tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 4 podcast & audio publishing tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $17.49/month; Podbean starts at $9/month.
- Which podcast & audio publishing tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 podcast & audio publishing tools listed alongside Podbean have a free tier: Buzzsprout, Audioboom, Apple Podcasts Connect, Auphonic.
- What am I actually paying for with Podbean?
- The record lists 17 features across 4 areas: core, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for hosting and distributing a podcast with an rss feed and player, running multiple shows or a private internal podcast.
- Does Podbean 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 Podbean 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 Podbean against before paying?
- The closest podcast & audio publishing tools in this directory are Buzzsprout, Audioboom, Adobe Podcast, Apple Podcasts Connect. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Podbean covering price, platforms and features.