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Squadcast pricing
Squadcast 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, Squadcast pricing is free 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
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
Squadcast 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 6 | Entry tier |
| Hobbyist | $16/month | 8 | +$16/month, 7 more features |
| Creator | $24/month | 8 | +$8/month, 7 more features |
| Business | $50/month | 8 | +$26/month, 6 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.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 1 recording hour per editor per month, 1 show, 10 participants, 1 integration, 1 hour transcription per editor per month, 720p export with watermarks.
Hobbyist
$16/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- Annual $16/month or monthly $24
- 10 recording hours per editor per month
- 5 shows
- 2 integrations
- 10 hours transcription per editor per month
- Unlimited watermark-free exports up to 1080p
- 30 min AI speech per month
Creator
$24/monthOver Hobbyist, this tier adds:
- Annual $24/month or monthly $35
- 30 recording hours per editor per month
- Unlimited shows
- Unlimited integrations
- 30 hours transcription per editor per month
- Unlimited 4K exports
- 120 min AI speech per month
Business
$50/monthOver Creator, this tier adds:
- Annual $50/month or monthly $65
- 40 recording hours per editor per month
- 10 mainstage plus backstage participants
- 40 hours transcription per editor per month
- 300 min AI speech per month
- Priority support included
Where Squadcast stops being free
Free, Free
- 1 recording hour per editor per month
- 1 show
- 10 participants
- 1 integration
- 1 hour transcription per editor per month
- 720p export with watermarks
Hobbyist, $16/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Annual $16/month or monthly $24
- 10 recording hours per editor per month
- 5 shows
- 2 integrations
- 10 hours transcription per editor per month
- Unlimited watermark-free exports up to 1080p
- 30 min AI speech per month
What the product covers
The full Squadcast 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
- Local recording
- Progressive upload
- Video recording
- Screen sharing
- Dolby audio
- Cloud storage
Integrations
- Descript
- Dropbox
- Google Drive
- Zoom
- Slack
Security
- End-to-end encryption
- Auto-backup
- Data protection
Platform
- Web support
- Desktop support
People bring Squadcast in for podcast recording and editing, audio production with ai transcription, team interview and discussion recording. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Squadcast are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Video Production
Too few video production tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squadcast (this page) | Free | subscription | - | |
| LiveFaceSwap AI | Free, then $12/month | subscription | - | vs Squadcast |
| MiniMax H3 Generator | Free, then $9.9/one-time | freemium | - | vs Squadcast |
| Ray32 | $9.9/one-time | one-time | - | vs Squadcast |
| ScreenFlow | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs Squadcast |
| Nuke | On request | quote | - | vs Squadcast |
| Brightcove | On request | quote | - | vs Squadcast |
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 Squadcast badges page.
Before you pay for Squadcast
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 $50/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.
Squadcast runs on web, desktop, and is published by Squadcast Inc of San Francisco, CA. The full record is on the Squadcast review, and the rest of the category is under best video production tools.
Squadcast pricing questions
- How much does Squadcast cost?
- Squadcast publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Free up to $50/month for Business. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Squadcast have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 1 recording hour per editor per month, 1 show, 10 participants. Paying starts at $16/month for Hobbyist.
- What is the difference between Free and Hobbyist on Squadcast?
- Hobbyist costs $16/month against Free, and adds annual $16/month or monthly $24, 10 recording hours per editor per month, 5 shows, 2 integrations.
- Is the Business plan on Squadcast worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is annual $50/month or monthly $65, 40 recording hours per editor per month, 10 mainstage plus backstage participants, 40 hours transcription per editor per month. It costs $50/month against $16/month for Hobbyist. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which video production tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 8 video production tools listed alongside Squadcast have a free tier: LiveFaceSwap AI, MiniMax H3 Generator.
- What am I actually paying for with Squadcast?
- The record lists 16 features across 4 areas: other, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for podcast recording and editing, audio production with ai transcription, team interview and discussion recording.
- Does Squadcast 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 Squadcast 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 Squadcast against before paying?
- The closest video production tools in this directory are LiveFaceSwap AI, MiniMax H3 Generator, Ray32, ScreenFlow. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Squadcast covering price, platforms and features.