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Fireside
Podcast hosting with community features
As of 30 August 2026, Fireside starts at $20/month. Fireside is a podcast hosting platform with integrated community features for building engaged audiences. Softwr lists it under Podcasting. Fireside is made by Fireside Inc, launched in 2018, available on Web.
Overview
What Fireside does
Fireside is a podcast hosting platform with integrated community features for building engaged audiences. It offers hosting, distribution, listener engagement tools, and monetization options. Great for podcasters wanting to build direct relationships with their audience.
What people use it for
- Hosting a podcast together with a customisable podcast website
- Running several shows as a podcast network from one account
- Tracking episode download metrics and link clicks
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Fireside.
- Starter plan at $9 per month allows one podcast and 5 episodes per month
- Custom domain with SSL requires the $19 per month Standard plan; Starter sites sit on a Fireside subdomain
- Additional podcasts beyond the one included on Standard cost $8 per month each
- Bandwidth is capped at 1TB per month on Standard and 5TB per month on Professional
- Advanced download metrics and click tracking require the $49 per month Professional plan
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Pricing
What Fireside costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Creator
$20 /mo
- Unlimited hosting
- Community features
- Distribution
- Analytics
Network
$50 /mo
- Multiple shows
- Team management
- Advanced analytics
- Priority support
Capabilities
Features
Unlimited hosting
Community features
Distribution
Analytics
Listener engagement
Monetization
All podcast platforms
Integration with All podcast platforms
Email services
Integration with Email services
Social media
Integration with Social media
Content protection
Content protection security feature
Privacy controls
Privacy controls security feature
Web support
Available on web
Behind it
Who makes Fireside
- Company
- Fireside Inc
- Based in
- Los Angeles, CA
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- Adobe Podcast
- Buzzsprout
- Transistor.fm
- Patreon
- Spreaker
- Podbean
- Libsyn
- Audioboom
- Captivate
- Glow.fm
- Megaphone
- Cleanfeed
- Headliner
- Hindenburg Journalist
- Omny Studio
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