Riverside 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Riverside

4.5

(24)

Pricing

Starting at $24.00 per month

About Riverside

Riverside is an all-in-one podcast and video studio for businesses and content creators who demand professional quality without technical complexity. Podcasters, video creators, and businesses across the globe are producing studio-quality content in a fraction of the time it would take with traditional methods.

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Riverside Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $24.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$0.00

per feature, per month

Plan includes:

Unlimited single track recording and editing
Watermark on exported files
Up to 720p video quality
44.1 kHz audio quality
Unlimited video calls

Pro

$24.00

per feature, per month

Plan includes:

No watermark on exported files
Up to 4K video quality
48 kHz audio quality
Screen sharing
Live streaming to social media

Live

$34.00

per feature, per month

Plan includes:

Accept live call-ins
Unlimited transcriptions
Live chat support

Webinar

$79.00

per user, per month

No plan information available

Business

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

Change input/output devices of guests remotely
Camera controls
Presentation recorder
Full frame view
Supports 29.97, 25, and 24 FPS
Roles and permissions
Customer Success Manager & Priority Support
SSO (Okta, Azure + more)
SOC2 type II & ISO27001 certified

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Riverside Features

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Access Controls/Permissions
AI Copilot
Alerts/Notifications
API
Application Management
Attendee Management
Audience Analytics
Audience Engagement
Audio Calls
Audio Capture
Audio Editor
Audio Recording
Audio/video file upload
Audio/Video Recording
Automatic Transcription
Backup and Recovery
Brainstorming
Bulk Uploading
Calendar Management
Call Conferencing
Call Recording
Call Scheduling
Chat/Messaging
Commenting/Notes
Communication Management
Conferencing
Content Management
CRM
Customizable Branding
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Distribution Management
Drag & Drop
Electronic Hand Raising
Email Alerts
Email Management
Email Reminders
Engagement Tracking
Event Management
Event Scheduling
File Management
File Transfer
Generative AI
Hosting
Image Editing
International Calling
Live Chat
Live Streaming
Live Streaming Production
Media Library
Meeting Management
Member Management
Moderation
Monitoring
Multi-Channel Distribution
Multi hosts
Multimedia Support
Multiple Camera Feeds
Multistreaming
On-Demand Recording
On-Demand Webcasting
On-Demand Webinars
Online Registration
Performance Analysis
Polls/Voting
Presentation Streaming
Private Chat
Publishing/Sharing
Q&A Management
Real-time Broadcasting
Real-Time Chat
Real-Time Data
Recording
Registration Management
Reminders
Reporting/Analytics
Scheduling
Screen Capture
Screen Recording
Screen Sharing
Session Recording
Single Sign On
Social Media Integration
Social Media Streaming
Social Sharing
Speech Recognition
Speech-to-Text Analysis
Split/Multi-Screen
SSL Security
Statistics
Subtitles/Closed Captions
Template Management
Text Overlay
Third-Party Integration
Third-Party Integrations
Two Way Audio & Video
Two-Way Audio & Video
User Management
Video Archiving
Video Call Recording
Video Conferencing
Video Creation
Video Editing
Video Management
Video Streaming
Workflow Management
XML/RSS
YouTube Uploading

Riverside User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

79%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.5

Value for money

4.3

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

4.3

Have you used Riverside and would like to share your experience with others?

Maddison L.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2026

Great audio and video quality!

Riverside not only has much better audio / video quality than Zoom does, but when we're doing podcast management for clients it allows us to separate the audio files along with other very convenient features that allow us to maximize our delivery.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

From a video and audio editing perspective, Riverside is a really great platform. It has great quality and gives us a much better starting point for exceptional delivery. Being able to separat video and audio files from one speaker to the other gives us much more creative freedom.

Cons:

A few of our clients use it for podcast recording (which we highly recommend), and we've had clients feel its difficult to navigate, and also struggle when it comes to letting guests into their "room".

Reasons for switching to Riverside

Riversides quality on both video and audio was noticebly better.

Kimberly G.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2025

I wouldn’t record with Riverside again!

Riverside has been easy to work with. They have an incredible library of support videos on each topic you could need. It was a slight learning curve but I was up and running quickly.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I’ve been using Riverside FM for the past year. It’s incredibly easy to use, creates professional looking audio and video projects, makes editing incredibly simple, and it’s AI integrations work really well producing many extra shorts formatted for social media.

Cons:

It’s definitely more expensive than I wanted to spend. However, after trying the free trial period I realized the quality was supreme. I ended up finding more clients to work with to justify the expense.

Reasons for switching to Riverside

I needed a more robust editing platform. I got that, but so much more with Riverside- recording, editing, branding, and publishing. It’s all contained in one platform.

Shannon T.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2025

Stick with Zoom over Riverside!

Overall, it may be good for talking head videos or podcasters, but if you are an educator or want music or the ability to have a lot of co grip over the timeline graphics and text, this is not the software I would choose. The price is reasonable, but features just aren’t there for me that I use daily.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I really liked the video download quality. It was clear and high quality recordings I could use in my self-paced courses. I also liked many of the editing features like being able to take out portions of video by simply taking out the text transcript. So easy!

Cons:

A lot of things were not as good as Zoom. You can’t share sound only. If you want to share your computer sound you must also share that screen with your audience or students. I’m a dance teacher so this is a feature I have to have. You can buy MP3s and then upload them to Riverside and play them, but the music will not line up with your body movements or mouth if you’re a singer in the recording. Laying music tracks over your video is nearly impossible in the editor because it randomly just jumps around. You also can’t animate graphics or text like you can if editing in Canva. Meaning, you can’t have things bounce in or anything special. The screen share is also an odd view, there is white space in the recording over the screen.

Reasons for choosing Riverside

Price and ease of use were important to me. I found a lot of tutorials on YouTube for Riverside and was also recommended by a teacher friend.

Reasons for switching to Riverside

I was looking for higher quality video in the recording. Riversides video quality is excellent. I was hoping to be able to also use the editor within Riverside, but it is severely lacking compared to Canva editor with being able to animate and time graphics and text.

Eric M.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2025

Riverside Just Delivers!

Excellent overall. Meets and exceeds all our expectations and allows us to invites podcast guests from all over the country to help keep our content and organization in front of our national audience.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Our organization records and releases a new podcast episode every week and have done so for several years now. We adore Riverside for the ease of use for me (our host), our guest and ultimately for the video editing for our team. The user interface is simple and is great for all our purposes.

Cons:

Only down side is just making sure that our guests have strong wifi and that everything gets uploaded before they leave the studio. We did lose some footage once cause the guest left a little before verifying it was fully uploaded. That's for sure more user error but still a flaw to be aware of for others.

Kelly M.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2025

Riverside is a helpful podcasting tool

Overall it has been a positive experience. I have learned to work around the issues. And like I said it has improved within the past year. Editing has become smoother. Adding songs has become easier and I like that they have added ways to lower the sound and fade in and out of songs.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

It's easy to record and edit videos within Riverside. Also it does create Magic Clips for us that I edit to become teasers.

Cons:

Riverside has improved since I started using it a year ago but it still lacks the ability to put fancy transitions between scenes. One of the reasons why I edit our podcast episodes in another app and then transfer it back to Riverside. Sometimes when I correct something it doesn't stick so I have correct it again. It can be glitchy. Sometimes there's a lot of buffering I wish there was a way to edit words I mispronounce easier.

Al W.

Verified reviewer

Media Production

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2025

Ony consider Riverside.fm if you're a large customer

For basic things like recording remove interviews it was good. But if you want to run a podcast be prepared for a huge purchase which most can't afford.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Audio and Video recording quality are good.

Cons:

Lower tiers are only for tiny creators, business tier is only for large companies. You can't start small and grow with them.

Reasons for switching to Riverside

Because I thought I'd be able to use the features of Riverside as a small creator.

Sean A.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2025

Great when it works awful when you have issues seeking support

Solid tool for the times it works as expected. But for the times it doesn't it can be tough to get the help needed to address your concerns. Best not to rely on support for more than shared links for you to figure it out on your own.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

It's great when it works because it can cut down on a lot of edit time. What could take me hours to pull together clips it can be created in minutes.

Cons:

The support team responses are awful when you run into an issue. There's a default it's not us it's you type response which can be gaslighting when you know it's not user error.

Courtney O.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2025

Great podcasting software

Really positive, has been an asset in producing our podcast.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use, high quality recordings - well set up for both podcasters and guests.

Cons:

Nothing - the product does it exactly what it needs to!

Zac C.

Verified reviewer

Management Consulting

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2024

Stick with streameyard

For the business account it was $550 a month and multiple times had to switch to using zoom.

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

It is easy to use and you can have multiple studios to organize your recordings

Cons:

Video quality during calls is bad. The audio and video often don’t line up. The love function is awful quality and the customer support is slow and over burdened

Andrew L.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2024

Great For Video Clips

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The transcript based editor is incredibly easy to use, cuts out audio silences, and does not have a video upload limit. Also, the ability to set up a Youtube link is a huge bonus!

Cons:

Sometimes the silence detection is not quite right and needs a little bit of tweaking. Also, it doesn't support copy/paste of either clips and/or text.

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