Transistor

RATING:

5.00

(9)

About Transistor

Transistor is a cloud-based podcast publishing solution, which helps users record, upload and distribute audio to Apple Podcast, Pocket Casts, Spotify, Google Podcast and various other platforms. Features include multiple logins, RSS feed, file storage, embeddable audio player and customizable website. The solution allows users to create multiple podcast themes in various formats via a single hosting account. Using Transistor’s analytics module, creators can view the number of downloads for a published episode, number of subscribers, listener trends and audience breakdown per episode. Administrators can also modify show settings, manage team members and streamline episodes. Transistor offers integration with various third-party applications including MailChimp, Dr...

Transistor Pricing

Starter: $19 /month, $190/year Professional: $49 /month, $490/year Business: $99 /month, $990/year

Starting price: 

$19.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

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Transistor Reviews

Overall Rating

5.00

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

5

Functionality

5

Most Helpful Reviews for Transistor

9 Reviews

Aj

Entertainment, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2023

Took us to the Next Level

Transistor was made available to us via a local network and host. we were given admin permissions to run our own shows. transistor may be the best platform for hosting a network. easy to access all your shows seperately. over the course of 2 years one of our show grew to be acquired by a large network for monetization so unfortunately we had to move to their hosting. don't pass on Transistor. distribution was a breeze. easy to be setup to release to the world and start building and monitoring your audience.

PROS

easy to give admin permissions to run our own shows. transistor may be the best platform for hosting a network. easy to access all your shows seperately. distribution was a breeze. easy to be setup to release to the world and start building and monitoring your audience.

CONS

more options for dynamic ads are in the pipeline.

Reason for choosing Transistor

recommedation from friend. ease of use and learning the platform

Reasons for switching to Transistor

professional distribution and easier to use.

Lani

Entertainment, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2022

You cannot do better than Transistor.fm

Exceptional service. I had one minor problem with a service they provide that is otherwise amazing. In five days, they had re-programmed their system to make what was already great that much better. I have never been so stunned by customer service in my life; at least, not in a good way.

PROS

--Automatic, seamless YouTube uploads. --A dedicated web page for your podcasts. --The ability to create and run your own ads and swap them out with pre-roll, mid-roll, and post-roll options. --Truly seamless switching from your previous host (I was terrified; they made it SO easy). --Easy distribution to all the podcast distributors I've ever heard of and many I hadn't. --The best customer service I've ever experience with any company, ever, hand to God. --Competitive prices. I pay the same amount I did for LibSyn and get so much more.

CONS

There is nothing I don't like about the software. It's intuitive, sleek and best of all - it works.

Reasons for switching to Transistor

LibSyn wasn't working for what I wanted to do. Basically, I just got hosting from LibSyn. At Transistor.fm, I got hosting and so many features I needed that I didn't even know I needed. For the same price.

Artur

Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2022

Transistor.fm is the podcasting service you need.

Awesome!

PROS

Transistor.fm is the only podcasting service you need to start and run your show! [SENSITIVE CONTENT] and his team are on call 24/7 to help you fix any podcast-related issues that arise.

CONS

I have no problems with Transistor right now.

Reason for choosing Transistor

Because is the best

Bryant

Printing, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2023

Transistor saves me so much freaking time

Transistor has paid for itself many times over in time savings and the leads it's helped us generate through our podcast. I highly recommend it if you're starting a podcast in 2023.

PROS

Transistor handles so much of the grunt work of running a podcast for us. I can't imagine trying to manage hosting our podcast files and then the distribution to Apple, Spotify, and all the other places our podcast now shows up.I was super hesitant to take up podcasting because it seemed like ‘everyone was doing it’ but the professional impact it’s had for my co-hosts and I on the Better Sign Shop podcast has been crazy. I like that the [sensitive content hidden] dogfood their own product – they run a podcast hosted on.... Transistor. And they have a lot of great content on how to start and improve your podcast on their website.I have to believe their own experiences come through in the app. It's super easy to use. It's only takes a couple minutes to upload and distribute an episode. And then I'm on to the next task on my todo list. Unlike the other podcast hosting apps I tested that seemed to be more focused solely on a "pretty" design instead of a straight forward user experience.The Transistor API is also great. We used it to pull our podcast episodes into our app so that our app users to could listen to the podcast while their were doing their work.

CONS

This is not really a knock on Transistor but more so on podcasting as a whole – podcast analytics seem like a bit of a guessing game. Probably because there's so many different players and the fact you're distributing an audio file so there's no real way to add tracking code like you can on a website. I did appreciate that they (Transistor) mention right up front that the subscriber statistics are hard to track and they provide a "best guestimate" along with an explanation of their calculation method.

Merlin

E-Learning, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2022

Pros And Cons Comparisons Are Killer

I love it. And I love that you can reach out to the team and they're responsive. Big plus.

PROS

I like the cross-platform analytics the most.

CONS

The only place it's missing for me is video integration.

Reason for choosing Transistor

They gave me a fair pros and cons list vs all their competitors to help me quickly decide which was best for me.

Reasons for switching to Transistor

I wanted a service that I could see myself growing with.

Ayham

Non-Profit Organization Management, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2022

Conscious team and business

Exceptional

PROS

How conscious they are. They are making me have faith again and not that everything is about profit and technicalities.

CONS

The website could be improved but that was already changed on their side and could be also better.

Reasons for switching to Transistor

Withe transistor you can have as many shows/ podcasts as you want for the same price/ subscription unlike how it is with many other hosts like Podbean

Eric

Media Production, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2022

Fantastic! I love Transistor!

Fantastic. Been with them for years now and I love it. Technical support is responsive and they are very quick to get things answered and fixed for me if anything comes up!

PROS

Extremely easy to use, very clean and simple interface, presents a lot of complicated data points in a simple way. Simple, flat pricing point. Has a very simple and clean web player for websites.

CONS

I would love to see a feature of batch uploading a lot of episodes into the system. You can create draft episodes without a file, but you cannot upload files into a "database" and then pull from that database as necessary.

Jordan

Computer Software, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2022

Easy, Friendly, Intuitive, Powerful

PROS

It took me minutes to setup. Gorgeous interface. Everything you need and nothing more. Friendly pricing structure. AMAZING support staff.

CONS

There's no AI, ML and unicorns under the hood best I can tell.

Aaron

Entertainment, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed July 2022

Great hosts and customer service!

PROS

Really impressed with the quality of Transistor's staff. The overall set up and pricing helps running multiple shows much easier and cheaper.

CONS

There is nothing that I don't like about Transistor.

Reason for choosing Transistor

It allows for multiple shows.