--- title: "Podbean Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026" description: "Review of Podbean Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs." source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/live-streaming/podbean-profile/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Podcast Hosting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/podcast-hosting/) / Podbean Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/live-streaming/podbean-profile/reviews/)[Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/live-streaming/podbean-profile/alternatives/) # Podbean Review From $9/month Free version Free trial 1 plan On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - Integrations - User Reviews - Popular Comparisons ## Overview Podbean 4.0 [(28)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/live-streaming/podbean-profile/reviews/) Pricing Starting at $9.00 per feature per month Top Alternatives ### About Podbean Podbean is a podcast management solution that helps organizations create, publish and manage audio and video podcasts, marketing campaigns, and live audio streams on a unified portal. The platform enables users to distribute podcasts across various online channels including Google, Apple, Spotify and more. Podbean allows businesses to design personalized websites using custom themes and domain, view followers and respond to comments. Podcasters can embed podcasts into multiple blogs and websites and share posts on various social channels such as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Additionally, it offers a host of features including user management, data import/export, customer engagement, reports and more. Podbean facilitates integration with Mailchimp marketing application, which lets users create and run email marketing campaigns to share new releases and engage with the target audience. It is available on monthly/annual subscriptions and support is provided via email, tutorials and other online measures. ## Podbean User Interface ## Popular Podbean Alternatives Main Product Podbean 4.0 [(28)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/live-streaming/podbean-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.25Ease of use - 4.0Value for money - 3.79Customer support - 3.96Functionality Pricing Starting at $9.00 per month Alternative Product [Wistia](https://www.softwareadvice.com/video-hosting/wistia-profile/) 4.7 [(172)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/video-hosting/wistia-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.65Ease of use - 4.25Value for money - 4.57Customer support - 4.50Functionality Pricing Starting at $19.00 per month Alternative Product [Switcher Studio](https://www.softwareadvice.com/video-management/switcher-studio-profile/) 4.6 [(10)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/video-management/switcher-studio-profile/#reviews) Ratings Breakdown - 4.80Ease of use - 4.0Value for money - 4.25Customer support - 4.50Functionality Pricing Starting at $65.00 per month Alternative Product [Riverside](https://www.softwareadvice.com/audio-editing/riverside-profile/) 4.8 [(282)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/audio-editing/riverside-profile/#reviews) Ratings Breakdown - 4.75Ease of use - 4.70Value for money - 4.60Customer support - 4.68Functionality Pricing Starting at $24.00 per month Alternative Product [Hubhopper](https://www.softwareadvice.com/podcast-hosting/hubhopper-profile/) 4.6 [(149)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/podcast-hosting/hubhopper-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.57Ease of use - 4.28Value for money - 4.32Customer support - 4.49Functionality Pricing Starting at $12.00 per month Alternative Product [SoundCloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/live-streaming/soundcloud-profile/) 4.5 [(109)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/live-streaming/soundcloud-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.52Ease of use - 4.27Value for money - 3.80Customer support - 4.29Functionality Pricing Starting at $2.50 per month ## Podbean Pricing and Plans Starting price: $9.00 per month Free Trial Free Version Basic $9.00 per feature, per month No plan information available ## Podbean Features - Popular features found in Podcast Hosting Audience Analytics Audience Engagement Audio Recording Audio/video file upload Data Storage Management Distribution Management Hosting Multi-Channel Distribution Publishing/Sharing Social Sharing XML/RSS - More features of Podbean Access Controls/Permissions Activity Dashboard API Bulk Uploading Custom Domains Customizable Branding Dashboard Engagement Tracking Event Scheduling Live Streaming Live Streaming Production Mobile Access Moderation Multistreaming Performance Monitoring Real-Time Analytics Real-time Broadcasting Reporting & Statistics Scheduling Session Recording Social Media Streaming Statistics Third-Party Integration Third-Party Integrations Two-Way Audio & Video Video Monetization Tools Website Management ## Podbean Integrations WordPress Integration rated undefined from -1 review Meta for Business Integration rated undefined from -1 review Twitter/X Integration rated undefined from -1 review Mailchimp Integration rated undefined from -1 review ## Podbean User Reviews ## Podbean customer ratings - Overall rating: 4.0/5 - Total reviews: 28 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 13 reviews (46%) - 4 stars: 9 reviews (32%) - 3 stars: 1 reviews (4%) - 2 stars: 2 reviews (7%) - 1 star: 3 reviews (11%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3.8/5 - Functionality: 4.0/5 --- ### Joe Normandin's Podbean Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Joseph N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I find Podbean to be very valuable for the money you spend. It a very easy to use platform, and offers solid reporting and podcast player embed options. It's also very easy to setup new podcast channels. Our company has over 50 podcasts hosted in Podbean, and the search feature makes finding them easy. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Easy to use podcasting platform. Offers in-depth reporting for all podcast episodes. Simple to setup new podcasts and embed episodes on your website via iframe embed code. The Podbean-hosted "channel" landing pages are very nicely designed, and also include subscribe links for your podcast on other platforms like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. So you can easily promote those links on your own website, etc. #### Cons Not being able create a new podcast channel via splitting out episodes from an existing channel, AND keep all the historical data/statistics on downloads. We ran into this when the company I work at wanted create a new channel, but use episodes that were part of an existing channel. We could create the new channel and move existing episodes over, but we'd lose all the historical download data for those episodes. #### Reasons for switching to Podbean The company I work for thought Podbean would be a better alternative than Libsyn for podcast hosting. Podbean was easier to use and manage. --- ### Podbean give my podcast power - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: CharRon S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Broadcast Media - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Podbean allows you 2 hours of free podcast time to try out podcasting and only $9 a month / $108 annual plan is pretty good. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I enjoy the third party integration. I am able to setup Mailchimp, Auphonic, and Resonate immediately after I upload a episode. I am glad of all the streaming service provider that are at my disposal. They even have tutorials on how to set them up. I am starting to use the live streaming program for my movie viewing . #### Cons Since Anchor has landed, it is a hard sell to new customers that don't see podcast as a long process to use. But I understand that I still have ownership of my episode when I move podcast hosting sites. I do wish that patreon was a free addon to the basic plan. #### Reasons for choosing Podbean The security and the reliability that it give me and my episodes to shine. --- ### Crippled Entry Level Packages - Overall rating: 2/5 - Reviewer: Greg N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: March 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Good if you don't need any assistance. Support can take a while and some of the features are crippled in the lower cost packages to incentivize you needing to pay more to fix the problem. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros Not a bad podcasting platform but they cripple the low end offerings to try to persuade customers to upgrade to the more costly packages. #### Cons Crippled website at the lower cost packages. There's no reason for this other than to try to get the person to upgrade. You'll have to buy the video podcast package even if you don't do videos if you want to be able to white label your podcasting site. --- ### A good place to start your podcast - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jeremy H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros It is a very user friendly experience and a great place to start for someone trying to start a podcast #### Cons Not enough variety in tools to customize your show. Other applications give you more ways to improve your content --- ### Podbean | Podcast Hosting in a Simple Way - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Noah M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My Podbean experience has been, overall, positive. I used them from 2018-2022 before switching to a host that provided more at a lower price. I enjoyed how easy-to-use Podbean was, and how it felt so different and customizable compared to it's competitors. This is truly a great place for new podcasters looking to get their feet in the water, and don't know how to deal with all the functions that go into podcasting (IE how to submit RSS feeds, website design, and social media). However, I have dove into the deep end and began looking to branch out my creative endeavors, and I've learned quite a bit about "manual" podcasting. Podbean has a lot of automation, and thus I left when I was ready to take away the automation. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Podbean was my podcast host for years before I eventually left. The positives about Podbean are that they: Have easy distribution, allowing podcasts to be distributed to podcatchers within a matter of days Post customizability. Episode have the wrong MP3? Wrong cover art? Need to change a description? In a matter of clicks, you can easily change what you need. Interface. It wasn't until I switched hosts that I realized how much I miss the Podbean interface. It's easy to navigate, and doesn't take long at all to find what you need. Comments and podcasts. The Podbean website is set up in such a way that you get notifications for new subscribers or comments, and you can easily find podcasts for certain categories, even smaller podcasts. I feel that this encourages smaller creators to keep creating, because it really isn't too hard to discover them. #### Cons I left Podbean because a new competitor, Disctopia, offered more of what I wanted for less of the price. I was on the first paid subscription to Podbean, which allowed for some template-style customization. I wanted to make an entire website, and I kind of did. Unfortunately, the customization at the lower tier for websites is pretty bad, using a lot of coding and drag/drop templates to design a website. Granted, Podbean never claimed to be a website designer. In fact, they boast Wordpress/blog style feeds, making it easier for content creators to post. This was a turn-off for me, but may be great for others. Live-streaming. Oh boy. My cohosts and/or guests had to dial in using their phone, the audio quality was awful, the chat interface was great (as long as you had a Podbean account). I was so excited for this feature, but it just doesn't stand up to it's competitors in terms of usefulness. Used it once, then immediately switched to a different livestream website. Multiple podcasts. On my subscription, I couldn't start another podcast. I'd have to upgrade to be able to, but competitors offered multiple podcasts at a lower rate. This was the main reason I left. As I've crafted a business, I need to be able to host multiple podcasts for multiple clients. Podbean's tiers started jumping up. Customer service. It's not bad, but every time I needed help I was pushed off to a "how-to" video somewhere on the internet. Sometimes it helped. Sometimes I was frustrated. --- ### Podbean really seems to give podcasters everything they need - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Riccardo L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Podbean is one of the few media hosts that really seems to give podcasters pretty much everything they need from start to finish. In particular, I like that Podbean lets you: – share your podcast content to different platforms – easily edit a web page that's automatically created and that accompanies each episode that you publish – different podcast monetization avenues – the ability to live stream your episodes in real-time and even have guests or a co-host call in – join its free community of podcasters to network and learn from others – host video content (perfect if you are considering using or adding video for your show) – mobile app you can use to record, publish episodes, listen to podcasts, go live, and get paid #### Cons The analytics don't seem as accurate and "complete" as on other platforms and depending on what you need, you may end up paying quite a bit for your Podbean plan --- ### Podbean - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It's a perfect experience overall from the beginning till now. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Podbean is an absolute wonder to our podcast hosting. We just started our Podcast "The Maven Show" and it's been amazing so far. #### Cons It's great and amazing so far and has no cons as per us. --- ### Absolutely sickening product and support - Overall rating: 1/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for free trial - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Everything. I told them I had a lot of content I need to upload and they told me I could do it via FTP. I told them I would need their system to extract the ID3 metadata from files while creating episodes and they ASSURED me that it can. It can't. I spent a lot of time uploading 16gb of files all for nothing. It doesn't read a damn thing and all still have to be manually named. Avoid at all cost. They have since stopped replying to my emails because they got caught lying. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 1/5 - Value for money: 1/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 1/5 #### Pros Nothing, it's the worst online software I have ever used #### Cons Everything, especially incompetent support --- ### A review of podbean - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Osarumwense I. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like this this app because it is easily accessible. It runs smoothly without glitch. I like the download option as well. Great functionality! #### Cons I am yet to experience any negative thing with Podbean... --- ### top quality music streaming - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Kevin S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered my favorite music updated with the click of a button. amazing #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The thing i like the most about podbean is that it's very easy to use and i can find weekly updates on my favorite music and podcasts by my favorite dj's. Just by clicking the follow button the latest podcast is already there next time you use the app #### Cons I love this app and i can't fault it at all. 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