--- title: "Anchor Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of Anchor. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if Anchor is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/242142-Anchor/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Podcast Hosting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/podcast-hosting/) / [Anchor](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/242142-Anchor/) / Anchor Reviews 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](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/242142-Anchor/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/242142-Anchor/alternatives/) # Anchor User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.7/5 - Total reviews: 61 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.8/5 - Customer support: 4.2/5 - Value for money: 4.8/5 - Functionality: 4.5/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 43 reviews (70%) - 4 stars: 16 reviews (26%) - 3 stars: 2 reviews (3%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - It has very good audio editing, the sound is crisp and they are always available to answer to question very quickly. - Make uploading videos to spotify easy. - Loved it, wish I never left. When Spotify took control I was offered a free "lifetime" offer with a competitor and I regret it to this day. ### Most mentioned cons - The analytics do not give enough information to be able to focus on areas of growth. - Google integration from my tablet seemed to not always work when listening to podcasts got 404 errors. - Not a lot of cons for a free service. ## Anchor customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 61 (page 1). ### I Switched from Anchor (Spotify for Creators) to Riverside.fm Hosting - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Media Production - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: 1-3 years · weekly - Reviewed: May 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Great but I switch to riverside because It givves me better analitics a website and, publishes better to YouTube. But Anchor now known as Spotify for Creators is great for a begginer Podcaster. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It was an easy workflow and well organized. Make uploading videos to spotify easy. Sense its free there is great value for money. #### Cons It only Showed Analytics from Spotify which isn't helpful for podcasting and learning about your episodes. The customer support isnt great --- ### A great place to start for Podcasting - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: 3-5 years · monthly - 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 have used a few different services and even with some of its lacking features, the ability to easily roll out your podcast makes Anchor a clear choice #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The ease of use going from uploading your audio assets to then sharing your podcast to all major outlets is very helpful #### Cons The analytics do not give enough information to be able to focus on areas of growth. Other services such as Podtrac give greater details, but Anchor and Spotify were removed as accessible for that service --- ### Anchor review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: April 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall it was a great experience. I got exactly what I was looking for. It is a great value for my money. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It has very good audio editing, the sound is crisp and they are always available to answer to question very quickly. #### Cons The voice and vocal recording option was hard to use, the interface was not friendly to use. A lot of time to learn it. --- ### Simple but very functional for podcasting - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Guy G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: May 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered A great way to manage professional podcasts #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Clipping segments together, adding background music, publishing to multiple platforms #### Cons Only one podcast supported per account... so I simply have multiple accounts --- ### Best software for podcast hosting & distribution. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Nujan S. - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Absolutely Amazing. Everything you need as a podcast publisher. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This is undoubtedly one of the greatest and free podcast hosting softwares. Anchor allows us to publish to numerous channels simultaneously. I've been hosting and distributing podcasts for a few months. It is simple and straightforward to use. This software also allows for the editing of podcasts on a basic level. #### Cons I believe that things would be even better if the content were published a little bit earlier than they are right now. At the moment, it may take a few days for the updated podcast content to become available. --- ### The complete and functional command bridge for your podcasting project - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Luciano Z. - Industry: Information Services - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: 1-3 years · monthly - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Anchor is a good option for many podcasters and a very poor one for others. If you want to test the world of podcasts and you're not sure yet and you're looking for a completely free platform, Anchor is a great solution. It actually does its job very well! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Anchor is a tool designed for every podcaster: you can record from different devices, such as smartphones or tablets, you can build your episodes in different segments and decide to add transitions between them, it allows you to import an existing audio and add a background audio using Anchor's library. You can also convert video files to audio and create custom covers in seconds. #### Cons Anchor is not the best when it comes to recording: for this function it might be better to opt for an external recorder and then import the audio files to Anchor. --- ### Anchor Charts An Easy Path For Beginner Podcasters - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Morgan T. - Industry: Cosmetics - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: less than 1 year · monthly - Reviewed: January 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I very much like using Anchor, the experience has been great for me as a beginner. I highly recommend this software to anyone who wants to quickly get started with blogging. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like that this is very easy program to use, but there are many ways to add professional details. #### Cons I would love a more detailed description of the more advanced features, such as editing my podcast. --- ### Highly Recommend This Podcast Tool - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Emelda D. - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · monthly - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Anchor Fm is very great and I have enjoyed using it to publish my podcast #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I love that it gives me tips on how best to publish the podcast and the analytics helps me to keep creating relevant content. I can also record and save my podcast if I am not ready to publish #### Cons Its not easy to edit recordings of my podcast. The setup is not simple to complete that task --- ### one of the best podcast tools for beginners - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: eric lionel z. - Industry: Civil Engineering - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: August 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered very nice experience #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros ease of creation of an account the fact of knowing the regions or the countries in which my podcast is the most listened allows me to be able to retain my listeners #### Cons it is necessary to add several languages in order to facilitate the understanding of the software to the other users of the world --- ### The perfect free option for podcasting - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Gonzalo P. - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · monthly - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Using Spotify as a tool to sell, as business use, is an increasingly common strategy. We started using Anchor.fm to be able to share with the world of podcast listeners, our webinars that we uploaded to YouTube. We adapt them, we convert them into podcasts and we already have a new communication channel. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Anchor.fm is a phenomenal tool to host podcasts to Spotify easily and for free. It has multiple options to optimize your podcast: add music, transitions, edit audios, allow comments, edit the cover, and even allow you to record audio from the same platform. #### Cons One of the cons of this software is that monetization features are not available in certain regions. This means that if your intention is to make money with the podcasts that you upload to Spotify, living in certain regions, you will not be able to do it. --- ### The easiest way to make a podcast - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jonas D. - Industry: Management Consulting - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: 1-3 years · weekly - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I love anchor that's make me easy to product a good quality podcast. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros With Anchor your podcas's hosting is free and you are distribute everywhere, that's a game changer. You can set up your podcast in 5 minutes to chrono, thanks to it #### Cons One of the downside that i have with is just the podcast analytics that's not seems to be pretty accurate. --- ### The BestPlatform for Starting a Podcast - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Online Media - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The best way to start a new podcast, and its free. Has more features than paid competitors. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Anchor easily allows you to publish your podcast on many platforms with ease. All from one location. It also allows you to convert video files from audio, which is a feature I needed. #### Cons Limited features. Does not allow listeners to subscribe on Anchor. They have to go to a different platform to do that. --- ### Monetize with no minimum listenership! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Leah G. - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: 1-3 years · monthly - 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. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love that you can monetize with no minimum listenership. It’s easy to upload and add ads in post from the app. Little edits are easy to make as well. #### Cons They don’t send the podcast to as many streaming platforms as I’d like. Spreaker will send it to YouTube but Anchor will generate a video for you that you have to correct for hours (because the speech recognition is lacking) and then upload to YouTube yourself. Also the analytics on listeners is skeletal, only gives you gender and location pretty much. --- ### charlies review on anchor - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Information Services - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. After I discovered that there was a difference between the app and browser. I chose the browser. See above for reason. Customer service is helpful and polite. it is also easy access to chat to some one. the bot is not a bot that does not understand what you are saying. it is nearly as good quality as microsoft chat. it connects you pretty quick with customer service. 10 out of 10 for that. overal, I like anchor simple and direct. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros that the browser is far easier to use, then the app, one can not over see in the app. it is more for listeners that creators. I have no understanding how it works. the customer service agent could not explain it as there is no visual or verbal connection to show some one with sharing screens. #### Cons also what was annoying was that when you down load the app, it does not give you a choice on which email to use. as I registered on the webbrowser. it did not automatically find it. so I deleted the app. downloading the app also takes up to much room on the computer that is why i like to work in the browser --- ### Very good podcast hosting and distribution platform - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · weekly - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It makes it very easy to create podcast, one can even record directly from anchor mobile app and post, though audio quality may not be the best in such case.It gives audio editing options such as adding intro, outro before posting.It helps podcast grow by distributing it on various platforms. #### Cons Does not have features such as audio noise reduction.Podcast monetisation via paid subscription feature is currently available to only to select users, but is expected to be released soon. --- ### Love Podcasting with Anchor! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Corinthian W. - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · weekly - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This app has made my life so much easier when it comes to podcasting! Before getting this app, I had no idea where to even start. In addition to covering all basis when it comes to creating podcast episodes, anchor also distributes your podcast to all podcast platforms for free. You can sync music from spotify into the podcast too. I also like that you can see how many listens you get. As a big bonus, you can monetize your podcast easily on anchor. I highly recommend this app to any and everyone that asks me about getting started with podcasting! #### Cons I honestly don't have any cons. If I just had to choose something, I would say that some of the sound effect options could be improved. I wish that they had the sound of a school bell ringing. But that is not necessary, all of their features are really amazing. --- ### Miglior piattaforma per ospitare i tuoi podacast - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Max G. - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Grauito, semplice da utilizzare, pubblichi ovunque…cosa vuoi di piu? #### Cons Niente da segnalare, in italia non e ancora disponibile la monetizzazione --- ### Un todo en uno genial para podcasters - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Me permite publicar mi podcast cada semana de forma sencilla y en muy poco tiempo, algo que agradezco mucho. También me permite conocer mejor a mi audiencia gracias a sus métricas, que son bastante completas. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Sin duda la facilidad para subir y almacenar los episodios de mi podcast, así como distribuirlos a otras plataformas de podcasting (y además gratis). #### Cons El editor de audio no está mal, pero es muy simple. Con un par de funcionalidades más como opciones de corte, crear varias pistas, etc.esta herramienta ganaría mucho. --- ### Anchor app review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Research - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: less than 1 year · monthly - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Financial problems paying for anchor ads, all features are very good to use. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros What I liked most was the practicality of using the editing resources, easy and intuitive to use, easy to integrate into business and monetization. #### Cons They could offer an option to extract audio or separate audio from video, there are no tools that are difficult to use, integration with businesses is a little difficult because it is necessary to have ads. --- ### The Best Way to Get into Podcasting - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: 1-3 years · monthly - Reviewed: November 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, I like the options it has, as well as automatic publishing and up-to-date in-depth analytics. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like that this software is easy to use, integrates well with Spotify, and allows you to make podcasts from your phone. #### Cons Google integration from my tablet seemed to not always work when listening to podcasts got 404 errors. --- ### Funzionalità innovative ma poi non mi aveva convinta - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: a free trial · monthly - Reviewed: July 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Mi attraeva molto la funzione che permetteva di registrare podcast in diretta facendosi inviare note vocali dai partecipanti. #### Cons Avevo solo fatto un test della funzionalità di Anchor di far registrare podcast in diretta, ma l'ultilizzo mi era sembrato macchinoso, quindi poi ho smesso di usarlo. --- ### Anchor in the Classroom - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · monthly - Reviewed: March 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered For how my teachers use it, we have been really pleased. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Anchor keeps things really easy, and gives you the power to make the podcasts only available to certain people or globally. #### Cons Editing within Anchor can feel limited. --- ### Great app for Hosting Podcasts - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · monthly - Reviewed: December 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It was very easy to use, and made it super easy to upload podcast episodes on to Spotify. #### Cons There's not a lot of customization but it is simple to use and still good for those wanting to host a podcast. --- ### Raising the Anchor - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Camencia F. - Industry: Broadcast Media - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: August 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered The funds spent on Anchor is worth every penny. There is more to it than just hit record and upload. There is also mental therapy that takes place the more you use it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Anchor is so easy to use; you just plug in the data and go. I really miss recording my podcasts. The hardest part of its use was coming up with ways to keep my words in the correct order. Mostly because I had so many of them. #### Cons At the time of my usage of the software, there was no live or AI features available. This can only mean one thing; time to revisit Anchor and share what's new! --- ### Best & Free Podcasting App I discovered - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Digital Shivam N. - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Anchor was the first free app I discovered when I started podcasting. #### Cons I believe it's UI can be improved for responsiveness. ---