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Hosting, distribution and monetisation for podcast publishers

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SI Score: 80/100
Pricing: Subscription AI reading, not confirmed
Free plan: Not confirmed
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What it does

Podbean provides podcast hosting and publishing with recording, audience and monetisation tools.

Record and edit in Podbean's mobile app, or upload finished media, then publish an RSS feed and submit the show to listening directories. The hosting plan affects what that workflow can carry. Unlimited Audio is audio-only with 1 GB of monthly uploads; Unlimited Plus adds audio or video with 10 GB. Unlimited total storage does not remove the monthly upload allowance.

Private podcasting belongs to the Business offering, separate from public distribution. Ads Marketplace, dynamic insertion and Apple Podcasts subscriptions are monetisation routes rather than a promise that a new show will earn immediately.

Strengths

Mobile recording workflow
Podcast distribution tools

Best for

Creators launching and managing a podcast

Sources

Free Podcast hosting and Monetizing Platform | Podbean (Oct 26, 2026)
Podbean Pricing - Start Your Podcast Today | Podbean (Oct 26, 2026)

SI Score

80/100

#1 in Podcasts

Based on published information. No hands-on task test.

Method 2.0 · Published source review Assessed Oct 26, 2026Score ceiling for this evidence: 84/100.

Product usefulness 80

Evidence

Official publishing, mobile production, distribution and RSS documentation combine with explicit audio/video upload and private-podcast plan limits. That resolves the basic workflow and its boundaries at 80; ad acceptance and earnings remain unverified.

Limits: AI review of saved source passages. No hands-on test, human approval or automatic-provider checker receipt.

Source links and check dates are in Sources and checks below.

Separate website checks

These checks do not add points to the SI Score. They inspect the website's HTML, not the product in use.

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Policy links do not verify a company's conduct. An HTML response time is not application speed. Tracker and accessibility checks miss behavior after page load. Copyright dates do not prove product upkeep.

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Unconfirmed details may be unassessed, absent from the pages checked or temporarily unreadable. A missing price does not mean the service is free.

Sources and checks

Supporting pages for product usefulness, site facts, prices and separate website checks. Each record keeps its own date. Reading a page does not establish how well the product performs in use.

www.podbean.com/podcast-hosting-pricing
- PricingAI reading, not confirmedChecked Oct 26, 2026
  The hosting comparison shows monthly and annual paid audio, audio/video, network and business plans.
- Product usefulness evidenceChecked Oct 26, 2026
www.podbean.com/
- Product usefulness evidenceChecked Oct 26, 2026

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