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Podbean
Who runs Podbean, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest podcast hosting alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Captivate
Measured from Podbean’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Podbean01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Podbean
Podbean podbean.com
Podbean podcast hosting and monetizing platform helps you start a podcast. All the tools you need to create, promote and monetize your podcast.
Wikidata: podcast hosting service
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Podbean tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
trackers that follow visitors
More than all 16 alternatives below.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 7 tools
Advertising and retargeting
Lets ad networks recognise visitors on other sites and show them ads.
Visitor analytics
Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.
Marketing and email tracking
Links visits to email campaigns and customer profiles.
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
Third-party embeds
Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Podbean
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Podbean, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01 Captivate captivate.fm
London-based podcast marketing, hosting, analytics and monetization platform
Very close - 02
The Best Podcast Hosting Platform | Libsyn
The best podcast hosting, distribution & monetization platform. Detailed stats | Excellent service | Start for free
Very close - 03
Host Unlimited Shows • Best Audio and Video Podcast Hosting • Transistor
Upload once and distribute your video and audio podcast to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and more. Unlimited shows, detailed analytics, free podcast website, and real human support.
Very close - 04
podcast hosting service
Very close - 05
Spreaker
Discover a world of captivating podcasts and immersive audio experiences on Spreaker. Dive in and elevate your listening journey today!
Very close - 06 Simplecast simplecast.com
podcast hosting and distribution platform
Very close - 07
Acast: The Best Podcast Monetization Platform
Acast helps podcasters earn more. As the leading podcast monetization platform, we connect creators with premium advertisers to drive reliable revenue.
Very close - 08
ART19
American podcasting company
Very close - 09
FeedPress – RSS Analytics and Podcast Hosting, Done Right
The most trusted solution for bloggers and podcasters to manage, track, and grow their RSS feeds with powerful analytics and seamless hosting.
Very close - 10
The leading podcast platform in Spanish - iVoox
Enjoy thousands of podcasts, audiobooks and radio stations in the biggest audio catalog in Spanish. Listen for free wherever and whenever you want on iVoox!
Very close - 11
Substack
Substack is the app for independent voices: a free newsletter, video, and podcast hosting platform with paid subscriptions built in.
Very close - 12 Very close
- 13
Riverside: HD Podcast & Video Software | Free Recording & Editing
Riverside is your online studio for high-quality podcast and video recording and editing. Powered by AI, built for human conversations. Get started for free.
Very close - 14
Podtrac - Podtrac Home
Podtrac provides industry standard podcast measurement data for podcast publishers and advertisers.
Very close - 15
Audiomack - Music platform empowering artists & fans | Audiomack
Audiomack is a youth-driven, artist-first music streaming platform that allows creators to share unlimited music and podcast content for free.
Very close - 16
Home Page - Shoutcast
media streaming software
Very close - 17
IONOS » Hosting Provider | Websites. Domains. Server.
IONOS, your digital partner for cloud solutions and web hosting, supporting your needs from websites, domains, servers, and more.
Very close - 18
Podimo: Listen to Podcasts and Thousands of Audiobooks
Podimo offers podcast only available in our app, thousands of audiobooks and a lively community of creators and listeners.
Very close - 19
Mintlify - The documentation platform for agents
Self-updating documentation for startups, enterprises, and agents.
Very close - 20
Web Hosting Built for Growth - DreamHost
DreamHost offers domain names, web hosting, managed WordPress hosting, business email, and much more. 100% uptime guarantee, 24/7 support. Sign up today!
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Podbean’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Podbean uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Podbean adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 18 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,192
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 39 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Podbean’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js
- CSS & UI
- Bootstrap asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap/5.1.3/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js
- Fonts
- Google Fonts page source: fonts.gstatic.com
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Advertising
- Google Ads conversion tracking page source: gtag('config', 'AW-
- Microsoft Advertising UET page source: bat.bing.com/bat.js
- X (Twitter) Pixel page source: static.ads-twitter.com/uwt.js
- Marketing automation
- HubSpot page source: js.hs-scripts.com
- Live chat & support
- Freshworks TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:sendgrid…
- CDN
- cdnjs asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lazysizes/5.3.2/lazysizes.min.js
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a5630ef8990652d8-HAM
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:sendgrid…
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:sendgrid…
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS fred.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=NCt9Rrxp9sG6TMOZ
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=SQWa5rdBQaxJejqd8YebIC9qXpPDzXLcwY00QfJojK8
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace 17/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on podbean.com 9/20
- Cloudflare DNS 8/20
- Cloudflare 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on podbean.com 8/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on podbean.com 7/20
- Zendesk · not on podbean.com 7/20
- HubSpot 6/20
- Stripe · not on podbean.com 6/20
- Next.js · not on podbean.com 6/20
- React · not on podbean.com 6/20
- OneTrust · not on podbean.com 5/20
- Google Fonts 4/20
- OpenAI · not on podbean.com 4/20
- Amazon SES 4/20