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Castos vs Podbean

Price, free plan and alternatives, side by side

The comparison in short

Cheapest per year

Podbean

$144/yr

24% less than Castos

Who has a free plan
  • Castosno free plan
  • Podbeanhas a free plan
Easiest to rebuild

Castos, Podbean

Worth subscribing

On price, Podbean wins. To start without paying, Podbean has a free plan.

Side-by-side comparison

APPLICATIONCastosAudio & videoPodbeanAudio & video
Monthly billing$19/moStarter$17/moUnlimited Audio
Per year$190/yrannual plan · −17%$144/yrannual plan · −29%
Billing modelFlat subscriptionFlat subscription
Free tierno free tier5 hours/500 MB total storage, 100 GB bandwidth/month, 3 episodes/day, 100 MB/file and 20 episodes in the RSS feed
Additional costsAn extra 500 private subscribers costs $50/month; AI Assistant costs $10/month; exceeding a private-subscriber limit can automatically move the account to the next tier; after cancellation hosted files become unavailable.Despite the word Unlimited, paid plans cap monthly uploads; extra podcasts and additional AI credits are sold separately at prices not posted publicly.
Can you rebuild it?Worth subscribingnot a true replacement; consolation build in one to two daysWorth subscribingnot a true replacement; consolation build in one to two days
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Checked on10/20/202610/20/2026
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