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What is Podbean?

Podbean is presented as an easy but powerful platform for podcast hosting and monetization, from the company of the same name in New York. Additionally, the Podbean Pro edition is for business enterprises, supporting internal communications by enabling users to create, publish, manage and measure corporate audio and video podcasts at scale, to meet enterprise podcast needs.

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What users are saying about Podbean.
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Podbean offers Quick and Easy management of all your podcasts.

Incentivized
Seth PaineView profile
Web & Media Developer at The Coming Home Network International (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Podbean to host and publish multiple podcasts. Podbean is a great solution for our podcast hosting because it takes all of the guesswork out of the whole process of uploading and sharing our podcasts. It has tools to quickly submit podcasts to many services like iTunes and Google Play. It also has a player that can be embedded directly into web pages. It also has helpful analytics so I can see how many people are listening to each podcast episode.

Pros

  • Easy upload and management of podcast episodes.
  • Easy process of submitting shows to podcast apps and services.
  • Player to embed into web pages.
  • Useful analytics information.
  • Easy to host multiple shows.

Cons

  • Better analytics data. I would like to know what players people are using most.
  • More obvious limitations of number of podcasts allowed in each pricing tier. Saying Business has unlimited number of podcasts is misleading if that is for unlimited private podcasts and only 2 public.

Most Important Features

  • Ease of uploading new podcast episodes.
  • Useful analytics information.
  • Ease of submitting podcasts to apps and services.
  • New apps and services being added.
  • No need to worry about technical issues of hosting.

Return on Investment

  • I have saved time not having to manage a podcast server.
  • I have been able to show the rest of the organization how popular our podcasts are via analytics.
  • It is good to put our podcasts out to as many apps and services as possible as easily as possible.

Alternatives Considered

WordPress

Other Software Used

WooCommerce, Adobe Audition, Final Cut Pro X

The best tool for us

Jayden NishimuraView profile
Digital Marketing Director in Marketing at Nintendo (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Podbean is a simple podcast hosting provider. I use it for video format podcasts on Apple and distribute the audio-only version to the other podcast platforms. So far, I have experienced no downtime and fast uploads/downloads.

Pros

  • It's easy to navigate and doesn't take long to find what you need.
  • The process for uploading video and audio podcasts is intuitive and hassle-free.
  • Configuration is intuitive and straightforward, which is appreciated.
  • Access to multiple Podcasting streams.

Cons

  • In my point of general use, I have not found any fault with the product, so we are very comfortable.

Most Important Features

  • You can easily submit to podcast directories like Apple and Google right from the Podbean interface.
  • It is easy to use and easy to use for beginners. I recommend it to everyone, the best software for the price.
  • You can also connect to your social media accounts and get your own podcast landing page.

Return on Investment

  • I can say that since we have used this tool we have not found any negative aspects or that it has generated us.

Other Software Used

UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform

Great software, good user interface

Incentivized
Verified User
Professional in Sales (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Listening to podcasts about the food industry for trend research. Address problems similar to iTunes Podcasts but with a superior interface. Allows companies to use ads at a more economical rate. Free podcast app, Enables live streaming. Very user-friendly, videos are seamless when streaming. The desktop version is also easy to navigate.

Pros

  • Good user interface
  • Good sound quality
  • Nice design
  • Desktop version easy to navigate

Cons

  • Needs to advertise better
  • Visual quality
  • Loading times

Most Important Features

  • Sounds quality second to none
  • Industry leading content
  • Great accessibility

Return on Investment

  • Little return on investment for my role.
  • It is easy to use to help me achieve my goals.
  • I enjoy using it.

Alternatives Considered

Apple Health, Spotify for Artists and Google Pay

Other Software Used

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Simplified Nutrition Online, nutriapptech, Nutickets, Canva

Reliable, cost effect podcast hosting

Incentivized
Verified User
Employee (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it to upload sermons as a weekly podcast. We also make use of the Podbean WordPress plugin to auto-post each podcast/sermon to our church website. We typically only post one podcast per week, but we do so every single week. Our listener-ship is pretty low, less than 100 listeners per week, but we're consistent.

Pros

  • Easy to use
  • Reliable audio hosting
  • Good integration with our WordPress website

Cons

  • The UI looks a bit dated
  • The plugin we use for WordPress was broken for years and we had to manually post, but they've fixed it recently.

Most Important Features

  • Cost
  • Reliability
  • Ease of use

Return on Investment

  • Great ROI because we don't have to use another service or change our process for posting
  • The only negative impact was on my time when I had to manually post when the WordPress plugin was broken.
  • We have things automated now, so it's a great positive impact

Alternatives Considered

WordPress

Other Software Used

WordPress, Yoast Wordpress SEO Plugins, ManageWP

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