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Features
49 features across 17 categories
Analytics(7)
Advanced analytics with 180 days of insights plus location, time trends, episode details, comparisons, and reviews
Basic analytics with 90 days of insights
Get insights into total subscribers, all-time downloads, top episodes, geographic location data, device types, and listening apps used
Export show metrics into CSV format
Access analytics data up to 365 days
Analytics are IAB-certified for reliability and accuracy
Track podcast performance with real-time analytics and analyze trends to understand your audience
Collaboration(2)
Invite team members to collaborate on your podcast
Add unlimited team members to manage multiple podcasts
Community(1)
Join exclusive Slack community for podcasters
Content Management(10)
AI-powered automatic transcript generation for episodes
Transform audio podcast episodes into engaging videos for YouTube
Automatically generate transcripts for episodes to improve accessibility and discoverability
Add chapters to your episodes for better navigation and engagement
Customize podcast cover, episode and chapter artwork
Schedule episode releases at optimal times based on analytics insights
Support for Podcasting 2.0 features including soundbites, chapters, and transcripts
Publish episodes retroactively with custom dates
Create soundbites from your podcast episodes for social media sharing and promotion
Support for TXT tags in podcast metadata
Core Hosting(3)
Host unlimited podcast episodes without restrictions
Host unlimited podcasts under the same account
Unlimited audio storage for all podcast episodes
Discovery(1)
Access to Podroll recommendations feature
Distribution(5)
Automatically distribute podcasts to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube, and all major listening apps
Embed episodes into 3rd party websites to reach new fans
Get a public RSS feed for your podcast
Automatically publish podcast episodes to YouTube as videos
Share episodes across popular social networks with one-click sharing
Education(1)
Free learning materials for podcasters in blog and knowledge base
Features(2)
Geolocate your show and episodes for local targeting
Access to extra features like Soundbites, Publish in the Past, and TXT tag
Infrastructure(3)
Guaranteed 99.99% platform uptime
State-of-the-art CDN with 225+ Points of Presence in 90 cities across 47 countries
Support for Podping on Hive, environmentally friendly podcasting technology
Integration(1)
Public API access to automate podcast publishing and marketing workflows
Monetization(5)
Become an RSS.com affiliate and make money promoting a service you already use
Offer exclusive content and earn recurring revenue directly through Apple Podcasts
Enable a donation button on your podcast website for listener payments via PayPal, Patreon, or GoFundMe
Enable dynamic ads with as few as 10 downloads and automatically insert pre-roll, mid-roll, or post-roll ads to earn money
Get real-time Bitcoin payments from listeners through Podcasting 2.0 apps
Privacy(1)
Keep your email address private on your podcast
Security(1)
Copyright protection for your podcast content
Support(2)
Get real human support available 24/7 in English, Spanish and Italian
Priority human customer support available 24/7
User Interface(1)
Easy-to-use and powerful dashboard interface for managing your podcast
Website(3)
Embeddable podcast player for your website with custom branding options
Free, fully optimized and customizable website that features your show, episodes, social sharing, and donation buttons
Embed episodes without RSS.com branding in external websites
Pricing
Local and Niche
- ✓Unlimited episodes
- ✓Unlimited audio
- ✓Public RSS feed
- ✓Embeddable podcast player
- ✓Podcast website
- ✓Episode scheduling
- ✓Transcripts
- ✓Share episodes in one click
- ✓Basic analytics
- ✓Automatic distribution to directories
- ✓Accept listener donations
- ✓Value for Value payments
- ✓Keep email private
- ✓Podroll recommendations
- ✓Access to Power-Ups
- ✓Geolocate your show and episodes
- ✓Copyright protection
- ✓Human support
All in One Podcasting
Popular- ✓Make money with dynamic ad insertions from as low as 10 downloads
- ✓Apple Podcasts Subscriptions
- ✓Audio-to-video conversion for YouTube
- ✓Invite team members
- ✓Unbranded embedded podcast player
- ✓AI-generated transcripts
- ✓Advanced analytics with 180 days of insights
- ✓Join exclusive Slack community
- ✓Priority human customer support
- ✓Unlimited episodes
- ✓Unlimited audio
- ✓Public RSS feed
- ✓Podcast website
- ✓Episode scheduling
- ✓Share episodes in one click
- ✓Automatic distribution to directories
- ✓Accept listener donations
- ✓Value for Value payments
- ✓Keep email private
- ✓Podroll recommendations
- ✓Access to Power-Ups
- ✓Geolocate your show and episodes
- ✓Copyright protection
Podcast Networks
- ✓Unlimited podcasts
- ✓Unlimited team member seats
- ✓Extended analytics data up to 365 days
- ✓API access
- ✓Make money with dynamic ad insertions from as low as 10 downloads
- ✓Apple Podcasts Subscriptions
- ✓Audio-to-video conversion for YouTube
- ✓Unbranded embedded podcast player
- ✓AI-generated transcripts
- ✓Advanced analytics
- ✓Join exclusive Slack community
- ✓Priority human customer support
- ✓Unlimited episodes
- ✓Unlimited audio
- ✓Public RSS feed
- ✓Podcast website
- ✓Episode scheduling
- ✓Share episodes in one click
- ✓Automatic distribution to directories
- ✓Accept listener donations
- ✓Value for Value payments
- ✓Keep email private
- ✓Podroll recommendations
- ✓Access to Power-Ups
- ✓Geolocate your show and episodes
- ✓Copyright protection
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Integrations
11 known integrations