Acast alternatives
At one weekly show, Acast costs $25 a month. 2 podcast hosts cost less, from $0 (Spotify for Creators). Ranked by price at the size you pick, with free plans, price hikes and how to switch.
Alternatives to Acast at one weekly show, cheapest first
- Spotify for Creators: free Free; one show per account (Free hosting). Free plan: Unlimited free hosting with an RSS feed for Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and other apps; one show per account.
- Buzzsprout: $18/mo Annual billing: $15/mo (Audio ($18/mo monthly, 6 upload hrs/mo)). Free plan: Free plan with 2 upload hours a month, but episodes are removed after 90 days.. Last price hike: Aug 2025.
Prices at every size
- Acast: one weekly show $25/mo, 50,000 downloads a month $25/mo, three weekly shows $25/mo (Free if show qualifies for Acast ads)
- Spotify for Creators: one weekly show free, 50,000 downloads a month free, three weekly shows free (Free; one show per account)
- Buzzsprout: one weekly show $18/mo, 50,000 downloads a month $18/mo, three weekly shows $36/mo (Annual billing: $15/mo)
Prices are USD per month on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12). The headline is one weekly show (4 one-hour episodes and up to 5,000 downloads a month, with a year of back catalogue kept online); the other figures are that show at 50,000 downloads a month, and three such shows.
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