Podcast hosts compared: prices and price hikes
Compare podcast hosts by what a weekly show actually costs, how that changes as downloads and shows grow, how prices have changed, and which features each alternative really replaces.
Prices at one weekly show
- Spotify for Creators: free
- Buzzsprout: $18/mo · last hike Aug 2025
- Acast: $25/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.