Acast pricing, price hikes and cheaper alternatives
Acast (acast.com) is a podcast host. Free Starter tier plus flat monthly plans (Essential, Pro, Video) per account, with a discount for annual billing; no download caps.. Free plan: Starter: 1 show, 5 episodes, unlimited downloads; unlimited episodes only if accepted into Acast's ad marketplace (subject to eligibility).
What Acast costs
- 1 show: $25/mo (Essential $25/mo monthly ($14.99/mo billed annually). Free Starter caps at 5 episodes unless the show qualifies for Acast's ad marketplace (eligibility not guaranteed), so it is not counted as 0.)
- 50k downloads: $25/mo (Downloads are unlimited on all plans, so same Essential $25/mo.)
- 3 shows: $25/mo (Essential includes 'multiple shows' per account (exact cap not published), so 3 shows on one Essential plan at $25/mo.)
Plan compared: Essential. 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.
Acast price hikes
No price hikes on record for Acast.
Cheaper alternatives to Acast
At one weekly show, Acast costs $25/mo. 2 podcast hosts cost less:
- Spotify for Creators: free (Free hosting)
- Buzzsprout: $18/mo (Audio ($18/mo monthly, 6 upload hrs/mo))
Acast alternatives: 2 podcast hosts compared, at every size.
Sources
Pricing page: acast.com/pricing. Prices last checked Oct 16, 2026. Prices from the official US pricing page (currency shown as $, region USA). Older third-party listings show Influencer $14.99 and Ace $29.99 (likely annual-billed equivalents), but I found no dated, sourced price change. The Essential show cap is not published.