Spotify for Creators pricing, price hikes and cheaper alternatives
Spotify for Creators (creators.spotify.com) is a podcast host. Hosting is free with no paid plans; Spotify earns a share of ad revenue from shows enrolled in its monetization programs.. Free plan: Unlimited free hosting with an RSS feed for Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and other apps; one show per account.
What Spotify for Creators costs
- 1 show: free (Spotify says hosting is 'unlimited free hosting'. It publishes no storage, episode or download caps and does not auto-delete episodes.)
- 50k downloads: free (No published download or bandwidth cap, so this is the same free hosting as 'show'.)
- 3 shows: free (Each account holds one show, so this means 3 free accounts, one per show (third-party reviews describe that workaround). Spotify does not publish a per-show fee.)
Plan compared: Free hosting. 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.
Spotify for Creators price hikes
No price hikes on record for Spotify for Creators.
Alternatives to Spotify for Creators
Spotify for Creators is the cheapest podcast host we track at one weekly show. The others:
- Buzzsprout: $18/mo
- Acast: $25/mo
Spotify for Creators alternatives: 2 podcast hosts compared, at every size.
Sources
Pricing page: creators.spotify.com. Prices last checked Oct 16, 2026. Spotify's support FAQ confirms unlimited free hosting and distribution to other platforms. The one-show-per-account limit comes from third-party reviews. I found no sourced price changes since 2020, because hosting has been free since the Anchor days.