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    Crowdcast

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ACrowdcast is a multistreaming platform for private, interactive, supports webinars, and has the capabilities to reach any size audience and connect with your community. Crowdcast is designed to help you reach, grow, and engage your audience.

    $29

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    Podbean

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/APodbean is presented as an easy but powerful platform for podcast hosting and monetization, from the company of the same name in New York. Additionally, the Podbean Pro edition is for business enterprises, supporting internal communications by enabling users to create, publish, manage and measure corporate audio and video podcasts at scale, to meet enterprise podcast needs.

    $14

    per month

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    Unlimited Audio
    $14
    per month
    Unlimited Plus
    $39
    per month
    Business
    $129
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CrowdcastPodbean
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    CrowdcastPodbean
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
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    Crowdcast
    Crowdcast does a great job with live webinars and is one of the top ones available. They have continually improved the product and are coming out with a version two now with a cleaner, easier to use interface with some really cool features. The platform works well and most importantly the live webinars come in clearly and almost never fail. In the past year, things have worked very smoothly which is really a relief. As anyone who does lots of live videos knows, it's crucial to have a smooth, easy-to-use piece of tech that doesn't fail like Crowdcast. Chat comes in a lot better and the features are cooler than Zoom Webinars.
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    Podbean
    Podbean is the best podcast hosting service I have seen so far outside of hosting your own podcast server. It has many tools built in that make hosting and sharing your podcast simple. If you are technically minded, there is good software based on WordPress to create a cheap solution for hosting multiple podcasts, but you don't get as many features and you have to do all the work yourself. If you want a solution to quickly and easily get a podcast off the ground and out into the world without having to worry about lots of technical issues, then Podbean is a good way to go.
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    Pros
    Crowdcast
    • Create live webinars
    • Record webinars
    • Respond to customers in chat and present offers and polls
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    Podbean
    • Good user interface
    • Good sound quality
    • Nice design
    • Desktop version easy to navigate
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    Cons
    Crowdcast
    • Chat replay does not repeat in realtime like Facebooks live video replays
    • New registrants aren't automatically added to email platform, have to download list.
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    Podbean
    • The UI looks a bit dated
    • The plugin we use for WordPress was broken for years and we had to manually post, but they've fixed it recently.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Crowdcast
    WebinarJam got really bad the last couple of years we used it (2 years ago). Crowdcast support has been better and doesn't fail like WebinarJam. Facebook had a bunch of issues as well and isn't the ideal solution in my opinion. Zoom Webinars provide a great video feed, but the chat options and overall functionality are limited.
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    Podbean
    For a personal podcast, I host on WordPress with a plugin called Seriously Simple Podcasting. This solution is a bare bones solution, good if you know how to manage a WordPress website and are able to submit your podcasts manually to different apps and services. If you can afford Podbean I would suggest using it because the WordPress route takes a lot more time and technical knowledge. Podbean takes so much of the hassle and work away from the process.
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    Return on Investment
    Crowdcast
    • Made our company more personal
    • Allows for better interaction with customers
    • Increased retention
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    Podbean
    • I can say that since we have used this tool we have not found any negative aspects or that it has generated us.
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