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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Discord

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ADiscord is an app designed to connect users with communities over voice, video, and text chat, via Discord servers, a gaming and game industry oriented app for growing communities around video games and allowing developers to communicate with their customer base; the app may yet also be used for business communications of other kinds.

    $4.99

    per month

    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

    Pricing
    DiscordPodbean
    Editions & Modules
    Discord Nitro
    $0
    Discord Nitro Classic
    $0
    Unlimited Audio
    $14
    per month
    Unlimited Plus
    $39
    per month
    Business
    $129
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DiscordPodbean
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    DiscordPodbean
    Considered Both Products
    Discord
    No answer on this topic
    Podbean
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    30 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    DiscordPodbean
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Discord and Podbean
    Feature
    Discord
    4.4
    32 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Podbean
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management1.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts1.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling4.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation4.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.330 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search7.727 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools1.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Discord and Podbean
    Feature
    Discord
    7.0
    32 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Podbean
    -
    Ratings
    Chat9.432 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications7.331 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions8.732 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys7.422 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase5.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Discord and Podbean
    Feature
    Discord
    7.0
    31 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Podbean
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning5.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files6.529 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files6.829 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration6.116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features5.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync8.121 Ratings00 Ratings
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    DiscordPodbean
    Small Businesses
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Descript
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Adobe Audition
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
    Adobe Audition
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DiscordPodbean
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (32 ratings)
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DiscordPodbean
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discord
    Discord works phenomenally if you want a chat platform that is free, quick to set up, and very flexible in the ways you can start using it. It doesn't require a complex set of logins for different servers and confusion about adding new members, or tough pricing right out of the gate. If you prefer to view full conversations all in one place without them "splintering" off into branches that are missed, Discord works great for this. All in all, Discord is great for startup companies or lean working companies, but it does not lend itself as well for larger, traditional "corporate" enterprises.
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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
    Discord
    • One to many Communications to ensure that we can quickly get messages out when we have to.
    • Quick polling of questions and issues
    • The ability to gate channels so we can focus on folks that we know are stakeholders gives them an added feeling of belonging and that they have a say in the direction of projects.
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    Podbean
    • Good user interface
    • Good sound quality
    • Nice design
    • Desktop version easy to navigate
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discord
    • Better volume balancing between members on a call.
    • More customizability of the notification sound for each server. It would be nice to set each of my important servers with a different notification sound.
    • More expansive note section when you view another user's profile. I'd like to be able to contain more information there in a more organized way.
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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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    Usability
    Discord
    It just works, and works well. Very rarely does anything go wrong, and I can't remember the last outage (sure there's been some but very rare and not something I even think about or worry about). Desktop clients, web access, mobile clients - the lot. Very happy with our easy it is to use.
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    Podbean
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Discord
    There is plenty of online documentation and knowledge base articles. As well as having an open API to be able to tie it into other products makes it a really viable solution for any business. I have never had to contact support, any questions which I have need answered can be found in the documentation,
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    Podbean
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Discord
    I like Slack for more professional settings, but Discord is excellent for casual groups, especially when a few people do not have iPhones. They're very similar, but I think there are a lot of Discord features I don't take advantage of, mainly because there seems to be so much in the sidebar that overwhelms me a bit.
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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
    Discord
    • Discord has allowed us to connect to students when typical email & text would not work.
    • Discord has allowed easy creation and communication for small group leaders and their students.
    • Discord is free and so many students have access to it.
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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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