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ONCE Campfire vs. Podbean vs. Spotify for Podcasters

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ONCE Campfire

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ACampfire is a group chat and team collaboration tool, that allows users to create a shared space where members can collaborate by group texting. Features similar to Campfire are included in Basecamp. Both are products by 37signals.

    $299

    one-time fee

    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

    Spotify for Podcasters

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASpotify for Podcasters, formerly Anchor, is a podcasting platform, enabling the user to create, distribute, and monetize a podcast. It is available via a free plan. It features built-in uploading, recording, and editing tools so the can easily create and publish episodes.N/A
    Pricing
    ONCE CampfirePodbeanSpotify for Podcasters
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    $49.00
    per month
    Unlimited Audio
    $14
    per month
    Unlimited Plus
    $39
    per month
    Business
    $129
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ONCE CampfirePodbeanSpotify for Podcasters
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    ONCE CampfirePodbeanSpotify for Podcasters
    Considered Multiple Products
    37signals
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    Podbean
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    Spotify
    Chose Spotify for Podcasters
    Podbean is a little more old school and rudimentary - Spotify for podcasters was recommended to me as a better option, so I tried it and liked it better than when I used to use Podbean years ago. It could have changed since I used it last and improved, but I’m not sure.
    Incentivized
    Chose Spotify for Podcasters
    Anchor gets the job done. It's free and with the direct ownership of Spotify, there is the ability to have the backing of that large stable organization. Anchor also supports video podcasts - not many of the other podcast platforms support this functionality just yet - a HUGE …
    Incentivized
    Chose Spotify for Podcasters
    Anchor, by Spotify hit the sweet spot of features vs. cost and ease of use.
    Incentivized
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
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    User Ratings
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    User Testimonials
    ONCE CampfirePodbeanSpotify for Podcasters
    Likelihood to Recommend
    37signals
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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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    Spotify
    Anchor is a great podcast app for folks just starting out with podcasting or who want some of the technical things to be streamlined and simplified. With the built-in audience of Spotify subscribers, it's also easy to get started with a listening audience. There are easy ways to connect to other Podcast platforms and easy ways to integrate ads if that's something you want to do as a podcaster.
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    Pros
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    Podbean
    • Good user interface
    • Good sound quality
    • Nice design
    • Desktop version easy to navigate
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    Spotify
    • Easiest way to create podcasts, or in reality any audio files.
    • Have some level of reporting on how many people are accessing the files.
    • The Android app is excellent, feature rich and quick.
    • Different levels of compression to have smaller files.
    • Good audio level support.
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    Cons
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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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    Spotify
    • Monetization features are currently present in only a limited number of countries, I look forward to the various monetization features like pre-roll and mid-roll ads to be made available soon in my country India.
    • Add more platforms to its distribution services such as Amazon Music and similar ones so that we would not be required to submit the RSS Feed to platforms manually.
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    Usability
    37signals
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    Podbean
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    Spotify
    It's intuitive from the moment you log in until you publish. The only reason I'm not giving it a 10 is because some sections aren't translated into Spanish, and while it's not a problem for me, it's something that could be improved. Furthermore, the design is very clean and doesn't feel overwhelming with options. Everything is where it should be, and the process for publishing episodes is clear. Es intuitivo desde el momento que entras hasta que publicas. Si no le pongo un 10 es porque hay ciertas secciones que no aparecen traducidas al español, y aunque no me supone un problema, es algo mejorable. Además, el diseño es muy limpio y no da sensación de "saturación" de opciones. Todo está donde debe estar y el proceso para publicar los episodios es claro.
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    Alternatives Considered
    37signals
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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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    Spotify
    Anchor is less expensive and, in my opinion, much easier to use than SoundCloud for podcasting. Anchor makes syndication easy, and their recording and editing interfaces are clean and intuitive. SoundCloud seemed somewhat cumbersome to use, and I didn't care for its UI. Honestly, they seem better suited for other use cases.
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    Return on Investment
    37signals
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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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    Spotify
    • Taught us how yo properly organize and schedule our show.
    • Anchor's integration with Spotify allows use of Spotify's wide library.
    • Doesn't play well with outside ad agencies, Makes it difficult to be open to all kinds of ad agencies, thus reducing possible revenue.
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