Podbean Reviews & Insights

Score8.2 out of 10

6 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Podbean are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Ease of Use: Users have found Podbean to be a user-friendly platform, with many stating that it is great for first-time podcasters. Several users praised the intuitive interface and easy navigation, making it straightforward to upload episodes and manage their podcasts.

Affordability: Many reviewers appreciated the cost-friendly nature of Podbean, particularly for small businesses or solopreneurs. They highlighted that the platform offers customizable options at an affordable price, making it a great option for new podcasters with limited resources.

Excellent Customer Service: Users consistently praised Podbean's customer service, highlighting their helpfulness and responsiveness. The platform's commitment to providing excellent support has left a positive impression on many reviewers who have had interactions with their customer service team.

Reviews

4 Reviews

The best tool for us

Rating: 9 out of 10

July 24, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Podbean is a simple podcast hosting provider. I use it for video format podcasts on Apple and distribute the audio-only version to the other podcast platforms. So far, I have experienced no downtime and fast uploads/downloads.

Pros

It's easy to navigate and doesn't take long to find what you need.
The process for uploading video and audio podcasts is intuitive and hassle-free.
Configuration is intuitive and straightforward, which is appreciated.
Access to multiple Podcasting streams.

Cons

In my point of general use, I have not found any fault with the product, so we are very comfortable.

Likelihood to Recommend

Podbean is a great app that allows users to discover and listen to podcasts. Honestly, it has all the features that the Apple Podcast app has. At least the components that matter to me.

Jayden Nishimura

Digital Marketing Director in Marketing at Nintendo (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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Great software, good user interface

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 18, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Listening to podcasts about the food industry for trend research. Address problems similar to iTunes Podcasts but with a superior interface. Allows companies to use ads at a more economical rate. Free podcast app, Enables live streaming. Very user-friendly, videos are seamless when streaming. The desktop version is also easy to navigate.

Pros

Good user interface
Good sound quality
Nice design
Desktop version easy to navigate

Cons

Needs to advertise better
Visual quality
Loading times

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for working and gathering information about the food industry. I use it regularly. I do not use the video function too often as it's not appropriate for my job role however, it's incredibly easy to use and seamless. The picture and sound quality are also very reliable and sharp.

Verified User

Professional in Sales (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Reliable, cost effect podcast hosting

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 15, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it to upload sermons as a weekly podcast. We also make use of the Podbean WordPress plugin to auto-post each podcast/sermon to our church website. We typically only post one podcast per week, but we do so every single week. Our listener-ship is pretty low, less than 100 listeners per week, but we're consistent.

Pros

Easy to use
Reliable audio hosting
Good integration with our WordPress website

Cons

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

Works great and is cost-effective for smaller podcasts, like our church sermons. I can't speak to larger, high-listener podcasts, but for our small-scale use case, it is perfect. We primarily use it for hosting, as we auto-post to our website, so we don't direct our listeners to the Podbean website.

Verified User

Employee (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

Podbean offers Quick and Easy management of all your podcasts.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 14, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Podbean to host and publish multiple podcasts. Podbean is a great solution for our podcast hosting because it takes all of the guesswork out of the whole process of uploading and sharing our podcasts. It has tools to quickly submit podcasts to many services like iTunes and Google Play. It also has a player that can be embedded directly into web pages. It also has helpful analytics so I can see how many people are listening to each podcast episode.

Pros

Easy upload and management of podcast episodes.
Easy process of submitting shows to podcast apps and services.
Player to embed into web pages.
Useful analytics information.
Easy to host multiple shows.

Cons

Better analytics data. I would like to know what players people are using most.
More obvious limitations of number of podcasts allowed in each pricing tier. Saying Business has unlimited number of podcasts is misleading if that is for unlimited private podcasts and only 2 public.

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

Seth Paine

Web & Media Developer at The Coming Home Network International (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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