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Summary

PodBean is a podcast hosting and monetization platform that provides tools for creating, publishing, promoting, and analyzing podcasts. It offers features like audio recording and editing, distribution to major podcast directories, various monetization options including advertising and subscriptions, and detailed listener analytics. The platform also includes AI-powered tools for audio optimization and content generation.

Features
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Must Have

3 of 5

Membership & Monetization

Reader Engagement Metrics

Community Feedback Tools

Rich Text Editor

Distribution & Recommendation Engine

Other

7 of 8

User Profiles & Following

Tags & Topics

Email Newsletter Integration

Audio Story Playback

Mobile App Access

Social Sharing & Embedding

Search & Discovery

Publication Management

Pricing
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Basic

$0.00 monthly
  • Support Audio Podcast
  • Customizable Podcast Site & Embed Player
  • Upload 5 Hours Total
  • 5 Hours Total Storage Space
  • 100GB Monthly Bandwidth
  • Basic Podcast Stats

Unlimited Audio

$9.00 monthly
Popular
  • Support Audio Podcast
  • Unlimited Storage Space
  • Unmetered Bandwidth
  • Advanced Podcast Stats
  • Customizable Podcast Site & Embed Player
  • Blog to Podcast: 60,000 characters/mo
  • Video to Podcast
  • Podbean AI
  • Ads Marketplace
  • Dynamic Ads Insertion
  • Apple Podcasts Subscriptions Integration
  • Upload 10GB (100 hours)/mo

Unlimited Audio

$14.00 monthly
Popular
  • Support Audio Podcast
  • Unlimited Storage Space
  • Unmetered Bandwidth
  • Advanced Podcast Stats
  • Customizable Podcast Site & Embed Player
  • Blog to Podcast: 60,000 characters/mo
  • Video to Podcast
  • Podbean AI
  • Ads Marketplace
  • Dynamic Ads Insertion
  • Apple Podcasts Subscriptions Integration
  • Upload 10GB (100 hours)/mo

Unlimited Plus

$29.00 monthly
  • Support Audio & Video Podcast
  • Unlimited Storage Space
  • Unmetered Bandwidth
  • Advanced Podcast Stats
  • Fully Customizable Podcast Site & Embed Player
  • Blog to Podcast: 150,000 characters/mo
  • Video to Podcast
  • Podbean AI
  • Ads Marketplace
  • Dynamic Ads Insertion
  • Apple Podcasts Subscriptions Integration
  • Upload 20GB (200 hours)/mo

Unlimited Plus

$39.00 monthly
  • Support Audio & Video Podcast
  • Unlimited Storage Space
  • Unmetered Bandwidth
  • Advanced Podcast Stats
  • Fully Customizable Podcast Site & Embed Player
  • Blog to Podcast: 150,000 characters/mo
  • Video to Podcast
  • Podbean AI
  • Ads Marketplace
  • Dynamic Ads Insertion
  • Apple Podcasts Subscriptions Integration
  • Upload 20GB (200 hours)/mo

Network

$79.00 monthly
  • Unlimited Audio & Video Podcasts
  • Unlimited Storage Space
  • Advanced Stats on Network Level
  • Customized with Your Own Branding
  • Blog to Podcast: 500,000 characters/mo
  • Video to Podcast
  • Podbean AI
  • 50 Admin Users
  • Network Station Page
  • All Monetization Features
  • Live Chat Support
  • Upload 40GB (400 hours)/mo
  • 3TB Monthly Bandwidth

Network

$99.00 monthly
  • Unlimited Audio & Video Podcasts
  • Unlimited Storage Space
  • Advanced Stats on Network Level
  • Customized with Your Own Branding
  • Blog to Podcast: 500,000 characters/mo
  • Video to Podcast
  • Podbean AI
  • 50 Admin Users
  • Network Station Page
  • All Monetization Features
  • Live Chat Support
  • Upload 40GB (400 hours)/mo
  • 3TB Monthly Bandwidth
Rationale

PodBean is a podcast hosting and monetization platform that offers a comprehensive suite of tools for podcasters. While it doesn't directly align with 'online publishing platform' for written content, it fulfills many analogous functions for audio content. It provides tools for creating (recording/editing via app), distributing (to major podcast apps), and monetizing podcasts (ads, subscriptions, fan club). It also offers analytics, community engagement features (comments, live streaming interaction), and discovery tools (categories, search). The 'rich text editor' feature is not directly applicable as it's for written content, but the AI features for audio optimization and content generation (transcripts, show notes) serve a similar purpose for audio content creation. The 'publication management' feature is not explicitly detailed for multiple podcasts under one brand, but the 'Network' plan suggests some level of multi-podcast management.