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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (80.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (86.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
PodBean
Star Rating
(27)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (80.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about PodBeanZencastr
Star Rating
(30)3.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (86.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about ZencastrPodBean vs Zencastr
- Reviewers felt that PodBean meets the needs of their business better than Zencastr.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that PodBean is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of PodBean over Zencastr.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
PodBean
No pricing availableZencastr
No pricing availableFree Trial
PodBean
No trial information availableZencastr
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.9
19
7.5
20
Ease of Use
8.9
20
8.1
20
Ease of Setup
9.4
9
8.9
6
Ease of Admin
9.7
5
Not enough data
Quality of Support
8.1
16
7.1
14
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
10.0
5
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
5.9
17
5.1
19
Features by Category
Hosting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Marketing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Insights
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Hosting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Internet
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Podcast Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
Customization
9.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monetization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Storage
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Other Functionality
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Podcast Hosting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Core Recording & Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Live Collaboration & Direction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Post & Editing Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI & Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
PodBean and Zencastr share no categories
Unique Categories
PodBean is categorized as Podcast Hosting and Video Hosting
Zencastr is categorized as Audio Editing and Virtual Recording Studio
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
PodBean
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Zencastr
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Entertainment
11.5%
Religious Institutions
7.7%
Online Media
7.7%
Media Production
7.7%
Higher Education
7.7%
Other
57.7%
Entertainment
16.7%
Broadcast Media
16.7%
Non-Profit Organization Management
10.0%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
10.0%
Marketing and Advertising
6.7%
Other
40.0%
Discussions
If I subscribe to the annual plan, what happens if I need to cancel before one year is up?
1 Comment
MP
According to Podbean's account cancellation page as of Sept. 2019, if you close an annual account, you have an option to keep the account active until the...Read more
PodBean has no more discussions with answers
AUDIO Drift
2 Comments
KP
I used Zencastr for several years and never experienced a drift issue. I did experience numerous outages of the site in which we couldn't record due to bugs...Read more
Zencastr has no more discussions with answers
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