--- title: Reason Reviews meta\_title: 'Reason Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Reason works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 3 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2025-10-31' parent\_category: name: Design url: https://www.g2.com/categories/design --- # Reason Reviews & Product Details Reason lets you enjoy podcasts with friends, live chat with hosts and other listeners, build a community and discover amazing new podcasts. Reason makes podcasting a social experience you can enjoy with friends, no secret algorithms, only friend recommendations and fun conversations * * * Seller [Sam Harris](https://www.g2.com/sellers/sam-harris) Discussions [Reason Community](https://www.g2.com/products/sam-harris-reason/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Riverside](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Riverside") Riverside 4.8/5(1,746) ](https://www.g2.com/products/riverside/reviews) [ ![Async Creator](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Async Creator") Async Creator 4.7/5(187) ](https://www.g2.com/products/async-creator/reviews) [ ![Storyboard](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Storyboard") Storyboard 4.5/5(108) ](https://www.g2.com/products/storyboard-storyboard/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/sam-harris-reason/competitors/alternatives) ![Andrew R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Andrew R.") AR Andrew R. Project Specialist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/13/2022 "Reason is, above all, fun to use." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Reason? Reason is designed to look and feel like hardware. While the skeuomorphic UI may seem 'cute' or even dated, it actually remains one of my favorite things about Reason (which I've been using since v1.0). You can easily see your signal paths and easily route sound and CV from one place to another by dragging wires. It's very intuitive — easy for a n00b to pick up, but powerful enough to be used by professionals (and they do). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Reason? The move toward the Reason+ subscription model (which remains optional, fortunately) shook the confidence of the user community. Reason Studios appears to have put a fair amount of push into Players and other widgets to help people generate ideas, perhaps at the expense of core functions like the sequencing and audio editing tools. Any review of comments or user groups on social media will turn up repeated requests for the same features. That said, one of the big complaints for a long while was the lack of VST3 support, but that's finally in Beta and due out soon. The features released often seem to favor electronic music over other genres, even though Reason can be used for any style. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Reason solving and how is that benefiting you? I've used Reason for my own personal music projects and remixes, as well as to compose soundtrack and underscore music for local theater productions, podcasts, and corporate videos. It makes it possible for me to produce high-quality music in all genres from my own basement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile ![Amir N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Amir N.") AN Amir N. Teaching Assistant Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/9/2022 "Excellent Podcast listening platform" 4/5 What do you like best about Reason? The overall collection and variety of podcasts available are great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Reason? The discovery of new podcasts based on your listening habits can be improved a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Reason: Use this platform for its variety and availability of curated podcasts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Reason solving and how is that benefiting you? I listen to podcasts while working or travelling, it helps a lot and it makes me learn new things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/14/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ariba K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ariba K.") AK Ariba K. Student Assistant Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/11/2022 "A solid platform for podcast listening" 5/5 What do you like best about Reason? The overall collection of podcasts is great, as well as the finding new podcasts is also amazing on this platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Reason? The suggestions of podcast based on listening habits can be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Reason: You can take advantage of this app for its cross-platform availability and syncing across multiple devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Reason solving and how is that benefiting you? Listening to educational podcasts mostly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ### There are not enough reviews of Reason for G2 to provide buying insight. 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