Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Podbean
The 20 closest podcast hosting alternatives to Podbean, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 18 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Podbean? The closest matches are Buzzsprout, Libsyn and Acast. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 22 ms
01 · Entity
About Podbean
Podbean podbean.com
Free Podcast hosting and Monetizing Platform | Podbean
Podbean podcast hosting and monetizing platform helps you start a podcast. All the tools you need to create, promote and monetize your podcast.
Wikidata: podcast hosting service
Summary by Claude
Podbean is a podcast hosting service that lets creators record, publish, distribute and monetize podcasts, with podcast websites, analytics, a mobile recording app and AI audio post-production tools. It also runs a podcast listening app and directory.
- Who it’s for
- Podcasters, from beginners to professionals and businesses
- Business model
- Freemium subscriptions and advertising revenue share
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Podbean’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Podbean
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Podbean, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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podcast hosting service
Very close cos 0.938 - 02
The Best Podcast Hosting Platform | Libsyn
The best podcast hosting, distribution & monetization platform. Detailed stats | Excellent service | Start for free
Very close cos 0.925 - 03
Acast: The Best Podcast Monetization Platform
Acast helps podcasters earn more. As the leading podcast monetization platform, we connect creators with premium advertisers to drive reliable revenue.
Very close cos 0.920 - 04
The leading podcast platform in Spanish - iVoox
Enjoy thousands of podcasts, audiobooks and radio stations in the biggest audio catalog in Spanish. Listen for free wherever and whenever you want on iVoox!
Very close cos 0.898 - 05
Spreaker
Discover a world of captivating podcasts and immersive audio experiences on Spreaker. Dive in and elevate your listening journey today!
Close cos 0.892 - 06
Substack
Substack is the app for independent voices: a free newsletter, video, and podcast hosting platform with paid subscriptions built in.
Close cos 0.891 - 07
Audiomack - Music platform empowering artists & fans | Audiomack
Audiomack is a youth-driven, artist-first music streaming platform that allows creators to share unlimited music and podcast content for free.
Close cos 0.894 - 08
Client Challenge
American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos
Close cos 0.889 - 09
Choose your Region - Cookpad
Thousands of authentic recipes from around the world, recommended and tested by home cooks. Save your favourites and share your own on Cookpad.
Close cos 0.881 - 10
Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud
Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.
Close cos 0.885 - 11 Close cos 0.880
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Spotify - Web Player: Listen to Music, Podcasts, and Audiobooks Online
Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs, podcasts, and audiobooks. Listen to your favorites online now.
Close cos 0.883 - 13
Wikidot - Free and Pro Wiki Hosting
Polish wiki hosting corporation
Close cos 0.879 - 14
Newsletter Platform: Create Newsletters and Websites - beehiiv
beehiiv is the newsletter platform built for creators, publishers, and businesses. Grow, publish, and monetize your audience in one place.
Close cos 0.877 - 15
Overblog - Les meilleurs blogs et la meilleure plateforme de blog
Le portail d'OverBlog ! Le meilleur de l'info et des articles de nos blogueurs ! Créez facilement et gratuitement un blog sur OverBlog ! Forums, communautés et annuaire de blog sur OverBlog !
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Where Creator Communities Thrive — Patreon
Build a community, share exclusive work, and turn your passion into a thriving business with Patreon. Get started today!
Close cos 0.876 - 18
Mixcloud - This is Audio Culture
Join a global community where creators craft a deeper listening experience.
Close cos 0.876 - 19
Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform
Beautiful, modern publishing with email newsletters and paid subscriptions built-in. Used by Platformer, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, The Browser, and thousands more.
Close cos 0.873 - 20
YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Close cos 0.874
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to podbean.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Podbean uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Podbean is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js
- CSS & UI
- Bootstrap asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap/5.1.3/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js
- Fonts
- Google Fonts page source: fonts.gstatic.com
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Advertising
- Google Ads conversion tracking page source: gtag('config', 'AW-
- Microsoft Advertising UET page source: bat.bing.com/bat.js
- X (Twitter) Pixel page source: static.ads-twitter.com/uwt.js
- Marketing automation
- HubSpot page source: js.hs-scripts.com
- Live chat & support
- Freshworks TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:sendgrid…
- CDN
- cdnjs asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lazysizes/5.3.2/lazysizes.min.js
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a5630ef8990652d8-HAM
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:sendgrid…
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:sendgrid…
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS fred.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=NCt9Rrxp9sG6TMOZ
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=SQWa5rdBQaxJejqd8YebIC9qXpPDzXLcwY00QfJojK8
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Podbean adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace 18/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on podbean.com 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on podbean.com 9/20
- Zendesk · not on podbean.com 8/20
- Apple Business 8/20
- OpenAI · not on podbean.com 7/20
- Cloudflare DNS 6/20
- Atlassian · not on podbean.com 6/20
- Cloudflare 6/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on podbean.com 6/20
- Amazon SES 5/20
- OneTrust · not on podbean.com 5/20
- Google Analytics 4/20
- Google Fonts 4/20
- HubSpot 4/20