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Key facts
- Acast is an all-in-one podcasting platform offering comprehensive tools for creation, distribution, and monetization.
- It emphasizes revenue generation through dynamic ads, sponsorships, and subscriptions, with transparent tracking and creator control.
- The platform provides robust analytics, audience growth features, and various pricing tiers including a free option, catering to a range of podcasters from beginners to large networks.
Pros
- Offers an all-in-one platform for managing, publishing, distributing, and monetizing podcasts.
- Provides advanced monetization options including premium ads, sponsorships, and listener subscriptions (via Supercast), with transparent revenue tracking.
- Features one-click distribution to major podcast platforms like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music.
- Includes robust analytics with IAB-verified listener statistics, geographic breakdowns, listening platforms, and engagement data.
- Supports dynamic ad insertion, episode scheduling, bulk editing, and multi-show management.
Cons
- The 'Starter' free plan is limited to 1 show and 5 episodes, with unlimited episodes only available if the show is in Acast's advertising marketplace.
- Advanced features like team management, prioritized support, and a publishing API are only available on the highest-tier 'Ace' plan.
- Paid plans (Essential and Pro) cost noticeably more on monthly billing than yearly
What is Acast?
Available on: Web
Ratings Across the Web
Acast holds an aggregate rating of 4.4 out of 5 from 193 reviews across G2 and Trustpilot, last checked September 11, 2026.
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Key Features
- Podcast hosting
- Dynamic ads
- Distribution
- Analytics
- Monetization
- Custom players
Pricing Plans
Pricing checked Nov 7, 2026. Source: acast.com/pricing, read Nov 7, 2026
| Plan | Price | Details |
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| Starter | Free | 1 show, 5 episodes. Unlimited episodes if the show is in Acast's ad marketplace. |
| Essential | $25 / month | Billed yearly. $25/month billed monthly.
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| Pro | $40 / month | Billed yearly. $40/month billed monthly.
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| Video | $50 / month |
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Is Acast worth the price?
Good value for podcasters who want to monetize through ads and sponsorships.
Hidden Costs & Gotchas
Free plan is limited to 5 episodes unless the show joins the ad marketplace
How Acast's pricing compares
Acast starts at $25/mo flat for the whole organisation. Its direct competitors are priced on a different basis (per user, or in another currency), so each entry price below is shown with its own unit and currency and is not ranked against the others.
Entry paid plan, monthly price (billing term shown per row), in each tool's own currency. Pricing checked Nov 7, 2026.
Recent pricing updates
Changes we detected on the Acast pricing page.
- Plans changed: Essential went from $14.99 to $25 a month; Pro went from $29.99 to $40 a month; Video added at $50 a month; Pro + Video removed.
Acast by the numbers
Toolradar data: Acast's entry paid plan ($25/mo flat, billed monthly) ranks #8 of 9 for price among the Podcast Hosting tools with a verified entry price as a flat team plan, where the median is $17/mo flat. As of Nov 2026.
| Metric | Acast | Peer median | Position (1 is best) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry paid plan | $25/mo flat, billed monthly | $17/mo flat | #8 of 9 tools priced as a flat team plan, verified price |
| Free plan | Yes | 11 of 26 have one | n/a |
| Listed as an alternative to | 1 tool | 3 | #19 of 26 (joint) |
| User rating | 4.4/5 (across the web, 193 ratings) | 4.5/5 | #8 of 14 (joint) tools with 20+ reviews |
Listed as an alternative to: #19 on 2026-10-16 to #19 on 2026-11-11 (rank among 26 tools, 1 is best).
Each position is counted among the tools that have data for that row, as noted under it. A lower entry price ranks higher; prices are read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis. All Podcast Hosting data · How we compute this. Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position.
Cite this: Toolradar, “Acast by the numbers”, Nov 2026.
Reviews
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