Transistor
Podcast hosting with unlimited shows and unlimited team members on every plan, from $19/mo for 20,000 downloads a month.
Who it's for
Solo podcasters and small teams who want to host more than one show, or run a members-only feed, without paying per-podcast or per-seat.
Standout details
- Unlimited podcasts and unlimited team members on every plan, including Starter, so a second or third show costs nothing extra
- Starter allows 20,000 downloads and 50 private subscribers a month for $19, with Professional ($49) and Business ($99) raising both ceilings rather than adding features until Business, which adds branding removal
- Audio uploads up to 2GB and video uploads up to 30GB per episode, with video publishing to YouTube alongside the usual podcast apps
- Private podcast feeds (members-only shows) are supported on every paid tier, with the subscriber cap rising from 50 to 500 to 3,000 across Starter, Professional and Business
- Going over your monthly download limit doesn't cut off your feed. Transistor contacts you about upgrading instead of pulling episodes
What it is
Transistor is podcast hosting and analytics for independent creators, small teams, and podcast networks. Upload an episode, and it handles distribution to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and the rest of the usual apps, plus a built-in website for the show and the account as a whole.
The product is deliberately narrow. It hosts audio and video podcasts and reports on who’s listening. It doesn’t record, edit or write for you, and it doesn’t run its own sponsorship marketplace.
Who should use it
Anyone running more than one show, or expecting to, since every Transistor plan includes unlimited podcasts at no extra charge, unlike hosts that bill per feed. The same applies to small teams: collaborators are unlimited on every tier, so a two-person show or a network with several hosts doesn’t pay a per-seat fee on top of the plan price. It also fits a creator who wants a members-only feed, since private podcast subscriber limits exist on every paid tier rather than being locked to the top plan.
What stands out
The unlimited-podcasts, unlimited-team-members structure is unusual among hosts that charge per show or per editor, and it’s the detail both a solo creator with a side project and a university professor hosting a dozen class podcasts cite as the reason they picked Transistor over a competitor.
Pricing tracks downloads and private subscribers rather than feature gates for the first two tiers. Starter at $19/mo covers 20,000 monthly downloads and 50 private subscribers; Professional at $49/mo raises that to 100,000 downloads and 500 subscribers and adds dynamic ad insertion, dynamic show notes and auto-posting video episodes to YouTube; Business at $99/mo goes to 250,000 downloads and 3,000 subscribers and adds the ability to remove Transistor’s own branding. Past those ceilings, Enterprise is a custom quote rather than a published number. Paying annually gets 12 months for the price of 10 on any tier.
Video is a real second format here, not an afterthought: uploads go up to 30GB per episode against 2GB for audio, and video episodes can auto-post to YouTube on the Professional tier and up.
The verdict
For a creator who already has an audience and just needs reliable hosting, analytics and a members-only option, Transistor is a sound, unglamorous choice. The pricing scales with downloads and subscriber counts you can actually plan around, and going over a limit gets you a conversation about upgrading rather than a dead feed.
Where it falls short is growth. Riverside’s review and user commentary both flag the absence of built-in monetization tools or an ad marketplace, and G2 reviewers note gaps in integrations with other analytics services. Transistor will host and measure a show well; it won’t find listeners or sell ads for one. Skip it if that’s what you’re hoping a podcast host will do for you, or if you want recording and editing in the same product, since Transistor assumes you’re bringing a finished file.
Honest verdict
Transistor's real pitch is the unlimited-podcasts, unlimited-seats structure: a university professor hosting a dozen class podcasts, or a creator running a flagship show plus a side project, pays one plan instead of one fee per show. At $19 to start it's priced for a solo creator, and the private-podcast feeds make it a plausible home for a paid membership tier. What it isn't is a growth or monetization platform. There's no ad marketplace or sponsorship matching built in, and Riverside's review flags the same gap in audience-growth tools, so pair it with a newsletter or social presence rather than expecting Transistor to find you listeners. Skip it if you want an all-in-one recording-to-publishing suite with video editing baked in; Transistor hosts and distributes, it doesn't edit.
Published 21 Oct 2026