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Podbean vs Riverside Comparison (2026)

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Podbean

Riverside

Overview

Podbean is designed to help businesses create and publish online podcasts, promote marketing campaigns, and live stream audio shows via a unified platform. It offers a custom website, which enables users to personalize the interface with built-in themes to upload audio files or schedule episodes.

Riverside (formerly Riverside.fm) is the all-in-one platform for recording, live streaming, editing, repurposing, and publishing studio-quality videos and podcasts. Creators and businesses use it to produce broadcast-quality content without the production maze of multiple tools.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.0

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

61%

would recommend this app

4.8

315

272

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

92%

would recommend this app

Pros

“It a very easy to use platform, and offers solid reporting and podcast player embed options.”

Joseph N.

Project Manager

“This is truly a great place for new podcasters looking to get their feet in the water, and don't know how to deal with all the functions that go into podcasting (IE how to submit RSS feeds, website design, and social media).”

Noah M.

Creative Mind

“As a beginner ,it has plenty of features on the free plan and I imagine that if/when I need more features, the paid plans will be more than suitable.”

Ben H.

Owner

Pros

“I love the Ai features where I can create short clips and remove filler words!I also love how it also give me suggested clips to post on social media, show notes and a script for when I'm recording.”

Eryn L.

Owner and Creator

“I use this service for my weekly webinars, my workshops, my masterminds with clients and this service works phenomenally for all uses.”

Jennifer B.

Consultant

“You get all the different magic studio features that are just insurmountable and I'm even waiting for my show to grow in a way to where we can utilize the feature where someone is just in there and is actually just playing the producer role controlling the camera, switching the media doing that sort of thing.”

Donovan H.

Owner

Cons

“My cohosts and/or guests had to dial in using their phone, the audio quality was awful, the chat interface was great (as long as you had a Podbean account).”

Noah M.

Creative Mind

“On my subscription, I couldn't start another podcast.”

Noah M.

Creative Mind

Cons

“The main issue I experienced was that today’s recording became a little choppy in the middle of an episode, which interrupted the flow of the conversation. While the platform has generally worked well for me overall, moments like that can be frustrating when you’re trying to maintain a natural discussion or record professional-quality content.”

Warda b.

Marketing Manager

“While on a live stream, every time someone leaves a new comment in the public chat, it resets all the way to the bottom. If you’re trying to show comments on the screen during the live stream, this can be very annoying.”

Eric C.

Lead Investigator

“I am using iphones and i do not have the ability to zoom my video recording also maybe i a beginner i found the web based editing to be extremely hard”

Zeeshan S.

Engineering leader