Best private podcast hosts

Best private podcast hosts for business

Five hosts for private and employee-only podcasts, grouped by listener limits, sign-in and apps, with each vendor's own pages as the source.

Shortlist a host for your company or client list.

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Best private podcast platform for business: five hosts read from their own pages

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Five private podcast hosts for business, Castos, Podbean, Transistor, Hello Audio and Supporting Cast, compared on listener limits, sign-in and apps.

Bottom line: No host is best for every company, and this site gives no scores. Castos is listed first because this site links to it; its Growth and Pro plans offer a free listener app, 250 or 500 private listeners and one-person removal. Four rivals follow, as their own pages state them. We have used none of the five.

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Castos vs Podbean for private podcasts: limits, sign-in and who should pick which

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Castos vs Podbean for private company podcasts: list caps, listener apps, single sign-on, trial terms and who should pick each, from both vendors' pages.

Bottom line: Pick Podbean if single sign-on on a plan you can start online matters; its Business plan lists it. Pick Castos if you want personal revocable feeds, a free listener app from Growth and a self-serve private list that reaches 500. Both cap private lists by plan. Neither was used here.