Castos was formed in 2017 around the Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin, a popular way of self-hosting podcasts. Castos added analytics, hosting, and an embeddable media player, and now provides automated transcription, a simple website, and allows content to be republished to YouTube.
On top of this, the company also provides podcast editing services.
Pinecast began life in 2015, and its original code was made available to read and fork on Github. It was created by Matt Basta, a software engineer who would go on to work at Stripe Connect, which gave Pinecast an advantage in making it easy for podcasters to collect donations from listeners.
The service offers a flexible and highly-customisable podcast website, options to solicit feedback from listeners, exportable metrics including Spotify data, and easy submission to popular directories.
Pinecast's plan is cheaper. Castos doesn't allow custom websites on this plan. You can't hook up a custom domain to your website as you can with Castos. However, Castos offers more storage at this tier.
| Castos | Pinecast | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $15.83 per month | $10.00 per month |
| Number of podcasts | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Episodes | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Downloads | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Storage | Unlimited | 48 mb |
| Podcast website included | ||
| Use your own domain | ||
| IAB certified metrics | ||
| Republish to YouTube | ||
| Podcast network support |
Pinecast's plan is cheaper. Castos doesn't allow custom websites on this plan. You can't hook up a custom domain to your website as you can with Castos. However, Castos offers more storage at this tier. Castos will also autopost your episodes to YouTube.
| Castos | Pinecast | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $40.83 per month | $25.00 per month |
| Number of podcasts | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Episodes | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Downloads | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Storage | Unlimited | 256 mb |
| Podcast website included | ||
| Use your own domain | ||
| IAB certified metrics | ||
| Republish to YouTube | ||
| Podcast network support |
Pinecast's plan is cheaper. Castos doesn't allow custom websites on this plan. You can't hook up a custom domain to your website as you can with Castos. You can create a podcast network on Pinecast. However, Castos offers more storage at this tier. Castos will also autopost your episodes to YouTube.
| Castos | Pinecast | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $82.50 per month | $35.00 per month |
| Number of podcasts | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Episodes | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Downloads | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Storage | Unlimited | 256 mb |
| Podcast website included | ||
| Use your own domain | ||
| IAB certified metrics | ||
| Republish to YouTube | ||
| Podcast network support |
Castos provides private feeds. Castos's user interface is a bit nicer than Pinecast. Castos allows for Podcasting 2.0 transcripts. Castos attempt to protect against feeds being imported into other providers without your consent. Castos allows you to designate portions of your episodes that can used to create audiograms in apps like Headliner. Castos works with apps that support Bitcoin donations.
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