Castos: A Soundcloud Alternative

Researching your podcast hosting options? Do you want to see exactly how Castos and Soundcloud stack up? We’re giving you a straight-forward look at how Castos could be the Soundcloud alternative you’ve been looking for.

Looking For A Soundcloud Alternative? Meet Castos

At the most basic level, Castos was designed for and built by podcasters. We didn’t rework an existing product to enter the industry, we purposefully created it to solve problems we were facing when producing a podcast. Soundcloud was built for musicians, not podcasters.

Using Soundcloud for podcasting creates unnecessary hurdles, making your workflow more time consuming.

Castos Features Compared To Soundcloud

Castos is the best alternative to Soundcloud for your podcast hosting needs. We offer additional features, straight-forward pricing, and the peace of mind that we’re committed to podcasters in the long run.

Here’s exactly how Soundcloud and Castos compare.

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Castos lets you host multiple shows for one low price so you can podcast until your heart’s content. With Soundcloud, that’s not possible.

Castos doesn’t believe in limiting your creative process. All of our plans include hosting multiple podcasts under one account, period. Upload as many episodes as you want and rest easy knowing your audience will always be able to download your latest content.

You’ll have the freedom to experiment with new concepts, produce multiple shows, and podcast until your heart’s content with Castos. We prefer that you grow your podcast without worrying about limitations and unexpected costs.

With Soundcloud, you’re unable to host multiple podcasts under one account. This forces you to pay extra for an additional plan. You’ll spend more to manage your podcasts and waste time toggling between multiple accounts!

For a better look at how our features and costs compare, check a few scenarios below for what you can expect to pay with Castos versus Soundcloud:

Automatically republish your podcast to YouTube with Castos and be discovered by their 2 billion monthly users. And we’ll host both your audio and video files. With Soundcloud, you’ll have to do it all manually.

Many podcasters choose to film video while recording new episodes to repurpose their podcast for YouTube. With Castos’ Pro Plan, you can host your video and audio files for one low price.

If you haven’t started filming videos alongside your episode recordings, try our Growth Plan. Each time you upload a new episode to Castos, we’ll convert the audio files into a video format and add a static background image. Then we’ll republish the episode to your YouTube channel automatically.

Neither of these features are available with Soundcloud, requiring you to do everything manually. For those repurposing a podcasts into video content, Castos’ automatic YouTube republishing tool saves you time and headaches.

Castos makes podcasting with WordPress seamless with our Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin. With Soundcloud, that option doesn’t exist.

With Seriously Simple Podcasting, you can manage your podcast directly from the WordPress dashboard you know and love. With robust features and an intuitive interface, there’s a reason over 20K+ podcasters trust Seriously Simple Podcasting.

Here’s everything you can do directly from your WordPress dashboard using Seriously Simple Podcasting:

• Upload audio and video podcast episodes directly to WordPress
• Files are automatically synced with your podcast hosting provider (like Castos)
• Display podcast episode lists, single episodes, or playlists anywhere on your site
• Change embedded player settings with customized colors and episode images
• Feature custom subscribe links to any podcast listening platform
• View episode analytics within WordPress dashboard

Soundcloud doesn’t have a WordPress plugin so you’ll have to find a workaround and spend more time managing your show.

Use Castos’ pay-as-you-go transcription feature and easily get a word-for-word transcript of your episodes at just $0.10/minute. With Soundcloud, you’ll have to pay for a 3rd party service.

Making podcasts accessible is a priority for our team, leading us to integrate with Rev for our podcast transcriptions. Easily transcribe each episode, download the PDF, and publish the them to your podcast’s website for your hearing-impaired or ESL listeners. As an added bonus, you’ll unlock SEO benefits and have an easy way to repurpose episodes into written content.

Transcriptions cost $0.10 per minute so a 30-minute episode will cost you $3. We’ll add these additional costs to your monthly or annual billing notice so everything is in one place.

Soundcloud doesn’t offer transcription services directly from your dashboard so you’ll need to pay for a 3rd party service or freelancer.

Already have a domain name for your brand? Castos will generate your RSS feed link using your website URL for free. Soundcloud doesn’t offer that.

Using your own domain name for your podcast’s RSS feed allows you to keep your podcast under one cohesive brand name.

With Castos, that means your RSS feed will look like https://www.mybrandname.com/feed instead of https://soundcloud.com/yourpodcastname. Your branding stays consistent and all written, video, and podcast content is all in one place. This makes it easier for your fans to discover everything you have to offer.