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“However, recent updates have completely stripped away the ease of use that I once cherished.”

“Spotify for Creators really is free with no storage cap, so you're not wrong there. The tradeoff is that you're kind of living in Spotify's house.”

“What was once a streamlined process for getting guests on my show now requires downloading a separate, clunky application.”

“Buzzsprout has made launching my podcast easier than I expected.”

“No ads opportunity inspite of opting paid plans”

“I have been with Buzzsprout for almost 7 years. They are awesome and I have no complaints.”

“I recently migrated to Acast from Buzzsprout. I loved the former, however, they don't offer ads outside of other podast promos.”

“It's the best product, the most reliable, modern, and optimized for actually growing your audience.”

“Transistor.fm: You have to pay into their $49/mo tier to get dynamic ad inserts which is pretty steep.”

“The service is reliable, but it hasn't kept up with other podcast hosting companies in terms of features and innovation.”

“I host 5 shows with Transistor and the features they build into the platform, incredible customer service, and quick adoption of new standards set them apart.”

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“When I contacted support and referenced the Black Friday ad, I was told the four free months only applied after paying and would be credited much later.”

“I switched to Captivate and couldn’t be happier. If you can land your own sponsors, their dynamic audio insertion can let you put ads on all your episodes, track things like click-through on hyperlinks in your shownotes, etc.”

“Recently, I had a major scare when all my podcasts were accidentally deleted due to a technical issue. It happened over a weekend, which made it even more stressful.”

“It took me less than 5 minutes to sign up and publish my first podcast!”

“Our transcript feature was suddely disabled and they simply quit responding to my emails asking for an explanation.”

“I'm able to distribute my episodes at no cost through [rss.com](http://rss.com), rather than spending $20 a month with my old host, Libsyn.”

“rss.com's unlimited claim is technically true but they gatekeep some pretty standard features behind the paywall that a multi-host show would want like custom embed players.”

“Been using Podbean since 2015. Just what I need to get my shows out there and the storage I need too.”

“I liked it waaaay better when there was live stream, not ai which was substituted for it”

“The whole time, my metrics were normal on PodTrac while Podbean showed 70% reductions in downloads...”

“I find it impossible to believe all of our downloads from Apple are bots (especially when I am one of them).”

“Have been with Libsyn since 2005. Love them and I, a disabled veteran, can afford them.”

“So many errors.... it gets worse and worse with every update they make.”

“I pay Libsyn $12 for each podcast after their price hike.”

“Libsyn have been a reliable hosting service for twelve of my fourteen years in podcasting, and their help desk have been quick and on the ball when I needed them.”

“It gives me the minute by minute, episode by episode analytics I need to see what's working and what's not.”

“Almost non existent support. Total lack of communication over the switch to video.”

“I'm frustrated because as far as I can see and what their support is telling me, they don't support transcripts.”

“I switched from Acast to ART19 about a week ago, and I’m getting a healthy amount of downloads now after a brief lag in data populating (although it’s still down from where it should be after releasing a new episode this week), however my follower count on Apple has remained stagnant, whereas I’m used to seeing a fairly steady growth with spikes when I release new episodes (my podcast is seasonal).”