Head-to-head comparison
Podscan Alerts vs Podsights
Two of the analytics tools podcasters reach for. Here's how they differ on pricing, features, audience, and the trade-offs that actually matter day-to-day.
Real-time keyword alerts across global podcast transcripts.
Best for:
Spotify-owned attribution platform for podcast advertisers.
Best for: Brand advertisers
At a glance
The honest trade-offs
Podscan Alerts
Pros
- Real-time keyword alerts across millions of shows
- Full transcript search with context filtering
- 10-day free trial, no card required
Watch-outs
- Premium tier capped at 50 alerts
- Built for monitoring, not your own show
- AI context filtering can still miss niche slang
Podsights
Pros
- Free pixel attribution across podcasts
- Unified with Spotify music and display ads
- Real-time conversion and brand lift reporting
Watch-outs
- Spotify-owned, tied to their ad ecosystem
- Podsights brand has been retired
- Built for advertisers, not publishers
Which one should you pick?
Pick Podscan Alerts if
You’re building around . Arvid Kahl's Podscan crawls millions of podcasts and lets you set keyword alerts the way you'd set them for press mentions, except for audio. The transcript search is the actual unlock; you can find every time your brand or competitor was named, with context.
Pick Podsights if
You’re building around brand advertisers. Podsights doesn't really exist anymore — Spotify rolled it into Spotify Ad Analytics, which is now a free attribution tool tied to the broader Spotify Audience Network. For brand advertisers this is a win (free and unified), but anyone hoping for the independent platform Podsights once was is out of luck.
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Frequently asked
What does Podscan Alerts do better than Podsights?
Podscan Alerts's standout is "Real-time keyword alerts across millions of shows". Podsights doesn't make that promise — it leans into "Free pixel attribution across podcasts" instead. If the first sentence describes your workflow, pick Podscan Alerts; if the second does, pick Podsights.
What are the trade-offs?
Podscan Alerts: premium tier capped at 50 alerts. Podsights: spotify-owned, tied to their ad ecosystem. Whether either matters depends entirely on what you actually need — neither is a deal-breaker by itself.
Can I use Podscan Alerts and Podsights together?
Both are analytics tools so most teams pick one. Some workflows do combine them — for example, using Podscan Alerts for one show or episode type and Podsights for another. Worth trying both free tiers before committing.