Guestio

Guestio is a podcast guest marketplace that lets hosts and prospective guests both set up profiles and a price they're willing to charge or pay for an interview. The model is closer to a two-sided marketplace like Cameo than a free guest-matching service.

Hosts looking for big names can browse profiles, see availability and asking prices, and book directly. Guests looking for visibility set up their profile, share topics they speak on, and respond to host outreach.

Pricing for the platform itself includes both free and premium tiers, but the search results don't consistently surface exact dollar amounts for 2026, which is worth verifying directly. There's also a Concierge product, Guestio's service arm, which handles high-touch booking for hosts who want big-name guests placed without doing the outreach themselves.

That's positioned at established podcasts with budget for guest acquisition, the kind of show where one A-list guest can drive a meaningful download spike. For the typical podcaster booking through personal networks, LinkedIn, or simple free directories like Podchaser, Guestio is overkill, the value proposition kicks in when you're explicitly trying to climb the guest-quality ladder and willing to pay for it.

Competitive context: PodMatch handles AI-powered matching for free-tier subscribers, Podzay does similar with a free model, MatchMaker.fm and SpeakerHub overlap with parts of Guestio's directory. Guestio's distinguishing move is the paid-guest mechanic plus the concierge offer.