Podcast research and monitoring
Podscan is the podcast intelligence platform from Arvid Kahl that indexes and transcribes 4M+ podcasts for keyword alerts, transcript search, and audience intelligence. Premium/Professional/Advanced tiers all include 10-day free trials and 50% off year one for bootstrapped companies. Best for brand monitoring and competitive intel.
- 4M+ podcasts indexed and searchable
- Real-time alerts with AI context filtering
- Bootstrapper discount: 50% off year one
- Pricing details require visiting site directly
- Built for monitoring, not your own show
- AI filtering can still miss niche language
Podscan is the broader product Arvid Kahl has been building publicly for the past few years, with the Alerts product covered separately. The umbrella platform encompasses the alerts system (real-time keyword notifications across millions of podcasts), the database (unlimited full-text search across 59M+ episodes), the REST API (programmatic access for developers and data teams), and the Ideas product (discovering business opportunities surfaced from podcast transcripts). Pricing tiers run Premium, Professional, and Advanced, each with progressively higher alert quotas (50, 500, unlimited), team seat counts (3, 5, 10), and API access levels. All plans include unlimited notifications via email or webhook, and unlimited full-text search across episodes. Specific dollar amounts aren't always consistently posted in third-party sources, so a direct check at podscan.fm/pricing is the safest move. A 10-day free trial requires no credit card, and recently-founded or bootstrapped businesses (within 2 years) get 50% off their first year on any plan. For podcasters monitoring their own show, this is the wrong shape, your hosting analytics already cover the use case. Where Podscan earns its position is in three specific places: brand teams monitoring mentions across podcasts (the way they'd monitor press coverage), competitive intelligence teams tracking what competitors are advertising on or being discussed on, and developers building products on top of podcast data via the API. For those use cases there's genuinely nothing else with the same scope and recency in 2026.
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Podscan FAQ
What is Podscan in one line?
Podscan is the podcast intelligence platform from Arvid Kahl that indexes and transcribes 4M+ podcasts for keyword alerts, transcript search, and audience intelligence
Who should pick Podscan?
Podscan is shaped for podcast research and monitoring. Its biggest strength: 4m+ podcasts indexed and searchable. Premium/Professional/Advanced tiers all include 10-day free trials and 50% off year one for bootstrapped companies
What should I watch out for with Podscan?
pricing details require visiting site directly; built for monitoring, not your own show. None of these are deal-breakers on their own, but they're worth knowing before you commit.
Is Podscan free?
There's a free tier, and you can ship work on it before deciding to upgrade. Confirm what's included on their site.
What can I use instead of Podscan?
Closest in the same category: PodMatch, MatchMaker.fm, Calendly. Each has its own shape — see the alternatives page for a side-by-side.