Waveroom

Waveroom looks at first glance like another Riverside clone, but the pricing model is the surprise — the core remote recording layer is free, with 2K video, uncompressed WAV audio, and up to five participants. The technical 120-minute session limit can be extended for another 120 minutes without interrupting the recording, which effectively means there is no real cap for working shows.

For a podcaster with a tight budget and a basic need to capture clean remote interviews, that's genuinely hard to beat. Each participant records locally in the browser and the files upload after the session, so internet hiccups during the call don't damage the final files.

The trade-off comes after recording. There is no transcript layer, no AI cleanup, no Magic Dust equivalent. You get raw files and you take them somewhere else to finish.

The brand is also smaller than the big names, so integrations are fewer and the how-to ecosystem is thinner. Whether free remains sustainable is an open question — most tools that started free have moved to freemium or subscription as costs scaled.

For now, treat Waveroom as a no-risk first try for a new podcaster who wants to see if remote recording works for them before committing to a Riverside subscription. Enterprise pricing exists for higher participant counts but isn't published publicly.