Transistor
Podcast hosting with unlimited shows, private podcasts, and dynamic ad insertion.
About
Transistor is a podcast hosting platform whose signature move is simple: every plan includes unlimited podcasts, so a network, a company, or an ambitious creator runs all their shows from one account. Add unlimited storage and uploads, a built-in website for each show, private podcasting for paid or internal content, dynamic ad insertion with pre/mid/post-roll, and the ability to auto-post audio episodes to YouTube, and you have a host aimed at people who outgrow one-show-per-account pricing.
Plans start at $19/month (Starter, ~20,000 downloads), $49/month (Professional), and $99/month (Business), with a 14-day trial and an optional $5/month transcription add-on. The analytics go beyond raw downloads into listening apps, devices, and subscriber estimates, and reviewers consistently single out the clean interface and responsive support. It does not try to be a recording studio or a clipping tool, so creators who want editing and social video will pair it with other tools in this catalog.
What it can do
- Unlimited podcasts on every plan
- Unlimited storage and uploads
- Private podcasting for paid or internal audiences
- Dynamic ad insertion (pre-roll, mid-roll, post-roll)
- Built-in podcast website per show
- Advanced analytics and YouTube auto-posting
Setup
- Start the 14-day free trial at transistor.fm.
- Create your show and publish episodes via the RSS feed.
- Enable a website, private podcast, or dynamic ads as needed.
- Distribute to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.
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Trust score — 8/10
Scored 8/10 (TIER metrics, metrics-v1). Evidence: established host with public pricing ($19/$49/$99), 14-day trial, and consistent third-party reviews (2025-2026) describing the same feature set: unlimited shows, private podcasts, dynamic ads. Strengths: transparent pricing, unlimited-shows model, strong review consensus on support and UX. Docked for: (1) no free plan; (2) analytics accuracy and ad-insertion performance are provider-described. License: proprietary (SaaS, download-based tiers).
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 8.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 8.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 4.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 7.0/10
- · Public pricing, 14-day trial; consistent third-party reviews (2025-2026) on the same feature set.
- · Unlimited podcasts on every plan; private podcasts and dynamic ad insertion.
- · No free plan; analytics accuracy provider-described.
Sources
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