Overview

Hosting plans support audio and video podcasts, RSS feeds and distribution to major directories such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. Monthly publishing-hour allowances make capacity straightforward to match to a production schedule, but shows that publish often need a higher tier even if their files are small.

PowerPress, Blubrry’s free WordPress podcasting plugin, handles publishing, RSS feeds, SEO, a player and directory integration. It works on self-hosted WordPress.org sites and WordPress.com Business-level sites, and can be used without Blubrry hosting. Hosting customers also get an optional managed WordPress website with PowerPress.

Key features

Publishing and distribution: PowerPress provides destination links or submission support for Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Podcast Index, Podchaser, TuneIn, Deezer and YouTube Music. That makes it a useful fit for WordPress-based workflows, while directory distribution is also supported by hosting plans.
Analytics: Statistics can cover plays or downloads, audience locations, listening apps and devices, trends, retention and partial plays, depending on the plan. The entry hosting tier has standard statistics; advanced analytics are reserved for higher tiers. A separate statistics option lets publishers use Blubrry analytics without its hosting.
Monetization and private shows: Blubrry offers monetization tools and private podcasts. Advanced hosting plans include monetization features, while Pro Hosting adds dynamic and programmatic advertising.
Vid2Pod: This tool turns YouTube videos or playlists into audio episodes for RSS distribution. It is included with Advanced plans, making those tiers more relevant to publishers repurposing video.
Professional hosting API: Pro Hosting includes a REST API that integrates with Blubrry services, alongside FTP and support for multiple shows.

Pricing

Blubrry is freemium, with a free statistics plan and a free PowerPress plugin. Hosting starts at $7/month. Hosting tiers are priced by publishing hours, so the key decision is whether a plan’s monthly allowance fits the show’s release schedule.

Plan	Price	What it includes	Best fit
Standard 1.5	$7/month	Up to 1.5 hours/month, audio/video podcasts, standard statistics, free managed WordPress site and AI podcast tools	A small or infrequent show that can stay within the lowest hour allowance.
Standard 3	$15/month	Up to 3 hours/month, audio/video podcasts, standard statistics, free managed WordPress site and AI podcast tools	Publishers who need twice the entry allowance but do not need advanced statistics.
Advanced 6	$25/month	Up to 6 hours/month, advanced analytics, AI tools, monetization features and Vid2Pod	Growing shows that need richer audience data or monetization tools.
Advanced 12	$50/month	Up to 12 hours/month, advanced statistics, AI tools, monetization features and Vid2Pod	More frequent publishers who want the Advanced feature set.
Advanced 25	$90/month	Up to 25 hours/month, advanced analytics, AI tools, monetization features and Vid2Pod	High-volume shows that still fit within a fixed monthly-hour allowance.
Pro Unlimited	$100/month	Unlimited publishing, multiple shows and users, dynamic advertising, FTP and PowerPress multi-program mode; bandwidth usage fees apply	Teams with multiple shows or users that need unlimited publishing and professional hosting tools.
Free Statistics	Free	Total plays/downloads, top audience locations, and top listening apps and devices; no Blubrry hosting required	Publishers who want basic statistics without moving their hosting.
Standard Statistics	$5/month	Full location, app and device data; comparison of the three most recent episodes; listening trends; no Blubrry hosting required	Publishers who need more reporting but do not want Blubrry hosting.

The Standard plans keep costs down but cap publishing hours at 1.5 or 3 per month and provide standard statistics. Advanced raises the hour ceiling and adds advanced analytics, monetization features and Vid2Pod. Pro Unlimited removes the publishing-hour cap, but bandwidth usage fees apply. A free trial is available.

Platforms

Blubrry supports web publishing, API access and self-hosted use. PowerPress is particularly relevant to WordPress.org users and WordPress.com Business-level sites; it can be used independently of Blubrry hosting. Professional hosting includes a REST API.

Who it's for

Blubrry is a strong fit for WordPress publishers who want hosting, RSS, directory distribution and a managed site option in one workflow, or for shows that need audio and video podcast support. Separate statistics plans also suit podcasters who want Blubrry reporting while keeping their existing host. It is less compelling for low-volume publishers who need only a simple host, or for teams whose bandwidth costs and monthly-hour requirements make the plan structure a poor fit.

Pros and cons

Pro: PowerPress is free and works without Blubrry hosting, so WordPress publishers can use its publishing and RSS tools while choosing another host.
Pro: Every hosting plan includes an optional managed WordPress website, keeping a site-and-podcast workflow available without a separate website plan.
Pro: Advanced plans combine higher hour allowances with analytics, monetization features and Vid2Pod, which helps publishers who need more than basic hosting.
Con: Standard hosting begins at only 1.5 publishing hours/month, so regular or long-form publishers may need to move up quickly.
Con: Pro Unlimited charges bandwidth usage fees, so unlimited publishing does not mean a single fixed cost regardless of use.
Con: The cheapest hosting tiers do not include advanced statistics, limiting their usefulness for publishers who make decisions from deeper audience data.

Alternatives

Consider Acast if you want a freemium podcast platform with a free plan and an Essential tier at 14.99 USD per month billed yearly that supports multiple shows, unlimited episodes, ads and sponsorships.

Podcast.co is a paid alternative with a free trial; its Lite plan costs 19.00 USD per month and includes one user, 15,000 monthly downloads and Basic Podcast Pages. Choose it when those download and seat limits suit your workflow better than Blubrry’s hour-based hosting.

Stationista is another paid option with a free trial. Its Podcasting plan is 12.00 EUR per month for one show, 20,000 downloads/month, two team members, and unlimited episodes and storage; consider it if those limits match your publishing needs.

Podbean has a free plan with 5 hours of storage, 100GB monthly bandwidth, a three-episode-per-day limit, a 100MB single-file limit and a 20-episode RSS feed.

RSS.com offers a free plan for one podcast, with 30 days of analytics history and one voicemail, and also has a 19.99 USD per month Plus plan.

Seriously Simple Podcasting is an open-source freemium alternative for self-hosted and web use.

Podcast.page offers a free website plan with templates, RSS import and a watermark, plus a Creator plan at 12.90 USD per month.

PodView has a free plan with a subdomain, themes, automatic episode sync and a multilingual site, but no custom domain.

For a broader comparison of site-focused options, see Podcast Website Builders.

Verdict

Choose Blubrry if WordPress is already part of your publishing stack and you want hosting, directory distribution, analytics and monetization tools connected to it. PowerPress’s ability to work without Blubrry hosting is a useful point of flexibility. Look elsewhere if you need a higher allowance at the lowest tier, prefer download-based limits, or want Pro-level publishing without bandwidth usage fees.

	Beamly	Blubrry
Free plan	No	Yes
Free trial	Yes	Yes
Paid from	$18/mo	$5/mo
Open source	No	No
Platforms	Web	api, self-hosted, Web
Free plan	No	Yes
Paid from	18 /mo	7 /mo
Custom domain	Yes	—
Subscriber tools	Yes	—
Paid subscriptions	Yes	—
Show limit	1 shows	—
Podcast analytics	basic	basic

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