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Captivate pricing (2026)
Captivate starts at $19/mo (Personal) as checked on 2026-11-01, read from Captivate's own pricing page; 4 plans. Best for Growth-focused podcasters wanting full feature access without upgrading tiers. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $19/mo (Personal)
- Free tier: No · 30-day trial
- Compliance: HIPAA — · SOC 2 — · GDPR —
- Best for: Growth-focused podcasters wanting full feature access without upgrading tiers; Podcast networks with multiple shows and download-volume-based billing; Creators selling memberships and exclusive content directly to listeners
As of · every figure below links to its source
Captivate plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
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| Personal | $19 | — | Flat monthly | $19/mo, the figure the page's own FAQ gives in dollars. The page geo-detects and rendered euros when it was read, showing €17/mo on annual billing. 30,000 downloads/month. Unlimited podcasts, unlimited uploads/storage. 30-day free trial. All features unlocked on all plans. | captivate.fm |
| Professional | $49 | — | Flat monthly | $49/mo in dollars. The page geo-detects and rendered euros when it was read, showing €44/mo on annual billing. 150,000 downloads/month. Unlimited podcasts, unlimited uploads/storage. 30-day free trial. | captivate.fm |
| Business | $99 | — | Flat monthly | $99/mo in dollars. The page geo-detects and rendered euros when it was read, showing €90/mo on annual billing. 300,000 downloads/month. Unlimited podcasts, unlimited uploads/storage. 30-day free trial. | captivate.fm |
| Custom | not priced monthly | — | Custom / quote | For usage exceeding 300,000 downloads/month. Contact sales. | captivate.fm |
Last verified 2026-11-01. Official pricing page https://www.captivate.fm/pricing fetched 2026-06-14 — page geo-detected as EUR region and rendered all prices in EUR (€17/€44/€90 annually). Page FAQ confirmed 'plans start at $19 per month' in USD. USD tier prices ($19/$49/$99 monthly) corroborated by thepodcasthost.com best-podcast-hosting review page fetched 2026-06-14. Cross-checked against thepodcasthost.com.
Price changes
Price on record
$19/moFirst on record 2026-06-27
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Corrections to this record
Changes we made to our own record of Captivate, newest first: a figure read again on the vendor's page, a plan it no longer lists, a note. None of them is a price change by Captivate. Every correction on the site is in the corrections log.
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Personal. Note now names the dollar figure the field holds. It named a euro price and not this one, which leaves a reader unable to tell whether the recorded 19 is a dollar price or a conversion of the euro one. It is a dollar price: this vendor's page geo-detects and rendered euros when it was read, and the dollar figure came from the page's own FAQ. No figure changed.
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Professional. Note now names the dollar figure the field holds. It named a euro price and not this one, which leaves a reader unable to tell whether the recorded 49 is a dollar price or a conversion of the euro one. It is a dollar price: this vendor's page geo-detects and rendered euros when it was read, and the dollar figure came from the page's own FAQ. No figure changed.
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Business. Note now names the dollar figure the field holds. It named a euro price and not this one, which leaves a reader unable to tell whether the recorded 99 is a dollar price or a conversion of the euro one. It is a dollar price: this vendor's page geo-detects and rendered euros when it was read, and the dollar figure came from the page's own FAQ. No figure changed.
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Source replaced, price unchanged. https://www.thepodcasthost.com/podcast-hosting/best-podcast-hosting/ answers 301 and lands on https://www.thepodcasthost.com/websites-hosting/best-podcast-hosting/ — the same page at the address the site now uses. The figure is unchanged and still stands on the day it was read; only the link the reader follows is corrected, so it no longer bounces through a redirect. Same host, same scheme, and the destination keeps every distinguishing word of the page's own name.
Capabilities
Integrations: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Descript, Zapier, WordPress (Captivate Sync plugin), DAX Ad Marketplace.
Key features: All features unlocked on every pricing tier — no feature gating by plan; Audio Monetization & Insertion Engine (AMIE) with bulk ad editing; Dynamic show notes builder with episode idea planning tools; Guest booking with calendar integration; Captivate Growth Labs: free community education on podcast marketing and SEO.
Plan limits: Personal: 30,000 downloads/month; Professional: 150,000 downloads/month; Business: 300,000 downloads/month; All plans: unlimited podcasts, unlimited uploads and storage; all features unlocked at every tier.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Captivate cost?
Captivate starts at $19/mo (Personal); it has 4 published plans. Verified 2026-11-01.
What are cheaper alternatives to Captivate?
Cheaper podcast hosting than Captivate (entry $19/mo) include Buzzsprout at $5/mo, Libsyn at $8/mo, Simplecast at $15/mo. Verified 2026-11-01.
Does Captivate support HIPAA?
Captivate's public pages do not say whether it supports HIPAA.
Does Captivate have a free plan?
No — Captivate publishes no free tier; it offers a 30-day free trial.
Captivate vs alternatives
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- Simplecast from $15/mo
- Libsyn from $8/mo
- Buzzsprout from $5/mo
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