Choose the right home for your shows.

Buy hosting for distribution and ownership needs—not because an editing problem needs solving.

Transistor deserves a shortlist for multi-show teams; its tier limits and video conditions need a closer look.

Compare the operating model first: multi-show capacity, WordPress publishing, video destinations or a sufficient free workflow.

Both support several shows; compare feature boundaries, audience capacity and the way your team works.

Model your publication schedule as well as your audience; the charging units are different.

The important difference may be where your editorial workflow lives, not which player looks better.

Pay for a needed operating capability, not for the feeling that paying makes a podcast more serious.

Make a supplier demonstrate the difficult handoff, not only a successful upload.

A show count, a delivery limit and a private-audience allowance describe different constraints.