Castopod
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Castopod, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Castopod's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | €9.96 a month | 5 GB storage · 250 GB/month CDN delivery · Billed monthly |
| Podcaster | €24 a month | 100 GB storage · 1,000 GB/month CDN delivery · Billed monthly |
| Network | €96 a month | 500 GB storage · 5,000 GB/month CDN delivery · Billed monthly |
| Starter | €119.52 a year | 5 GB storage · 250 GB/month CDN delivery · Billed annually |
| Podcaster | €288 a year | 100 GB storage · 1,000 GB/month CDN delivery · Billed annually |
| Network | €1,152 a year | 500 GB storage · 5,000 GB/month CDN delivery · Billed annually |
The facts
Each one read from Castopod's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analytics
- Built-in analytics use IABv2 audience measurement, run on premises without a third party, and are described as GDPR, CCPA, and LGPD compliant.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Analytics level
- advancedchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Directory distribution
- major directorieschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Distribution
- Castopod publishes episodes through RSS to listening apps and indexes including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, Podcast Addict, and Podfriend.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Federation
- Its built-in social network connects podcasts to the Fediverse and lets audiences share, favourite, and comment on episodes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Hosted service limits
- Hosted subscriptions limit media storage by plan, while monthly broadcast traffic is unlimited and CDN usage has plan-specific quotas.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Marketing
- Built-in marketing tools include SEO metadata, a customizable theme, video clips, soundbites, and an embeddable player.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Monetization
- Monetization options include funding links, listen-to-click ads, value4value or WebMonetization, and premium podcasts.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Monetization tools
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Open source
- Castopod source code is licensed under AGPL v3.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Podcasting 2.0
- Features include transcripts, chapters, locations, persons, soundbites, funding, and GUID and locked tags.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Private podcasts
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Castopod is a free, open-source podcast hosting platform for podcasters who want to engage and interact with their audience.checked 11 Oct 2026
- RSS feed
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Security
- The security guidance recommends making only the writable and public/media folders readable and writable after installation or updates, and setting other files to read-only.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- Self-hosting requires PHP 8.1 or higher, MySQL 5.7 or higher or MariaDB 10.2 or higher, and HTTPS support.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The documentation directs users to Discord for help and the issue tracker for feature requests and bug reports.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Video podcast support
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Paris, Francechecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- Ad Aures SAS owns the Castopod brand and lists its headquarters at 58 rue Tiquetonne, Paris, France.checked 11 Oct 2026
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