Megaphone
Megaphone is a web-based podcast hosting, distribution, and advertising platform from a maker founded in 2015.
What Megaphone is
Megaphone is a web-based podcast hosting, distribution, and advertising platform from a maker founded in 2015. It supports RSS feeds, distribution to major directories, advanced analytics, advanced targeting and measurement, and video podcast support. Monetization features include dynamic ad insertion, an advertiser marketplace, publisher sales tools, and Spotify Audience Network access on Professional. Supported ad formats are pre-roll, mid-roll, post-roll, video, VAST, and clickable promotions, with a hybrid campaign workflow. Professional costs $99 a month, billed monthly, and includes hosting and distribution, campaign management, detailed reporting, live chat support from 4am to 9pm Monday through Friday ET, and unlimited users with role-based permissions. Enterprise has no listed price and adds comprehensive monetization services, API access, and a Metrics Export Service. Megaphone has no free plan and runs on the web.
Good
- RSS and major-directory distribution
- Advanced analytics, targeting, and measurement
- Dynamic ad insertion
- Advertiser marketplace and publisher sales tools
- Video podcast support
Watch out
- No free plan
- Professional costs $99 a month
Who it suits
Megaphone fits podcast publishers and advertisers needing hosting, directory distribution, campaign management, advanced measurement, and monetization tools. Its web platform supports video podcasts and multiple ad formats.
Verdict
Megaphone combines podcast infrastructure with advertising and monetization functions. Review the Professional inclusions and unpriced Enterprise option against your publishing needs.
Plans and prices
From Megaphone's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Professional | $99 a month | Hosting and distribution capabilities · Robust campaign management toolkit · Detailed reporting and analytics · Monetization tools via the Spotify Audience Network · Live chat support, 4am-9pm M-F ET · Unlimited users with role-based permissions · billed monthly |
| Enterprise | — | All Professional plan features · Comprehensive monetization tools and services · Megaphone API access · Metrics Export Service |
The facts
Each one read from Megaphone's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analytics level
- advancedchecked 20 Sep 2001
- Directory distribution
- major directorieschecked 20 Sep 2001
- Monetization tools
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
- Paid from
- 99checked 20 Sep 2001
- RSS feed
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
- Video podcast support
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
The company
- Founded
- 2015checked 23 Sep 2001
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2001
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