Benecaster Add-ons — Extend Your Podcast Toolkit
Extend Benecaster. Add Exactly What You Need.
Every Benecaster plan includes the full core feature set. Add-ons extend specific capabilities that not every podcaster needs — migration tools, analytics, transcriptions, search, and more. Available at every plan level. No features gated behind higher tiers.
Want everything without choosing? The Studio plan includes all current and future podcaster add-ons automatically. Or grab the All Add-ons Bundle for $499/year — one price, everything included, new add-ons added automatically as they launch.
Add-ons Available
Migration Wizard
Price: $79 one-time · Included free with Growth, Pro, Multi-Show, and Studio
Move your Patreon or Supercast subscribers to Benecaster — tier mapping, a configurable grace period, a sequenced email campaign, and a live migration funnel dashboard.
- Accepts CSV exports from Patreon, Supercast, Hello Audio, Memberful, and Castos — source platform auto-detected
- Configurable 30/60/90-day grace period so no subscriber loses access mid-transition
- Real-time funnel: invited → clicked → subscribed → dropped; re-send to non-completers in one click
Email Editor
Price: $49/year
Visual drag-and-drop editor for every email Benecaster sends — customize layouts, branding, and copy without touching a template file.
- Covers welcome email, episode notifications, token reset, broadcast, migration sequence, donation thank-you, and admin alerts
- Per-show branding: your colors, logo, and copy
- Merge tag library with autocomplete, preview mode, and test send
Blocks & Widgets Library
Price: Free
Gutenberg blocks and Elementor widgets for every Benecaster feature — episode player, subscribe CTA, pricing table, QR code, and more — without shortcodes.
- Same functionality as core shortcodes, native block and widget experience
- Blocks & Widgets wraps the Listener Support shortcode as a block with a style picker
Guest Manager
Price: $49/year
Full guest profiles linked to every episode they appear in — searchable, audience-facing, and maintained automatically.
- Bio, photo, social links, and complete episode history per guest
- Public guest archive pages updated automatically as new episodes publish
- Inline guest creation from the episode editor; name mapping in Transcription speaker diarization
Analytics Dashboard
Price: $79/year
Subscriber growth, cohort retention, episode engagement, and benchmark comparisons — from the day you activated the plugin.
- Subscriber growth by tier, churn, upgrade/downgrade events, and podcast app breakdown
- Episode download counts and feed engagement as a proxy for active listening
- Benchmark data from across the Benecaster platform — how your show compares
Transcription Service
Price: $79/year · Bring your own API key
Timestamped transcripts via OpenAI Whisper, AssemblyAI, Deepgram, or Rev.ai — pay provider rates directly, no markup.
- Interactive timestamps: click any line to jump the episode player to that moment
- Tier-gated visibility: make transcripts a paid perk on higher tiers
- Speaker diarization with Guest Manager name mapping on supported providers
AI Search
Price: $79/year · Bring your own API key
Semantic search across your episode library — finds episodes by concept, not just exact words. Listeners type a question or topic and find what they’re actually looking for.
- Tier-aware: results only show episodes the current listener can access
- Admin search panel: search your back-catalog quickly and accurately while recording or prepping an episode
- Episode correlation: AI surfaces related episodes for listener navigation, keeping listeners in your library
Outlinks
Price: $49/year
Tracked redirects and affiliate link management for every sponsor and product reference — with per-episode click breakdown.
- One clean URL per reference; update the destination once and every episode reference updates automatically
- Geographic routing: different destination URLs per country, with a default fallback
- Broken link monitoring runs in the background; automatic FTC affiliate disclosures
Email Marketing Integrations
Price: Free
Sync your subscriber list to your email marketing platform — tags update automatically on tier change, upgrade, and cancellation.
- At launch: Mailchimp, Kit (formerly ConvertKit), ActiveCampaign, MailerLite, Beehiiv
- Webhooks fire on every subscription event for Zapier, Make, and custom integrations
Content Calendar
Price: $79/year
Visual month/week/list view of your full production schedule — episode publish dates, tier availability windows, guest appearances, and sponsor commitments in one place.
- Drag-and-drop rescheduling with instant conflict visibility
- Export to Google Calendar or iCal
Podcast Workflow
Price: $99/year
Guest preview tokens and editorial status workflow — for shows that need a system behind the production process.
- Guest Preview: time-limited preview pages with timestamped feedback, listener-tracking, and revocable access
- Editorial Tools: Draft → Review → Approved → Scheduled → Published pipeline with pre-publish checklists
- Task assignment and production notes — keep the team aligned without Slack threads
Sponsor Manager
Price: $79/year
Sponsor profiles, per-episode assignment with ad position markers (pre/mid/post-roll), campaign tracking, and reporting.
- Pairs with Analytics Dashboard for per-sponsor performance data
- Campaign date and rate tracking per sponsor
NYOP Subscriptions
Price: $49/year
Let subscribers name their own recurring price above a minimum floor — pay what they want, access what they pay for.
- Price thresholds map to tier access; amounts below the floor get free-tier access
- Works alongside fixed-price tiers on the same show
Video Podcast Enhanced
Price: $49/year
Full-screen responsive video player, chapter markers with thumbnail previews, and video-specific RSS output for video-first podcasts.
<media:content>RSS tags, poster images, and download options- Works with Transcription for video transcripts
Community Integrations (Discord + Circle)
Price: $49/year
Connect subscriber tiers to Discord server roles or Circle community spaces — one add-on covers both platforms.
- Roles and spaces assigned automatically on every subscription event; access removed on cancellation
- Discord: OAuth verification, episode announcement posting to tier-specific channels
- Circle: API key connection with no subscriber verification step required
PayPal Gateway
Price: $49/year
PayPal as a full payment alternative alongside Stripe — for Listener Support donations and recurring subscriber billing.
All Add-ons Bundle
Price: $499/year — ~40% off buying all of the add-ons individually
Automatically includes new annual add-ons as they launch during your subscription period.
Available on every plan — Launch through Multi-Show. One purchase, one renewal, everything unlocked. Launch customers can set up their full toolkit before their first subscriber arrives. If you’re on any plan and want the full toolkit without moving to Studio, this is the right call.
What’s in the bundle: All annual podcaster add-ons — Email Editor, Guest Manager, Analytics Dashboard, Transcription Service, AI Search, Outlinks, Content Calendar, Podcast Workflow, Sponsor Manager, Video Podcast Enhanced, Community Integrations, NYOP Subscriptions, and PayPal Gateway. New annual add-ons are included automatically as they launch.
Not included: Migration Wizard ($79 one-time — migration is a one-time event, not a recurring tool) and CRM Sync add-ons (HubSpot, Zoho, Salesforce — available individually for organizations using Benecaster for B2B podcast use cases).
Bundle Vs. Studio
| Multi-Show + Bundle | Studio | |
|---|---|---|
| All podcaster add-ons† | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited subscribers + shows | ✓ | ✓ |
| Priority support | — | ✓ Straight to the people who built it |
| Migration + Setup included free | — | ✓ ($1,499 value) |
| Annual cost | $349 + $499 = $848 | $1,199 |
The $351/year Studio premium buys priority support and Migration + Setup included free ($1,499 value). In year one, Studio is $1,148 cheaper than buying Multi-Show + Bundle + Migration + Setup separately. Year two and beyond, you’re paying $351 more for a genuine support relationship. Whether that matters depends on the scale you’re operating at.
†CRM Sync add-ons (HubSpot, Zoho, Salesforce) are not included in Studio or the bundle — see Business Tools below. Bundle additionally excludes Migration Wizard (one-time purchase).
Business Tools
If your podcast is a business asset — generating leads, warming prospects, supporting a sales motion — CRM Sync closes the loop. Subscriber events flow into your existing CRM contacts automatically, so your sales team sees who’s listening, at what tier, and when engagement changed, without leaving the tool they already work in.
Available on any paid Benecaster plan. Each integration is sold separately — install only the one for your CRM. Not included in the All Add-ons Bundle.
All three integrations sync the same events: new subscription · tier upgrade or downgrade · feed gone quiet (configurable inactivity threshold) · cancellation. Contacts are matched by email address — existing records are enriched, never duplicated. Contact fields populated: tier, show, subscription date, last active date.
| HubSpot | Zoho | Salesforce | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $99/year | $99/year | $149/year |
| Field setup | Auto on first sync | Manual in Zoho | One-click “create suggested fields” wizard |
| Region routing | — | ✓ US / EU / IN / AU / JP | — |
| Sandbox support | — | — | ✓ |
| OAuth setup | Standard | Standard | Guided Connected App flow |
CRM pricing reflects the complexity of each product’s integration and maintenance.
Add-ons Are Available at Every Plan Level
A Starter podcaster and a Pro podcaster have access to exactly the same add-ons. So does a Launch podcaster — the $0 plan gets you full access to every add-on in the marketplace. Core tier governs how many paying subscribers you can have, not which tools you can use.
Each add-on is tied to a specific Benecaster license and is available across all shows on that license — 1 show for Launch through Pro, up to 3 shows for Multi-Show, unlimited for Studio. If you upgrade a license, the add-ons on it automatically cover the additional shows. If you run two separate shows and want the same add-on on both, Multi-Show covers that with one license and one add-on purchase — or you can hold two separate licenses (one per show) on the same account and purchase the add-on once per license.
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