Pricing
Fixed Cost. No Platform Cut. Yours to Keep.
Every Benecaster plan includes the same full feature set. The only difference is how many paying subscribers you can have and how many shows you can run. No per-subscriber fees. No overage charges. No platform percentage.
Annual / Monthly — Annual saves ~30%
Choose Your Plan.
Launch free with up to 10 paying subscribers — full core features, no time limit. A card is required to create your account; you won’t be charged until you upgrade to Starter.
Already on Launch and signed in? Upgrade from your account page rather than checkout — it moves your existing licence up, so your connected show stays exactly where it is and there is no second licence to keep track of. Checkout is for a new licence: a first purchase, or a second podcast you want billed separately.
| Launch | Starter | Growth | Pro | Multi-Show | Studio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 | $9/mo | $15/mo | $25/mo | $35/mo | $149/mo |
| Annual | $0 | $79/yr | $149/yr | $249/yr | $349/yr | $1,199/yr |
| Paying subscribers | Up to 10 | Up to 50 | Up to 250 | ∞ | ∞ | ∞ |
| Total subscribers (paid + free) | Up to 250 | Up to 500 | Up to 2,500 | ∞ | ∞ | ∞ |
| Shows | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ∞ |
| Migration Wizard | Add-on | Add-on | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| All podcaster add-ons | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Priority support | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Launch free → | Start Starter → | Start Growth → | Start Pro → | Start Multi-Show → | Go Studio → |
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Annual billing saves approximately two months versus monthly. Only active paying subscribers count toward the paying subscriber limit — free-tier listeners don’t. Subscriber count is based on currently active tokens, not historical high watermark. All paid plans include a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Add-ons are available for separate purchase on all plans, including Launch. The core plan price covers Benecaster’s core feature set only — add-ons are priced and purchased independently regardless of plan level.
Producing a Podcast for Your Campus?
Students, faculty, and staff at educational institutions get a free Growth plan — or 20% off any higher tier. Apply with your institution email and a letterhead document confirming the show.
Learn about the Academic Program →
Every Plan. Same Features.
The plan you’re on doesn’t determine which features you get — it determines how many subscribers you can have and how many shows you can run. Token-based private RSS feeds, per-tier episode scheduling, subscriber management, deep links for podcast apps, the subscriber account dashboard, QR codes, feed analytics, full-text episode search — all of it is available on every plan, including Launch.
All podcaster add-ons are available for purchase on every plan, including Launch. A Starter podcaster has access to the same add-ons as a Pro podcaster. Tool access is never rationed by plan level. Only subscriber count and show count vary by plan. Add-ons are priced and purchased independently of your core plan.
What your plan does change is how far one add-on purchase reaches. An add-on is tied to a license and covers every show on it — one show on Launch through Pro, up to three on Multi-Show, unlimited on Studio. Buy Guest Manager once on Multi-Show and all three shows have it. Buy it once on Studio and every show you ever launch has it, including the ones that don’t exist yet. Running three shows on three separate Pro licenses means buying it three times.
That is worth doing the arithmetic on before you pick a plan. If you run more than one show and expect to buy any add-ons at all, the add-on savings alone can cover a good part of the difference between plans.
The one exception is Studio, which includes all podcaster add-ons automatically — current and future. If you’re at the point where you’d be buying everything anyway, Studio is the simpler answer.
See What You’d Save.
Plug in your subscriber count and what they pay each month. The calculator shows your honest estimated Benecaster cost versus what you’re currently paying in platform fees — with a toggle if you already have a membership plugin.
At 100 paying subscribers at $10/month, you’d save over $1,100/year versus Patreon.
When Does Benecaster Pay for Itself?
The question isn’t whether Benecaster is cheaper than Patreon. At any meaningful subscriber count, it is. The question is how quickly. Below is the breakeven point — the number of subscribers at which Benecaster’s annual cost is covered by what you’d have paid Patreon in platform fees alone.
| Plan | Annual cost | Breakeven vs Patreon | Savings at subscriber cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | $0 | 0 subscribers | ~$120/year saved at 10 subscribers |
| Starter | $79/year | ~8 subscribers | ~$522/year saved at 50 subscribers |
| Growth | $149/year | ~15 subscribers | ~$2,851/year saved at 250 subscribers |
| Pro | $249/year | ~25 subscribers | Unlimited |
| Studio | $1,199/year | ~100 subscribers | Unlimited + full add-on stack + Migration + Setup included |
Based on $10/month subscriber pricing. Patreon cost = 10% platform fee only. Credit card processing fees apply on both platforms and are excluded from this comparison — they’re a wash. “Savings at cap” = annual Patreon platform fees at that subscriber count minus Benecaster annual plan cost.
Comparing to Castos or Seriously Simple Podcasting?
Castos caps your private subscriber count and your monthly transcriptions separately — either cap can force you up a plan tier. If you publish more than 10 episodes a month or have more than 100 private subscribers, Benecaster costs less even after adding a separate audio host. At 300 subscribers and 30 episodes a month, the annual saving is over $440.
Benecaster’s transcription has no monthly cap and no platform markup — you pay your API provider directly at their published rate. For a weekly podcast, that’s typically under $10/year in API costs.
Growing Past Your Plan Limit Should Feel Like a Win, Not a Surprise.
When you hit 80% of your subscriber cap, Benecaster shows you a notification: you’re growing, here’s what the next plan costs, here’s how much you’re already saving. You can upgrade from there yourself at any time. If you go over your subscriber limit and stay over it for 24 hours, Benecaster moves you up on its own — no interruption to your subscribers, and nothing for you to click. You’re told the moment you go over, so there’s a day to resolve it yourself if you’d rather; the confirmation follows the change.
The upgrade experience is designed to feel like a milestone, not a penalty. Because it is.
Already Running a Serious Show? Studio Is Built for You.
Studio is the all-in option for podcasters who don’t want to think about individual add-ons. Unlimited shows, unlimited subscribers, every podcaster add-on included — current and future — plus priority support and early access to new features.
At the scale where Studio makes sense, the cost difference between Studio and Pro-plus-all-add-ons is close to zero. What you’re buying is simplicity: one purchase, nothing left to configure or add.
Migration + Setup ($1,499 value) is included free for Studio customers, once — we handle your full configuration and subscriber migration before you touch anything. Every purchase after that runs $699 on Studio instead of list; every other tier pays list price.
Extend as You Need.
All podcaster add-ons are available on every plan, including Launch. Browse all add-ons →
These are new-customer prices. Signed in, anything your plan already includes shows as “Included in your plan” instead of a price — you are never quoted for something you already have.
| Add-on | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Migration Wizard | Move your Patreon, Supercast, or SSP/Castos subscribers to Benecaster with configurable grace periods and minimal disruption. Learn more → | $79 one-time (Growth+ free) |
| Email Editor | Drag-and-drop visual editor for all Benecaster email templates with per-show branding and merge tag library. Learn more → | $49/year |
| Blocks & Widgets | Gutenberg blocks and Elementor widgets for the episode player, subscribe CTA, QR code, and more. Learn more → | Free |
| Guest Manager | Full guest profiles, archive pages, cross-episode history, and inline guest creation from the episode editor. Learn more → | $49/year |
| Analytics Dashboard | Subscriber growth, tier distribution, episode downloads, app breakdown, cohort analysis, and CSV export. Learn more → | $79/year |
| Transcription Service | AI transcription with timestamped output — bring your own API key and pay provider rates directly. Learn more → | $79/year |
| AI Search | Semantic natural-language search across episodes, show notes, and transcripts — bring your own API key. Keyword search is already included free on every plan; this adds concept matching on top. Learn more → | $79/year |
| Outlinks | Tracked redirects and affiliate link management for episode references, with click analytics and geo-routing. Learn more → | $49/year |
| Content Calendar | Visual month/week/list calendar for scheduling episodes and tier availability dates, with iCal export and Google Calendar sync. Learn more → | $79/year |
| Podcast Workflow | Guest preview tokens, pre-publish checklists, episode status workflow, and team task assignment. Learn more → | $99/year |
| Sponsor Manager | Sponsor profiles, per-episode assignment with ad position markers, campaign tracking, and reporting. Learn more → | $79/year |
| Video Podcast Enhanced | Full-screen responsive video player, chapter markers with thumbnails, and video-specific RSS output. Learn more → | $49/year |
| Community Integrations | Connect subscriber tiers to Discord server roles or Circle community spaces — one add-on, both platforms. Learn more → | $49/year |
| CRM Sync — HubSpot | Push subscriber events and engagement signals into HubSpot contact activity timelines. Learn more → | $99/year |
| CRM Sync — Zoho | Same engagement data in Zoho CRM contact timelines — install only the one that matches your CRM. Learn more → | $99/year |
| CRM Sync — Salesforce | Same engagement data in Salesforce contact Activity Timelines — install only the one that matches your CRM. Learn more → | $149/year |
All Add-ons Bundle — $549/Year
~46% off the individual total. Includes all current annual podcaster add-ons and automatically adds new ones as they launch. One-time add-ons (Migration Wizard) and CRM Sync add-ons are not included. Studio customers don’t need the bundle — all podcaster add-ons are already included.
We’ll Set It up for You.
Benecaster is a WordPress plugin, and setting it up requires working with your existing membership plugin. If you’d rather skip that process entirely, the Setup Service is a personal, hands-on service where we configure everything on your WordPress installation.
| Service | Price | What’s included |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Setup | $499 | Plugin install, subscription plugin bridge configuration, feed setup, email templates, subscriber account page |
| Migration + Setup | $1,499 | Everything in Standard Setup plus Patreon, Supercast, or SSP/Castos CSV import, subscriber notification sequence, 30-day post-migration monitoring |
| White-Glove Launch | Custom quote | For established podcasters with large existing audiences — full end-to-end launch including subscription plugin selection, custom template setup, full migration, and ongoing check-ins |
Studio customers receive one Migration + Setup included free (a $1,499 value). After that — and for Standard Setup at any time — a Studio plan pays $699 for Migration + Setup and $299 for Standard Setup, instead of list. Every other plan pays list price. Add either service at checkout alongside your plan, or any time afterward from your account.
Built-in Membership, or Bring Your Own.
Benecaster works with your existing membership plugin — MemberPress, WooCommerce Subscriptions, Paid Memberships Pro, or Restrict Content Pro. You handle subscriptions and billing through that plugin; Benecaster handles the feeds.
Or use the built-in membership system: Stripe payment processing, subscriber tiers, a self-service billing portal, and renewal emails — all inside Benecaster. No additional plugin required.
Start Free. Pay When It Pays for Itself.
The Launch plan is a real product — full core features, up to 10 paying subscribers, no time limit. A card is required to create your account; you won’t be charged until you upgrade. When you’re ready to scale, Starter is $79/year. That’s less than what Patreon takes from 10 subscribers in a single month.
Start free — no charge until you upgrade →
30-day money-back guarantee on all paid plans. Cancel anytime.