Plans
Pick the plan that fits your show today.
Upgrade when you’re ready — your subscribers, feeds, and URLs carry over untouched.
Monthly / Annual — Annual saves ~30%
| Launch | Starter | Growth | Pro | Multi-Show | Studio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $0 | $9/mo | $15/mo | $25/mo | $35/mo | $149/mo |
| Annual price | $0 | $79/yr | $149/yr | $249/yr | $349/yr | $1,199/yr |
| Paying subscribers | Up to 10 | Up to 50 | Up to 250 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Total tokens | Up to 250 | Up to 500 | Up to 2,500 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Shows | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Migration Wizard | — | $79 add-on | Included free | Included free | Included free | Included free |
| All add-ons | — | — | — | — | — | Included |
| Priority support | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Migration + Setup Service | — | — | — | — | — | Included ($1,499 value) |
| Get started → | Get started → | Get started → | Get started → | Get started → | Get started → |
Everything in every plan.
- Private subscriber RSS feeds with token authentication
- Multiple subscription tiers per show
- Per-tier episode availability dates — set different release dates for each tier
- Episode management with full podcast RSS metadata
- MemberPress, WooCommerce Subscriptions, Paid Memberships Pro, and Restrict Content Pro bridges
- Subscriber management dashboard
- Welcome email with personal RSS URL and deep links to podcast apps
- Token reset — admin and subscriber-initiated
- Subscriber self-service account dashboard with QR code
- Basic subscriber analytics
- Full data export — your data, always exportable
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Two limits. Two different things. You choose how each one is handled.
Every plan has two independent limits.
Paying subscriber limit — only subscribers on paid tiers count toward this. Free-tier listeners do not. This is the threshold that drives plan upgrades.
Total token cap — all active RSS feed tokens combined: paying subscribers, free-tier listeners, everyone. This exists because a large free listener base generates the same platform load as a paid one.
In practice: on Launch, you could have 8 paying subscribers and 200 free-tier listeners (208 total tokens) and be well within both limits. A podcaster with 2 paying subscribers and 400 free-tier listeners would hit the 250-token cap first.
At 80% of either limit, Benecaster shows an upgrade prompt.
What happens when you exceed a limit — your choice:
You set an enforcement preference for each limit during onboarding (changeable any time in Settings → Account):
- Auto-upgrade (default for paying subscribers): if you stay above the limit for two consecutive calendar months, Benecaster schedules an upgrade automatically with advance warning. Annual plans are evaluated monthly — you’re not waiting a year.
- Cap (default for total tokens): over-limit subscribers still receive a feed, but it serves your public episode content rather than private subscriber content. When you upgrade, private access restores automatically — no RSS URL change needed.
When does Benecaster pay for itself?
| Plan | Annual cost | Breaks even vs Patreon at | Saves at plan capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | $0 | Immediately | ~$132/year at 10 subscribers |
| Starter | $79/year | ~8 subscribers | $522/year at 50 subscribers |
| Growth | $149/year | ~15 subscribers | $2,851/year at 250 subscribers |
| Pro | $249/year | ~25 subscribers | Grows without limit |
| Studio | $1,199/year | ~100 subscribers | Grows without limit + all add-ons + Migration + Setup |
Patreon comparison uses 10% platform fee + ~2–5% payment processing.
