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Castos

The easiest way to start and grow your podcast.

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Castos is a podcast hosting platform that brings publishing, distribution, audience analytics, private podcasting, and monetization into a single system. It is designed to reduce the need to connect separate tools for hosting, websites, WordPress, video, and listener payments.

Core capabilities include one-click distribution to podcast directories, customizable podcast websites, the Seriously Simple Podcasting WordPress plugin, YouTube republishing, transcripts in 19 languages, and an AI Assistant that generates show notes, titles, social posts, and chapter markers. Monetization tools cover dynamic ad insertion, pre-roll and post-roll campaigns, and listener payments through Castos Commerce. Private podcasting is supported with password-protected feeds, a Castos mobile app for iOS and Android, and integrations with Kit, Zapier, Stripe, WordPress, and other tools.

Castos is aimed at independent creators, businesses, agencies, networks, churches, universities, and nonprofits. Plans are offered in Essentials, Growth, Pro, and Castos Premium editions, with monthly and annual billing, a 14-day free trial, unlimited podcasts and episodes, and optional add-ons for additional private subscribers and the AI Assistant.

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