Captivate cares about your ’s growth. It is composed of a strongly built community focused on personalized services to make your meet your daily goals with tracking charts.
Better yet, the team of personal helpers helps you every day on any task, at any time.
You also get access to other centered-growth and marketing tools such as , audio players, websites, and distribution options.
The creator started his first in 2003. Then built up a team towards making Rebel Base Media which delivered talks to dream venues such as Harvard University.
Then, the world’s first growth-oriented platform hosting service, Captivate, was born.
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Best for Independent or New Podcasters
Easy to use from its clean and simplistic design. Captivate has been designed and tested by podcasters to ensure its top-notch ability regarding an easy navigation interface.
New podcasters can focus more on making fresh, trending content rather than getting frustrated with confusing software.
Access the most effective tools when you need them right at your convenience. Captivate provides a simple, free website builder to embed all of your episodes quickly.
Integrated Plugin
BIG Captivate sync: This WordPress plugin allows you to keep your WordPress (or Squarespace) website automatically keep up to date. Better yet, it fits with your current website theme.
Player FM Integration WordPress plugin: You may submit your to Player FM from the Captivate Distribution page. This new integration tool has millions of active users to upgrade your ‘s visibility online.
Bandwidth Limits
Bandwidth depends on the type of plan you purchase. The more bandwidth increases with price.
Should you exceed your Captivate download/bandwidth plan limit in any single month, no consequences will be given from Captivate, except if you go over two months’ worth of bandwidth limits.
Exceeding your download/bandwidth plan limit for two months subsequently by a margin greater than 25% will automatically advance you to the next payment. You will be notified of this change through an email.
Time limits
No time limits, as there is unlimited storage. Downloads increase depending on each plan. Captivate is also not video supported.
However, you can add videos onto your website (i.e., film your while you record).
Statistics
- IAB certified : measure your ’s growth with the 12 months view chart.
- location: shows you where your has been listened to around the world.
- Downloads tracking: the total downloads each currently has.
Listing/Integration into P Directories
You can get your integrated into some of the top directories. Grow your in:
- Spotify
- Amazon music
Other directories included are , Saavn, Player FM, and Deezer.
Captivate’s customizable can be added to any distribution apps just by using one click.
Advanced features
Audio players
- Speed settings and sharing buttons
- Compatible for any device
- Captivate logo
- Embed playlist player on your website to show all of your episodes
- Latest player to show new episodes perfect for homepage
- Places buttons on the website to direct them to apps the can be listened on
- URLs for each to place into platforms (automatically create an audio player design
- Single subscribe page automatically creates buttons in suitable places on your website. Allows new listeners to get a one-stop link to all apps your is distributed on.
Generate (Really Simple Syndication)
You can then submit your generated to the directories for distribution, making it easy for people to share, listen and subscribe to your episodes.
You’ll need an URL to submit your to directories such as Manager.
Read the step-by-step guide on how to publish a in Captivate.
User Impression/Reviews
A YouTube review of Captivate mentioned that he liked the Audio player theme design. Including the vast improvements of dash players. Easy to add an existing through the – it’s straightforward.
The Audio player gives Captivate the edge over other hosting websites.
Another review stated that they had been pleasantly surprised by the constant stream of upgrades to the service, as they have been using Captivate for about 7 months.
Captivate offers to receive in-depth stats very easily so that you can tell exactly how your are doing view-wise. This user likes that the price includes as many as you want and that it is easy to set up new whenever you want.
On top of that, they also make it easy to look at how to monetize your with various sets of data and/or advertising options if that is what you wish to do.
The Captivate team is very helpful and passionate about and customer growth while constantly looking at how they can improve their service.
Support is usually outstanding, although, at times, you may have to wait an hour or 2 to get replies. However, you will always get a reply.
Other reviews have stated their likeability towards the new features every week. Captivate is the only hosting platform to release new updates each Thursday.
Current Pricing
7-day free trial to access all paid plans features. All plans are either paid annually or with a priced monthly fee. Additionally, with every plan, you have access to unlimited storage.
plan starts at $17 per month with a limit of 12,000 downloads per month.
The Professional plan is $44 per month and holds up to 50,000 downloads per month.
The Business plan is $90 per month and enables 150,000 downloads per month.
Depending on your long-term goals, choose a hosting platform that will best suit your goals. Nonetheless, captivate is already goal-oriented to all of its users.
Each plan can meet your company’s needs through the same features at no added cost. The only feature that differentiates each plan is how many downloads you wish to have each month.
Free Trial
7-day risk-free trial for all plans including:
- trial
- Professional trial
- Business trial
No credit card is required. Cancel anytime—no surprise fees.
