Blubrry vs Buzzsprout Comparison 2026
Blubrry hosts a podcast from inside your own WordPress site through the PowerPress plugin, so the archive earns search traffic under your own domain; hosting starts at $7 a month by upload allowance, with statistics sold separately and a free statistics-only tier. Buzzsprout hosts anywhere, submits to the directories, and meters upload hours rather than storage: Audio is $15 a month billed annually for 72 hours a year, and Audio plus Video at $25 publishes the same episode to YouTube too. Blubrry is cheaper to start and lives on your domain. Buzzsprout adds video and handles distribution for you.
Hosting that lives inside your WordPress site
Podcast hosting that publishes the video too
At a glance
- Blubrry starts cheaper, at $7.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Blubrry | Buzzsprout | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $7 | From $15 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Not stated | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
Blubrry
Hosting that lives inside your WordPress site
Blubrry is podcast hosting for people who already run a WordPress site and want the show to live on it rather than on somebody else's domain. The PowerPress plugin publishes episodes from the same admin that runs the blog, so the archive earns search traffic under your own name. Statistics are IAB certified and sold separately from hosting, which is worth knowing if you only need one of the two. Plans are set by monthly upload allowance.
Only on this side
- Covers analytics
Buzzsprout
Podcast hosting that publishes the video too
Buzzsprout hosts a podcast, submits it to the directories and reports back with statistics that are actually readable, which is the reason it keeps being the recommendation for a first show. Upload time is the meter rather than episode count, and the plans are sold as hours a year. One tier up, the same episode is published as video to Apple, Spotify and YouTube from the same upload. Anybody who wants a subscription paywall around episodes will need something else beside it.
Our note
Why people weigh these two
- Buzzsprout instead of Blubrry
- Podcast hosting that publishes the video too, from $15 with a free tier; a standalone host where Blubrry wants the show living on your WordPress site.
- Blubrry instead of Buzzsprout
- Blubrry hosts from $7 and lives inside your WordPress site, the natural swap when the podcast belongs to an existing blog.
Which one should you pick
Choose Blubrry when the show already lives on a WordPress site and should keep earning search traffic there rather than move to a separate podcast host. Hosting starts at $7 a month by upload allowance, cheaper to start than Buzzsprout's $15, and its statistics are IAB certified, sold on their own from a free tier if hosting is not what you need yet.
Choose Buzzsprout when you want hosting, directory submission and statistics settled in an afternoon with nothing to configure on a website of your own. Audio is $15 a month billed annually for 72 hours of upload a year, about 90 minutes a week, and Audio plus Video at $25 publishes the same episode as 1080p video to Apple, Spotify and YouTube, a step Blubrry's plans do not include. A show publishing unevenly fits the hours-a-year meter better than Blubrry's monthly storage bands.
Common questions
- Which is cheaper to start, Blubrry or Buzzsprout?
- Blubrry: hosting begins at $7 a month by upload allowance, against Buzzsprout's Audio plan at $15 a month billed annually. Buzzsprout does have a free plan too, though what it includes sits behind an accordion on its own pricing page rather than out in the open.
- Does Blubrry publish video like Buzzsprout does?
- No. Blubrry's plans cover audio hosting through WordPress with no video publishing mentioned. Buzzsprout's Audio plus Video tier at $25 a month publishes the same upload as 1080p video to Apple, Spotify and YouTube, one tier above its $15 Audio plan.
- Which one is better if I do not use WordPress?
- Buzzsprout, since it does not depend on a website you already run: it hosts, submits to directories and builds its own podcast website for you. Blubrry's whole pitch is publishing from a WordPress admin you already have through the PowerPress plugin, which needs that site to exist first.
- How are the two priced differently?
- Blubrry meters by monthly upload allowance across 6 bands from $7 to $100. Buzzsprout meters by upload hours per year instead, 72 hours for $15 a month on Audio, so an unevenly publishing show is charged by what it uploads over a year rather than in any single month.
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