Broadstreet vs Megaphone Comparison 2026
Both cover ad networks. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
An ad manager built for small local publishers
Spotify's podcast host with an ad marketplace
At a glance
- Megaphone starts cheaper, at $99.
- Neither has a free tier.
Side by side
Broadstreet | Megaphone | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $299 | From $99 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Broadstreet
An ad manager built for small local publishers
Broadstreet sells to the publisher who has a few local advertisers and no ad operations person. The formats are the point: it leans on units that a small site can actually sell, and the reporting is built to be forwarded to the advertiser at the end of the month. Pricing is a flat subscription rather than a share of what the ads make, so a good month is entirely yours. A site with no direct advertisers is buying a tool with nothing to put in it.
Our note
The comparison worth making is against the cut a network would take, not against the other software. If your ads bring in a few hundred a month, a flat fee eats most of it; past a couple of thousand, keeping the whole sale is the entire argument and the subscription stops mattering.
Megaphone
Spotify's podcast host with an ad marketplace
Megaphone is where Spotify puts podcasters who want to sell advertising against a back catalogue rather than only against new episodes. Hosting and distribution come with a campaign manager, so an ad sold today can be inserted into an episode published two years ago and swapped out when the campaign ends. The Spotify Audience Network is the demand side of it. It is priced for somebody whose show already earns, not for a first episode.
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