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For indie shows
One episode in. One publish-ready crate out.
Show notes, chapter timestamps, five titles, and captioned vertical clips. Priced per episode, not per minute. No credit math.
Free is 1 episode a month. Indie is $9 for 4. A single episode is $4.
Sample crate · The Practice Room
Recording a podcast in the same room as a drum kit
Brian Elam records The Practice Room a few feet from a drum kit in a spare bedroom in Phoenix. A new microphone did not fix the room. Moving blankets, a close dynamic mic, and a quieter gain knob did. He also marks clip-worthy lines out loud so the publish crate does not wait until Sunday.
- 0:00Three feet from a drum kit
- 0:58A nicer mic hears more of the room
- 1:52The forty-dollar blanket fix
- 2:26Deaf is a feature
Clip caption
A nicer mic hears more of the room, not less. Fix the room before you buy another one.
What you get from one episode
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Chapter timestamps
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5 title options
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3–5 vertical clips
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SRT captions
Thirty seconds, then you are posting
1. Drop the episode in
Upload a file, paste a YouTube or RSS link, or paste the transcript.
2. We keep the words timed
Speaker labels and word timestamps, so chapters and captions land on the right second.
3. The crate comes back in one shape
Notes, chapters, five titles, and 3–5 vertical clips. No second prompt.
4. Copy it and post
Markdown, a YouTube chapter block, MP4s, and SRT files. A ZIP if you want the lot.
A short walk through the five outputs. Your browser can play it with the sound off. The words are the point.
Pricing without a calculator
One episode is one crate. Free clips are watermarked. Paid clips are not.
Monthly episodes reset on the first of the month, UTC. They do not roll over.
Free
$0/mo
One episode a month, so you can see a real crate.
- 1 episode / month
- Up to 60 minutes each
- 3 clips, watermarked
- Paste a link when you are ready
Indie
Weekly show$9/mo
A weekly show. Four full crates, no watermark.
- 4 episodes / month
- Up to 90 minutes each
- 5 clips, no watermark
- Paste a link when you are ready
Pro
$19/mo
More episodes, longer runtimes, and new RSS episodes processed for you.
- 10 episodes / month
- Up to 3 hours each
- 5 clips, no watermark
- New RSS episodes processed automatically
- Custom caption style
Pay as you go
$4
per episode
- For shows that publish when they feel like it
- Up to 90 minutes, 5 clean clips
- Credits stay on the account until used
Compared, without the dunk
Prices checked October 2026. Confirm them on each site. These tools are good at different jobs.
| Their meter | PodCrate | |
|---|---|---|
| Castmagic | From $19/mo yearly, no free plan. Library hours. | Episodes |
| Podsqueeze | $8.99, 120 minutes, 8 clips. $49. | $19 for 10 episodes |
| Opus Clip | Clips. 1 credit = 1 source minute. | 1 episode = 1 crate |