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PodThis vs Jellypod
Jellypod is the stronger choice for a hosted show: every plan includes distribution to Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube plus scheduled publishing. PodThis is the choice if you want to start free, since Jellypod has no free plan and its trial needs a payment method. Facts as of October 2026.
| Criterion | PodThis | Jellypod | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free $0. Creator $9/month for 40 credits, Producer $29/month for 150 credits; yearly billing is 20% less. A short episode (about 10 minutes) costs 1 credit, standard 3, deep dive 6. | Starter $25/month (5,000 credits), Creator $50/month (11,000 credits), Business $125/month (30,000 credits); 30 credits per audio minute, unused credits roll over one month. | podthis.cojellypod.com |
| Free tier | 5 credits on sign-up, then 3 every month, no credit card. Every feature is on every plan; the plans differ only in credits. | No free plan. "7-Day Free Trial" with 5,000 credits; "the trial requires a payment method and converts to the plan you chose after 7 days unless you cancel." | podthis.cojellypod.com |
| Inputs | A topic sentence, pasted text up to 20,000 characters, a link to a public article, or an uploaded PDF or Word document. | "Give it a topic, PDF, slide deck, images, article, or script." Automations: "Write the prompt once and pick your days. Each run can search the web, write the script, and generate an episode." | podthis.cojellypod.com |
| Voices and hosts | All 12 styles on every plan. "A full cast, not one robot voice — cast per style." No voice cloning or impersonation of real people, by policy. | "3,300+ AI voices in 121 languages"; voice cloning with 2 clones on Starter, 8 on Creator, 20 on Business. "Pick one to four AI hosts." | podthis.copodthis.copodthis.cojellypod.comjellypod.com |
| Languages | All 70 languages, on every plan. | Voices in 121 languages. | podthis.cojellypod.com |
| Output | Finished episode with chapters, a searchable transcript and generated cover art; 320 kbps MP3 and transcript downloads. | Maximum podcast length 60 minutes on Starter, Creator and Business; unlimited on Enterprise. Export format not stated. Also video, vertical shorts and voiceovers. | podthis.cojellypod.comjellypod.com |
| Publishing | Public, unlisted or private per episode. Every creator has an RSS feed; episodes open in Apple Podcasts, Overcast or Pocket Casts from the "Listen in your app" menu. | "Spotify, YouTube & Apple Podcasts distribution", "hosted podcast website", "embeddable player" and "scheduled publishing" on every plan; custom domain on Business. "Every podcast gets a website and RSS feed." | podthis.cojellypod.comjellypod.com |
| Facts verified 4 October 2026 on the linked vendor pages. A dash means the vendor does not state it. | |||
Where Jellypod is the better choice
- Hosting and distribution. Every Jellypod podcast gets a website and an RSS feed, with distribution to Spotify, YouTube and Apple Podcasts, an embeddable player and scheduled publishing on every plan.
- Automations. Write a prompt once, pick the days, and each run can search the web, write the script and generate an episode.
- Voices. 3,300+ AI voices in 121 languages, one to four hosts, and voice cloning on every plan (2 clones on Starter). PodThis has no voice cloning, by policy.
- More than audio. Video, vertical shorts and voiceovers, and episodes up to 60 minutes on Starter, Creator and Business.
Where PodThis is the better choice
- A free plan. 5 credits on sign-up and 3 a month, no credit card. Jellypod has no free plan; its 7-day trial requires a payment method and converts to the plan you chose unless you cancel.
- Entry price. PodThis Creator is $9 a month for 40 credits, which is 40 short episodes of about 10 minutes. Jellypod Starter is $25 a month for 5,000 credits, which at 30 credits per audio minute is about 166 minutes.
- A finished episode out of the box. Chapters, a searchable transcript, generated cover art and a 320 kbps MP3 with every episode. Jellypod’s pricing page does not state an export format.
- Every feature on every plan. PodThis plans differ only in credits; Jellypod limits voice clones and custom domains by plan.
Languages
Jellypod lists voices in 121 languages. PodThis offers 70 languages on every plan. Both counts are the vendors’ own.
Which one to use
If you are building a show and will pay from day one, Jellypod does more of the hosting and distribution for you. If you want to try the idea first, or make episodes now and then from a topic or a document, PodThis costs nothing to start. See pricing, the daily briefing use case for a recurring show, and the NotebookLM alternatives page for how both compare with the free option.
How this page was made
Every fact in the table was read from the vendor’s own pricing, help or product page on the date in the table footer, and each row links to its page. Where a vendor does not state something, the cell shows a dash rather than a guess. We make PodThis, so it is described from its own public pages by the same rule. Jellypod’s own site is jellypod.com; prices and features change, so check there before you buy.
Try PodThis on your own topic
Every account starts with 5 credits and gets 3 more each month; a short episode costs 1.