How do podcast production companies compare on services, price and turnaround?
Podcast production companies differ mainly in scope. Some price editing only, while others include planning, live producing and posting. Pricing as listed on Oct 25, 2026: several companies list editing plans, others do not publicly list prices, and Stimulate publishes its prices on its pricing page. Check each site for current pricing.
How to read this comparison
Checked on Oct 25, 2026. Every competitor fact below comes from that company's own website and links to the page it came from. Pricing as listed on Oct 25, 2026; check their site for current pricing. Where a company shows no price, we write not publicly listed. We compare scope only, not quality. Tiers are not like-for-like: Podcast Engineers and We Edit Podcasts mainly price editing, while Stimulate's tiers include planning, live producing and posting.
Stimulate
- Pricing: three monthly packages (Essentials, Growth and Full Production), each 4 episodes a month. Current prices are on our pricing page.
- Clips: 4, 8 or 12 per episode by tier. Live remote producer on Growth and Full Production. Studio coordination included in Full Production (studio fees at cost) or available as an add-on.
- Turnaround: clips can go up the same day when time-sensitive; full episodes within 3 days; rush 48-hour turnaround +30%.
- Terms: month to month.
Podcast Engineers
- Services: audio editing and management, video editing with social snippets, show notes, transcripts, thumbnails, publishing and scheduling, promotion; launch assistance from $350 one-time (services page).
- Pricing as listed on Oct 25, 2026: Audio $395/mo, Video $850/mo, Full $1,300/mo, each up to 4 episodes a month with a maximum of 60 minutes of raw audio per episode; custom plans from $325/mo; transcripts $1/min (services page).
- Turnaround: standard 3 to 5 days; rush 1 to 2 days (FAQ).
- Live or remote producing and studio booking: not publicly listed.
- Terms: no long-term contract, cancel anytime (FAQ).
We Edit Podcasts
- Services: audio and video editing, show notes, transcription, uploading; launch packages and artwork by custom quote (pricing page).
- Pricing as listed on Oct 25, 2026 (episodes up to 60 minutes): 4 episodes a month audio $800, audio and video $1,800; 2 episodes a month audio $440 (pricing page).
- Turnaround: 72-hour turnaround on standard services, and the same page also states editing-only within 48 hours (pricing page).
- Live or remote producing and studio booking: not publicly listed.
- Terms: month to month, no contracts (pricing page).
Resonate Recordings
- Services: launch, audio production, video production with YouTube cuts and short clips, hosting, marketing, management with a dedicated producer, narrative and internal podcasts (homepage).
- Pricing as listed on Oct 25, 2026: no plan prices; the site states full-service production generally runs between $2,100 and $6,500 a month depending on format, episode count and video (cost comparison page).
- Turnaround: standard 3 to 5 business days per episode (editing page).
- Remote recording with an engineer on the session; studio recording listed (video page). Terms: not publicly listed.
Lower Street
- Services: podcast editing, video podcast production and editing, launch, promotion, consulting, and enterprise, private, university and narrative shows (editing page, video page).
- Pricing: not publicly listed.
- Turnaround: audio editing minimum 7 days (editing page).
- Live producing, studio booking and contract terms: not publicly listed.
Content Allies and Sweet Fish Media
- Content Allies: B2B services including strategy, host training, question briefs, production, show notes, publishing, social clips and a live recording engineer on each session (services page). Pricing, turnaround and terms: not publicly listed.
- Sweet Fish Media: positions as a B2B video team for video podcasts, social shorts, YouTube and more, with in-studio, on-site and remote production (homepage). Pricing, per-episode turnaround and terms: not publicly listed.
Frequently asked questions
Which podcast production company is cheapest?
Listed prices are not like-for-like, because some plans cover editing only and others include planning, live producing and posting. Compare the scope you need on each company's own site.
Do these companies publish prices?
As of Oct 25, 2026, Stimulate, Podcast Engineers and We Edit Podcasts list plan prices; Resonate Recordings lists a range; Lower Street, Content Allies and Sweet Fish Media do not publicly list prices.
Which companies include a live producer in the session?
Stimulate includes a live remote producer on Growth and Full Production. Resonate Recordings and Content Allies describe an engineer on the session. For others it is not publicly listed.
How often is this page checked?
It was checked on Oct 25, 2026. We re-check each company's site before updates.
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