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Free allowance
Advertised as no cap: 'No episode caps, no storage limits, no upcharging as your show grows.
Verdict
caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
Cost
free tier
Identity
anonymous?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit
noneno named constraint binds
Evidence
reported3 sources; a third party said so
Freshness
stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
Free tierAdvertised as no cap: 'No episode caps, no storage limits, no upcharging as your show grows. Unlimited hosting, included in every plan', plus 'Up to 5 shows for free'. No numeric storage or per-file figure is published anywhere in their docs — the pricing comparison table exposes rows only as 'Unlimited' with no labels in the extracted DOM.
unit unlimited; metered on stored-bytes
Pricenone stated
Identityanonymous (inferred, not read) not published
EgressNot metered in any published doc; hosting and publishing show 'Unlimited' in the plan comparison.
Per-object capnot stated
Retentionnot stated
Interfaceunknown wrapper-only
ToolingNo public upload API found; dashboard upload only. RSS out is standard.
Composes with5 shows per free account x unlimited episodes x unpublished per-file cap. Multiple accounts = 5 shows each.
ReliabilityNo independent confirmation of transcode behaviour and no live enclosure probe possible without an account. Their 2023 free-plan reduction shows the free tier is a moving target.
Parsed numbers
  • has-free-tier 1
Evidence 3
datesourcewhat it proved
2026-10-21zencastr.com/feature/hosting'Podcast hosting with no limits. No episode caps, no storage limits, no upcharging as your show grows. Unlimited hosting, included in every plan'; 'Up to 5 shows for free'
2026-10-21zencastr.com/pricingHosting & Publishing rows show 'Unlimited'
2026-10-21zencastr.ghost.io/announcing-changes-to-the-free-plan/precedent that the free tier can be cut: 2023 reduced recording to '2 hours ... per month' with masters kept '31 days'
Unknown values 5
  • interface: the access interface was not established
  • per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
  • per object cap stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
  • retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
  • retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read