Blubrry Reviews: 3.9/5 — Good for the Price

Blubrry does something the rest of this category mostly does not: it charges by how much you publish, not how big your files are. “Choose the hosting plan that fits how much you publish, not how large your files are.” That is genuinely better for podcasters, who should not need a bitrate calculator to pick a plan. But it produces one odd result — Standard 3 at $15 a month costs more per hour than the cheaper plan below it and the dearer plan above it, and for $10 more than Standard 3 you get double the hours plus advanced analytics.

• What it is: Podcast hosting, distribution and analytics, trading for over 21 years.
• Best for: Podcasters at 6 hours a month, where Advanced 6 sits at the best value-per-hour with full analytics.
• Pricing: $7–$100 a month, or $155–$970 a year. Verified July 2026.
• The honest catch: The cheapest and dearest plans cannot be bought annually.

What Is Blubrry?

Blubrry is one of podcasting’s longest-running hosts — 21-plus years — offering hosting and distribution to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and elsewhere, plus statistics, a free managed WordPress website, AI podcast tools and monetisation options. Its defining choice is the meter: plans are sized by hours of audio or video published per month, so you pick a tier by publishing schedule rather than by estimating file sizes.

Blubrry describes the plans as having “no long-term commitments”.

How Blubrry Works

• Six plans, metered by hours published.
• Hours, not gigabytes — no file-size maths.
• Standard and Advanced differ on analytics.
• Two plans are monthly-only.
• Annual saves 10–14%.
• Free managed WordPress site on every plan.

Blubrry Pricing

Captured from Blubrry’s plans page in July 2026 in US dollars, reading both billing toggles.

What actually decides your cost:

• Charging by publishing hours instead of storage is the right call, and rare. Most podcast hosts meter storage or bandwidth, which forces you to estimate file sizes from bitrate and episode length before you can even choose a plan. Blubrry’s page says it plainly — “Your plan is based on hours—not megabytes” — and the allowances read 1.5, 3, 6, 12 and 25 hours a month. If you know your publishing schedule, you know your plan. That also means video costs the same as audio per hour, which is unusual and favourable if you publish both.
• Standard 3 is beaten on price per hour by the plans on either side of it. At $15 for 3 hours it works out at $5.00 an hour, against $4.67 for the cheaper Standard 1.5 and $4.17 for the dearer Advanced 6. So it is the worst value on the page in unit terms. Worse, $10 more than Standard 3 buys Advanced 6 — double the hours and an upgrade from Standard to Advanced analytics. Unless you publish exactly three hours and genuinely do not want better statistics, Standard 3 is hard to justify.
• Advanced 25 sits $10 below unlimited. Advanced 25 costs $90 a month for 25 hours; Pro Unlimited costs $100 for no cap. That is an 11% price increase to remove the ceiling entirely. Anyone considering Advanced 25 should take Pro Unlimited — the only reason not to is that Advanced 25 can be billed annually at $970 and Pro Unlimited cannot, which over a year makes Pro Unlimited $1,200 against $970, a real $230 difference. If annual billing matters more than headroom, that is the trade.
• The cheapest and most expensive plans are monthly-only. Switch the toggle to Annual and Standard 1.5 and Pro Unlimited both show a “Monthly Only” pill and keep their monthly prices. So the annual discount is available on the four middle plans only, and the entry and top tiers are month-to-month by design.
• The “Save 10%” badge understates on half the plans. Measured against twelve monthly payments, annual billing saves 13.9% on Standard 3, 13.3% on Advanced 6, 10.0% on Advanced 12 and 10.2% on Advanced 25. So the advertised 10% is exactly right at the top of the range and conservative at the bottom — the opposite of the pattern across most of this review series, where headline discounts flatter the best case.
• Advanced analytics is the real dividing line, and it starts at $25. The two Standard plans include “Standard podcast statistics”; the Advanced tiers include “Advanced podcast analytics”. Blubrry also sells Standard Statistics standalone at $5 a month, which tells you roughly what the analytics component is worth on its own. For most podcasters chasing sponsorship, advanced numbers are the point of paying for hosting at all — which puts the realistic entry price at Advanced 6, $25 a month or $260 a year.
• A managed WordPress site is included on every plan, including the $7 one. Along with AI podcast tools and publishing to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. Bundling a hosted website into a $7 podcast plan is materially more than most competitors include at that price.
• The old pricing URL is gone, not moved. blubrry.com/pricing/ now returns HTTP 410 Gone — an explicit “deliberately removed” rather than a redirect — while create.blubrry.com/pricing/ bounces to the homepage. Current pricing lives at blubrry.com/services/plans-pricing/. Anyone following an older bookmark or third-party link will land nowhere useful.

Who Should Use Blubrry

• Podcasters publishing around 6 hours a month. The clearest case — Advanced 6 combines the best unit rate with full analytics.
• Anyone publishing video as well as audio. Hours are hours; video is not penalised.
• Creators wanting a website included. A free managed WordPress site on every plan.
• Heavy publishers. Pro Unlimited at $100 a month removes the cap.

It fits poorly for anyone drawn to Standard 3, which both neighbours beat on price per hour; for buyers who want the entry or top plan billed annually, since neither offers it; and for podcasters needing advanced stats on a Standard plan.

Honest Pros and Cons

Strengths

• Metered by hours published, not file size or bandwidth.
• Video and audio cost the same per hour.
• Free managed WordPress website on every plan.
• “Save 10%” understates the actual 10–14% annual saving.
• 21-plus years of operation, with no long-term commitment.
• AI podcast tools included throughout.

Limitations

• Standard 3 is beaten on price per hour by both neighbours.
• Standard 1.5 and Pro Unlimited cannot be billed annually.
• Advanced analytics requires the $25 tier.
• Advanced 25 is only $10 below unlimited.
• Statistics are sold separately at $5 a month.
• The old /pricing/ URL returns 410 Gone.

Blubrry Alternatives and How It Compares

• Buzzsprout is the most popular beginner host, metered by upload hours too.
• Podbean offers unlimited plans at competitive prices.
• Transistor targets multi-show creators and private podcasting.
• Libsyn is the other long-established host, metered by monthly storage.
• Captivate and Spreaker compete on growth tooling and monetisation.

For a wider survey, browse our podcast hosting directory.

The Verdict

Blubrry gets the most important design decision right. Podcast hosting is traditionally sold by megabytes of storage, which forces a new podcaster to work backwards from bitrate and episode length before they can pick a plan. Blubrry sells hours published per month — “Your plan is based on hours—not megabytes” — so you choose by publishing schedule instead. A weekly show of roughly 45 minutes fits Standard 3; a twice-weekly hour-long show needs Advanced 6. Video costs the same per hour as audio, which is unusually generous, and every plan — including the $7 one — bundles a free managed WordPress website and AI production tools.

The ladder does contain one plan that is hard to defend. Standard 3 costs $15 a month for 3 hours, or $5.00 an hour — more per hour than the $7 Standard 1.5 ($4.67) and considerably more than the $25 Advanced 6 ($4.17). And the upgrade from Standard 3 to Advanced 6 costs just $10 a month for double the hours plus a move from Standard to Advanced analytics. Since analytics are what most podcasters eventually need for sponsorship conversations, that $10 is the easiest decision on the page. Treat Advanced 6 at $25 a month, or $260 a year, as the realistic entry point.

At the other end there is a similar compression. Advanced 25 costs $90 a month for 25 hours; Pro Unlimited costs $100 with no cap — 11% more to remove the ceiling. The catch is that Pro Unlimited is monthly-only, as is Standard 1.5, so the annual discount applies to the four middle plans only. Over a year that makes Advanced 25 $970 against Pro Unlimited’s $1,200 — so if you reliably stay under 25 hours, annual billing saves $230; if you might not, the $10 monthly step is cheap insurance.

Credit where it is due on the discount claim: the badge says “Save 10%” and the actual savings are 10.0%, 10.2%, 13.3% and 13.9% — accurate at the top of the range and understated at the bottom. Across this review series that is the rarer direction. One practical annoyance to note: blubrry.com/pricing/ now returns HTTP 410 Gone, so older links and bookmarks lead nowhere; current pricing is at /services/plans-pricing/. Otherwise this is a straightforward, well-structured price list from a company that has been doing this longer than almost anyone.

FAQ

How much does Blubrry cost?

In US dollars, captured July 2026. Monthly: Standard 1.5 $7, Standard 3 $15, Advanced 6 $25, Advanced 12 $50, Advanced 25 $90 and Pro Unlimited $100. Annually: Standard 3 $155, Advanced 6 $260, Advanced 12 $540 and Advanced 25 $970 — Standard 1.5 and Pro Unlimited are monthly-only. Plans are sized by hours published per month, not storage.

How does Blubrry’s hours-based pricing work?

Instead of metering storage or bandwidth, Blubrry limits how much content you publish each month: 1.5, 3, 6, 12 or 25 hours, or unlimited on Pro. Its page states “Your plan is based on hours—not megabytes.” Video counts the same as audio, so you can pick a plan from your publishing schedule without calculating file sizes from bitrate.

Which Blubrry plan is best value?

Advanced 6 at $25 a month for most podcasters. It costs $4.17 per published hour against Standard 3’s $5.00, and includes advanced analytics where the Standard plans do not — all for $10 more than Standard 3. Standard 3 is in fact beaten on price per hour by both the plan below it and the plan above it, which makes it the weakest option on the page.

Does Blubrry offer an annual discount?

Yes, on four of its six plans. Annual billing saves 13.9% on Standard 3, 13.3% on Advanced 6, 10.0% on Advanced 12 and 10.2% on Advanced 25 — so the advertised “Save 10%” is accurate at the top of the range and understates it at the bottom. Standard 1.5 and Pro Unlimited are marked “Monthly Only” and cannot be billed annually.

What is included on Blubrry’s cheapest plan?

Standard 1.5 at $7 a month covers 1.5 hours of publishing, distribution to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and others, standard podcast statistics, AI podcast tools and a free managed WordPress website. Advanced analytics requires an Advanced plan from $25; Blubrry also sells Standard Statistics standalone at $5 a month.