Libsyn
Summary
Podcast hosting, distribution, and monetization platform.
Parent organisation: Liberated Syndication
Type of organisation: Publicly-listed company (or group)
Market share: One of the leading products (#3-7)
Pricing: $5/month-$150/month
Factors driving pricing: Additional features, Ability to whitelabel or customise
Skills needed to set-up: Needs tool/domain expert to configure
Skills needed to use: Needs tool/domain expert to configure
Parent organisation: Liberated Syndication
Type of organisation: Publicly-listed company (or group)
Market share: One of the leading products (#3-7)
Pricing: $5/month-$150/month
Factors driving pricing: Additional features, Ability to whitelabel or customise
Skills needed to set-up: Needs tool/domain expert to configure
Skills needed to use: Needs tool/domain expert to configure
Pros
Transparent pricing model
Clear data policies
Allows data deletion
Cons
Newsworthy business issues/challenges - Activism Could Rescue Value For Shareholders Of Fast Growing Liberated Syndication, Catalysts Abound For Liberated Syndication As Reorganized Board Reviews Strategic Options
Lacks accessibility statement
Does not share diversity data
Full Product Data Collection
Data collected January-February 2020
| Product name | Libsyn |
| Product URL | https://libsyn.com/ |
| Parent organisation | Liberated Syndication |
| Workflow category | Publishing & distribution |
| Date product founded | 2004 |
| Product description | Podcast hosting, distribution, and monetization platform. |
| What type of company or organisation is the product owned by? | Publicly-listed company (or group) |
| Is the company profit-making? | Yes, profitable |
| How is this product funded? | Subscriptions |
| What market share does the tool have? | One of the leading products (#3-7) |
| Is there an Open Source alternative in this product space? | No |
| When did the company last release new features? | November 2018: Update to Libsyn Web Player’s custom theme. |
| Have they shared details of the product roadmap? | No |
| Is there talk of the product raising further investment? | No |
| Is there talk of the product being acquired? | No |
| Have there been any newsworthy business issues or challenges in the last 12 months? | Yes. Activism Could Rescue Value For Shareholders Of Fast Growing Liberated Syndication, Catalysts Abound For Liberated Syndication As Reorganized Board Reviews Strategic Options |
| Is there a pricing model listed on the website? | Yes |
| How clear & transparent is this pricing model? | Very: full pricing listed |
| What is the range of prices offered? | Classic 50 ($5 p/m): 50MB monthly storage, opt-in advertising monetization (+$2 p/m for basic stats, +$2 use own domain); Classic 250 ($15 p/m): 250MB monthly storage, opt-in advertising monetization (+$2 use own domain); Advanced 400 ($20 p/m): 400MB monthly storage, opt-in advertising and paywall monetization, downloadable stats (inc. IABv2.0), (+$10 p/m extra 200MB storage, +$10 p/m app for Android/iOS, +$2p/m use own domain); Advanced 800: ($40 p/m): 800MB monthly storage, all other features as Advanced 400, Advanced 1500: ($75 p/m): 1,500MB monthly storage, all other features as Advanced 400, Advanced 3000 ($150 p/m): 3,000MB monthly storage, all other features as Advanced 400. Also, enterprise pricing on asking, with customisable features. |
| What factors drive higher pricing? | Additional features, Ability to whitelabel or customise |
| What skills are needed to get this tool set up & usable? | Needs tool/domain expert to configure |
| What skills are needed to USE this tool day-to-day? | Needs tool/domain expert to configure |
| Does this tool use proprietary file formats for saving documents & outputs? | Cannot tell |
| Is the product reliant on 3rd-party APIs or interoperability to function? | No |
| Have there been any newsworthy technical issues in the last 3 years? | No |
| How clear is the Terms of Service for users (i.e. publishing customers)? | Technical, legalistic TOS |
| Does the product have a data collection & usage policy on its website? (Can be a GDPR statement)? | Yes, comprehensive. |
| Is their data policy “GDPR everywhere”? | Yes, GDPR compliant globally |
| Does the product require your audience to sign-in to use it? | N/A not an audience-facing tool |
| IF SIGN IN REQUIRED: Does audience sign-in use 3rd party platforms? | N/A not an audience-facing tool |
| Does the public product website mention how to export or transfer your data to another service? | Only partial exports available |
| Does the public product website mention how to delete your data? | Yes: for publisher data only |
| Have there been any newsworthy security breaches with this product in the last 3 years? | No |
| Does the company have an accessibility statement on its website? | No / cannot find |
| Does the company release information on the diversity of the workforce? | No |