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Partially Agent-Ready
Agent-Ready SaaS Index · buzzsprout.com · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 49 / 100
Podcast Hosting Platforms
Free tier
Self-serve checkout
Public API

Buzzsprout scores 49/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a free entry path exists.

See Buzzsprout pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
Buzzsprout pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · www.buzzsprout.com/pricing
Free
Free
2 hours of upload per month
90 days episode hosting
No credit card required
Audio
$15/mo
or $15/mo billed annually
Unlimited episodes
72 hrs of upload per year
Advanced stats
Audio + Video
$25/mo
or $25/mo billed annually
Video distribution to Apple Podcasts
1080p video resolution
72 hrs of upload per year
Multi-Podcast
$30/mo
or $30/mo billed annually
Supports 5 or 10 podcasts
180 hrs of upload per year
Unlimited episodes
Archive
$5/mo
flat
Keeps podcast live without new uploads
Switch back to standard plan anytime
Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How Buzzsprout scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

15 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

0 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

0 / 20

Free entry path

7 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

5 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
49 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
Free plan, 1 podcast, 2 hrs upload
$0/mo
· Uses the free tier which includes 2 hours of upload per month· No overage incurred
Confidence: high
Audio plan, 1 podcast, 10 hrs upload
$15/mo
· Audio tier provides 72 hrs of upload per year (6 hrs per month)· Usage stays within the included upload hours
Confidence: high
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Human-assisted
LLM score: 55/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

Yes

Can upgrade plan

Yes

Can buy more usage

Yes

Can cancel online

Yes

Payment methods

card

Human approval recommended

No

Pricing transparency

full

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

No

Quote required

No

Annual commit required

Yes

Auto-renewal mentioned

Yes

Cancellation policy visible

Yes

Refund policy visible

No

Invoice payment available

Yes

Purchase orders supported

Unknown

MSA required

Unknown

DPA available

Unknown

Security review required

Unknown

Trial

Available, no card

Enterprise signals
Trust & compliance

SSO / SAML

Unknown

RBAC

Unknown

Audit logs

Unknown

Data residency

US

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem
Headline

“Start podcasting today”

Buyer persona

smb
mid market

Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Buzzsprout?
✓

Discover price

✓

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✓

Avoid a sales call

◐

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
  • A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How Buzzsprout could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

Start podcasting today — Join the 1,695 podcasters who started podcasting with Buzzsprout this week.

tier_count

3

lowest_paid_entry_usd

15

free_tier

true

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

true

self_serve_paid_tiers

2

sales_only_tiers

0

public_api_docs_url

https://www.buzzsprout.com/api

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

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Page heading: Start podcasting today
CTAs (36): Buzzsprout · Features · Pricing · How to Start a Podcast · Blog · About · Ads · Get Started Free · Log In · Monthly · Annually · All Premium Features
Price tokens (4): $15 / month When billed ann · $25 / month When billed ann · $30 / month When billed ann · $5/month that keeps your
Buzzsprout Features Pricing How to Start a Podcast Blog About Ads Menu Features Pricing How to Start a Podcast Blog About Ads Get Started Free Log In Log In Get Started Free Start podcasting today Join the 1,695 podcasters who started podcasting with Buzzsprout this week. Monthly Annually Most Popular Audio Upload up to 72 hrs / yr Easiest way to get started Listed in Podcast Directories Advanced Stats Unlimited Episodes Premium Website Add-on Availability All Premium Features $15 / month When billed annually Current Plan Audio + Video Upload up to 72 hrs / yr Publish video on Apple Podcasts 1080p Video Resolution Listed in Podcast Directories Audio and video all from the same place All Premium Features $25 / month When billed annually Current Plan Multi-Podcast Media Type Audio Audio + Video Number of Podcasts Up to 5 Up to 10 Upload up to 180 hrs / yr Affordably scales with your success All Premium Features $30 / month When billed annually Start a Podcast for Free No credit card required. Try before you buy. Cancel anytime. What our customers are saying about us Over 3,600 5-star reviews from Buzzsprout Podcasters. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ As a 77-year-old new to podcasting, you flattened my learning curve with simple instructions and super responsive support. The Baltimore Boomer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Easy to use & everything in one location. Professional with very little effort. A great value! Lance Wylie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hosted on Buzzsprout since 2020. Never a single issue, never considered another plat…
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Agent-Ready Spec
Buzzsprout
Partially Agent-Ready

49

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Podcast Hosting Platforms

Pricing model

Start podcasting today — Join the 1,695 podcasters who started podcasting with Buzzsprout this week.

Tier count

3

Free tier

Yes

Lowest paid entry

$15/mo

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

2 / 0

Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from www.buzzsprout.com/pricing
Pricing model

Tier-based subscription

Agent-purchase verdict
Human-assisted
55/100 · v2.1
Canonical answer

Buzzsprout pricing starts at $0/mo for the Free plan; paid plans range from $15/mo to $30/mo. Billed monthly or annually with discount.

Cheapest entry

Free plan (Free)

Actions
Open live pricing page
Verdict reflects Partially Agent-Ready status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://www.buzzsprout.com/pricing.
Agent-friendly features1 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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