Audio tools / Fireside
Fireside
Publish, distribute, and grow your podcast with reliable hosting, clear analytics, and personal support. Start with your Fireside account.
Where it stands
4.2 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health4.5 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Facts stated5 / 5 · weight 30%
How many of the five facts the tool's own pages state
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Fireside yet. Facts checked 2026-11-01. How tests work
Disclosure: agathox makes some of the tools listed here. They are labelled and scored by the same method as every other tool.
Should you use Fireside?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-01.
A good fit if…
Nothing is clearly stated yet.
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- It sends your content to its servers. Its pages say: “Storage location not stated. Uploaded MP3 files and images are kept until you delete them or cancel your account. Data may be…”
- It needs an account.
- Free results may carry a watermark or branding. Its pages say: “Fireside branding on the podcast site can be removed only on the Professional plan.”
Does: Podcast hosting
Measured signals
4.5 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Fireside's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 249 ms.
- Security5 / 54 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy, x-frame-options).
- Privacy3 / 52 third-party tracking services found: Google Analytics, Meta Pixel.
- Transparency5 / 5Links a privacy policy; links a pricing page.
Community feedback
We found no public discussion of this tool to read.
A score needs at least 12 different commenters across 2 threads.
- Free tier
- No free plan. 14-day trial on every plan; it starts after email confirmation, plan choice and adding payment information, and is not charged until it ends.
- Paid plan
- Monthly/yearly in USD: Starter $9/$99, Standard $19/$209, Professional $49/$539. Extra podcasts $8/month each on Standard and Professional. Hiatus $5/month per podcast. Country-based pricing not mentioned.
- Signup
- Account needed for the trial and plans.
- Watermark
- Fireside branding on the podcast site can be removed only on the Professional plan.
- Where files go
- Storage location not stated. Uploaded MP3 files and images are kept until you delete them or cancel your account. Data may be processed outside your country.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Get an email if Fireside changes
We check its official pages every week. If they change, we tell you, so you can see if the price or limits moved. No other email, and one click stops it.
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Tasks and scores
- Podcast hostingNot tested yet
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