Recently I was looking for a reliable podhost for my German video podcasts. I compared four different hosting providers, two from Germany and two from the US.

The advantage of podhosts in comparison to webhosts

Webhosts usually offer a static amount of storage space. I know, some companies offer unlimited data and transfer, but if you really stress their system they will usually kick you.

Podhosts are different, because the storage space renews every month. So if you have a plan with 100MB/month, you can potentially upload 1200MB every year. Usually PodHosts can actually offer something like a traffic flatrate, because podcasts files aren’t dynamic and can be saved on different servers.

Podcast Hosting Comparison Table

	podZILLA	podhost	libsyn	Podbean
small package
MB/month	50 MB	30 MB	50 MB	- (100MB static)
Traffic/month	inclusive	inclusive	inclusive	5 GB
Payment	yearly	free	monthly	free
Termination	monthly	free	monthly	free
Amount/month	~$1.40USD (1€)	free	$5 USD	free
big package
MB/month	1000 MB	600 MB	1500 MB	700 MB
Traffic/month	monthly	monthly	monthly	monthly
Termination	monthly	monthly	monthly	monthly
Amount/month	~$18.39 (13€)	~$21.22 (15€)	$60USD	19,95USD
more info
Method of payment	invoice, PayPal	cash in advance, PayPal	credit card, PayPal	PayPal
Speed test*	10,4 MB/s	5,43 MB/s	2,47 MB/s	0,26 MB/s

* podhosts usually save files on different servers, so the traffic speed shown here, is just a guideline. Consider that the geographic location of the save can also have an impact on performance.

Conclusion

For me podZILLA and PodBean are the winners

podZILLA because the speed and the conditions are really excellent. Obviously I tested this with a German server, so I would suggest testing connection speed yourself, before you register.

PodBean was slow in my test. Especially for video podcasts you want faster connection speed! 0.26MB isn’t even enough for streaming HD video content.
But connection speed isn’t always the same and Podbean offers a start storage space up to 2.5GB! That’s great if you want to take your old episodes with you.