The difference between PodMatch and Podcast Amplify is not really features or price. It is the size and shape of the pool you are pitching into, and that single difference decides which one suits you.
PodMatch is a two-sided matching marketplace. Hosts join, guests join, and the service introduces them to each other. Both sides are paying members, and it is priced per month per seat. Their current plans are on their pricing page, which is the only place we will point you for a figure, because they render prices live and we are not going to quote a number we cannot verify.
It is a genuinely good product at what it does, and the thing it does well is worth naming plainly: every host in it has raised their hand. They joined a service in order to be pitched. That is a warmer starting position than any cold list can offer.
A directory rather than a marketplace. We harvest shows from Apple's public index and Podcastindex.org, read each show's own RSS feed, and record what it publishes. We hold 22,259 shows, of which 16,616 publish a contact address in their own feed.
None of them joined anything. They are simply podcasts, and the great majority of them are not members of any matching service.
| PodMatch | Introduces you to hosts who joined PodMatch |
|---|---|
| Podcast Amplify | Shows you every podcast that publishes a way to reach it |
| Warmth | PodMatch is warmer. Their hosts opted in to be pitched |
| Size | A directory is larger, because it does not require the host to sign up |
| Who sends | We never send for you. Pitches go from your own inbox |
Choose a marketplace if you want the lowest-friction route to a first booking and you are happy inside the pool of hosts who have joined it. Warm beats large when you are starting out.
Choose a directory if you have a specific audience in mind and the shows that reach it are not in anyone's marketplace. Most trade and niche shows are not. That is the whole reason this exists.
The honest bit. These are not really competitors. A marketplace and a directory solve different halves of the same problem, and plenty of people should use both. If your field is well covered by a matching service, use one.
| Shows in the directory | 22,259 |
|---|---|
| Publishing a contact | 16,616 |
| Realistically pitchable | 7,825 |
| Confirmed UK | 451 |
"Realistically pitchable" means the show publishes its own inbox rather than a network desk, sits outside the national chart, comes from an independent publisher, and has released an episode within the last year. We would rather show you a smaller honest number than a larger one that wastes your pitches.
Browsing the directory is free and always will be. You can see every show, its reach and whether it publishes a contact, without an account.
PodMatch and MatchMaker.fm are the trademarks of their respective owners. We have no affiliation with either. Everything said about them here is drawn from their own public pages, and we have deliberately left out any figure we could not confirm at source.