Hello Audio vs Libsyn: Which Platform Fits Your Audio Goals?

Libsyn is a familiar name in podcast hosting, so it often makes the shortlist when you compare audio platforms.

But what if your audio isn’t meant for everyone? That’s where Hello Audio fits in, since we built it to deliver content like a paid course or your team’s weekly update to exactly the people who should hear it.

In this article, you’ll see how Hello Audio and Libsyn compare side by side, from private access to pricing, along with a short set of questions to help you choose with confidence.

What Is Hello Audio?

Hello Audio is our private podcast platform for creators and businesses. It turns your existing content into private podcasts your audience hears in the podcast app they already use, so they don’t have to remember logins or manage MP3 downloads.

Our private podcast features focus on who hears your audio and when:

• ●Unique listener links: Each listener gets a private link, and you can remove it at any time.
• ●Dripped and expiring feeds: Episodes can release on a schedule and then expire when a program ends.
• ●Listener tags: Tags control which episodes each person gets, as well as which pre-roll or post-roll they hear.
• ●Automated actions: When someone activates a feed or listens to a specific episode, our platform can trigger the next step for you.
• ●Video-to-audio conversion: Video uploads convert to audio on every plan, so you can repurpose existing video content quickly.
• ●Listener signup pages: Stripe Connect lets people pay for a feed and then start listening right away.

What Is Libsyn?

Libsyn is a podcast hosting platform built for public shows. With one upload, it sends your episodes to major apps like Apple Podcasts and Spotify, plus 20+ other platforms.

Every Libsyn plan includes these core tools:

• ●Audio and video hosting: Plans host both formats, although audio uploads are capped by monthly hours.
• ●IAB-verified analytics: Download stats are IAB-verified on every plan, and higher plans add advanced stats.
• ●Multi-user access: Up to five people can work on each podcast.
• ●Show website: Each podcast gets a customizable website that stays synced with its RSS feed.
• ●Monetization options: Ad and subscription tools help shows earn from their audience.

Key Features Side by Side

Here’s how the two platforms compare on the features that shape private audio:

Nina Clapperton, founder of SheKnowsSEO.co, shows what these tools can do in practice. After turning her existing content into multiple private podcast feeds, she saw 2.7x higher completion rates.

Her results are her own, but they show what’s possible when content is easy to finish.

Want that kind of follow-through from content you already have? Hello Audio is our private podcast platform for creators and businesses, and here’s what you get from day one:

• ●Fast launch: Over 70% of new users launch their first audio feed in under 24 hours.
• ●Room to grow: Every plan includes unlimited episodes and unlimited listeners.
• ●Risk-free start: If you cancel within 30 days of your first payment, our support team will issue a refund.

Start your free 7-day trial (no credit card required) and launch your first private feed today.

How Private Access Works on Each Platform

Private access controls who can hear your audio and what happens when someone’s access ends.

Hello Audio builds every private feed around listener-level control:

• ●Hidden from search: Private feeds stay out of public podcast directories and Google.
• ●One link per listener: Each person gets their own link inside the podcast app they already use.
• ●Locked links: You can set a link to stop working for anyone else once a listener subscribes.
• ●Removable access: If a member cancels or someone leaves your team, you can remove their access at any time.

Libsyn starts with a public feed and adds paid options on top:

• ●Public RSS feed: Its standard feed is one that podcast apps and directories can list.
• ●Premium feeds: Paying subscribers can get bonus or ad-free episodes.
• ●Apple Podcasts Subscriptions: Every plan supports Apple’s built-in subscription option.
• ●Glow: Libsyn also owns Glow, a membership tool built around private-feed paywalls.

As a result, Libsyn’s premium options are built for paying fans of a public show, while Hello Audio’s access controls work for any private audience, including clients and employees.

How Each Platform Helps You Earn From Audio

The two platforms are built around different ways of making money.

Hello Audio lets you sell access to a private feed directly. Because listener signup pages connect to Stripe, a buyer can pay and start listening without a separate checkout tool.

Since your income comes from what you charge, it opens up ways to monetize your content that don’t depend on download counts.

Libsyn’s earning tools, meanwhile, center on advertising:

• ●Automatic Podcast Ads: Libsyn places ads across eligible episodes whenever matching ad buys are available.
• ●PodRoll: Shows earn when promoted episodes from other podcasts appear in their Apple Podcasts and Spotify listings.
• ●Libsyn Ads: This marketplace connects shows with more than 400 advertisers.

These payouts depend on volume. Shows under 50,000 monthly downloads get a 50% revenue share, while shows above that threshold get 60%.

Podcast advertising is a sizable market, and IAB’s full-year ad revenue report puts US podcast ad revenue at $2.9 billion, up 17.6% year over year.

Still, Libsyn notes that each show’s ad earnings depend on factors like reach and listener count. So when your audio is the product itself, selling access through Hello Audio puts the price in your hands.

Team and Company Updates on Each Platform

Company audio has one job: reach the right people and nobody else.

That’s harder than it sounds, because inboxes are already crowded. In Gallagher’s employee communications report, 83% of communications and HR professionals said information overload is a growing problem.

Gallagher also warns that when every message feels urgent, employees start to tune out.

Hello Audio turns company updates into an internal podcast for your team with three built-in controls:

• ●On-demand listening: Employees hear updates on their own schedule, in the podcast app on their phone.
• ●Targeted episodes: Listener tags send each episode to the right group.
• ●Clean offboarding: When someone leaves, you can remove their access from the dashboard.

Libsyn’s plans, by comparison, focus on public distribution, and its pricing page doesn’t list private feeds for internal audiences.

Hello Audio vs Libsyn Pricing

Both platforms let you try before you pay, so here’s where each one starts, accurate at the time of writing:

• ●Hello Audio: Our private podcast plans start at $14 per month billed annually, or $17 billed monthly, with a 7-day free trial and no credit card required.
• ●Libsyn: Plans start at $8 per month, and every plan includes a 30-day free trial, though you need a credit card to start.

Questions to Ask Before You Choose

Before you commit, these questions can help you match the platform to the job your audio needs to do:

• ●Who should hear it: If only paying members or employees should listen, you need feeds you can open and close per person.
• ●When access should end: Cohorts and staff changes both call for a clean way to remove listeners.
• ●How content should arrive: Week-by-week programs need episodes that release on a schedule for each listener.
• ●How you’ll earn: If people pay for the audio itself, checkout and access should live in one place.
• ●How much you publish: Libsyn plans cap monthly audio upload hours, whereas Hello Audio includes unlimited episodes on every plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are quick answers to the questions creators ask most about these two platforms:

Final Thoughts on Hello Audio vs Libsyn

Libsyn is built for public shows and advertising, while Hello Audio is built for audio for a specific audience.

So if your content sits behind a purchase or a membership, private feeds keep it there and make it easier for people to finish what they started.

Hello Audio is the private podcast platform we built to get your content heard and finished. Each listener gets a private link you control, and dripped or expiring feeds let you set the pace.

Plus, automated actions handle the next step for you.

Try Hello Audio free for 7 days and turn the content you already have into private podcasts your audience can listen to on the go.