Services and costs

Launch your podcast with us

Pick and choose the hosting, set up and episode production packages that work for you.

Hosting & Distribution Options

  • In order for people to listen to your podcast it needs to have somewhere on the internet to live. From this hosting platform your episodes can be uploaded, scheduled and published to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts etc.

  • Managed by us: £17 per month

    Self managed: £0+

    Take your pick from the many different hosting platforms on the market if you plan to manage your episode distribution yourself! (This means scheduling/publishing your episodes online on the correct day/time).

    If you’d like us to handle your episode distribution, we use Captivate.fm - this includes your own private login to your podcast dashboard and customised podcast website. You’ll also have access to sophisticated listener analytics.

Podcast set up

  • To launch your podcast you’ll need:

    • an eye-catching cover art graphic

    • licensed music

    • a slick intro & outro to bookend each episode

    • a teaser trailer (to verify your podcast online and give your future listeners no excuse not to subscribe!

  • One off start-up cost:

    Standard: £750

    • cover art graphic

    • licensed music

    • intro & outro

    • teaser trailer

    Premium: £950

    As above plus:

    • Host site set up (via Captivate)

    • Submission of RSS feed for podcast verification (you must be verified by Apple/Spotify etc in order to launch a podcast)

    • Creation of your personalised Captivate podcast website

    We can create a more bespoke if required; you may already have some artwork ready to go, or have composed your own podcast theme tune! We’ll tailor this stage of the process to your needs.

Episode production

  • We always recommend going for as many episodes as your budget allows, as a key ingredient required for podcast success is consistency. This is high value, long form content, so it’s hard to nurture a devoted podcast audience if you’re not regularly publishing episodes. Book a call with Buckers to learn more about how to get the most out of your first podcast series.

  • Costs are per episode, ranging from £190 - £500

    Episode costs are based on:

    • Editing style

    • Episode duration

    • Podcast format (Solo hosted/Two co-hosts/Host + guest/Round table with multiple speakers etc.)

    • Additional services required (show notes, audiograms, transcripts)

Episode Production Packages

  • Episode editing

    Basic Audiogram (standard podcast artwork)

    Standard edit: £160 - £300 per episode

    Premium Edit: £190 - £330 per episode

  • Episode edit

    Show notes

    Basic audiogram (using standard podcast cover art)

    Standard Edit: £220 - £350 per episode

    Premium Edit: £250 - £400 per episode

  • Episode edit

    Show notes

    Premium Audiogram (bespoke episode artwork)

    Transcript (AI generated)

    Standard Edit: £320 - £470 per episode

    Premium Edit: £350 - £500 per episode

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What do we base our episode production costs on?

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to episode production.

Here’s what we take into account:

  • Solo hosted? Host + interviewee? Two co-hosts? Magazine or documentary style? The format of your podcast format will determine how much time it will take us to produce your episodes and the level of skill involved.

  • Standard or Premium edit?

    There are different ways to approach editing your recordings to turn them into professional sounding podcast episodes. Depending on what you want to achieve with your podcast, a standard edit may be sufficient. In other cases a more in-depth edit may be required. Sometimes referred to as a ‘producer’s edit’; removing waffle and repetition, improving sentence structure, cutting out awkward pauses, filler words which can sometimes undermine the host’s sense of authority on their subject - there’s a fine art to editing your audio!

    Learn more about editing styles on our ‘Podcast Production Explained’ page.

  • How long you plan to record for will have an impact on the cost of your editing. This is where a bit of thought given to your planning goes a long way - getting into good habits and not letting your recording go on for too long will keep your costs lower.

  • If your raw audio recording is 2 hours long, and you require the finished episode to be 30 mins long (yes those podcasts hosts do exist!) that’s quite a time consuming task. We generally ask that our hosts record for now more than 15 mins longer than their desired episode length, so if you want to publish 30 min long episodes, aim to keep your recording under the 45 minute mark.

  • We offer 3 different production packages so you can choose the level of service you require. Show notes, audiograms, videograms, transcripts, episode artwork… do you plan to produce these all yourself? We’ll work out what your needs are and provide a personalised quote based on everything you need from us, and nothing you don’t.