# Share what services and tools you are currently paying for
**URL:** https://forum.podcaster.community/t/share-what-services-and-tools-you-are-currently-paying-for/4542
**Category:** Workbench
**Created:** [May 16, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/share-what-services-and-tools-you-are-currently-paying-for/4542 "2025-05-16T13:10:46Z")
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### Author:  [@craigconstantine](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/craigconstantine)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/share-what-services-and-tools-you-are-currently-paying-for/4542/1 "2025-05-16T13:10:46Z")
In the most-recent Podcaster Community campfire we got to talking about what tools and services are we currently paying for. So I thought today I’d put up a simple post to ask just that. It’s one thing to talk about what we prefer, it’s another for us to have voted with our dollars — I want to know what you feel is really worthwhile to your podcasting process.
**Tell me: What services or tools you are currently paying for?**
Me?
- Hindenburg Pro
- Zencastr (for recording podcasts)
- Zoom (for everything _except_ recording podcasts)
- Vimeo (for hosting streaming video for the Podcaster Community)
- Discourse (for the Podcaster Community forum)
- Calendly (for scheduling, integrated with all the complexity of my personal calendar)
- Otter.ai (for all the various audio I need to transcribe— pod recordings via Zencastr come with a transcript)
- [Podmatch.com](http://Podmatch.com)
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### Author:  [@Jey](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/Jey)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/share-what-services-and-tools-you-are-currently-paying-for/4542/2 "2025-05-17T06:49:25Z")
Thanks @craigconstantine
- Descript
- Adobe Creative Cloud (not sure I’d recommend if I weren’t on a discounted price plan)
- Suno (AI music creator)
- Chat GPT (Great for brainstorming)
- Google Gemini AI pro/Notebook LM Pro (or whatever it’s called - For research. I can upload an entire book (actually about 500 books) to it and then _have a conversation with the book!_)
Share 'em if you got 'em!
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### Author:  [@FamousAshleyGrant](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/FamousAshleyGrant)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/share-what-services-and-tools-you-are-currently-paying-for/4542/3 "2025-05-27T14:33:00Z")
- Castmagic for repurposing my episodes and making quick work of show notes.
- Canva for graphics
- [RSS.com](https://rss.com/) for podcast hosting
- Google Pro Suite
- Just got a free trial of Adobe Podcast - loving it so far, and thinking about purchasing an annual subscription
- Was paying for Riverside, but now just using the free plan
I’m sure there are other tools and software I’m using too. I didn’t realize until this exercise how much I’m paying for lol
@craigconstantine I’ve been considering a subscription to Podmatch. How has it been for you?
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### Author:  [@craigconstantine](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/craigconstantine)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/share-what-services-and-tools-you-are-currently-paying-for/4542/4 "2025-05-28T13:11:00Z")
> [@FamousAshleyGrant](#):
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> I’ve been considering a subscription to Podmatch. How has it been for you?
Yeah, I’m on the $6/month plan, which is the level that feeds guests towards me. I get an endless stream of possible podcast guests for _Podtalk_. That’s both good (yeah guests to consider) and bad (“endless stream” can lead to overwhelm.)
To be honest, I _never_ go with the guests that the PodMatch platform is pairing me with. (For those not familiar: those are guests who, if I had them on the show, PodMatch would _pay me_ once the show is published.) I find there’s just too much “oh OH! pick me! PICK ME!!” in those guests. I totally ignore that feature of podmatch.
Instead, I simply watch my messaging inbox. There I get a slow trickle of people who are putting in the effort to reach out to me. (Instead of the people who simply put in $30/mon to have podmatch “connect” them to me in an infinite stream.)
Am I crazy? certainly. But this is what’s working for me.
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PS: which makes me think I should email Alex (the creator of Podmatch) and tell him all that… and ask for a “turn off automatching feature” checkbox . . . 🤔
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### Author:  [@FamousAshleyGrant](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/FamousAshleyGrant)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/share-what-services-and-tools-you-are-currently-paying-for/4542/5 "2025-05-28T17:00:37Z")
I appreciate your honest feedback on this @craigconstantine I think I will sign up for a plan, and just see what happens. Thanks so much!