# Podchaser vs Rephonic for PR teams, compared on launches, phases and scale

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/compare/podchaser-vs-rephonic/
Updated: 2026-10-28
First published: 2026-10-28

> On the map, Podchaser and Rephonic both sit in podcast booking [1][2]. Podchaser describes itself as "Podchaser: The #1 Podcast Database & API" [1], and Rephonic as "Find, pitch and get featured on podcasts" [2]. Rephonic is core in Pitch, where Podchaser is not [3][4]. Podchaser has 0 dated product launches since April 29, 2025, and Rephonic has 4 [3][4].

## Podchaser and Rephonic at a glance

|  | Podchaser | Rephonic |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Category | Podcast booking [1] | Podcast booking [2] |
| Core phases | Search [4] | Search and Pitch [3] |
| Partial phases | Discover, Pitch and Measure [4] | Discover and Measure [3] |
| Dated product launches since April 29, 2025 | 0 [4] | 4 [3] |
| Agent launches | 0 [4] | 0 [3] |
| Latest launch | Transcripts in episode search. March 19, 2025 [5] | Campaigns, Pitch Wizard, Inboxes and Automated Sequences. May 20, 2026 [6] |
| Scale | Tier 2, established. Established podcast database. [4] | Tier 2, established. 4M+ podcast database. [3] |
| Price on record | Demo-gated; Podchaser says most engagements start ~$5K/yr for independent consultants. [4] | Light $99/mo, Standard $149, Business $299; annual billing gives two months free. [3] |
| Site | https://www.podchaser.com/ | https://rephonic.com/ |

## What each sells

### Podchaser

Acast-owned podcast database: reach, demographics, 2M+ contacts, sponsor data and podcast mention alerts. [4]

[Podchaser on the PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/)

### Rephonic

A 4M+ podcast database with audience estimates and contacts, plus pitch templates and a connected outreach inbox. [3]

[Rephonic on the PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/companies/rephonic/)

## Recent launches side by side

The newest five dated product launches on the map for each company, newest first.

### Podchaser

- **March 19, 2025.** Transcripts in episode search. Podchaser Pro searches the spoken words of nearly 10M episode transcripts across 150k English podcasts. [5]
- **Dec. 14, 2024.** Tell Me Why. AI assistant in Podchaser Pro that scores a podcast's fit against a user prompt and generates a tailored outreach pitch. Announced. [7]
- **Oct. 28, 2024.** Political Skew Filter. API filter that labels podcasts Left, Right or Neutral using AI models that read each show's content and recent episodes. [8]
- **Nov. 16, 2023.** Performance+. A recommendation engine that picks the podcasts likely to perform best for direct-response ad campaigns. [9]
- **Oct. 12, 2023.** Airchecks. Scans podcast episode audio to flag ad reads, brand mentions and competitor mentions for campaign verification. Announced. [10]

### Rephonic

- **May 20, 2026.** Campaigns, Pitch Wizard, Inboxes and Automated Sequences. Rephonic moves podcast outreach into the product: campaign boards, sending from connected inboxes, multi-step follow-up sequences and a shared reply inbox. [6]
- **May 16, 2026.** Rephonic custom GPT for podcast outreach emails. A custom ChatGPT tool Rephonic built that drafts a personalised podcast outreach email from a guest bio and show details. [11]
- **March 6, 2026.** Rephonic MCP server. Remote MCP server with 26 tools over the Rephonic API: podcast search, listener demographics, contacts, transcripts, chart rankings and sponsors. [12]
- **May 5, 2025.** AI-extracted podcast search filters. Search filters for audience age, interests and more, built from structured data that AI pulled out of episode transcripts. [13]
- **July 19, 2021.** Discover New Podcasts (recommendations). Users pick favourite podcasts and get similar shows, improving as they like or dislike results. [14]

## PR phases compared

Core means the product is built on that phase. Partial means the phase is there but secondary. Not found means the map did not find it on the company's own site.

| Phase | Podchaser | Rephonic |
|---|---|---|
| Discover | Partial | Partial |
| Search | Core | Core |
| Pitch | Partial | Core |
| Measure | Partial | Partial |

Phase scores come from each company's row on the map [3][4].

## What this comparison does not cover

### We did not test either product

This page compares what each vendor says on its own pages and in dated announcements, as recorded on the map. We did not use or test Podchaser or Rephonic.

### Prices are the map's price notes

The prices here are the map's price notes, from each vendor's own pages or, where marked, third-party estimates. Quotes, discounts and contract terms are not covered.

### Data read on Oct. 23, 2026

The newest source on this page was read on Oct. 23, 2026. Products and prices can change after that day.

## Questions people ask

### Which has an AI agent, Podchaser or Rephonic?

Neither has a dated agent launch on the map since April 29, 2025 [3][4].

### Which is bigger, Podchaser or Rephonic?

The map puts both in scale tier 2, established. Podchaser: Established podcast database. [4] Rephonic: 4M+ podcast database. [3]

### What do Podchaser and Rephonic cost?

Podchaser: Demo-gated; Podchaser says most engagements start ~$5K/yr for independent consultants. [4] Rephonic: Light $99/mo, Standard $149, Business $299; annual billing gives two months free. [3]

### Which covers Pitch as a core phase?

Rephonic does [3]. The map scores Podchaser as partial there.

## Sources

1. [podchaser.com](https://www.podchaser.com/). podchaser.com. Read 2026-10-23.
2. [rephonic.com](https://rephonic.com/). rephonic.com. Read 2026-10-23.
3. [Rephonic on the PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#co-rephonic). Newsprint. Read 2026-10-23.
4. [Podchaser on the PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#co-podchaser). Newsprint. Read 2026-10-23.
5. [Transcripts in episode search](https://www.podchaser.com/articles/announcements/podcast-episode-transcripts-now-available-in-search). Podchaser (Transcripts in search). Read 2026-10-14.
6. [Campaigns, Pitch Wizard, Inboxes and Automated Sequences](https://rephonic.com/blog/rephonic-updates). Rephonic (blog, product updates). Read 2026-10-14.
7. [Tell Me Why](https://podchaser.beehiiv.com/p/ai-powered-podcast-vetting). Podchaser Pulse (Beehiiv newsletter). Read 2026-10-13.
8. [Political Skew Filter](https://www.podchaser.com/articles/announcements/podchaser-launches-industry-first-political-skew-capability-across-500000-podcasts). Podchaser. Read 2026-10-13.
9. [Performance+](https://www.podchaser.com/articles/announcements/introducing-performance-plus). Podchaser (Performance+). Read 2026-10-14.
10. [Airchecks](https://podnews.net/press-release/podchaser-airchecks). Podnews. Read 2026-10-13.
11. [Rephonic custom GPT for podcast outreach emails](https://rephonic.com/blog/ai-podcast-outreach-email). Rephonic blog (How to Write a Podcast Outreach Email With AI, meta published 2025-04-23). Read 2026-10-21.
12. [Rephonic MCP server](https://github.com/getrephonic/rephonic-mcp/commit/c2eb8e291bb345036ce77eb15532d951f3ec9f21). GitHub. Read 2026-10-21.
13. [AI-extracted podcast search filters](https://rephonic.com/blog/new-search-filters). Rephonic blog (New search filters, meta published 2024-12-15). Read 2026-10-13.
14. [Discover New Podcasts (recommendations)](https://www.hunted.space/product/rephonic/launches/discover-new-podcasts). hunted.space (Product Hunt launch record). Read 2026-10-14.

## Related

- [The PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/)
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