Convia Pro vs Captivate
Captivate hosts your show and its marketing pages. Convia turns each episode into a scheduled multi-platform campaign and measures what it returned.
Facts about Captivate last checked 2026-09-20.
The short answer
Convia does not host podcasts. Captivate hosts your show, publishes your RSS feed and distributes to podcast apps. You keep it.
Convia works on the other side of it: the social campaign around each episode, on platforms podcast apps do not reach.
Where each one sits
What Captivate does well
- Growth-oriented hosting. Marketing tooling built into the host.
- Multiple shows on one account. More than one show without a separate subscription for each.
- A self-serve API. One of the more connectable hosts.
The difference
| Captivate | Convia Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Hosts your podcast | Yes | No, and never |
| Publishes your RSS feed | Yes | No |
| Distributes to podcast apps | Yes | No |
| Podcast audience analytics | Yes | No |
| Multiple shows on one account | Yes | Not applicable |
| Reads your episodes from the feed | Not applicable | Yes, whoever hosts it |
| Publishes to eight platforms | No | Yes |
| Plans the campaign | No | Yes |
Combine both to meet your goals
Captivate and Convia do different halves of the job. Most people running both use them together rather than choosing.
Captivate gives you
- Hosting, the RSS feed and distribution to podcast apps
- Growth and marketing tooling built into the host
Convia adds
- The social half of a launch: a planned campaign rather than a reminder to post
- Publishing to the platforms Convia supports, from one place
Frequently asked questions
For Captivate’s current pricing, check their pricing page. We do not restate other companies’ prices here, because they change.
We aim to highlight others fairly and accurately. If we made a mistake, email us at contact@conviapro.com.
Can I use Convia and Captivate together?
Yes. Captivate keeps hosting the show and feeding the podcast apps. Convia reads your public feed and runs the campaign on social.