Convia Pro vs Spotify for Creators
Spotify for Creators hosts your show free. Convia runs what happens next, publishing each episode's campaign to eight platforms and reporting results.
Facts about Spotify for Creators last checked 2026-09-20.
The short answer
Spotify for Creators hosts your podcast and distributes it, with obvious advantages inside Spotify itself.
Convia does not host podcasts and does not publish RSS feeds. Whatever you host with, you keep. Convia handles social distribution, which is a different audience and a different job from podcast app distribution.
Where each one sits
What Spotify for Creators does well
- Publishing straight into Spotify. The episode lands in the app without a separate submission step.
- Native advantages inside Spotify. The platform most of your listeners already use, and it is their own.
- Straightforward distribution. To the major podcast apps, without fuss.
The difference
| Spotify for Creators | Convia Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Hosts your podcast | Yes | No, and never |
| Publishes your RSS feed | Yes | No |
| Distributes to podcast apps | Yes | No |
| Podcast listening analytics | Yes | No |
| Reads your episodes from the feed | Not applicable | Yes, whoever hosts it |
| Publishes to eight platforms | No | Yes, eight |
| Plans the campaign | No | Yes |
Combine both to meet your goals
Spotify for Creators and Convia do different halves of the job. Most people running both use them together rather than choosing.
Spotify for Creators gives you
- Hosting, the RSS feed and distribution to the major podcast apps
- The placement and tooling that come from being inside Spotify
Convia adds
- A campaign that runs outside Spotify, in front of people who never open a podcast app
- Posts published across the platforms Convia supports, planned around the episode
Frequently asked questions
For Spotify for Creators’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 Spotify for Creators together?
Yes. Keep hosting where you host. Convia reads your public feed, which is how it works with any host, Spotify for Creators included.