Convia Pro vs Transistor
Transistor hosts your show and owns the feed. Convia reads that feed, writes a campaign from each episode, and publishes it across eight platforms.
Facts about Transistor last checked 2026-09-20.
The short answer
Transistor hosts podcasts with a clean approach to multiple shows, private feeds and team access, and it has one of the better developer APIs in the category.
Convia does not host podcasts. You keep Transistor, including its API and its private feeds. Convia handles the social campaign around what you publish there.
Where each one sits
What Transistor does well
- Multiple shows on one account. Without multiplying the cost per show.
- Private and internal feeds. Genuinely useful for corporate podcasting.
- A good public API. One of the more connectable hosts as a result.
The difference
| Transistor | Convia Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Hosts your podcast | Yes | No, and never |
| Publishes your RSS feed | Yes | No |
| Private and internal feeds | Yes | No |
| Download 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
Transistor and Convia do different halves of the job. Most people running both use them together rather than choosing.
Transistor gives you
- Hosting and the RSS feed, with private and internal feeds alongside it
- Download analytics, and a public API to build your own workflows against
Convia adds
- A campaign planned across the episode rather than posts you place one at a time
- Those posts published to the platforms Convia supports, on the schedule the plan sets
Frequently asked questions
For Transistor’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 Transistor together?
Yes, and it is a natural pairing. Convia reads your public feed, so your shows, your feeds and your API integrations in Transistor stay exactly as they are.