Podscan.fm is a podcast database and search service for working with episode audio and metadata. Its REST API provides access to more than 72 million episodes from more than 4.9 million podcasts, with full-text transcript search and filters for category, language, and date. Podscan says it transcribes and analyzes thousands of new episodes daily. Episode summaries include topics, key quotes, guests, and sponsors; topic extraction links named subjects across the catalog. The service also offers a continually updated Firehose API, custom webhooks, and a Zapier integration with triggers for new scan results. Its MCP server works with ChatGPT, Claude.ai, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and other MCP-enabled clients using OAuth 2.1; REST API access instead requires an API key. A free plan and 10-day trial are listed. After the trial, alerts pause and API access stops until a paid plan is selected. Premium costs 100.00 USD per month. Day Pass and Research Pass are available as one-time purchases for 20.00 USD and 50.00 USD, respectively.
Who it is for
Podscan may suit researchers and teams searching podcast transcripts or monitoring mentions across shows. Its API, Firehose, webhook, Zapier, and MCP options may also fit developers and automation workflows.
What is good
- Transcript search spans more than 72 million episodes
- Filters include category, language, and date
- Offers Firehose API and custom webhooks
- MCP server supports multiple named AI clients
- Free plan and 10-day trial are listed
What to know first
- Alerts pause after the 10-day trial
- API access stops after the trial until a paid plan is selected
- REST API requires API-key authentication
- Premium costs 100.00 USD per month
Verdict
Podscan.fm combines a large podcast catalog with transcript search, monitoring, and several integration routes. Trial users should note that alerts and API access stop after the 10-day period unless they select a paid plan.
Podscan.fm plans and pricing
All plansCompared on podcast analytics software
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- $100/mo
- Unique listeners
- Yes
- Audience demographics
- Yes
- Attribution tracking
- No
- Ranking charts
- Yes
- Retention metrics
- Yes
- Tracked shows
- 1,000 shows
- Data retention
- 30 mo
