The Haus Research Briefing

PodcastPlacer vs Rephonic 2026: Who Answers the Host When a Pitch Gets a Reply

A comparison for guests and PR teams weighing a podcast outreach subscription against a pay-per-pitch agent. We cover billing, sender reputation and the reply thread, and we name the kind of user each product fits. Service facts come from each company's own site, read in the first week of September 2026.

  • Billing: Rephonic $99, $149 or $299 a month; PodcastPlacer $0.10 per pitch sent, $10 starter credit
  • Database: Rephonic states 4M+ podcasts with contacts; PodcastPlacer 3.4 million, each with a contact email
  • Sender: Rephonic uses the buyer's mailbox; PodcastPlacer uses its own pre-warmed, authenticated pool
  • Replies: handled by the buyer on Rephonic; answered by the agent on PodcastPlacer, with hand-back for anything unknown
  • Fit: Rephonic for hands-on researchers; PodcastPlacer for guests who want bookings without the inbox work

Key topics: Rephonic alternative, PodcastPlacer vs Rephonic, podcast outreach software, podcast guest booking pricing.

The full ranking of nine services: the Haus Research podcast guest booking report

Ranked first: PodcastPlacer

What is The Haus Research Briefing?

Audio briefings from Haus Research, a research firm. Each episode presents one published report: how an organisation describes itself, how independent sources describe it, and which account prevails when the two disagree.