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PodData and Podscan
Podscan monitors millions of podcasts for PR agencies, brand and marketing teams, hedge funds and VC data teams, ad-tech platforms and podcast networks, with alerts, audience analytics and contact data.
Side by side
What Podscan offers, and what PodData does
Facts about Podscan are from its own pages, as read on Nov 12, 2026. PodData’s column says what’s live and what’s in pilot.
What it covers
| Podscan | 5M+ podcasts and 76M+ episodes, 35,000–70,000 new a day, in 15+ languages, 10 years back |
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| PodData | Live 85 named shows, mostly long interviews with the people building AI, plus markets, news, sports and science, as of Nov 13, 2026 |
Alerts
| Podscan | Brand, executive, competitor, sponsor and ticker alerts about 10 minutes after release, by email, webhook or Slack |
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| PodData | In pilot Trackers written as one sentence, matched by meaning, sent by email (each quote, or a daily digest), Slack or a webhook |
Who is speaking
| Podscan | Not described on its pages |
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| PodData | Live Named only when the evidence agrees, otherwise marked “Speaker unconfirmed”. Never from a voice print |
Search
| Podscan | Boolean full text; summaries and entities; yes/no questions that check each match |
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| PodData | In pilot Search by meaning across every person, show and quote we cover |
Analytics
| Podscan | Sentiment, share of voice, a reach score, estimated demographics, contact emails and sponsor detection |
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| PodData | Live None. PodData is built for the quote |
API and data
| Podscan | REST at 2,000–10,000 requests a day; an MCP with 118–131 tools; a push feed of new episodes; exports to S3 |
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| PodData | In pilot A REST API, webhooks and an MCP endpoint, returning quotes with their speaker, second and page to cite |
Price
| Podscan | $100, $200 or $2,500 a month; enterprise from $5,000; a $20 day pass; free for brands that verify their domain. Bought by Audiohook in Aug 2026, which is making most of it free |
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| PodData | In pilot Free; the Data API at $499 a month or $4,999 a year; Enterprise by annual contract. Nothing can be bought yet |
Sources, read Nov 12, 2026: Podscan’s page . PodData’s numbers are as of the date beside them.
Where they differ
In short
- Podscan covers far more podcasts. PodData follows a named list of shows, and says so.
- PodData names who is speaking on every quote, or marks it unconfirmed.
- Podscan adds audience analytics and contacts. PodData doesn’t: it’s built for the quote and its second.
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