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PodData and Regest
Regest tracks what politicians and executives say, for journalists, researchers, analysts, newsrooms and AI teams. You write a monitor in a sentence, and its agents can check a claim against the quotes that back or contradict it.
Side by side
What Regest offers, and what PodData does
Facts about Regest 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
| Regest | Congressional and regulatory hearings, keynotes, executive interviews and podcasts, added daily. No counts published |
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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
| Regest | One-sentence monitors of people, occasions and topics. Email optional; no Slack or webhooks |
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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
| Regest | Named by voice matching, otherwise marked unknown |
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| PodData | Live Named only when the evidence agrees, otherwise marked “Speaker unconfirmed”. Never from a voice print |
Search
| Regest | By meaning. Agents check claims, find unreported quotes and follow a person’s position |
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| PodData | In pilot Search by meaning across every person, show and quote we cover |
API and data
| Regest | A read-only MCP; an API key, with no public docs |
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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
| Regest | Free beta; Pro “coming soon” |
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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: Regest’s page . PodData’s numbers are as of the date beside them.
Where they differ
In short
- Regest covers hearings. PodData covers podcasts and long interviews only.
- Regest names speakers by matching voices. PodData keeps no voice prints: it names people from what is said and written about each episode.
- PodData publishes the list of shows it follows, by name and with its date.
See what PodData would catch for you.
Tell us who you need to hear, in one sentence. We’ll show you the quotes it would have caught, and set you up in the pilot.
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