Every European remote podcast recording tool reviewed
not shown on the pages we read, United Kingdom
Lite: free, commercial use included, 2 guests. Pro: listed from $12 monthly (higher business rate; GBP and EUR prices also listed). Cinema: $2500 yearly for the first seat. Prices exclude VAT.
Demo on request
Best for: Audio-only hosts who want a no-cost start and a separate file per guest
Cleanfeed is a browser audio studio made by Cleanfeed LLP in the United Kingdom, and the free Lite plan is what draws most first-time users. Lite allows 2 guests and unlimited recording time, with commercial use included. Pro raises the limit to 32 guests and adds an isolated track per guest, markers, notes, audio repair modes and buffer control.
Cleanfeed's privacy page says the service keeps no media at rest on its servers and encrypts audio end to end. The company city, registered number and server location are not shown on the pages we read. The Pro price is listed from $12 monthly with a higher business rate, and Cinema, the video tier, costs $2500 yearly for the first seat. According to the vendor, GDPR standards apply.
What Cleanfeed does well
- Lite plan costs nothing and permits commercial use
- Pro records one isolated track for every guest
- Pro accepts up to 32 guests in one session
- Privacy page says no media stays on its servers
- Prices appear in dollars, pounds and euros
Where Cleanfeed falls short
- Video exists only on the Cinema tier
- Lite cannot record multitrack
- No editor or hosting inside the product
- Company city and server location are not shown
Standout feature. Cleanfeed is the only tool in this category that records remote guests while holding no copy of the media.
Berlin, Germany
LAUNCH EUR 0; STARTER EUR 19/month; GROW EUR 29/month; SCALE EUR 39/month; CREATOR EUR 59/month (monthly billing, about 8% less on yearly billing)
Demo on request
Best for: Creators who want one German vendor for recording, hosting and monetisation
Podigee is a podcast hosting service from Podigee GmbH in Berlin, registered at Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg under HRB 200793 B. A browser recording studio is part of the GROW plan at EUR 29 per month and takes up to 8 people. Distribution goes to 15 platforms, and video episodes can reach YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Podigee's privacy policy names Hetzner Online GmbH in Germany as infrastructure provider, though the storage region for audio files is not stated. The plans run from a free LAUNCH tier through STARTER at EUR 19 and SCALE at EUR 39 to CREATOR at EUR 59 per month. According to the vendor, more than 11,000 customers pay for it, and Seven.One Audio appears as a testimonial.
What Podigee does well
- Free LAUNCH plan and euro prices on every tier
- Recording studio from the GROW plan upwards
- Video episodes reach YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify
- Dynamic ad insertion, paywall and private feeds on SCALE
- Pays by card or SEPA direct debit
Where Podigee falls short
- Every paid plan caps audience size
- Monetisation tools begin at EUR 39 per month
- Lower plans keep a short analytics history
- Storage region for audio files is not stated
Standout feature. Podigee is the only tool in this category that records the episode and then publishes it to directories from the same account.
Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom
Founded 2013
Subscription based; prices not shown in the text we read
Demo on request
Best for: Radio-minded shows that need a stable audio link with multitrack WAV
ipDTL is an audio-over-IP service run by In:Quality Limited from Hebden Bridge in the United Kingdom, established in 2013 according to its About page. A host logs in, sends a link or dials a SIP address, and the guest joins from a browser with a USB microphone or audio interface. The home page lists multitrack WAV recording and up to 6 remote connections.
ipDTL also supports phone dial-out and an audio routing matrix, and the company sells USB and XLR SIP codecs. Its privacy policy cites English law, the UK Data Protection Act 1998 and the EU GDPR. No prices, company number or server location appear in the text we read, and the interface uses broadcast vocabulary that first-time podcasters may not know.
What ipDTL does well
- Multitrack WAV recording of every connection
- Six remote connections in one session
- SIP addresses and phone dial-out for guests
- Browser-based, no desktop app for guests
- Operating company and address are named on its pages
Where ipDTL falls short
- Audio only, no video
- Prices missing from the pages we read
- Server location is not stated
- Broadcast terms make it harder for newcomers
Standout feature. ipDTL is the only tool in this category that lets a guest join by SIP address or ordinary phone call.
Milan, Italy
Free; Essential $14.99/mo billed yearly ($18.99 monthly); Core $35.99 ($44.99); Advanced $68.99 ($88.99)
Demo on request
Best for: Video show hosts who record or stream with guests from a browser
StreamYard is a browser studio for live streaming and recording, published by Bending Spoons Operations S.p.A. in Milan. Guests join on screen from a link. The Free plan shows a StreamYard logo and allows 6 on-screen participants and 2 hours of local recordings a month. Essential costs $14.99 a month billed yearly, Core $35.99 and Advanced $68.99.
Core adds cloud recording and 50 hours of permanent storage, and Advanced adds 4K local recordings. StreamYard's contact page names the Italian entity and its Milan address. Separate tracks per guest are not confirmed in the pages we read, the terms page returned no text, and Essential, Core and Advanced are limited to individual use.
What StreamYard does well
- Free plan with local recordings
- Guests enter a browser studio from a link
- Core stores 50 hours of cloud recordings
- 4K local recordings arrive on Advanced
- Italian entity and Milan address are named
Where StreamYard falls short
- Free plan puts a logo on streams
- Separate guest tracks are not confirmed
- Prices appear in US dollars
- Terms page was empty in our fetch
Standout feature. StreamYard is the only tool in this category that records a guest session and streams it live from one browser studio.
Rahden, Germany
Freemium open-source desktop clients free; paid plans Basic, Standard, Pro priced per month in euros including VAT by number of registered clients (1-4, 5-9, 10)
Demo on request
Best for: Podcasters who already work in Reaper or Ultraschall and like open source
Studio Link is an audio-over-IP tool published by IT-Service Sebastian Reimers in Rahden, Germany, a sole trader with a named address and a VAT ID. Open-source desktop clients for Windows, macOS and Linux are free and record multitrack without registration. A plug-in in VST, AU and LV2 formats brings the connection into Reaper and Ultraschall.
Paid Basic, Standard and Pro plans add custom names, OnAir streams and QuickWeb, a browser link for guests without software that can also make a local backup recording. QuickWeb is not part of Basic. The privacy policy dated 30 March 2021 names Hetzner Online GmbH as hosting provider, and the site footer reads 2013-2022.
What Studio Link does well
- Desktop clients are open source and cost nothing
- Multitrack recording works without any paid plan
- Plug-in sits inside Reaper and Ultraschall
- QuickWeb link serves guests without software
- German vendor with address and VAT ID in the imprint
Where Studio Link falls short
- Audio only, with no video
- One sole trader stands behind the product
- Site and privacy policy date from 2021 to 2022
- QuickWeb is locked behind a paid plan
Standout feature. Studio Link is the only tool in this category with open-source clients that record multitrack on Linux.
Oslo, Norway
Free (1 room, 45min) / From €6.99/month
Demo on request
Best for: Interviews where guests refuse downloads and one mixed recording is enough
Whereby is a Norwegian video meeting service from Whereby AS in Oslo, the former Appear.in, which Telenor launched in 2013 before it became independent and was renamed in 2019. Rooms have permanent links, and guests join in a browser without an account. The free plan offers one room for up to 100 participants and 45-minute meetings.
Whereby Pro costs EUR 6.99 per host per month, removes the time limit and includes recording and breakout rooms. Business costs EUR 9.99. The pages we read describe no separate track per participant, so the recording is a meeting capture rather than a podcast master. Norway is in the EEA, so GDPR applies; Whereby lists European and global data locations.
What Whereby does well
- Room links stay the same for every session
- Guests join without an account or download
- Pro at EUR 6.99 includes recording
- Free plan holds 100 participants for 45 minutes
- Norwegian company inside the EEA, with GDPR applying
Where Whereby falls short
- Sound quality follows each guest's browser and hardware
- Built for meetings of about 200 people at most
- SSO and detailed analytics need higher plans
- Fewer integrations than Zoom or Teams
Standout feature. Whereby is the only tool in this category with a permanent branded room address that guests open with no account.
Eibiswald, Austria
Free for 2 hours a month (jingle added); recurring credit plans S (9 h), M (21 h), L (45 h), XL (100 h), XXL (250 h); prices without VAT; euro amounts not in the text we read
Demo on request
Best for: Podcasters who record in any tool and want automatic leveling and cleaning
Auphonic is an audio post-production service from Auphonic GmbH, registered at Eibiswald in Austria under FN 586923. Auphonic does not record calls. It takes finished audio and applies noise and reverb reduction, an intelligent leveler, and filler-word, cough and silence cutting. It also produces speech to text, chapters, show notes and subtitles.
The pricing page gives 2 free hours of processed audio per month, with a jingle added to free productions, and recurring plans from S at 9 hours to XXL at 250 hours. Prices exclude VAT and euro amounts were not in the text we read. The terms follow Austrian law with courts in Graz, and media may sit in Germany or in EU-restricted Cloudflare R2 buckets.
What Auphonic does well
- Two hours of processing every month at no charge
- Leveling and noise reduction run automatically
- Filler words, coughs and silences can be cut
- Terms state EU-restricted storage for uploaded media
- Austrian GmbH with a register number
Where Auphonic falls short
- Cannot record a guest call
- Free productions get a jingle
- Euro plan prices were not readable
- Cloudflare R2 supplies part of the storage
Standout feature. Auphonic is the only tool in this category that cleans finished podcast audio through an API and watch folders.
Copenhagen, Denmark
not shown on the pages we read; trial offered
Demo on request
Best for: Journalists and audio producers who cut spoken-word episodes on a desktop
Hindenburg is spoken-word editing software from Hindenburg Systems ApS, registered in Denmark under DK-32359337 with an office in Copenhagen. The about page says the idea began among colleagues at the Danish National Broadcasting Corporation. The range includes Hindenburg PRO for podcast and radio production, Narrator for audiobooks and a field recorder for iPhone.
PRO 2 adds editing by transcript. Licences are offered for personal, business and education use, and a trial is available. Hindenburg does not record remote guests on the pages we read, so a capture tool such as Cleanfeed has to supply the files. Prices and data locations are not shown, and the controller named in the privacy page is Hindenburg Systems ApS.
What Hindenburg does well
- Designed for spoken-word production
- PRO 2 cuts audio by editing its transcript
- A trial version is available
- Separate licences for personal, business and education users
- Danish company with a Copenhagen office address
Where Hindenburg falls short
- No remote guest recording on the pages we read
- Prices are not published on the pages read
- Desktop software only
- Data location for cloud features is not stated
Standout feature. Hindenburg is the only tool in this category built as an editor for journalists, with roots at a national broadcaster.
Open Source (Originally Strasbourg, France)
Founded 2003
Free (Open Source)
Demo on request
Best for: Technical teams that want to host the call and keep every file on their own server
Jitsi Meet is an open-source video meeting system that began in Strasbourg in 2003 under Emil Ivov and is now stewarded by 8x8, Inc. under the Apache 2.0 licence. Hosts and participants need no account. Recording can go to a local file or to cloud storage, and a component called Jibri records and streams on the server side.
The public meet.jit.si service runs on servers that 8x8 operates, so the strongest privacy position comes from installing Jitsi on your own infrastructure, for example in an EU data centre. That needs real administration skill. The pages we read mention no separate tracks per speaker, and large meetings call for careful configuration.
What Jitsi Meet does well
- Open source under Apache 2.0, code open to audit
- No account for hosts or guests
- Can be installed on your own EU server
- Recording to a local file or your own storage
- Lobby and password protection need no registration
Where Jitsi Meet falls short
- Public service puts trust in 8x8's servers
- Self-hosting demands technical knowledge
- Meetings above roughly 100 people need tuning
- SSO and analytics need extra configuration
Standout feature. Jitsi Meet is the only tool in this category whose full server software you can install and run yourself.
Paris, France
Founded 2016
Free plan / From €79/month (Pro)
Demo on request
Best for: Marketing and training teams running registered webinars with CRM follow-up
Livestorm is a browser-based webinar platform from Livestorm SAS in Paris, founded in 2016. Registration pages, reminder emails, polls, Q&A and attendance analytics wrap the live session, and integrations connect to Salesforce and HubSpot. All paid plans include unlimited events and recordings, and the vendor says browser-only access improves attendance.
The free plan allows unlimited events for up to 30 attendees and 20 minutes each. Pro costs about EUR 79 per month for up to 100 attendees and 4 hours per event. Livestorm places data in EU data centres. It is a webinar tool rather than a podcast studio, and custom domains and SSO need higher plans.
What Livestorm does well
- Registration, reminders and CRM sync around each event
- Webinars, meetings and on-demand events share one account
- Data stays in EU data centres
- Free plan with unlimited events for tests
- Recordings included on all paid plans
Where Livestorm falls short
- Not meant for casual team calls
- Pro at about EUR 79 per month is high for rare use
- Cost rises with audience size
- Custom domains and SSO need higher tiers
Standout feature. Livestorm is the only tool in this category that sends registration pages and reminder emails around a live recording.
Stockholm, Sweden
Plan prices not readable in the page text we saved
Demo on request
Best for: Beginners and remote friends who make music beds and jingles together in a browser
Soundation is an online music studio from Soundation AB in Stockholm, with its main place of business at Goetgatan 15 according to its terms. Several people can work on one project at the same time through a shared link, with nothing to install. A Simple Sampler turns recorded or imported audio into playable instruments.
Gennie, the generative AI in Soundation, creates samples from text prompts under an addendum dated 14 March 2024 that is subject to Swedish law. The terms also mention an Educational Plan. The plans page gave no readable prices, and the pages we read describe no track limits, plug-in support or recording of interview guests.
What Soundation does well
- Runs in the browser, nothing to install
- Shared links let several people edit one project
- Terms name a Stockholm address and Swedish law
- Education plan appears in the terms
- AI sample addendum is governed by Swedish law
Where Soundation falls short
- Plan prices are not readable
- Track and plug-in limits are not described
- Needs a stable internet connection
- Post-production features are not described
Standout feature. Soundation is the only tool in this category aimed at making music rather than capturing a conversation.
London, United Kingdom
Intermediate: EUR 49 per month billed monthly, or EUR 38 per month billed annually, unlimited live streaming and 120 recordings or uploads; Advanced and Enterprise listed
Demo on request
Best for: Live audio shows that go out first and keep the recording as an archive
Mixlr is a live audio broadcasting platform owned by Mixlr Ltd, registered in England and Wales under number 07384299 with an office on Paul Street in London. Mixlr Studio streams live, records studio-quality audio locally, takes unlimited inputs and triggers sound effects and playlists. Each channel gets a page with upcoming events and past recordings.
The Intermediate plan costs EUR 49 per month billed monthly or EUR 38 billed annually, with unlimited live streaming and up to 120 recordings or uploads. Advanced and Enterprise plans are listed too. The pages we read do not describe guest recording, the imprint page returned no content, and English law governs the terms.
What Mixlr does well
- Live streaming with no time limit
- Mixlr Studio records studio-quality audio locally
- Plans are priced in euros
- Each channel page keeps an archive of recordings
- Registered UK company with a street address
Where Mixlr falls short
- Guest recording is not described
- Intermediate stops at 120 recordings
- Imprint page was empty in our fetch
- Data location is not stated
Standout feature. Mixlr is the only tool in this category built around a public channel page that archives every live show.
