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Radio.co Alternatives & Pricing in 2026: Honest Comparison for Every Budget

Disclosure: RadioSiteMaker and RadioHost Studio are our own products. Method: prices checked on each vendor's own page on 5 November 2026; we list where competitors are the better fit.

Radio.co costs $35[1] a month on Lite, $59[2] on Standard, $139[3] on Plus and $199[4] on Premium, and music licensing is not included on any plan (No[5]). Every plan also has a published listener and bandwidth allowance, so the right comparison is not "cheapest plan" but "which plan covers my audience". Before you compare anything, decide which part of Radio.co you actually want to replace.

What Are You Replacing?

Radio.co is several products in one bill: the stream host, the browser playout and scheduling, optional apps and an Alexa skill, and an optional Weebly-powered website builder. Most people looking for an alternative only want to change one of those.

  • Only the website — keep your Radio.co stream and change what listeners see. That is a website decision, not a hosting one.
  • The automation and stream — you want playout, scheduling and live shows somewhere else.
  • Everything — usually because of price, or because the plan you need for your audience costs more than you want to pay.
  • Nothing, really — if your audience needs Radio.co's higher listener limits, staying may be right. See when staying is the better choice.

Radio.co Pricing at a Glance

All figures are from Radio.co's pricing page. Annual prices are what Radio.co shows on its annual toggle.

Plan Monthly Annual Storage Concurrent listeners Bandwidth Max bitrate Users
Lite $35 $350[6] 2 GB[7] 500 listeners[8] 1TB/month (~18,000 listening hours)[9] 192 kbps[10] 2 users[11]
Standard $59 $590[12] 20 GB[13] 20,000 listeners[14] 20TB/month (~360,000 listening hours)[15] 192 kbps[16] 20 users[17]
Plus $139 $1,390[18] 75 GB[19] 500,000 listeners[20] 50TB/month (~875,000 listening hours)[21] 192 kbps[22] 50 users[23]
Premium $199 $1,990[24] 300 GB[25] Unlimited[26] 75TB/month (~1.3m listening hours)[27] 320 kbps[28] Unlimited[29]

Add-ons Radio.co lists on its plans:

  • Website Builder: $12[30] a month — Powered by Weebly; two builder plans: Standard and Plus[31].
  • iOS and Android apps: $35[32] a month on Lite and Standard; included on Plus and Premium (Yes[33]). Apps require a Radio.co-hosted station (Yes[34]).
  • Alexa skill: $10[35] a month.
  • EDGE audio processor: $20[36] a month.

Two things to read from that table. Every plan has a bandwidth allowance as well as a listener limit, so a station with a big daily audience should check both. And the Standard plan also includes 1,500 credits[37] of AI voice credits a month, which none of the alternatives below match like for like.

Three Scenarios, Worked Out

These are reproducible: every input is a cited fact or one of our own published prices (RadioSiteMaker $99 a year + tax; RadioHost Studio $199 a year + tax). Totals are our calculation, annual to annual, before tax. Radio.co does not state tax on its page.

Scenario 1: website only, keep the Radio.co stream

You are happy with Radio.co's playout and only want a better station website.

Radio.co Website Builder RadioSiteMaker
Price $12/month $99/year + tax
Per year (our calculation) $144 $99
What it is General drag-and-drop builder (Weebly) with the Radio.co player embedded Radio station template: persistent player, schedule grid, show and DJ pages, podcasts, events, charts, donations links
Now playing Radio.co player Read from Radio.co's public status feed automatically

This is a website-to-website comparison: the Radio.co stream bill stays the same in both columns. The Weebly builder is more flexible for general pages; RadioSiteMaker gives you the radio pages without building them. Our Radio.co integration page shows how the player connects.

Live demo · real RadioSiteMaker template
A RadioSiteMaker station home page in the Neon Pop theme, with the full player bar that keeps playing as listeners move between pages. Demo content.

Scenario 2: a new website plus 24/7 automation

You are starting out, or leaving Radio.co entirely, and want playout, scheduling, a stream and a website.

Radio.co Lite + Website Builder RadioSiteMaker + RadioHost Studio
Hosting and automation $350/year (Lite, annual) $199/year + tax (Studio)
Website $144/year (Builder, $12 × 12) $99/year + tax
Total per year (our calculation) $494 $298
Concurrent listeners 500 listeners 500
Listening allowance 1TB/month (~18,000 listening hours) 30,000 listening hours/month
Storage 2 GB 10 GB (Studio) + 10 GB (website)
Max bitrate 192 kbps 192 kbps
Seats 2 users 5 external DJ seats, 10 Live Studio deejays

The website and Studio are separate subscriptions: you can take one without the other. They are also not a copy of Radio.co. Concretely, Studio has clockwheels, a week schedule, voice tracking, AutoDJ, a browser mixer for live shows (Live Studio), relays, ad campaigns with proof-of-play and a SoundExchange CSV export. It does not have Radio.co's AI voice credits, its EDGE processor, or bundled iOS/Android apps — our app service is a separate one-time build (see station mobile apps).

Live demo · real RadioHost Studio screen
A RadioHost Studio clockwheel: each hour is built from category slots (music, jingles, ads, voice tracks) that AutoDJ fills by rule. Interactive demo; nothing is saved.

Scenario 3: you need capacity the suite does not offer

Your audience regularly passes 500 simultaneous listeners, you burn more than 30,000 listening hours a month, or you want a 320 kbps stream.

RadioHost Studio's single Station plan stops at those limits, so it is the wrong tool here. Stay on Radio.co, or pick a host built for that scale. Radio.co Standard allows 20,000 listeners with 20TB/month (~360,000 listening hours) for $590 a year; Premium is the Radio.co plan with 320 kbps. Among the alternatives, RadioKing Pro allows 150,000 hours/month[38] and Zeno.FM Prime lists Unlimited[39] listeners.

The only part we can still offer is the website: Radio.co Standard annual plus RadioSiteMaker is $689 a year, against $734 with Radio.co's own builder (our calculation). That is a small difference; choose on which website you would rather run.

Why People Look for Radio.co Alternatives

Price at the plan their audience needs. The listener and bandwidth allowance, not the feature list, usually decides the plan.

Storage. Lite has 2 GB — tight for a music library. Standard raises it to 20 GB.

Licensing. Radio.co leaves SoundExchange and performing-rights licences to you. Live365 bundles licensing in some territories, which changes the comparison. Our licensing guide explains what you would be taking on.

Owning the stack. Some operators prefer software they run themselves.

Quick Comparison

Platform Entry price Licensing included? What stands out
Radio.co $35/mo No Polished interface, large listener allowances from Standard
RadioKing $19 / 14€ / £14[40]/mo No Lower prices; unlimited simultaneous listeners from Start, capped by listening hours
Live365 $65[41]/mo with ads US, Canada, Mexico[42] Licensing bundled
AzuraCast Free software + your server No Full control
Caster.fm Free plan No Zero-cost entry
Zeno.FM $60[43]/mo (Prime) No Free plan ended: Discontinued January 2025[44]

Alternative 1: RadioKing

Price: from $19 / 14€ / £14 a month (Discover) to $119 / 99€ / £99[45] (Business). Pro is $64 / 54€ / £54[46].

RadioKing is Radio.co's closest like-for-like competitor: cloud playout, scheduling and statistics. From the Start plan it lists Unlimited[47] simultaneous listeners, but every plan has a listening-hour allowance — 20,000 hours/month[48] on Start and 150,000 hours/month on Pro. Storage is 10 GB[49] on Start and 25 GB[50] on Pro.

Best for: stations that want the cloud-platform model at a lower monthly price. More in our RadioKing alternatives guide.

Alternative 2: Live365

Price: Broadcast 1 is $65 a month with ads or $89[51] with Ad Control, effective 2026-09-01 (applies at first renewal on or after that date)[52]. It includes 1,500 hours/month[53] and 50 GB[54]; extra hours cost 0.07 USD per listening hour[55].

The difference that matters is licensing: Live365 covers webcasts to listeners in US, Canada, Mexico, with UK coverage as an add-on from $17.99[56] a month. If you would otherwise license music yourself, that can outweigh the lower listening-hour allowance. Full breakdown in our Live365 alternatives guide.

Best for: music stations whose audience is in the covered territories.

Alternative 3: AzuraCast (self-hosted)

Price: free, open-source software; you pay for a Linux server.

AzuraCast replaces the streaming server, web-based AutoDJ, scheduling and listener statistics with software you run yourself. You install it with Docker and own updates, backups and uptime. Limits are whatever your server can carry.

Best for: technically confident operators. Live shows still need a separate source client — see our broadcasting software guide.

Alternative 4: Caster.fm and Zeno.FM

Caster.fm still has a free plan (Yes[57]) with 400 listeners[58] slots; it is supported by ads on your public page and has no AutoDJ, so it suits live-only or hobby stations. Zeno.FM no longer has a free broadcasting plan (Discontinued January 2025); its Prime plan is $60 a month with Unlimited listeners and 1,000,000 listening hours[59].

When Staying on Radio.co Is the Better Choice

  • Your audience is large. Standard's 20,000 listeners concurrent listeners is forty times RadioHost Studio's 500.
  • You want apps and Alexa under one bill. Plus and Premium include apps; on other platforms these are separate purchases.
  • You use the AI voice credits or the EDGE processor. Nothing here is a direct replacement.
  • Your team knows the interface. Migration costs a schedule rebuild and retraining; if the bill is not the problem, that time is better spent on programming.

You can stay on Radio.co and still change the website alone (Scenario 1). Test your stream on the web first with the radio stream tester.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the cheapest Radio.co alternative?

Among hosted platforms, RadioKing's Discover plan ($19 / 14€ / £14 a month) costs less than Radio.co Lite ($35), but it allows 50 listeners[60] and 150 hours/month[61]. Caster.fm has a free plan without AutoDJ. Self-hosting AzuraCast costs only the server, plus your time.

Does Radio.co have listener or bandwidth limits?

Yes. Every plan lists a concurrent-listener figure and a monthly bandwidth allowance: Lite is 500 listeners and 1TB/month (~18,000 listening hours); Standard is 20,000 listeners and 20TB/month (~360,000 listening hours); only Premium lists unlimited concurrent listeners, with 75TB/month (~1.3m listening hours).

Does any Radio.co alternative include music licensing?

Live365 is the main one: it covers listeners in US, Canada, Mexico, with a paid UK add-on. RadioKing, AzuraCast, Caster.fm and Zeno.FM leave licensing to you, as Radio.co does.

Does Radio.co offer a full website?

Yes, as an add-on: the Website Builder is $12 a month and is powered by Weebly. RadioSiteMaker is an alternative for the website alone, with radio pages (schedule, shows, DJs, podcasts) already built; you can use either with a Radio.co stream.

Can I move from Radio.co without losing my listeners?

Your stream URL changes if you change host, so the risk sits in player links, apps and directory listings. If your website is independent of the stream host, the player change is one setting and your domain stays the same. Our migration guide covers the order of steps.

Sources and verification

Competitor prices and limits change often. Each figure above was checked on the date shown against the vendor's own page. Prices exclude tax unless stated.

  1. Radio.co · Lite: Lite plan monthly price — $35 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05. Page also offers GBP 31 / EUR 35 (from embedded pricingData).
  2. Radio.co · Standard: Standard plan monthly price — $59 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05. GBP 51 / EUR 60 per embedded pricingData.
  3. Radio.co · Plus: Plus plan monthly price — $139 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  4. Radio.co · Premium: Premium plan monthly price — $199 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  5. Radio.co · All: Music licensing included in plans — No. Source, checked 2026-11-05. Page lists 'Music & licensing brokering' as a service, but licences are the broadcaster's responsibility.
  6. Radio.co · Lite: Lite plan annual price — $350 (annual). Source, checked 2026-11-05. Annual figures are in the page's inline pricingData JS (shown on Annual toggle); = 10x monthly.
  7. Radio.co · Lite: Lite storage — 2 GB. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  8. Radio.co · Lite: Lite concurrent listeners — 500 listeners. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  9. Radio.co · Lite: Lite monthly bandwidth / listening hours — 1TB/month (~18,000 listening hours) (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  10. Radio.co · Lite: Lite max stream bitrate — 192 kbps. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  11. Radio.co · Lite: Lite user seats — 2 users. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  12. Radio.co · Standard: Standard plan annual price — $590 (annual). Source, checked 2026-11-05. From inline pricingData (annual block). Equals 10 months of the monthly price.
  13. Radio.co · Standard: Standard storage — 20 GB. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  14. Radio.co · Standard: Standard concurrent listeners — 20,000 listeners. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  15. Radio.co · Standard: Standard monthly bandwidth / listening hours — 20TB/month (~360,000 listening hours) (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  16. Radio.co · Standard: Standard max stream bitrate — 192 kbps. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  17. Radio.co · Standard: Standard user seats — 20 users. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  18. Radio.co · Plus: Plus plan annual price — $1,390 (annual). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  19. Radio.co · Plus: Plus storage — 75 GB. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  20. Radio.co · Plus: Plus concurrent listeners — 500,000 listeners. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  21. Radio.co · Plus: Plus monthly bandwidth / listening hours — 50TB/month (~875,000 listening hours) (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  22. Radio.co · Plus: Plus max stream bitrate — 192 kbps. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  23. Radio.co · Plus: Plus user seats — 50 users. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  24. Radio.co · Premium: Premium plan annual price — $1,990 (annual). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  25. Radio.co · Premium: Premium storage — 300 GB. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  26. Radio.co · Premium: Premium concurrent listeners — Unlimited. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  27. Radio.co · Premium: Premium monthly bandwidth / listening hours — 75TB/month (~1.3m listening hours) (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  28. Radio.co · Premium: Premium max stream bitrate — 320 kbps. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  29. Radio.co · Premium: Premium user seats — Unlimited. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  30. Radio.co · All plans: Website Builder add-on price — $12 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05. Shown as +$12/month on all four plans.
  31. Radio.co · All plans: Website Builder is Weebly-powered; Standard and Plus tiers — Powered by Weebly; two builder plans: Standard and Plus. Source, checked 2026-11-05. Article dated July 11, 2024. Standard: unlimited pages, embed Radio.co web player, sell up to 10 products. Plus: embed HD audio/video, password-protected pages, site search, 25 products, 5 sub-accounts. 1 free domain (.com/.net/.org) - Radio.co retains ownership; buy-out $30. Builder Plus price not stated in the article.
  32. Radio.co · Lite / Standard: iOS & Android apps add-on price — $35 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05. Add-on on Lite and Standard; included on Plus and Premium.
  33. Radio.co · Plus: Plus includes iOS/Android apps and Alexa skill — Yes. Source, checked 2026-11-05. Also included on Premium.
  34. Radio.co · All: Mobile apps require a Radio.co-hosted station — Yes. Source, checked 2026-11-05. Also requires Apple Developer ($99/yr) and Google Play ($25 one-time) accounts, and the station's music broadcast licence if it plays copyrighted music.
  35. Radio.co · Lite / Standard: Alexa skill add-on price — $10 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  36. Radio.co · Lite / Standard / Plus: EDGE audio processor add-on price — $20 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05. Included on Premium.
  37. Radio.co · Standard: Standard AI voice credits per month — 1,500 credits (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  38. RadioKing · Pro: Pro listening hours — 150,000 hours/month (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  39. Zeno.FM · Prime: Prime concurrent listeners — Unlimited. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  40. RadioKing · Discover: Discover monthly price — $19 / 14€ / £14 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  41. Live365 · Broadcast 1: Broadcast 1 monthly (With Ads) — $65 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05. Also shown on https://live365.com/broadcaster/pricing ('Broadcast 1 $ 65 / mo'). Effective at first renewal on/after September 1 (2026).
  42. Live365 · All Broadcast: Licensing territories included — US, Canada, Mexico. Source, checked 2026-11-05. US via ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, GMR, SoundExchange, AllTrack, Word Collections; Canada via SOCAN and Re:Sound; Mexico via EMMAC/SACM and SOMEXFON. Coverage depends on real-time metadata.
  43. Zeno.FM · Prime: Prime monthly price (monthly billing, regular) — $60 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05. From the page's Nuxt payload (/pricing/_payload.json): Prime monthly-billing price 60.00. Yearly billing: 50.00/mo = $600/yr regular. Page on 2026-11-05 still displayed a 'Spooky Sale 40%' yearly price of $30.00/month ($360/yr) although the banner says 'until November 1'. 'Prices may vary by country' (localized).
  44. Zeno.FM · Free: Free broadcasting plan — Discontinued January 2025. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  45. RadioKing · Business: Business monthly price — $119 / 99€ / £99 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  46. RadioKing · Pro: Pro monthly price — $64 / 54€ / £54 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  47. RadioKing · Start: Start simultaneous listeners — Unlimited. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  48. RadioKing · Start: Start listening hours — 20,000 hours/month (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  49. RadioKing · Start: Start storage — 10 GB. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  50. RadioKing · Pro: Pro storage — 25 GB. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  51. Live365 · Broadcast 1: Broadcast 1 monthly (Ad Control, formerly 'No Ads') — $89 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05. Ad Control yearly $890. Ad Control packages are ad-free by default with a Dashboard Ad Toggle.
  52. Live365 · All: 2026 pricing effective date — 2026-09-01 (applies at first renewal on or after that date). Source, checked 2026-11-05. Article 'Modified on: Fri, Jul 31, 2026'. Annual subscribers who switched before Aug 31 keep legacy price for their 12-month term.
  53. Live365 · Broadcast 1: Broadcast 1 total listening hours — 1,500 hours/month (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  54. Live365 · Broadcast 1: Broadcast 1 media storage — 50 GB. Source, checked 2026-11-05. Was 30 GB before the 2026 change; legacy annual subscribers keep old limits until renewal.
  55. Live365 · All Broadcast: TLH overage rate — 0.07 USD per listening hour (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
  56. Live365 · Lite / Starter / Scale / Pro: Optional UK licensing add-on (PPL & PRS) price from — $17.99 (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05. Tiers: Lite $17.99 (150 UK TLH), Starter $29.99 (500), Scale $169.99 (1,800), Pro $329.99 (5,000). 'Legal coverage via our local PPL and PRS for Music agreements.' Article modified May 5, 2026.
  57. Caster.fm · Free: Free plan available — Yes. Source, checked 2026-11-05. 400 listener slots, up to 96 Kbps (MP3 and Opus), Icecast 2.5, built-in radio website; no AutoDJ on Free.
  58. Caster.fm · Free: Free plan listener slots — 400 listeners. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  59. Zeno.FM · Prime: Prime total listening hours — 1,000,000 listening hours. Source, checked 2026-11-05. Zeno.FM does not state the period for this allowance.
  60. RadioKing · Discover: Discover simultaneous listeners — 50 listeners. Source, checked 2026-11-05
  61. RadioKing · Discover: Discover listening hours — 150 hours/month (monthly). Source, checked 2026-11-05
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Founder of RadioSiteMaker. Passionate about making professional radio station websites accessible to every broadcaster. Builds and runs the RadioSiteMaker website platform and RadioHost Studio, the browser-based 24/7 automation suite, and writes these guides from that day-to-day work with independent stations.

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