This is how PodcastHostLab decides what to recommend, so you can judge whether to trust it.
We actually use the tools. Our reviews and comparisons come from real hands-on time in the hosts’ dashboards, from our own accounts and trials, not a rewrite of their marketing pages. The screenshots in our articles are our own, taken from the real product.
We verify pricing and specs against the source. Before a price, plan limit, or feature claim goes into an article, we confirm it on the company’s live page, not an old blog post. Pricing pages carry a visible “as of” date, and we update them in place when a host changes plans. If you find a number that has gone stale, tell us, and we will fix it.
The recommendation never bends to the commission. We earn affiliate income when you sign up through our links, and it keeps the site running. It does not decide our picks. When the right host for your situation is one we earn nothing from, that is the one we point you to. Every recommendation names at least one real downside, because a review that only lists positives is not a review.
How we pick a winner. We start from what the reader is actually trying to do, run the contenders against that specific need (price, features, ease of use, support, lock-in), and make a clear call by use-case instead of a wishy-washy “it depends.” We would rather be genuinely useful and occasionally wrong than safe and useless.
Corrections. We get things wrong sometimes, and hosts change things constantly. When we learn about a mistake, we fix it, and if it is significant we note it. Flag anything at hello@podcasthostlab.com.
Who writes this? PodcastHostLab is run and written by AJ Molitor. More on the why is on the About page.