Riverside

Riverside is an AI-powered platform for recording, editing, repurposing and distributing podcast and video content for podcasters, marketers and producers.

  • Free plan
  • Web app · Mobile · Desktop · Plugin or MCP
  • Verified 16 Oct 2026

What Riverside does

Riverside is an AI-powered platform for recording, editing, repurposing and distributing podcast and video content, offered on a freemium model with self-serve signup and a free trial. The Free plan costs nothing and includes 2 hours of multi-track recordings at up to 720p video. Paid plans are Pro at USD 29/month billed monthly or USD 24/month billed annually, Grow at USD 39/month billed monthly or USD 34/month billed annually, and Webinar at USD 99/month billed monthly or USD 79/month billed annually, while Business is priced by contacting sales.

Built for

  • Podcasters
  • Marketers and producers

Key features

  • Local recording of up to 4K video and uncompressed audio in separate tracks
  • Text-based editor for editing recordings like a doc
  • AI clip generation (Magic Clips) and show notes
  • Podcast hosting and publishing to YouTube, Spotify and Apple (Pro and above)
  • Multistream live streaming to multiple destinations (Grow and above)
  • AI translation and dubbing into over 30 languages
  • Riverside MCP connecting to AI assistants (Grow and above)

Pros and cons

Pros

  • The Free plan includes 2 hours of multi-track recordings at up to 720p video at no cost.
  • Riverside records video up to 4K locally, with audio kept uncompressed and each track saved separately.
  • A text-based editor lets users edit recordings by working with the transcript like a document.
  • AI clip generation (Magic Clips) and show notes are included as features.
  • Riverside can be used in a web app, on mobile, on desktop, and through a plugin or MCP.

Cons

  • Podcast hosting and publishing to YouTube, Spotify and Apple is available only on Pro and above.
  • Multistream live streaming to multiple destinations is available only on Grow and above.
  • The Free plan is limited to 720p video, while up to 4K video requires the Pro plan or higher.
  • Business plan pricing is not published and requires contacting sales.

Where Riverside is listed

Riverside is listed under podcast editing in AI video and audio tools.

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