A Sponsorable alternative for niche podcasters
Sponsorable and SponsorBoard are built for the same person. Its $39 Starter plan is described as “For podcasters researching who sponsors shows like theirs”, which is exactly who we serve. Both help you find companies worth pitching. They differ in how far back you can look, how much of it is free, and whether you get the buyer’s contact details.
Sponsorable’s side is quoted from its own pages as of October 9, 2026, with links. Its figures change daily.
Side by side
| Sponsorable | SponsorBoard | |
|---|---|---|
| Which shows | “Sponsorable subscribes to 5.4 million podcasts”; 226,893 sponsors on its homepage | Established English-language business, technology and trade shows, including niche ones (which ones) |
| How sponsors are found | “Our systems read each new episode and detect its sponsors from the episode content itself” | Sponsorships on public record, each tied to a dated episode you can open |
| History you can see | 90 days on Starter ($39/month), 365 days on Pro ($99/month), unlimited on Enterprise | First and last date for each show listed on a brand page, free |
| Browsing by podcast | “Full Podcasts access” is listed on Pro | A board for each trade; free boards show sample names, a paid plan opens every name |
| Buyer contacts | Yes — email and LinkedIn; 1 credit each on Free and Starter, unlimited on Pro | No |
| API, CSV | Yes, by plan | No |
| MCP server | Yes, by plan | Yes, free; public names only |
| Price | Free (10 credits), $39, $99, Enterprise | Boards and brand pages are free; see pricing |
When Sponsorable is the better choice
- You want the buyer’s email. This is the biggest difference. Sponsorable reveals contacts with email and LinkedIn; we have none.
- You want breadth. Millions of podcasts in every genre, against our established business, technology and trade shows.
- You work in a spreadsheet, or want every name in your AI assistant. Sponsorable offers CSV export, an API and an MCP server. We offer no export or API; our MCP server is free but carries only the names a free board shows.
- You buy ads as well as sell them. Sponsorable also serves sponsors and agencies looking for shows.
Four checks to run before you pay
- How far back can you look on the plan you would buy? Whether a sponsor stayed with a show is what tells you it worked for them, and that takes more than a season of history.
What we found: Sponsorable’s homepage lists “No limited data” and asks of each sponsor, “Are they consistently sponsoring a podcast, or did they stop?” Its pricing page gives Starter “90 days of sponsorship history” and Pro “365 days”; “Unlimited sponsorship history” is on Enterprise. On SponsorBoard, the Squarespace page lists 53 shows with first and last dates, going back to 2013, free. - Try a show whose ads are spoken, not written. Many large shows insert ads into the audio without naming them anywhere else. Many tools look nearly empty on those shows — SponsorBoard included.
What we found: Sponsorable describes each sponsor as “detected in the episodes themselves”. Today, Explained, from Vox, offers an ad-free version to paying members, so it carries ads; Sponsorable’s page for the show reads: “2,285 episodes. 1 of those episodes have been sponsored by 1 companies.” - Does one episode count once? Big shows are often carried by several station or network feeds. Ask whether a tool’s totals count the episode or each copy of it.
What we found: on October 9, 2026, the latest episodes on Sponsorable’s BetterHelp page included The Ramsey Show’s “You Don’t Win With Money By Accident” three times, under TAKEN TV Podcasts, WETR Podcasts and WOAY Podcasts. Run the same check on our brand pages. - Match a show you know, episode by episode. Open the tool’s page for a show you listen to and compare it with the show’s feed.
What we found: Sponsorable’s Lex Fridman Podcast page matched the feed six of six on the newest episode. In the Joe Rogan Experience feed, the notes for JRE MMA Show #186 (October 1) name Perplexity, Uber Eats and BetterHelp; Sponsorable’s page for the show lists one sponsor for that episode.
On size: Sponsorable’s homepage listed 252,187 sponsors on June 15, 2026 (archived copy) and 226,893 on October 9, 2026. Totals move as records are cleaned up; what a number counts matters more than how big it is.
When SponsorBoard fits better
- You host a show in a specific trade. Our boards group shows by the companies that pay them, so you see the buyers in your corner rather than a whole industry category. Find your trade →
- You want to know who stayed, without paying first. First and last dates for each show are on free brand pages, so a sponsor that keeps coming back is visible at a glance.
- You want to check before you pitch. Every record leads to a dated episode you can open, and you can quote it in your pitch. How to pitch with that evidence →
The two also work together: find the companies that keep buying in your trade here, then look up who to email.
Checked October 9, 2026; our own records read through 2026-10-20. All podcast sponsor databases compared →
If anything here about Sponsorable is wrong or out of date, write to sponsorboardsupport@proton.me and we will correct it.