Full-Service Podcast Production Company

The two terms get used interchangeably. They shouldn’t be. Podcast editing is one stage of production. An editor takes your recorded file and cleans it up: cuts, noise removal, level balancing, mixing. The input is a recording. The output is a polished file. That is the whole job.

Podcast production covers everything that happens between an idea and a published episode. Editing sits in the middle of it. On the front end: planning, recording setup, and capturing clean audio and video. On the back end: mastering, show notes, transcripts, artwork, publishing to Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and cutting promotional clips for social media.

Here is a practical test. If you already record reliably and only need the files cleaned up, you need an editing service — our podcast audio editing and podcast video editing pages cover exactly that. If you also need help recording, publishing, or promoting — or you do not want to manage five separate vendors — you need a production company.

The difference shows up in the workflow, not just the invoice. An editor waits for your file. A production company owns the schedule: recording sessions get booked, episodes move through post-production on a fixed turnaround, and finished assets land in your feed and on your social channels without you opening a timeline.

Start Podcast operates as both. Every plan is built around editing, because that is the core of the craft. From there, you add the production stages you actually need — nothing more. If you only need one stage, you buy one stage. If you need the full cycle, the same team runs all four.

Post-production is where most of the work hours go, so it deserves its own breakdown. It is everything that happens to your episode after the recording stops and before it publishes. At Start Podcast, podcast post-production covers six kinds of work:

• Cleanup — removing background noise, clicks, long pauses, and filler words; syncing audio and video tracks so everything lines up.
• Mixing — balancing volume between speakers, EQ, and compression so the episode sounds even from the first minute to the last.
• Mastering — the final loudness and tonal pass that gets your file ready for Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.
• Sound design — custom intros and outros, music, and a personal audio jingle on the Boost plan.
• Show notes — a written summary of each episode, ready to paste into your hosting platform.
• Transcripts — a full text version of the episode for accessibility, search, and repurposing.

For video episodes, post-production also includes color correction, dynamic balancing, animated lower thirds, and multi-cam editing on two or more cameras (Boost plan).

Show notes and transcripts are included in every plan, starting with Start Up — from $350 per episode. You do not pay extra for them. We accept MP3, WAV, and AIFF audio files, you can submit through Google Drive or Dropbox in minutes, and the standard post-production turnaround is 3–5 business days per episode.

Why does this stage get its own service line? Because it is where the listener experience is decided. Recording quality sets the ceiling; post-production determines how close the published episode gets to it. Uneven levels or background hum read as amateur within the first minute, and most listeners will not give a show a second one. Treating post-production as a defined stage — with a checklist, a turnaround, and an owner — is what separates a production company from a person with editing software.

Production pricing at Start Podcast is flat and published. There are three plans:

• Start Up — from $350 per episode. Editing of an episode up to 60 minutes, audio and video syncing, color correction, 3 social clips, show notes, transcripts, and a ready-to-publish audio and video version.
• Weekly — from $950 per month. One episode per week, twice as many promo materials per episode, episode art design, animated lower thirds, sponsored message integration, and a dedicated editor and account.
• Boost — from $1,850 per month. Unlimited episodes and revisions, multi-cam editing, motion graphics, sound design with a personal jingle, a dedicated production team, and priority turnaround.

For context: freelance editors typically charge $50–150 per episode for audio editing alone, and agencies that cover audio and video run $200–500+ per episode. A monthly plan here covers the full production cycle — recording support, post-production, distribution assets, and promotion clips — for less than many shops charge for editing by itself. The full feature comparison lives on our pricing page.

Human editors on every episode. Nothing here is run through an automated pipeline. Real people listen to your episode, edit it by hand, and check tone, pacing, and flow. Software flags problems; an editor decides what your show should sound like.

A turnaround you can plan around. Standard delivery is 3–5 business days per episode. Weekly and Boost plans get priority production turnaround and direct chat with support 24/7; Start Up includes email support with a 48-hour response time. You always know where your episode stands.

Revisions are part of the price. Every plan includes revisions, and monthly plans include unlimited revisions. Feedback rounds are how the edit converges on your taste — we treat them as part of the process, not an upsell.

White-label production for agencies. If you are a creative agency or a production studio, we work behind the scenes under your brand: branded intros and outros, show notes, and consistent delivery your clients see as yours. Meet the team behind the white-label work.

A real company with a real address. Start Podcast operates from 695 Santa Clara Ave, Venice, CA 90291, and was listed by DesignRush as a Top Podcast Production Company in 2025. When you need us, there is a team to reach — not a ticket queue.

None of this is complicated. It is the same production discipline applied week after week: capture clean source files, edit by hand, deliver on schedule, and include the assets a show actually needs to grow. If that is the kind of operation you want behind your podcast, send us an episode and judge the work itself.