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Zencastr
51-200 employees
Cloud-based platform for podcast production
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Remote in USA
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- The candidate must have 4-7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably within SaaS, technology, or startup environments.
- The candidate must have demonstrated success recruiting technical roles including Software Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Data, along with business functions such as Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance, and People Operations.
- The candidate must have strong sourcing experience using LinkedIn Recruiter and other outbound recruiting tools.
- The candidate must have experience partnering directly with hiring managers and executive leaders.
- The candidate must have interviewing, candidate assessment, and stakeholder management skills.
- The candidate must have strong organizational skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
- The candidate must have experience with applicant tracking systems such as Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, or similar platforms.
- The candidate must be comfortable managing multiple concurrent searches while maintaining a high-quality candidate experience.
- The candidate must have written and verbal communication skills.
- The candidate must be able to work independently, take initiative, and operate effectively in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from intake through offer acceptance across technical and non-technical roles.
- Partner with hiring managers to define hiring needs, interview processes, scorecards, and candidate profiles.
- Develop sourcing strategies to build diverse, high-quality candidate pipelines.
- Source passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, referrals, and other sourcing channels.
- Screen candidates to assess technical qualifications, experience, and cultural alignment.
- Coordinate interview schedules and ensure a seamless experience for candidates and interview teams.
- Facilitate interview debriefs and guide hiring managers through structured hiring decisions.
- Prepare and present offers, manage negotiations, and support candidates through acceptance.
- Maintain accurate candidate records and hiring activity within the applicant tracking system.
- Monitor recruiting metrics including pipeline health, time-to-fill, source effectiveness, and offer acceptance rates.
- Ensure interview feedback is submitted promptly and hiring processes remain organized and compliant.
- Draft and maintain job descriptions, interview guides, scorecards, and recruiting documentation.
- Support onboarding handoffs to People Operations following accepted offers.
- Partner with leadership to proactively identify future hiring needs and workforce planning priorities.
- Recommend improvements to recruiting processes that increase efficiency, consistency, and candidate quality.
- Help strengthen the employer brand through candidate communication and engagement.
- Support employee referral initiatives and other talent attraction programs.
- Stay informed on market trends, compensation benchmarks, and recruiting best practices.
- Deliver a timely, transparent, and professional candidate experience.
- Build trusted relationships with candidates throughout the interview process.
- Represent the company's culture and values throughout every stage of recruitment.
- Ensure candidates receive timely updates and thoughtful feedback whenever possible.
- Experience recruiting within SaaS, technology, or startup environments.
Zencastr provides a subscription-based platform for high-quality audio and video production aimed at podcasters, marketers, educators, and content creators. It lets users record, edit, and distribute content through a single interface, with features like AI editing, AI clipping for viral content, deep analytics, and monetization tools. The product works by offering tiered plans that unlock advanced capabilities, allowing users to capture professional-quality recordings, automatically edit them, analyze performance, and distribute to audiences. Zencastr differentiates itself through a comprehensive, user-friendly suite that combines recording, editing, analytics, and monetization in one service, catering to a wide range of creators—from beginners to professionals. Its goal is to simplify the content creation process and help creators produce engaging content that reaches and monetizes audiences.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$4.6M
Headquarters
Salt Lake City, Utah
Founded
2014
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- The 2026 pricing ladder now spans free, Standard, Grow, Scale, and Business.
- Zencastr's ambassador program and $25 referral bounty signal aggressive low-cost customer acquisition.
- App Store adoption and multilingual transcripts expand usage across mobile creators and non-English markets.
What critics are saying
- Spotify and Riverside both attack Zencastr's podcasting workflow, compressing pricing power by 2026.
- No institutional funding since 2021 leaves Zencastr undercapitalized against faster-moving, better-funded rivals.
- Creator churn after free-tier changes or weak paid conversion can trap growth near current scale.
What makes Zencastr unique
- Zencastr bundles remote recording, editing, distribution, and monetization in one creator workflow.
- Its iOS app extends paid-user recording beyond desktop, broadening creator capture anywhere.
- 4K video podcasting and team plans directly target brands needing studio-quality remote production.
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↓ -6%Autozy vs Zencastr: which podcast platform wins in 2026? Comparisons Autozy and Zencastr both promise to be "the only podcast tool you need." That's a real category of product - all-in-one platforms that combine recording, editing, and publishing - and both companies are credible players in it. So how do they actually differ, and which one is right for you? The 30-second answer. * Pick Zencastr if you want an end-to-end ecosystem that includes podcast hosting and built-in monetization, and you're comfortable with a more complex feature set. * Pick Autozy if your priority is the simplest possible record | AI transcript edit | publish workflow at studio quality, and you'd rather pair with a hosting/monetization tool of your choice than be locked into one ecosystem. What Zencastr is. Zencastr is an all-in-one podcast platform that combines remote recording, AI editing, hosting, and monetization in one dashboard. According to Zencastr's pricing page and 2026 reviews, its features include: * 48 kHz WAV audio and up to 4K video capture, recorded locally on each guest's device * Browser-based guest access - no apps to install * AI-powered text-based editing, automatic filler-word removal, and noise reduction * Automated transcripts * Built-in podcast hosting and distribution * Built-in monetization with automatic ad insertion (Zencastr handles ad sales and pays you) Zencastr pricing (2026). | Plan | Price | Notes | | Free | $0 | Unlimited audio/video recording, separate tracks, basic editing | | Standard | $20/mo | Entry paid tier | | Grow | $30/mo | More transcription, AI features | | Scale | $50/mo | Advanced AI clipping, monetization tools | | Business | $100/mo | Higher tier features | A 14-day free trial is available on paid plans. What Autozy is. Autozy is a podcast creation platform designed around a single belief: most aspiring podcasters never publish because the workflow is too complex. The data backs that up - there are roughly 4.58 million podcasts in existence, but only 8-9% are actively publishing, and roughly 75% eventually podfade. Autozy attacks that gap by combining studio-quality recording, AI transcript-driven editing, and direct publishing in one continuous workflow: * Studio-quality recording at 48 kHz / 24-bit * Real-time noise reduction, echo cancellation, audio enhancement * Multi-track recording * AI-powered, transcript-driven editing * AI-powered video editing * Remote guest recording * Direct publishing to all major platforms Autozy pricing (2026). | Plan | Price | Highlights | | Intro | $19/mo | 1 studio, 7.5 hrs/mo, basic analytics | | Pro (Most Popular) | $55/mo | 3 studios, 30 hrs/mo, team collaboration, custom branding, priority support | | Enterprise | $299/mo | 5 studios, 100 hrs/mo, dedicated AM, SLA, API access | 14-day free trial, no credit card required. Annual billing saves up to 17%. Where they actually differ. 1. Hosting and monetization. This is the biggest functional difference. Zencastr bundles hosting and monetization into the platform itself. Autozy publishes to every major platform but doesn't try to be your hosting provider or your ad network. Both approaches have honest tradeoffs: * Zencastr's bundle = fewer subscriptions, simpler billing, but you're embedded in one company's ecosystem for your hosting and your ad inventory. * Autozy's "publish anywhere" model = you keep your hosting and monetization choices independent, which is often better long-term flexibility (especially if you ever want to migrate platforms). 2. Pricing structure. At the entry level, Autozy ($19/mo) is cheaper than Zencastr Standard ($20/mo) by a hair, and includes Autozy's full record-edit-publish workflow on the Intro plan. Zencastr's free tier is more generous for casual users than Autozy's free trial period - but Zencastr's monetization and AI clipping features are gated behind higher-priced tiers ($50/mo Scale and up). 3. Workflow philosophy. Zencastr is a dashboard. You log into one place that contains everything - recording, editing, hosting, ads, analytics. Powerful but more to learn. Autozy is a workflow. The interface is built around the path from blank page to published episode, not around a feature shelf. 4. Video. Both platforms support video. Zencastr advertises 4K video capture; Autozy offers AI-powered video editing alongside its core audio capture. If you're producing a heavily video-first show with cinematic ambitions, Zencastr's 4K spec is worth considering. If you're producing a primarily audio show with optional video output, Autozy's integrated AI video tools are easier to use end-to-end. 5. The "lock-in" question. When you put your podcast into Zencastr's hosting + monetization stack, switching costs grow over time. Your audience analytics, your ad relationships, and (depending on contracts) your monetized inventory all live there. That's not necessarily bad - it's how every bundled platform works - but it's worth being clear-eyed about. Autozy doesn't try to own your hosting or your monetization, so switching costs stay low. You can always export and move on. A simple decision framework. * Do I want my hosting and ads bundled into the same tool that records my podcast? Yes | Zencastr. No, I want flexibility | Autozy. * Is "the simplest possible workflow" or "the most features in one dashboard" more valuable to me right now? Simplest | Autozy. Most features | Zencastr. * Have I tried podcasting before and stalled out? Yes | The narrower, more opinionated tool (Autozy) is statistically the better bet. The bottom line. Zencastr and Autozy are both solid choices in the all-in-one podcast platform category. Zencastr is broader - it's trying to be your single podcast home base, including hosting and ads. Autozy is narrower - it's trying to be the fastest, lowest-friction record-edit-publish workflow on the market, paired with whatever hosting and monetization stack you prefer. Neither is wrong. Pick the one whose tradeoffs match how you actually want to work. Launch your podcast with Autozy. Record in studio quality, edit through the transcript, and publish to every platform - all in one place.
Remote recording tool Zencastr has launched an iOS app for paid customers.
Zencastr announces the general availability of the first end-to-end video podcast platform for creators and brands globally. New features include remote HD 4k video recording, team plans, distribution, monetization and more
Virtual mental health resource Sesh has partnered with global companies BigCommerce, Bravado.co, Zencastr and Virtasant to provide Ukraine-based employees with full access to the platform’s virtual mental health group support sessions free of charge, according to the company.
The quality and speed with which Zencastr can process audio and video mixes have taken significant strides forward, and Zencastr has added new options in the Video post-production system, detailed below.