Headliner
Create video, transcribe podcasts, and grow your show
About Headliner
Headliner is a browser-based podcast promotion platform that turns audio and video episodes into audiograms, captioned clips, and full-length YouTube videos. It can auto-generate and auto-post clips for every new episode from an RSS feed, transcribe episodes, and generate show notes and social captions. Headliner also sells paid listener growth through Podcast Promo and a Disco recommendation widget for websites.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Generous free plan with unlimited captioned video clips
- RSS-based automations create and post audiograms for every new episode without manual work
- Runs in the browser with a companion mobile app, no desktop install needed
- Paid plans are inexpensive compared with general-purpose video editors
- Integrates with podcast hosting providers and posts directly to YouTube and social networks
- Free upgrades available for qualifying education and nonprofit podcasts
Cons
- Free plan is ad-supported and watermarks all but one audiogram per month
- Advertised prices require annual billing
- Editing is template-driven and less flexible than a full video editor
- Basic plan caps captions at 10 minutes per project and full-resolution video at 10 minutes
- Small number of public reviews on software directories
Key Features
Audiogram Maker
Turn podcast audio into waveform videos with images, captions, and branding for social media.
Video Clipping & Captioning
Clip a full-length video podcast into multiple short, captioned clips sized for each social platform.
Full-Episode Video for YouTube
Convert full-length audio episodes into video and upload them to YouTube.
Automations
Watch a podcast's RSS feed and auto-create audiograms for every new episode, then auto-post them to social media and YouTube.
Transcription & Text-Based Editing (Eddy)
Transcribe full audio or video episodes and edit them through the transcript.
Context-Aware Marketing Tools
Generate show notes, social captions, keywords, and other promo copy from the episode content.
Branded Templates
Save templates with custom fonts, watermarks, and intro and outro videos for consistent output.
Podcast Promo
Paid campaigns that place a podcast on media sites to acquire new listeners.
Disco Widget
Embeddable website widget that recommends podcast episodes to blog readers.
Mobile App & API
Edit and share from iOS and Android, or integrate Headliner into hosting platforms through the enterprise API.
Pricing
- Ad-supported experience
- Unlimited free, captioned video clips
- 1 unwatermarked audiogram per month
- Unlimited watermarked audiograms
- 1080p for videos up to 10 min
- 2-hour audio files, 10GB video uploads
- Auto-create audiograms for 1 podcast
- Transcribe & edit 2 hours of episodes per month
- Context-aware marketing tools
- Billed annually
- Everything in Forever Free
- Ad-free experience
- 10 unwatermarked audiograms per month
- Unlimited captions (10 min per project)
- Auto-create audiograms for multiple podcasts
- Auto-post to social media & YouTube
- Branded templates, custom fonts, intro & outro videos
- Faster video exports
- Billed annually
- Everything in Basic
- Unlimited unwatermarked videos
- Unlimited transcription
- Custom watermarks
- 1080p for videos up to 2 hours
- 4-hour audio files
- Fastest video exports
- Automations from a podcast's first episode
- Priority support
- Custom solutions for Eddy and Make
- API integration for hosting platforms
- Contact sales
Best For
Podcast Social Promotion
Turn each episode into short audiograms and captioned clips for Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and X.
Publishing Audio Podcasts on YouTube
Convert full-length audio episodes into video and upload them to YouTube automatically.
Hands-Off Episode Marketing
Set up an RSS automation so every new episode produces branded clips that post themselves.
Transcripts and Show Notes
Transcribe episodes and generate show notes, captions, and keywords for SEO and accessibility.
Listener Acquisition
Run paid Podcast Promo campaigns or embed the Disco widget to bring new listeners to a show.
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