Riverside records podcasts and video interviews locally on each guest's device, in up to 4K video and 48 kHz audio, so quality survives bad connections, then edits them with AI: text-based editing, Magic Clips, show notes, B-roll and filler-word removal. Billed yearly, Pro costs $24 a month ($29 monthly), Grow $34 ($39) with live streaming, social scheduling and hosting for two shows, and Webinar $79 ($99). Each plan starts with a 14-day free trial.
Reviewed by EdGrows·Updated Sep 26, 2026Affiliate link — we may earn a commission
This analysis is based on documentation, public user reports, and vendor materials — not yet on our own hands-on testing. How we rate
Riverside is a recording studio in a browser. Guests join a link, and instead of capturing their video over the internet like a video call, Riverside records each person locally on their own device, in up to 4K video and 48 kHz audio, and uploads the files progressively. A dropped connection glitches the live conversation, not the recording, which is why podcasters and brands use it for remote interviews that need to look and sound professional.
Around the recorder, Riverside has built most of a production pipeline. There is a text-based editor with an AI editing and repurposing agent, AI B-roll, eye-contact correction and removal of silences and filler words; Magic Clips that cut short social videos from an episode; AI show notes, transcripts and translation; podcast hosting with analytics and publishing to YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Instagram and LinkedIn; live streaming; webinars; newsletters and creator websites. Mac and mobile apps and an MCP connector round it out. Its homepage lists Spotify, Microsoft, HubSpot, The New York Times and TED among the organizations using it.
Riverside's plans on yearly billing, as shown to us in euros on September 26, 2026. US prices are listed in the table.
| Plan | Yearly (per month) | Monthly | Studios | Separate-track downloads | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | $24 ($288 a year) | $29 | 1 | 15 hours a month | 4K recording, text-based editing, AI tools, Magic Clips, podcast hosting |
| Grow | $34 ($408 a year) | $39 | 2 | 20 hours a month | Live streaming, social scheduling, newsletter, creator website, hosting for 2 shows |
| Webinar | $79 | $99 | 3 | 25 hours a month | Webinars up to 100 registrants, lead capture, Q&A and polls, HubSpot |
| Business | Custom | Custom | Unlimited | Unlimited | Up to 10,000 registrants, producer mode, async recording, SSO, SOC 2, API |
Prices from Riverside's pricing page in US dollars. Each plan has a 14-day free trial, and extra editor seats are an add-on below Business.
Recording hours are unlimited on every plan, which is generous. The limits sit elsewhere.
The first is separate-track downloads: the studio-quality file per participant is what a professional editor wants, and Pro allows 15 hours a month. A weekly two-guest, one-hour show uses about 12 hours of tracks a month (three tracks, four episodes), so Pro fits; a daily show does not. If you hit the cap, you keep access to your content but cannot download new separate tracks until the next billing cycle.
The second is studios, because each show or client needs its own studio, with its own hosting, analytics and website. Pro's single studio suits one show; producers and agencies juggling several shows need Grow, Webinar or Business.
Riverside splits its AI into free and metered features. Magic Clips, Magic Audio and the AI Co-Creator are included without credits. Features with real compute costs, AI translation, AI B-roll and animated clips, use credits: Pro starts with 2,000 and Business with 12,000, and more can be bought.
In practice, most podcasters will rarely buy credits. The clips, audio cleanup, transcripts and show notes that save the most time are included.
Local 4K and 48 kHz capture for every participant is the reason to choose Riverside, and it is the hardest thing for a video-call tool to match. Around it, one workflow runs from recording to publishing: record, edit by transcript, cut clips, write show notes, host the podcast and schedule social posts without exporting to four other tools, while Grow and Webinar turn the same studio into a multistreamed live show or a lead-generating webinar for marketing teams.
The catches are in the allowances and the editor. Unlimited recording paired with 15 hours of separate-track downloads on Pro means heavy producers pay for higher tiers mainly to download more. The text-based editor and AI agent handle podcasts well, but Descript goes further for complex cuts, and with a 14-day trial rather than a free plan, ongoing free use is not the pitch.
Descript is the deeper transcript editor with its own recorder; Riverside is the stronger recorder with solid editing. Podcastle covers similar recording and editing ground for podcasters, and is worth comparing on price. For live streaming alone, streaming-first tools compete with Grow, but Riverside's advantage is that the stream, the recording and the clips live in one place. To turn finished episodes into social clips at volume, OpusClip and Vizard specialize in that job.
Podcasters, interviewers, B2B marketers and brands that record remote guests and care about quality are Riverside's audience. Pro billed yearly covers a weekly show, Grow suits creators who also stream and want scheduling, a newsletter and a website, and Webinar fits teams running lead-generation events. Use the 14-day trial on a real episode with a remote guest, and check the separate-track allowance against how many hours your editor actually downloads each month.
Billed yearly, Pro costs $24 a month ($288 a year), Grow $34 ($408) and Webinar $79; month to month they cost $29, $39 and $99. Business is priced by sales. Yearly billing saves up to 20%, and every plan starts with a 14-day free trial. Riverside may show prices in local currency; in euros we saw 24, 34 and 79 on yearly billing.
Riverside's pricing page currently leads with a 14-day free trial of its paid plans instead of a free tier. Its plan data still describes a free plan with a one-off allowance of two hours of separate-track downloads, but that plan is hidden from the page, so treat the trial as the way to test Riverside.
They are the studio-quality files for each participant, one audio and video track per person, which editors use for professional post-production. Recording is unlimited on every plan, but downloading separate tracks is capped at 15 hours a month on Pro, 20 on Grow and 25 on Webinar. Business is unlimited.
Core AI features such as Magic Clips, Magic Audio and the AI Co-Creator do not use credits. Credits power features like AI translation, AI B-roll and animated clips; Pro starts with 2,000 free credits and Business with 12,000, and you can buy more once they run out.
Audience tools and live streaming: social media scheduling, a newsletter, a creator website, podcast hosting for two shows, video publishing to Apple Podcasts, video hosting, AI thumbnails and Riverside's MCP, plus full HD live streaming to unlimited destinations with custom RTMP, overlays and backstage speaker management.
Yes, on the Webinar plan and above. It supports up to 100 registrants, pre-recorded sessions streamed as live, recurring webinars without time limits, lead capture, branded registration forms, email reminders, Q&A, polls and a HubSpot integration. Business raises the limit to 10,000 registrants.
Riverside is the stronger recorder, capturing each remote guest locally in up to 4K, and it now has solid text-based editing and AI clips. Descript is the deeper editor for cutting episodes by transcript. Many podcasters record in Riverside and edit in either tool; Riverside alone covers recording, editing, hosting and publishing.
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