All-hands nobody watches
The recording lands in SharePoint. Nobody watches 90 minutes of slides on their lunch break.
A 15-minute episode reaches the people who were never in the room.
Internal podcast platform
Your CEO talks. 2,000 employees listen.
Private podcast hosting for internal communications, training, and culture. Your people listen in Springcast Mobile, your own branded app, with the work account they already have. Never publicly listed. Per-team access control so the right content reaches the right people. Completion analytics your L&D team can use. EU-hosted, because employee listening data is personal data under GDPR.
- ✓ SSO/SAML
- ✓ Private app
- ✓ EU-hosted
- ✓ Per-team access
Sound familiar?
Why internal podcasts fail before they start
No proof of training completion
Six weeks after the compliance upload, 30% opened the PDF. Nobody knows how many read it.
Completion tracking shows who finished each episode, per department.
Private podcast leaked publicly
Someone forwards the feed link, and the CEO update turns up in a public podcast directory.
There is no link to forward. Your people listen in Springcast Mobile, behind your own login, and on the platform the show stays hidden.
IT rejects US data hosting
Listening behavior is personal data under GDPR, and your DPO won't accept a US server.
Hosted in the Netherlands, ISO 27001 certified, DPA ready to sign.
500 accounts to manage by hand
Every employee needs access, and you're not creating 500 accounts manually.
SSO grants and revokes access through your identity provider automatically.
See it in practice
Public podcast hosting was never meant for private, authenticated internal communication.
What's included
Built for internal podcasts, not adapted from public hosting
Springcast Mobile
Your own branded listening app, invite-only. Employees sign in with their work account and see only the shows their groups give them.
Push on new episodes
Follow a show and the next episode arrives as a notification on the phone. Nobody has to remember to go looking for it.
Transcript that follows the audio
Where a transcript is available it scrolls along with the audio, for reading in a quiet room or in a second language. Chapters with timestamps let people jump straight to the part they need.
Audio and video, one tap apart
Episodes with video switch from audio to video at the same second, and back again. Start on the walk in, finish at your desk.
SSO authentication
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), Okta, SAML 2.0. Employees log in with their company credentials. No separate accounts to manage.
Per-team access control
Marketing hears the marketing podcast. Engineering hears engineering. The CEO update goes to everyone. You control who hears what.
Completion analytics
Who listened? How far did they get? Which department? Completion rates per episode, the data L&D needs to prove training ROI.
Authenticated player
Branded, embedded, login-required. No anonymous access. Embeddable on your intranet or standalone.
Department dashboards
Analytics broken down by team, department, and location. See which office engages most. Export for stakeholder reports.
EU-hosted (Netherlands)
Employee listening data is personal data under GDPR. Springcast: Netherlands-hosted, ISO 27001, DPA included.
Episode-level restrictions
Restrict specific episodes to specific groups. Board updates for leadership only. Onboarding series for new hires only.
Branded internal player
Your logo, your colors. Looks like an internal tool, because it is. No Springcast branding visible.
Password-protected website
Keep a private show's website online and lock it: set a password, or connect it to the same login your people already use in Springcast Mobile. One account opens both the app and the web player, no second system to manage.
Offboarding
Employee leaves, their identity provider account is deactivated, and they can no longer sign in. Removing the user record itself runs through our API.
Private distribution
Your podcast. Your people. Nobody else.
Private podcasts on Springcast are private by architecture, not by obscurity: a hidden show on the platform, Springcast Mobile behind your own identity provider, and zero public directory submissions. There is no public feed to find.
Private showOn
Microsoft Entra ID
SSO · connected
Not publicly listedSSO only
Listening in Springcast Mobile: invite-only, authenticated per user, per device
Hidden show on the platform: never publicly listed
SSO authentication: Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, SAML 2.0
Authenticated embedded player (login required before playback)
Zero public directory submissions
Auto-revoke on identity provider deactivation
Audit log: who accessed what, when
Access control
The right content to the right team. Automatically.
Access follows the organization: show-level and episode-level restrictions sync from your identity provider. Marketing joins, they get the marketing podcast. They move teams, access updates. They leave, they can no longer sign in. No spreadsheets. No manual group lists.
Listener groupsMicrosoft Entra ID
All employees
full feed
Leadership
incl. restricted episodes
External
blocked
Episode-level overrideLeadership only
Show-level access control (department or group-based)
Episode-level restrictions within shows
Identity provider group sync at every login: Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, SAML 2.0
Just-in-time user creation: the account is created at first login
Access on first login, groups re-synced at every login, sign-in blocked on deactivation
Role-based management: owner / editor / team member / finance / guest
Audit trail: access changes logged
Internal analytics
Know who listened. Know who didn't.
Internal analytics answer the right question: not "how many downloads?" but "which departments listened, and did they finish?" For L&D, that's the difference between gut feel and auditable completion data. Know who listened. Know who didn't.
Your audienceExport
223
Unique listeners
101
Followers
When your team listensday × hour
Listen rates per department, team, and location (IdP groups)
Completion rates per episode (percentage listened)
Engagement trend lines per show
Export: PDF dashboard and CSV raw data
API: completion data for LMS integration
Anonymous aggregate mode for privacy-sensitive organizations
Honest comparison
Springcast vs. the alternatives for internal podcasting
For most organizations, the real alternative is not another podcast tool. It is SharePoint, an intranet audio player, or a workaround built on a consumer podcast host. We have included all of them. Where Storyboard is stronger, we will say so. Where SharePoint has a genuine advantage, we acknowledge it.
| Feature | Springcast | Generic hosts | Storyboard | SharePoint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never in a public podcast directory | Yes (hidden show + app) | No (public/indexed) | Yes | N/A, files not podcasts |
| SSO authentication (Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, SAML) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (via M365) |
| Per-team access control | Yes (show + episode level) | No | Yes | Basic (folders) |
| Episode-level restrictions | Yes | No | Varies | Manual |
| Completion analytics per listener | Yes | No, anonymous only | Yes | No |
| Department-level analytics | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Mobile podcast app experience | Yes (Springcast Mobile, SSO) | Yes, public only | Proprietary app | No native audio |
| Branded internal player | Yes (authenticated) | No authentication | Yes | Basic audio embed |
| EU-hosted (GDPR for employee data) | Yes, Netherlands | No, mostly US | Varies | Depends on M365 region |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | No | Varies | Via Microsoft |
| Access ends on IdP deactivation | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (via M365) |
| API for LMS integration | Yes | No | Yes | Limited |
| Audio optimization (podcast-native) | Yes | Yes | Varies | No, raw upload |
| Pricing transparency | Yes, creator plans from €9/mo; Company quoted per organization | Low, no private features | Enterprise, sales only | "Free" (bundled in M365) |
On SharePoint
It is already in your stack. That is a real advantage we cannot compete with on cost. Where it falls short: no podcast-native listening app, no push when something new lands, no completion tracking per listener, and no audio optimization. Springcast is not free. But if employees are not engaging with audio on SharePoint, the cost of the tool is the least of your problems.
On Storyboard
If your organization needs deep LMS integration as the primary use case, Storyboard is a strong dedicated option. Their LMS integration is mature and purpose-built for L&D workflows. Springcast's advantage: podcast-native audio quality and distribution, full EU compliance with transparent pricing, and the same platform that handles both internal and external podcasts if your organization runs both.
Where Springcast wins
Private-by-architecture distribution, completion analytics tied to authenticated listeners, EU hosting for employee data, and one platform for both internal and external shows. If those matter, the comparison shifts decisively.
Pricing
One price for the whole organization
What's included
Internal podcast features, Springcast Mobile, SSO, per-team access control, completion analytics, EU-hosting, ISO 27001, and a signed DPA are included in every Company plan. No add-on pricing for the features that make internal podcasting work.
No price per employee, no price per listener, no SSO add-on. Fifty people or five thousand makes no difference to the price. Roll out to everyone instead of stopping at a pilot group.
Company is an annual plan, invoiced. Pricing is on request: talk to sales and you get a quote for your organization. For more than 10,000 employees or specific requirements (custom DPA clauses, dedicated SLA, multi-region hosting), enterprise pricing is available. All prices exclude VAT. Purchase-order friendly.
Explore further
Compare all plans, or see exactly how we handle employee data compliance before you bring it to your DPO.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
No, and that is deliberate. Listening in a public app means subscribing to a feed link, and a feed link can be forwarded. That is how internal updates end up in a public directory. Your people listen in Springcast Mobile, the app you brand as your own, behind your own login. New episodes arrive as a push notification for everyone following the show. On the platform the show stays hidden. For anyone who would rather listen at a desk, the authenticated web player uses the same login.
You invite them from Springcast Pro, one by one or with a CSV import, and manage pending invitations from the same screen. They download Springcast Mobile from the App Store or Google Play and sign in with their email address. If you use SSO, they go straight through to your identity provider: no password, no separate account. The app is available in English, Dutch, German and Danish.
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), Okta, and any SAML 2.0-compliant identity provider. Setup typically takes 1-2 hours with your IT team. Springcast supports both IdP-initiated and SP-initiated SSO flows. Users are created just-in-time at first login, and their group memberships sync from your identity provider at every login, based on your group mapping.
Yes. Access control works at two levels: show-level (entire shows assigned to departments or groups synced from your identity provider) and episode-level (individual episodes restricted to specific groups within a show). Groups sync from your identity provider, so there is no manual list to maintain.
When an employee is deactivated in your identity provider (Microsoft Entra ID, Okta), they can no longer sign in, so their access to Springcast Mobile and to the web player ends. The user record itself is removed through our API. The audit log records the access change with a timestamp.
Yes. Analytics are broken down by department, team, and location, based on the identity provider groups you use for access control. You can see listen rates, completion rates per episode, and engagement trends per group. Export as PDF for leadership reporting or CSV for integration with HR or L&D systems.
No to both. There is no listener cap on Company and no price per user. Pricing is per organization. Above 10,000 employees, talk to us about enterprise pricing.
Completion data is available via API. Common use case: push completion events to your LMS for compliance tracking. Webhook triggers on episode completion are supported.
Employee listening data is personal data under GDPR. Springcast is hosted in the Netherlands, within the EU. ISO 27001 certified. A full DPA is available for immediate signing, and the sub-processor list is published and kept current. Listening data is never shared with third parties. Anonymous aggregate mode is available for organizations that do not want individual-level tracking. Data retention is configurable. Full detail: EU compliance →
Yes. Full white-label on Company tier: your colors and your logo, in Springcast Mobile and in the embedded web player. The player embeds on your intranet, HR portal, or a standalone show page. No Springcast branding is visible to employees. It looks like something you built, because you configured it.
SharePoint stores files. Springcast delivers podcasts. In Springcast Mobile, employees listen on their phone during the commute, without opening the intranet, and a push tells them when something new lands. Authenticated access means you know who listened. Completion analytics mean you can prove training was consumed.
Real podcasters. Real results.
What Springcast looks like in practice
"As a storyteller and content maker, you want to work as seamlessly as possible. Springcast makes that easy — so you can focus on your real work: telling stories."
Publishing without technical hassle, so all the attention goes to the story.
Martijn Aslander · Storyteller & content maker
"Our podcasts are now far easier to find on Spotify — and they’re being listened to more as a result."
The move to Springcast PRO was clearly guided, with transparent communication at every step. The PRO environment is clear and easy to use.
Gemeente Utrecht · Government
"With Springcast PRO, all our employees can listen to our internal podcasts even more easily."
Thanks to the migration service, our existing podcasts were converted quickly, so we could go live right away.
Kindergarden · Internal communications
Your employees have 30 minutes on their commute. Give them something worth hearing.
Private by architecture. Your own branded app, behind your own login. EU-hosted, with completion tracking your compliance team can present to auditors. One platform and one price, whether you have 50 employees or 5,000.