Carrd is a genuinely lovely tool. For building a simple, good-looking one-page site — a personal splash page, a link hub, a small landing page — it's fast, flexible, and remarkably cheap. Plenty of people use it to spin up a quick page for a podcast, and it will look clean. So let's be clear: this isn't a knock on Carrd.
The question for a podcaster is whether a hand-built one-page site is what you actually want to maintain. Because a podcast isn't static — you publish new episodes constantly — and that's where a general-purpose one-page builder and a purpose-built podcast website start to diverge.
Carrd builds beautiful single-page sites with full design freedom. You place every element yourself, so you can make it look exactly how you want. For a static one-pager where the content rarely changes, that control is a feature, and the price is hard to beat. If you want one tidy page and you enjoy building it by hand, Carrd delivers.
Because Carrd is a general builder, it knows nothing about podcasts. There's no RSS sync, so it won't pull in your episodes. There are no automatic episode pages — if you want a page per episode, you build each one by hand. There's no built-in podcast player, no PodcastEpisode schema, and no per-episode SEO. Every time you publish, you're back in the editor doing manual work, and most podcasters simply stop, leaving a stale one-pager.
OnPodium takes the opposite approach: it's built specifically for podcasts. Connect your RSS feed and it automatically generates a full website with a page for every episode — and keeps it up to date as you publish. Here's the honest side-by-side:
| For a podcast site | OnPodium | Carrd |
|---|---|---|
| Simple one-page site | Not the focus | Yes — its core strength |
| Pulls episodes from your RSS feed | Yes — automatic sync | No |
| A page for every episode | Auto-generated | Manual, one at a time |
| Built-in podcast player | Yes | Embed by hand |
| New episodes appear automatically | Yes | No — manual update |
| Episode SEO (schema + metadata) | PodcastEpisode schema, OG, Twitter | No podcast schema |
| Deep-link moment teasers (#t=) | Yes — AI-generated | No |
| Custom domain | Yes — free domain included | Yes (paid plans) |
| Email capture | Built-in | Basic forms |
| Design freedom on one page | Themes + control | Full manual control |
| Works on top of your host | Yes — any host | — |
Connect your RSS and OnPodium builds and updates a page for every episode automatically — on any host.
Try OnPodium freeIf you want a single static page — a splash page, a simple link hub, a one-off landing page — and you don't need per-episode pages, RSS automation, or podcast SEO, Carrd is a great, inexpensive tool and you should use it. There's no need to over-build.
The moment you want your site to grow with your show — a page for every episode, automatic updates, podcast SEO, deep-link clips, and email capture — a purpose-built podcast website saves you hours per episode and turns your site into a real growth channel instead of a page you keep meaning to update.
You can build a one-page landing page for a podcast with Carrd, and it will look good. But Carrd is a general one-page builder, so you build and maintain everything by hand — there's no RSS sync, no automatic episode pages, no podcast player, and no podcast schema. Every new episode is manual work.
OnPodium reads your podcast RSS feed and automatically generates a full website with a page for every episode — player, show notes, deep-link timestamps, PodcastEpisode schema for SEO, email capture, and a custom domain. New episodes appear on their own. With Carrd, none of that is automatic.
Carrd's paid plans are inexpensive, and for a single static page it's a low-cost option. OnPodium starts at $9/month and includes podcast-specific automation — RSS sync, auto episode pages, and a player — plus a free domain. The right choice depends on whether you want a hand-built one-pager or an automated podcast site.
If you want a single, static one-page site — a simple splash page or link hub — and you don't need per-episode pages, RSS automation, or podcast SEO, Carrd is a great, cheap tool. OnPodium is the better fit once you want the site to grow automatically with your show.
See where OnPodium fits for your show and audience.