OnPodium vs Wix: General Website Builder or Podcast Business Platform?
Wix is one of the world's largest website builders, serving millions of websites across every industry. Its drag-and-drop editor, AI site generator, and hundreds of templates make it easy for anyone to create a website without coding. The Light plan starts at $17/month, the Core plan at $29/month, and the Business plan at $36/month. Wix also offers an e-commerce tier starting at $36/month.
Wix builds websites for everyone — restaurants, photographers, small businesses, freelancers. It does not build podcast platforms. There are no podcast hosting features, no RSS feed management, no automatic episode pages, and no podcast-specific email workflows. A podcaster using Wix still needs a separate host, separate email, and separate selling tools. OnPodium gives podcasters all of that in one integrated platform for $39/month.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | OnPodium | Wix |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $39/mo (all-in-one) | $17–$36/mo (website only) |
| Website design | Immersive, podcast-focused | Drag-and-drop, general |
| Podcast hosting | Unlimited | Not available |
| RSS feed | Full control, auto-generated | Not available |
| Episode pages | Auto-generated | Must create manually |
| Email marketing | Unlimited sends & subs | Wix Email Marketing add-on |
| Monetization | Unlimited products, 0% fee | Wix Stores (transaction fees) |
| Storage | Unlimited | 2GB–50GB depending on plan |
| Custom development | Included | Wix Velo (coding platform) |
A Website for Everyone Is a Website for No One
Wix's strength is its breadth — templates for restaurants, salons, portfolios, online stores, and blogs. Its podcast-relevant templates are essentially blog templates with an embedded audio player widget. There is no native understanding of podcasts: no automatic episode page generation, no RSS feed creation, no player integration with podcast directories, no download tracking.
Building a podcast website on Wix means manually creating a page for each episode, embedding a player widget, and linking to external directories. That works for episode one. By episode fifty, the manual work becomes unsustainable. OnPodium auto-generates episode pages from your hosting — publish an episode, and the website updates itself.
The Add-On Cost Spiral
Wix's base plans cover only the website. Email marketing is an add-on: Wix Email Marketing starts at $10/month for basic campaigns. E-commerce features require the Business plan ($36/month), and Wix charges transaction fees on the Core plan. None of these include podcast hosting.
The full stack for a podcaster: Wix Business ($36/mo) + email add-on ($10/mo) + hosting from Buzzsprout ($12/mo) or Captivate ($19/mo) + selling via Gumroad (10% fee). Total: $58–$65/month before commissions. Four separate platforms, four logins, four billing cycles.
OnPodium: $39/month for everything. Website, hosting, email, selling. One platform. Zero add-ons.
Storage Limits vs Unlimited
Wix imposes storage limits on every plan. The Light plan includes 2GB. Core includes 50GB. Business includes 100GB. For a general business website with a few pages and images, this is fine. For a podcast with episodes averaging 50–100MB each, storage becomes a constraint quickly. Even 100GB only stores 1,000–2,000 episodes — and that storage is shared with your website files, images, and downloads.
OnPodium provides unlimited storage for podcast episodes, website assets, and downloadable products. No storage tiers. No overage fees. No worry about running out of space as your catalog grows. Compare this to Squarespace's unlimited storage (but no podcast hosting) and Podpage's website-only approach.
Built for Podcasters, Not Everyone
Wix builds websites. OnPodium builds podcast businesses. Website, hosting, email, selling — $39/mo.
Start Free 14-Day TrialThe Bottom Line
Wix is an excellent general website builder with no podcast-specific features. Using it for a podcast means bolting on separate hosting, email, and selling tools — ending up with a more expensive and less integrated setup than OnPodium. For podcasters who want a professional website as part of a complete platform, OnPodium delivers more for less. $39/month. Try it free for 14 days.