What is Async (formerly Podcastle)?

Async is an AI platform for recording, editing and publishing audio and video, renamed from Podcastle on January 19, 2026. It also offers text-to-speech, AI dubbing and a Voice API for developers, and runs in a web editor and through an API.

Who it's for

Async says it serves creators who record and edit content, teams and businesses that produce consistent branded content, and developers building on its Voice API. Its terms describe Creators accounts as for personal or professional content creation and Business accounts as for commercial and team use.

Pros & cons

Strengths

The help-center pricing article lists monthly AI credits of 450 on Essentials, 1,200 on Pro and 3,000 on Teams, with recording of 2, 20 and 50 hours and text-to-speech of 2, 10 and 40 hours.
Cloud storage is listed as 20 GB on Essentials, 120 GB on Pro and 1 TB on Teams, and Pro lists recording up to 4K.
Teams lists AI Dubbing and Lip Sync, Producer Mode, Brand Kit, multi-host studio access, unlimited subtitle translations in 70+ languages and advanced user management, for 2 to 5 users.
Business lists encryption at rest and in transit, SOC2, dedicated onboarding, priority support and a dedicated Slack channel, with custom pricing through sales.
The Voice API page lists a Developer tier at $0.50 an hour for TTS Flash and $1.00 an hour for TTS Pro, billed on output audio duration, with a $0.10 free credit and no card required.
The terms say Async does not claim ownership of your content, and that you keep ownership of your input and output and may use output for any lawful purpose.

Limitations

Async's own pages disagree on the Free plan. The pricing article lists 150 lifetime AI credits, while the credits article says 10 credits a month. Free also lists 1 hour of remote recording and limited exports and storage with no figures.
Credits reset each billing cycle and unused credits do not roll over. Yearly plans receive credits month by month, top-up credits expire after 2 months, and used credits are non-refundable. No fixed credit cost per feature is published; longer, higher-resolution jobs use more.
Refund pages differ. The terms say no refunds once a subscription charge is processed, while the help-center refund article describes a 7-day refund window for direct upgrades and a 7-day free trial on annual plans only.
The terms grant Async a perpetual, irrevocable license to use your input and output to improve its services and those of its third-party AI providers, with an opt-out by email. The general content license is worded differently, without perpetual or irrevocable.
The pricing article gives no seat limits for Free, Essentials, Pro or Business, and Teams is limited to 2 to 5 users. The terms say Business and API accounts may be covered by a separate agreement that takes precedence.

Plans and pricing

Free: $0. 150 lifetime AI credits per the pricing article (the credits article says 10 a month), 1 hour of remote recording, basic editing, limited exports and storage.
Essentials: $11.99 a month billed annually, or $19.99 monthly. 450 AI credits a month, 2 hours of recording, 2 hours of text-to-speech, 20 GB storage. Lists Magic Dust, Noise Reduction and Silence Removal.
Pro: $23.99 a month billed annually, or $39.99 monthly. 1,200 AI credits a month, 20 hours of recording, 10 hours of text-to-speech, 120 GB storage, up to 4K recording, advanced AI video editing.
Teams: $49.99 a month billed annually, or $84.99 monthly. For 2 to 5 users. 3,000 AI credits a month, 50 hours of recording, 40 hours of text-to-speech, 1 TB storage, AI Dubbing and Lip Sync, Producer Mode, Brand Kit.
Business: Custom. Through the sales team, with custom credits, hours and storage, SOC2, priority support and dedicated onboarding.
Voice API (Developer): $0.50 an hour (TTS Flash), $1.00 an hour (TTS Pro). Pay as you go, billed on output audio duration. $0.10 free credit, 1 parallel request by default, $1 minimum top-up. Enterprise is custom.

Plan prices were read from Async's help-center pricing article, and Voice API prices from its Voice API pricing page. The main async.com/pricing page could not be fetched, so confirm on the live pricing page. Prices are in US dollars; the article lists both monthly and annual-billing prices.

Details checked October 2026 against the vendor's own pages. Prices and limits change, so confirm before you buy. Official pricing page ↗

Sources

This profile was compiled from these public pages. We have not run hands-on tests.

Summary