Riverside
Riverside lets users record, edit, repurpose, and distribute studio-quality audio and video content.
Identification marks
- Price
- Price not listed
- Pricing
- Free plan, paid upgrades
- Free plan
- Yes
- Platforms
- Web, macOS
Switch memo
- Leave your current tool if
- Leave your current setup if you pay for separate recording, editing, podcast hosting and webinar tools and want them in one browser-based studio. It also fits remote interview shows that need a separate high-quality track per guest, and marketing teams that want webinar registrants synced to HubSpot.
- Migration effort
- A free plan lets you test the workflow before committing. Moving recording, editing, hosting and streaming to one vendor means shifting several workflows at once, so plan the cutover in stages. Business plans start with a demo request rather than self-serve sign-up.
- You give up
- Editing is transcript-driven, not a full timeline-based professional editor. Much of the speed depends on AI features, which may not suit teams that want full manual control. Riverside runs in the browser and on macOS, so teams that need a native Windows or Linux desktop app lose that.
- You gain
- Local recording of up to 4K video and uncompressed audio in separate tracks per participant, unaffected by connection quality. You also get text-based editing, AI clips and cleanup, built-in podcast hosting with analytics, and full HD multistreaming with Q&A, registration and email reminders.
The cost check
Riverside is a browser-based studio from RiversideFM, Inc. that records, edits, streams and publishes podcasts and video in one place. For teams paying for separate recording, editing, hosting and webinar tools, it offers a way to consolidate, with a free plan to start.
What you gain
- Local recording of up to 4K video and uncompressed audio in separate tracks, independent of connection quality
- Text-based and multi-track editing that makes crosstalk removal and layout changes simple
- Built-in podcast hosting and analytics, so a separate host may not be needed
- HD multistreaming with Q&A, registration, reminders and HubSpot sync for webinars
- Free plan available to try the workflow before committing
What you give up
- Consolidating recording, editing, hosting and streaming in one vendor means moving several workflows at once
- Much of the speed comes from AI features, which may not suit teams that want full manual control
- Platform support is limited to web and macOS
- Business plans route through a demo request rather than self-serve sign-up
Teams that switch
- Podcasters who want recording, editing and hosting in a single tool
- Remote interview shows that need separate high-quality tracks per guest
- Marketing teams running webinars that feed leads into HubSpot
- Creators who repurpose long recordings into short social clips
Stay put if
- Teams that need a native Windows or Linux desktop app, since Riverside lists web and macOS
- Editors who want a full timeline-based professional video editor rather than transcript-driven editing
The longer story
Riverside covers the full content workflow: record solo or with guests, edit in a text-based editor, turn recordings into clips with AI, stream in HD to several destinations at once, and publish to YouTube, Spotify and Apple. Recording is local, so each participant's video (up to 4K) and uncompressed audio are captured in separate tracks that are not affected by internet connection quality. It runs in the browser, and there is also a Mac app.
The editing side treats a recording like a document: search, cut, copy and paste in the transcript to edit the video. AI features include noise removal, filler-word and silence removal, speech correction that syncs voice and lips to an edited transcript, eye-contact correction, auto-layouts based on who is speaking, prompt-generated B-roll, and translation and dubbing into over 30 languages. An AI Co-Creator produces clips, posts, thumbnails and headlines for promotion.
Podcast hosting is built in, with listing on Spotify, Apple, YouTube and other apps, plus analytics on episode performance and audience behavior. For webinars and live events, Riverside offers multistreaming in full HD to LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Twitch and more, audience call-ins and Q&A, built-in registration with email reminders, custom branding, and a HubSpot connection that syncs registrant details. Business teams get collaboration features and 24/7 priority support; the site points them to a demo request.
Before you switch
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Riverside offers a free plan, and new users can start for free.
Can Riverside replace my podcast host?
It includes podcast hosting with distribution to Spotify, Apple, YouTube and other apps, along with built-in analytics and auto-generated transcriptions, titles, descriptions and chapters.
Does recording quality depend on guests' internet connections?
No. Riverside records locally, capturing up to 4K video and uncompressed audio in separate tracks per participant, unaffected by internet connection.
Can it run webinars?
Yes. It supports full HD streaming to multiple destinations, audience call-ins and Q&A, built-in registration with automated email reminders, custom branding and HubSpot sync for registrants.
What platforms does it run on?
Riverside runs in the browser and has a macOS app.
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What it does
- Local recording
- Text-based editor
- AI noise removal
- AI video clips
- Automatic transcripts
- Multi-track editing
- Animated captions
- Podcast hosting
- Podcast analytics
- HD live streaming
- Audience call-ins
- Automated email reminders