How Much Does Podcast Production Cost in Vancouver?

Search for podcast production pricing in Vancouver and you get two things: studio rentals by the hour and American pricing guides. Almost nobody local tells you what it costs to get a finished episode out the door.

Here is the honest answer from a company that produces its own show, OverArch, and shows for clients.

Three Ways to Make a Podcast

• Do it yourself: $500 to $3,000 in gear, plus your time. Microphones, a camera or two, and recording software like Riverside. Cheapest on paper. The catch is the edit. A one-hour, multi-camera episode done properly takes most of a day, every single week.
• Rent a studio: $60 to $150 per hour. Vancouver studios average around $100 an hour. You get a treated room, lights and mics. Most rentals do not include editing, so you walk out with raw files and the same edit problem.
• Hire a production company: $495 to $1,250 per episode. You hand over the recording. You get back a finished episode, clips and a thumbnail, ready to publish.

What a Produced Episode Includes

Our You Record, We Produce rate starts at $495 per episode and covers:

• Multi-camera edit, up to 3 angles
• Audio cleanup, levelling and mix
• Colour matching across cameras
• Intro, outro and lower thirds
• Burned-in captions plus a caption file
• A vertical short-form cut for Reels, TikTok and Shorts
• Custom thumbnail, YouTube chapters, title and description

Building a show from scratch, with format development, studio or on-location capture, crew, lighting, broadcast audio and series branding, is quoted per series. Audio-only shows are quoted per series too.

What Drives the Price

• Episode length. A 30-minute episode and a 90-minute episode are different jobs.
• Camera count. More angles means more syncing, colour matching and cutting.
• Short-form cuts. Each vertical clip is its own edit. Five clips cost more than one.
• Graphics. Custom motion graphics and branded templates add design time.
• Publishing. Want us to post it for you? Managed publishing is an add-on.

Is It Worth Paying For?

The real cost of a do-it-yourself podcast is your time. If you are an expert, a founder or a coach, every hour spent syncing cameras is an hour not spent on the work your podcast is supposed to promote. Consistency is what grows a show, and consistency is the first thing to slip when the edit lands on your desk.

Want the brand video side of the budget? Read How Much Does a Brand Film Cost in Vancouver?

Have a show in mind? See our podcast work and start a conversation.