Riverside Seat-to-Show Ratio

Riverside's value to an agency is not the editor, it is the ratio of paid seats to client shows. A single Pro seat at $24/month annual ($35 monthly) carries unlimited text-based editing and transcriptions but hosts only 1 podcast show. Grow at $34/month annual ($44 monthly) hosts 2 shows and adds multistream live distribution. So the framework is simple: count client shows first, then buy seats. An agency running six podcast retainers cannot put them all under one Pro seat; it either buys three Grow seats or moves hosting elsewhere and keeps Riverside purely for recording and Magic Clips. Run the math before signing the retainer. At $24 per seat per month, three seats cost $72 monthly against a retainer that likely bills four figures, so the margin holds. The ratio breaks when show count grows faster than seat count, which is exactly what happens when a client adds a second feed without telling delivery.