Riverside vs Waveroom

Riverside is an online studio for recording remote podcasts and video interviews. It supports local recording, separate participant tracks, video, and automatic transcription through browser and desktop recording. The free plan includes two hours of multi-track recordings, video up to 720p, 44.1 kHz audio, and unlimited single-track recording and editing. Standard costs $19 a month, billed monthly, and includes five hours of multi-track recording monthly and 4K video. Pro costs $24 a month, billed $288 annually, and includes up to 4K video, 48 kHz audio, one studio, and 15 hours of separate-track downloads. Paid editing options include text-based editing, an AI editing and repurposing agent, Magic Clips, show notes, and audio enhancement. Pro also includes podcast hosting and analytics. Grow and Webinar have separate-track download limits of 20 and 25 hours per month respectively, although recording itself is unlimited. Webinar supports up to 100 registrants and includes registration forms, Q&A, live call-ins, polls, analytics, and HubSpot lead syncing. Riverside supports Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows; Linux computers are not supported for recording.

Waveroom is a browser-based remote recording studio for podcasts, interviews, meetings, testimonials, tutorials, webinars and other group recordings. It captures separate audio and video tracks for each participant, which can be downloaded and edited individually. The service advertises video up to 2K resolution and uncompressed 48 kHz WAV audio, with background noise removal also listed. Recording takes place on the user’s computer; Waveroom says poor or unstable internet does not affect recording quality. A free session allows up to five participants, one host and four guests. Sessions have a 120-minute technical limit and can continue for another 120 minutes without interrupting recording. Recordings remain on Waveroom’s servers for 90 days. The Free plan costs nothing and includes unlimited audio and video recordings, up to 2K video, 48 kHz WAV audio and up to five participants. An Enterprise plan is listed for 10 or more participants, but no price is stated. Simplified editing, automatic gap removal, speech-to-text and mobile support are upcoming features.