Comparison
Podscan offers transcript search across a large number of podcasts, making it easy to find who said what and when. Overheard goes further with structured entity tagging, topic trending, and industry-level intelligence.
What Podscan does
Podscan transcribes podcast episodes and makes them searchable. It's a keyword search engine for podcast transcripts with alerts for new mentions.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Overheard | Podscan |
|---|---|---|
| Transcript search | Yes | Yes |
| Podcast coverage | 97 curated shows | Broad (1M+ episodes) |
| Entity tagging (companies, people) | Yes, structured NLP | No (keyword only) |
| Topic extraction & trending | Yes | No |
| Sponsor identification | Yes | No |
| Industry intelligence briefs | Yes | No |
| Mention alerts | Yes (Pro) | Yes |
| Cross-show comparison | Yes | No |
| API access | Yes (Pro) | Yes |
Where Podscan is stronger
Coverage breadth: Podscan indexes far more podcasts. If you need to search across the entire podcast ecosystem, they cover more ground.
Speed to market: broad transcription means new shows appear quickly without manual curation.
Where Overheard is stronger
Structured intelligence: we don't just give you transcripts. Every episode is tagged with companies, people, topics, and sponsors — searchable and comparable.
Topic trending: see what's rising and falling across an industry, not just whether a keyword was mentioned.
Depth over breadth: our 97 shows are deeply analyzed with entity relationships, not just keyword-indexed.
Industry context: we organize intelligence by industry and deliver briefs, not just search results.
Bottom line
Podscan is a search engine for transcripts. Overheard is an intelligence platform that extracts structured signals from content. If you need breadth, use Podscan. If you need depth and actionability, use Overheard.
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