Give the Mic vs Riverside. Who does the work?

Give the Mic vs Riverside comes down to one question: who is the producer? Riverside's agents draft your edit, clips and posts and publish them once you approve, but you still record, review and approve each step. With us you record and approve once. Already recording in Riverside? Keep doing that and send us the file.

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Last reviewed 28 October 2026

One episode, two ways.

The same recording, from the moment you stop talking to the moment it is live. The red rows are yours.

With Riverside's agents

Grow plan, $39 a month

4steps on your plate

  1. CUE 01 Record the episode YOU
  2. CUE 02 Drafts the cut, captions and branding EDITOR AGENT
  3. CUE 03 Review the cut and fix it in the editor YOU
  4. CUE 04 Picks moments and makes clips CLIPPER AGENT
  5. CUE 05 Approve the clips and their captions YOU
  6. CUE 06 Drafts posts, show notes and the newsletter MARKETER AGENT
  7. CUE 07 Connect your accounts and approve each post YOU
  8. CUE 08 Your guest gets an invite link, and nothing after the recording YOUR GUEST

With Give the Mic

2steps on your plate

  1. CUE 01 Record the episode and send us the file YOU
  2. CUE 02 Cutter edits the episode, Reel cuts 6 vertical and 2 horizontal clips CutterReel CUTTER + REEL
  3. CUE 03 Kit makes the guest kit, Page builds the episode page, the guest page and the article KitPage KIT + PAGE
  4. CUE 04 Our QA agent checks every cut and caption, a producer signs off PRODUCER
  5. CUE 05 Approve, once, within 72 hours of sending the file YOU
  6. CUE 06 Pulse schedules every channel and the newsletter Pulse PULSE
  7. CUE 07 Your guest gets their own clips, a quote card and a ready-made post YOUR GUEST

What lands where. Real work, not a mock-up.

  • An episode page on the show's own website, with transcript, chapters and takeaways
    ON YOUR OWN DOMAIN

    Episode page, guest page and article

    On your site, not on a riverside.com address. Built for Google, ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity.

    Riverside: a site on a riverside.com address, with episode pages and transcripts.

  • A quote card for the guest, with their words and the show's logo
    FOR YOUR GUEST

    A kit your guest actually posts

    Their own clips, a quote card and a ready-made post, a day after the episode goes live.

    Riverside: nothing for the guest after the recording, as far as we found.

  • A vertical clip with word-by-word captions
    EVERY EPISODE

    8 clips, signed off by a producer

    6 vertical and 2 horizontal, captioned word by word, each with a hook and a cover.

    Riverside: the Clipper agent makes clips too; you pick and approve them.

Side by side. Every row checked.

Give the Mic vs Riverside, Grow plan, last reviewed 28 October 2026
ThemRiverside, Grow plan UsGive the Mic
Price $39 a month, or $34 billed yearly. Agents are on every plan; posting, newsletter and website need Grow. $399 a month per show, launch price. Unlimited episodes on a yearly plan, four a month on a monthly plan.
Who checks the work You review and approve every draft. Our QA agent checks every cut and caption, a producer signs off, then you approve.
Edit and clips The Editor and Clipper agents draft them right after recording. A finished episode plus 6 vertical and 2 horizontal clips with captions.
Posting The Marketer agent posts to six platforms after your OK. Scheduled on every channel after your OK, plus the newsletter and a monthly report.
Your website A site on a riverside.com address with episode pages and transcripts. An episode page, a guest page and a 1,400-word article on your own domain.
For your guest An invite link and async recording. A kit with their own clips, a quote card and a ready-made post.
Speed Drafts are ready right after recording. Back to you within 72 hours, or that month is free.
Contract Monthly or yearly, 14-day free trial. Yearly with unlimited episodes, or monthly: three months minimum, four episodes a month.

Where Riverside is better

01

Where Riverside is better

  • Price: $39 a month is about a tenth of ours
  • Drafts are ready the moment you stop recording
  • You control every cut yourself
  • The recording studio itself, webinars and an iPhone app to approve on the go
02

Who Give the Mic is not for

  • Creators who enjoy editing their own show
  • Shows that can't record about once a week
  • Budgets under a few hundred dollars a month

Questions

01 / 04

Yes. Riverside, Zoom or a studio: whatever you record with. Send us the raw tracks and we do the rest.

02 / 04

Riverside's Grow plan, which the agents need for posting, the newsletter and the website, is $39 a month or $34 billed yearly (October 2026). Give the Mic is $399 a month per show at our launch price. The difference is who does the work: with Riverside you review and approve every step yourself.

03 / 04

Both use AI for the first pass. With us our QA agent checks every cut and caption and a producer signs off every episode before you see it, your guest gets their own kit, and the pages land on your own site.

04 / 04

Riverside launched its agents on 26 October 2026, so there are no independent reviews yet. We don't judge them; we only describe who checks the work.

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