Jellypod vs Wondercraft.ai: Which AI Podcast Creator Is Right for You?
Use a AI podcast creator when your primary goal is to share information, not to build a personal brand.
Not every podcast needs a human host. I think there is place for AI podcasts especially when the primary goal is to share information, not to build a personal brand. The AI generated podcast is a low cost way to repurpose a newsletter and create another set of SEO friendly content.
For example I'm on the Trowbridge Chamber of Commerce committee, and being able to repurpose the newsletter into a podcast will help us engage our members but the AI version will save the exec committee time and the cost of actually getting into a studio.
So I've spent way to much time with these two platforms:
Jellypod.ai and Wondercraft.ai.
Both promise to make podcasting faster, easier, and more scalable—but they take different approaches. I'll give you a top line use case and then share the audio files so that you can make your own choice.
What They Do
- Jellypod is designed as an end-to-end podcast studio in your browser. You can feed it text, links, or documents, and it will generate a structured script, assign AI voices (or even clone your own), and publish directly to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube.
Clone your own voice.
Just for fun, I cloned my voice into the Jellypod. You'll be able to hear it in the sample at the end of this article.
- Wondercraft.ai, on the other hand, is positioned as an AI audio studio for creators of all kinds—podcasters, marketers, educators. It offers a bigger toolbox: script generation, advanced voice libraries, multi-language support, team collaboration, and even video/avatars for social distribution.
Wondercraft will also write a script from an uploaded file. In this case the pdf of the newsletter. There is a choice of which AI LLM you choose...the default is Gemini 2.5 Pro. It's possible to edit the script of course.
Dialogue Between Hosts
One of the biggest questions with AI podcasts is: does it actually sound like people talking?
- Jellypod supports up to four AI hosts per episode. Each host can have a unique or cloned voice, and the AI will generate back-and-forth dialogue based on your outline.
I cloned my voice so that we can still connect with the audience, and found that the delivery was better than the stock voices. SO it seems we still need humans after all!
It's still not perfect of course, but as much as I would like for this to be "invisible" to the listener, the point is that it is a functional alternative to the dullness of text. My own voice maintains it's poise most of the time, but from time to time it does change accent but then again that could also be my own inconsistent tone.
AI generated podcast using my voice cloned, and a stock voice.
One point here is that Jelly Pod allows .mp4 video export, and Wondercraft is .mp3 only. This means that you can export your file to Youtube without needed to convert it via another app.
- Wondercraft.ai says that it takes realism further with its “Convo Mode”. Here, the AI mimics conversational flow, complete with interruptions, laughter, natural pauses, and emotional tone. I didn't clone my own voice but used the almost infinite choices (except oddly enough, Scottish female voices).
I've included two versions here...to demonstrate the difference when actively prompting. It demonstrates how much control you have over the output.
Pricing
- Jellypod:
- Free plan with 1,000 monthly credits.
- Paid tiers from $24/month (Starter) to $150/month (Business) depending on credits and voice cloning needs.
- Wondercraft.ai:
- Free plan allows only 6 minutes of audio per month.
- Paid tiers from $25–$35/month (Creator) up to $250+/month (Business) with collaboration and advanced voice features.
So which is best?
Choose Jellypod if you want a straightforward, all-in-one podcast pipeline—ideal for solo creators or small teams who want to launch quickly and publish widely.
Choose Wondercraft.ai if you need rich dialogue realism, advanced editing tools, or team collaboration. The folks at Wondercraft say that video is coming.
I've also tried Eleven Labs, and Google Notebook LLM. Again there are trade offs which I won't go into here in this article. Suffice it to say that having tried both of those, I was still looking for an AI podcast solution.
My choice...
I'm going to use Jellypod in earnest for a few months because it has the simplest workflow, editable scripts, and the best conversational flow between the two.
The Founders vision
Bilal Tahir and Pierson Marks have built this and host a weekly live webinar. It's been interesting to listen to their work, and it's obvious that they are going to continue to innovate with this as an AI podcast platform. That's important because if we invest our time and put our content into a platform that drifts away from the core focus, our own work will suffer.
Free Trial - Create engaging audio content with customizable AI hosts and voice clones, editable scripts, and built-in Spotify distribution.
