Free Shoutcast Hosting

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Every day people scour the Internet for free shoutcast hosting. Although the SHOUTcast server software is free and can be setup and streamed by anyone with a bit of technical inclination, the resources that it uses such as bandwidth and server resources, can get quite expensive. Because of this there are just a handful of high performance and great quality free radio streaming hosts. Be careful to ensure that the host you choose is one of the few good ones!

Why you should be wary of free shoutcast hosting

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1. Ownership

Since you don’t own the feed it can potentially be taken away at any point and since many free shoutcast hosts do not offer static IP addresses, the host may change the address at any time. This can be extremely inconvenient when trying to keep a regular listener base.

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2. Reliability

When you’re being offered a free service, it’s normally in exchange for no support and a poor quality of service where the server is run by a reseller with no technical expertise. What happens when the server goes down and you can’t get support? With a free service, your stream could be down for days at a time, which as good as guarantees the demise of your radio station.

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3. Advertisements

Many free hosts automatically inject advertisements into your stream. When this is the case, you are likely to get a reliable server since they’re advertising their own services, but you normally don’t get to choose when the ads run, potentially interrupting your stream directly in the middle of an important broadcast or a song your listeners love. Good luck retaining new listeners!

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Websavers FREE SHOUTcast or Icecast hosting

Our free SHOUTcast and Icecast packages don’t sacrifice quality, reliability or inject ads into your stream. You also completely own your account! But there are still a few limitations. Our FREE radio streaming package includes the following features:

  • Stream at 128kbps
  • Use up to 500MB of AutoDJ storage
  • Use as much as 1GB of bandwidth every month
  • Stream to 5 listeners simultaneously
  • After 90 days, the plan renews for $10 / quarter (just $2.50 / month!)

This free hosting plan gives you a chance to get accustomed to our system by setting up a stream before sinking any money into it. It also gives you three months FREE to build your listener base to the point where you’re ready to begin paying. And the best part? When you do need more than the free plan offers, you can upgrade at any time. The next step up is about the same price as your average fast-food meal: SHOUTcast hosting for just $8 / month!

Please note that as of March 7 2016, Websavers will only be offering radio hosting to its existing clients and their referrals. No new outside orders are being accepted at this time.

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Jordan Schelew

Jordan has been working with computers, security, and network systems since the 90s and is a managing partner at Websavers Inc. As a founder of the company, he's been in the web tech space for over 15 years.
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14 Comments

  1. apnauth on February 24, 2015 at 2:31 pm

    I need free account to start my radio. When it will get famous I will buy plans. Please guide me.

  2. Randall Case on October 13, 2012 at 4:25 am

    Hi
    Could I please try out a free shoutcast hosting package

    Thank You
    Randall Case

    • websavers on October 14, 2012 at 1:21 pm

      Hi Randall,

      Absolutely! I just sent an email your way with the order link.

      Cheers!

  3. Alvin Washington on April 18, 2012 at 4:23 am

    With the free streaming demo, can I connect a third party Auto DJ console to it to test the sound in an away setting?

  4. JUAN on March 21, 2012 at 4:11 pm

    Hi I wonder if this hosting would ever stream music on my smart phone ? went to the radio station and was not able to hear it…when I got into it ,It said that it supports android,i phone and apparently it only play on my desktop or laptop ,any one have the same problem?

    • admin on March 21, 2012 at 5:42 pm

      Juan,

      The stream we provide works on any device, but it depends on the front-end whether or not it will work. For example, if you’re using a flash player it may not work on some mobile devices. If you’re using a direct Winamp Tune-in link then it should work on most devices, including Android.

      You can also set up the stream to play in an HTML5 player on your website using the Audio tag. See here for more info:

      http://www.w3schools.com/html5/html5_audio.asp

  5. ronin on December 21, 2011 at 6:42 am

    Hi I am interested in trying the free hosting so I can set it up with everything on my end and become familiar with your service.

    Thanks.

  6. Elko on November 2, 2011 at 12:26 pm

    Is this available? Im very interested with the offer. Thanks

  7. Sinuhe Candelario on October 17, 2011 at 11:11 pm

    Want to try the free shoutcast hosting package.

  8. admin on September 16, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    Hi Wong – our free service does not have access to auto DJ, it is simply there so you can become familiar with the service.

  9. Wong Sinung on September 16, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    I am a teacher in Bali Indonesia, I need a free shoutcast hosting including Auto DJ.

  10. David Nelson on June 9, 2011 at 3:40 am

    I am interested in trying your free service. The goal is to get it set up and running, and then upgrade when I am familiar with your system. It will be a stream for a small number of folk music fans.

  11. admin on March 21, 2011 at 3:04 pm

    Hi Daniel – No our free shoutcast hosting does not include AutoDJ. The free account is good for as long as you need it but does not come with any support.

  12. daniel on March 21, 2011 at 3:40 am

    Hye…Is the free shoutcast hosting including Auto DJ?
    and for how long?

    sorry for using bad english 😛

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