Overview
Riverside records podcasts and video interviews remotely in up to 4K with separate tracks per participant, then edits them with AI tools such as Magic Clips, filler-word removal and transcription. Higher plans add live streaming, multistreaming, podcast hosting, social scheduling and webinars with lead capture. It is used by creators, marketers and businesses producing video content.
Label: Vendor-described — Captured from the vendor's own materials. Not independently verified.
Best for
- Podcasters and creators recording remote interviews in high quality
- Marketers running webinars and live streams
- Media teams producing video content at scale
Key features
- Local multi-track recording up to 4K video and 48 kHz audio
- Text-based editing, transcription and AI editing agent
- Magic Clips for short social clips
- Podcast hosting, publishing and analytics
- Live streaming with multistreaming and webinar tools
- Mac app, iOS/Android apps and MCP connection
What it does
- Separate-track remote recording up to 4K video
- AI editing, transcription, show notes and Magic Clips
- Podcast hosting and publishing
- Live streaming and multistreaming
- Webinars with registration, lead capture and analytics
- Riverside MCP for AI assistants on Grow and above
Use cases
Not mapped to a use case yet.
Drawbacks & cautions
- Free plan has a one-off 2 hours of multi-track recording, 720p video and a watermark
- Separate track downloads are capped by plan (15 hours on Pro)
- API access is limited to select Business accounts
What users say
Capterra reviewers rate Riverside very highly for ease of use and recording quality. Trustpilot is more mixed (about one in five reviews is 1-star), and upload reliability is the complaint that shows up on both sites.
What people like
- Very easy to use with almost no learning curve for hosts and guests capterra.com
- Local recording keeps audio and video quality high even on weak guest connections capterra.com
- AI clips, summaries and audio cleanup save editing time capterra.com
Common complaints
- Slow or failed uploads and occasional glitches after updates capterra.com, nl-be.trustpilot.com
- Editor lacks depth for music, graphics and fine control, so many pair it with other tools capterra.com
- Transcripts need manual fixes for names and terminology capterra.com
Scores are shown as each site published them on the date checked. They come from those sites' reviewers, not from us, and they never affect our rankings. Ratings based on fewer than 10 reviews are left out. The summaries are our own words, gathered Oct 22, 2026; follow the links to read the reviews.
Alternatives
- Adobe Firefly — Create images, video, audio and design assets with Adobe and partner AI models
- CapCut — Video and photo editor with AI captions, background removal and templates for social content
- Colossyan — AI avatar video and course creator for training, onboarding and internal communications
- Descript — Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript, with AI cleanup and an AI editing agent
Evidence
| Fact | Label | Source | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| hasApi | Vendor-described | docs.riverside.fm | Oct 17, 2026 |
| pricing | Vendor-described | riverside.com | Oct 17, 2026 |
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