Account and limits

Cast finishes the episode; your host distributes it. Cast is deliberately host-agnostic — no RSS, no lock-in — and the file it hands you is already normalized to the target platform's loudness, so it drops into any podcast host without a re-master.

You leave with the host-ready bundle: the exported MP3 at the right loudness, your chapters file, and your transcript.

That is why picking the right loudness preset matters here. It is the last chance to get the level right before the file leaves.