Podia 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Podia

4.6

(120)

Pricing

Starting at $39.00 per month

About Podia

Podia is a platform for creators and independent online businesses to grow through their relationships with their audiences. Podia lets you build a free, no-code website, host a community (free or paid), and sell digital products.

With Podia, you get the tools you need to start and grow an online business—for free. And because Podia is an all-in-one platform, you’ll have the next tool you need right there for when you grow.

With Podia, everything you need is in one place. You don’t need to figure out how to connect a ton of different tools. Make a beautiful online course, host paid webinars or consultations, sell ebooks or other files, set up email marketing, process payments, sign up your own affiliates, and show the world your work.

Podia integrates with Google Analytics, HotJar, Drip, Stripe, PayPal, MailChimp, AWeber, ActiveCampaign, Facebook, Pinterest, GetResponse, and more. Podia creators span industries including fitness, classical piano, bladesmithing, plant-based eating, law for small businesses, agency management, sourdough baking, illustration, and hundreds of other topics.

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Podia Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $39.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Podia Email

$0.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Create a beautiful website with an easy no-code website builder
Zero transaction fees
Free migrations (with every annual plan)
Unlimited free and paid community plans
Unlimited digital downloads
Unlimited coaching
Unlimited courses
Unlimited webinars
Optional email add-on
Optional team add-on

Mover

$39.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Create a beautiful website with an easy no-code website builder
Zero transaction fees
Free migrations (with every annual plan)
Unlimited free and paid community plans
Unlimited digital downloads
Unlimited coaching
Unlimited courses
Unlimited webinars
Optional email add-on
Optional team add-on

Shaker

$89.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Create a beautiful website with an easy no-code website builder
Zero transaction fees
Free migrations (with every annual plan)
Unlimited free and paid community plans
Unlimited digital downloads
Unlimited coaching
Unlimited courses
Unlimited webinars
Optional email add-on
Optional team add-on

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Podia Features

Popular features found in Course Authoring
Assignment Management
Asynchronous Learning
Audio/Video Recording
Content Library
Customizable Branding
Data Import/Export
Gamification
Interactive Learning
Progress Tracking
Template Management
Tests/Assessments
More features of Podia
Academic/Education
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Notifications
API
Built-in Course Authoring
Campaign Analytics
Campaign Scheduling
CAN-SPAM Compliance
Certification & Licensing
Click Tracking
Compliance Tracking
Contact Management
Content Management
Corporate/Business
Course Authoring
Course Management
Course Publishing
Course Tracking
Custom Domains
Customer Segmentation
Customizable Forms
Customizable Templates
Drag & Drop
Drip Campaigns
Dynamic Content
eCommerce Management
Email Campaign Management
Email Tracking
Event Triggered Actions
Interactive Content
Landing Pages/Web Forms
Lead Capture
Learner Portal
Learning Management
List Management
Media Import
Mobile Learning
Mobile Optimization
Personalization
Pre-built Templates
Real-Time Analytics
Real Time Editing
Reporting/Analytics
ROI Tracking
Self-paced Learning
Social Learning
Storyboarding
Subscriber Management
Third-Party Integrations
User Management
Video Management
Website Analytics
Website Hosting
Website Management
WYSIWYG Editor

Podia Integrations

Zapier

Drip

PayPal

Stripe

Kit

ActiveCampaign

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Podia User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

76%

15%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.3

Rebecca H.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2020

Podia Saved My Bacon

I wanted a place to seamlessly offer my courses and upsells to those courses. Podia lets me do that. Pure and Simple.. That is all I ask for from it, and it delivers.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

PODIA hands down is SIMPLE to use. No muss, no fuss, SIMPLE. I have created WordPress websites for YEARS for myself and customers. Once you get to a certain point, being overwhelmed with tons of WP updates, crashes, plugin failures, and band width issues, it just makes you want to throw in the towel. I have used OTHER solutions to try get OFF the WP UPDATE HELL Induced Headache Train, you know, you log in to do something that you expect to take 10 mins and 3 hours later, you are still messing with something broken on WordPress. In my search for solutions I researched most of the well known LMS's out there. Some how I found Podia, I think on YouTube. I compared it to Thinkific in a side by side trial.. and Podia WON.. it didn't help that Thinkific changed their pricing structure to THEIR benefit in the middle of my test, so PODIA won by being totally INTO giving me MY money for MY Students. No Fees.. YAY.. Yes, I have tried other LMS's too. but you don't have all day to read about that.

Cons:

I have been on line since 1999, so I have played with a lot of software in my day, from hand coding HTML websites , Dreamweaver and Front Page to the Drag and Drop ease of use we have today. While Podia is hands down far far easier then WP to use to set up a membership and sales page, it isn't perfect, but the PODIA staff are RESPONSIVE to suggestions.. and they implement them too. With WP.. good luck..unless you are a coder and want to make your own plugins, it can take years for WP to implement change. Sure Podia is not as "Flexible" as WordPress, but I also know that if I need to do something that takes 10 mins on Podia, it really will ONLY take me that long, and there are no surprise updates waiting for me, and dozens of Plugins that then also need to be updated along with it. Time is MONEY in my book and WP was COSTING me Money.. more than it was MAKING me money.

Reasons for switching to Podia

Word Press cost me too much time, for updating, and linking together simple courses along with security issues. I have used WP since 2005, and am more than an Intermediate User of the platform, having built a few hundred websites in my day, so I did not drop WP on whim..This took a YEAR of research before I moved all in with Podia.

Jonathan P.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2024

Great tool to create content

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Great tool to create and deploy learning content

Cons:

I have not found any inconvenience using Podia

Reasons for choosing Podia

I chose Podia for its economic model, which was a fit for my budget

Reasons for switching to Podia

Thinkific was missing key features for learning progress analytics

Kevin K.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2019

Podia is the One-Stop Site for Creators!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 5

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Previously 5

Pros:

Where do I start? Podia is unlike any other site out there that's made for creators so creators can easily build a community and make money. Email marketing, online courses, digital downloads, even a blog, and website - you can do ALL of that easily on Podia. You keep what you make. AND the price is very affordable too. Great customer support with tons of tutorials.

Cons:

It can be a little overwhelming at first but their support is amazing!

Marit H.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

Self-Employed

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2024

The easiest online course platform out there

Podia is a really great company. I love their software, their tone of voice, they're super quick to give assistance when needed and I have never had such a seamless experience building a course!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The design looks nice and modern, and the UX is so intuitive. It literally takes you less than an hour to launch your first course, and that's unheard of for other platforms.

Cons:

I would like a little bit more options to use my own branding, but Podia's design is so nice and neutral, it's not bugging me.

Reasons for choosing Podia

Podia is the most user friendly and best looking online course software platform out there

Reasons for switching to Podia

All other software was extremely complicated and not user friendly

Robert R.

Verified reviewer

Music

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2023

Podia’s Been My Go-To for Years!

From their tutorials on YouTube to the free Podia community to their customer support team, I’ve had a fantastic experience with the Podia platform as a whole!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Podia has become my absolute favorite all-in-one platform not just because of its continued growth and feature development over the past few years…but because of the way they actively engage with the Podia user community! The team genuinely listens to the user base and wants to create a product that is easy to use and still competitive in the industry.

Cons:

Though Podia is always actively searching for ways to improve the platform, I do think the website editor could use a little more work. I’d love to be able to copy and paste blocks and sections across different pages. I’d also like to see a drag and drop feature to reorder those sections on the page.

Reasons for switching to Podia

For just the website alone, Wix was incredibly expensive. That doesn’t include features like email, courses, or digital products!

Maureen B.

Verified reviewer

Professional Training & Coaching

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2023

PODIA is a unique one-stop-shop platform for a SOLO CREATOR online business.

I began using Podia to have a way to sell my courses. As time progressed I created my website and moved my dedicated domain name to Podia. I then moved my email marketing to Podia. From that point on I continued to use Podia features exclusively. If Podia doesn't have a feature, I don't need it! I need simplicity and everything I do in one place. That's what I have with Podia.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

PODIA fits all stages of business from a beginner with absolutely no prior or tech experience to someone who has been working successfully online and wants to simplify their work. That is why I recommend my creator students use it. Whichever category a CREATOR falls into, she is going to find all the features she needs with PODIA. And features that are valuable time savers. The best part is the time and money saved by having an all-in-one platform, everything in one place, ALL the features to create and run an online business. BUT, if you feel the need to replicate and complicate, you can use thousands of apps and services that interface with Podia. Me? I stick with ONLY PODIA for my business including MY WEBSITE, EMAIL MARKETING AND BLOGGING and more! I love it! That’s saying a lot because I have been working online for 20+ years! Podia simplifies a creator’s life! Know that whatever is created with PODIA looks great, has a huge variety of easy-to-use and functional features and reporting stats – no matter what your level of online app skill or NONE! Yup, you heard that right! It’s great for everyone! AND, everything you do in Podia is flexible! You are in control!

Cons:

Over the 3 years I have been a Podia customer, if I felt something was lacking at any point, shortly after it was released as a key feature. Podia always has listened to customer comments and responded with a solution.

Reasons for choosing Podia

Ease of use and price to start. The support from other companies was poor. Podia support can't be topped!

Reasons for switching to Podia

Ease of use, fabulous customer support and tutorials, dependability, PRICE! It has saved me a lot of money to have everything with a single provider, Podia!

Richard D.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2023

Information Security Training Courses

It has been very positive overall. That said, I would like the company to focus more on uptime/availability. There were several outages in 2023, one lasting nearly a day, and that caused me great stress. If you need to raise the annual prices to afford an even more robust infrastructure, I'm all for it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of use, support, and the fact that I can pay an annual fee and avoid having Podia take a percentage of my sales revenue.

Cons:

I can't delete archived Coupons! Please fix this. Coupons are critical to the way I run my company, and I'd like the ability to clean up clutter. For example, if someone decides to make a bulk purchase, they would pay for X quantity of a course via Stripe externally to Podia. At that point, I would generate a coupon code with a 100% discount and X use limit so they could then "redeem" their licenses. This has worked very well for me, and saves me the time of having to pre-create accounts for people who bulk purchase -- instead, they can self-enroll.

Reasons for choosing Podia

5GB upload limits, 4K video, ease of use, website hosting!

Rev C.

Verified reviewer

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2023

Podia: The Easy Choice

Podia is a fantastic framework for housing our online courses along with using it as our email service provider. Having those two systems talk to each other is incredibly valuable. The email features are getting better and we have really been impressed with the improvements.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Podia is so easy to use. I cannot overemphasize how important this feature is when setting up and supporting online courses. There are so many plates to spin that it's nice to have one thing not to worry about. Podia's customer support is like no other. Responsive and thorough until the issue is resolved. I really appreciate that.

Cons:

I have found it very confusing to see what customers see. Especially when they are having trouble. I wish they had a chat to get customer service directly instead of going through me. Or maybe if there were screenshots (and a video) so I could see how they log on and then what their dashboard looks like to be better able to help them.

Reasons for choosing Podia

Podia was a lot easier to set up and use.

Reasons for switching to Podia

To make it easier and have our online products and ESP with one vendor.

Ryan K.

Verified reviewer

Venture Capital & Private Equity

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

Stress-free course commerce

Podia lets me focus on teaching, and I never have to think about handling payments or tech support. The WYSIWYG website builder has also improved tremendously over the years, which allows us to continue bulking up our marketing site without hiring a designer.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

As a software guy, I'm used to spending a lot of time fine tuning features, fixing bugs, and troubleshooting issues for customers. Thankfully with Podia all of these tasks are non-issues. Within a few minutes of opening our first of 2 schools in 2019, we had Stripe and Paypal payment gateways configured and were already making money with the simple presale landing page feature. Over the last few years we've done multiple six figure revenue through Podia, and enjoy the "all in one" nature of the product -- email newsletters, community, courses. The referral program has also been a great avenue for us, as we've shared Podia with enough creators to now essentially have a free account for life. This means I can focus more on making good content, and less on weighing the pros and cons of a monthly bill vs our enrollment traction at the time. I've used a couple Podia competitors as well over the years, but overall this is my #1 recommendation for no-code LMS.

Cons:

There are several features (both big and small) that would make me rate Podia a 10/10 instead of ~8.5 / 10. For starters, an open API. Currently the Zapier integration is too limited to help us achieve what we want, namely trigger based emails linked to specific lectures in the course. I'd also like better analytics, such as seeing which students are in a given "cohort" (e.g. who finished Module 1 vs Module 3), so we can better nudge them along toward completion. Lastly, there are a few improvement opportunities to the course editor itself. For us this would include more rich text options, as well as embedded code snippets.

Reasons for switching to Podia

Better design (both student- and admin-facing), better whitelabeling of the LMS and student checkout experience.

Tanya G.

Verified reviewer

Writing and Editing

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed February 2020

Want your sales pages, courses, and emails all in the same place?

I was already paying Convert Kit the same amount as Podia with no course options. Sure Podia's email is a little basic but the Podia Team has given me some great workarounds. For the price, you get so much more here than with the basic email platforms.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Just Do it! Should be Podia's slogan! These guys get you started on making life happen. Do you dream about making a course? This is the place to do it. The videos and chat help will help you make the course happen. And don't worry! You can go in and change things as you go along. So Just get started already.

Cons:

With support, they do everything but come to your house and design the program for you. But that is truly what I wish they did. They have all kinds of great examples and challenges to get you started. I just wish they would send a maid and a nanny so I could clear my calendar to get on with it already.

Reasons for choosing Podia

More support. Better videos. On-demand chat service. Matt was really helpful in the one-one zoom call.

Reasons for switching to Podia

Tons more options for product sales. Plus since Convert Kit was purchased a couple of years ago their support has not been as good.

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