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Podia
by Podia
What Podia is
Podia is a web platform for selling courses and other digital products, with integrated payments and email marketing. Course content can use video, audio, text, file downloads, quizzes, and embeds, and sellers can connect a custom domain. Mover costs $42 a year, billed at $504 annually, with 100 email subscribers, 50 products, 500 videos, and 25 spaces. Shaker costs $84 a year, billed at $1,008 annually, and includes 500 subscribers, 150 products, 1,000 videos, 100 spaces, and one assistant. Earthquaker costs $150 a year, billed at $1,800 annually, with 1,000 subscribers and unlimited products, videos, spaces, and assistants. Podia offers a 30-day trial but no free plan. It runs on the web and has no mobile app. The maker was founded in 2014, and the listed transaction fee is 5%.
Who it suits
Podia suits creators selling courses and digital products who need integrated payments, email marketing, and customizable course formats. It is intended for web-based workflows rather than mobile-app use.
What it does well
- Supports video, audio, text, downloads, and quizzes
- Integrated payments and email marketing
- Custom domain available
- 30-day trial
- Earthquaker includes unlimited products and videos
What to know first
- No free plan
- No mobile app
- Listed transaction fee is 5%
- Annual billing plans have different usage limits
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Earthquaker | $1,800 billed annually · 1,000 email subscribers · no Podia fees · unlimited customers · unlimited products · unlimited videos · unlimited spaces · unlimited assistants · affiliate marketing · upsells · PayPal · Zapier | $150 a month |
| Mover | $504 billed annually · 100 email subscribers · 5% fees · unlimited customers · 50 products · 500 videos · 25 spaces | $42 a month |
| Shaker | $1,008 billed annually · 500 email subscribers · no Podia fees · unlimited customers · 150 products · 1,000 videos · 100 spaces · 1 assistant · affiliate marketing · upsells · PayPal · Zapier | $84 a month |
As podia.com lists them, read 20 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Podia combines course publishing, digital-product sales, payments, and email marketing in a web service. Its paid plans differ by subscriber and content allowances, with no free tier.
Facts from Podia's own pages
- Checkout
- Checkout supports sales pages, carts, coupons, upsells, payment plans, subscriptions, tax handling across 230 jurisdictions and more than 20 currencies. · podia.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Coaching
- Coaching products can use dedicated sales pages, upfront payment, bundles and scheduling integrations with Calendly, Squarespace Scheduling, YouCanBookMe and SavvyCal. · podia.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Community
- Community tools include paid tiers, spaces, member profiles, activity feeds, notifications, group chat and direct member messaging. · podia.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists Podia as a privately held e-learning provider founded in 2014, headquartered in New York, with 2–10 employees. · linkedin.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Company scale
- Podia says more than 15,000 creators use it, reaching over 40 million customers and generating more than $900 million for creators. · podia.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Course formats
- video,audio,text,file downloads,quizzes,embeds · podia.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Custom code
- Custom snippets can be added to public pages before the closing body tag, but scripts do not run in logged-in areas and head-tag code is unsupported. · help.podia.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Custom domain
- Yes · podia.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Documentation
- The help center is organized into collections for getting started, home, products, community, site builder, blog, email, audience, sales, affiliates, settings, analytics, files and integrations. · help.podia.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Email marketing
- Podia includes broadcast email, automated campaigns, email capture and subscriber management integrated with products and the website. · podia.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Embeds
- Podia supports embeds from more than 1,900 websites, including YouTube, Spotify, Google Forms, Vimeo, Instagram and GitHub Gists. · podia.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2014 · podia.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- No · podia.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Free-plan change
- The August 2026 migration documentation says separate free community plans are no longer supported and existing free plans will be removed. · help.podia.com, 20 Oct 2026
- GDPR
- Podia says customer data is not sold to third parties and provides GDPR guidance plus a data-processing addendum for EU customers. · help.podia.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Native integrations include Kit, Mailchimp, AWeber, Drip, ActiveCampaign, MailerLite, GetResponse, Flodesk, Stripe, PayPal, Google Analytics, Zoom, Google Meet, YouTube Live, Discord and scheduling tools. · podia.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the legal entity as Podia Labs, Inc., founded by Spencer Fry and headquartered in New York. · crunchbase.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Licence information
- The public Podia pages reviewed do not identify an open-source licence or provide self-hosting software. · podia.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Limit: change complaints
- Trustpilot reviews include complaints that 2026 community and account changes were imposed with little warning and made creators consider migrating away. · trustpilot.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Limit: customization
- Reviewers report limited design templates, limited page customization and inability to customize some checkout and transaction experiences. · g2.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Limit: missing capabilities
- Reviewers cite missing or weak capabilities such as copying lessons between courses, quizzes between modules, repeat purchases and certain marketing integrations. · softwareadvice.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Limit: small-seller pricing
- GetApp reviewers say the subscription can feel expensive for low-volume or infrequent sellers, despite the all-in-one feature set. · getapp.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Mobile app
- none · podia.com, 20 Sept 2026
- New community architecture
- In August 2026 Podia introduced a unified home feed, built-in community, separate Admin area, spaces replacing topics, member chats and group chats limited to 10 people. · help.podia.com, 20 Oct 2026
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