Podia Review
All-in-one platform for selling courses, coaching, and community access
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Podia is a platform for selling courses, digital downloads, coaching, and memberships, built around a community feed that creators and their members share. You upload your content, set a price, and Podia handles checkout, hosting, and delivery.
In June 2026 Podia rebuilt the product so community sits at the center rather than as an add-on. Courses, coaching, events, chat, and email all live inside the same member-facing feed. Podia also dropped its old free-forever plan in 2024, so every account now starts on a 30-day trial and moves to a paid plan.
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Who it's for
- ✓ Solo creators and coaches who want courses, community, and email in one tool instead of stitching several apps together
- ✓ Anyone planning to run live or in-person events alongside their course, since Events is now built in
Who should look elsewhere
- ✗ Creators who want a permanent free plan to test the platform before paying, since Podia no longer offers one
- ✗ Sellers who need deep course-building features like drip scheduling or certificates beyond the basics
Pros
- + Shaker and Earthquaker plans charge no Podia transaction fee, so you keep more of each sale
- + Community, courses, coaching, and events all run from one member feed instead of separate tools
- + 30-day trial gives real time to test the platform with no card required
Cons
- – The cheapest Mover plan still charges a 5% transaction fee on every sale on top of payment processor fees
- – No free-forever plan anymore, so you can't run a small store at no monthly cost
- – Some users report Podia can flag and freeze an account for manual review with no advance notice, blocking paying customers from their content
Podia pricing
At about $42/month to start, it sits at the higher end of Online Course Platforms pricing.
| Plan | Price | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Mover | $42/mo | $49/mo if billed monthly · Up to 100 email subscribers · 50 products, 500 videos, 25 community spaces · 5% transaction fee on sales |
| Shaker | $84/mo | $99/mo if billed monthly · Up to 500 email subscribers · 150 products, 1,000 videos, 100 spaces · No Podia transaction fees · 1 assistant seat, affiliate marketing, upsells, PayPal, Zapier |
| Earthquaker | $150/mo | $179/mo if billed monthly · Up to 1,000 email subscribers · Unlimited products, videos, spaces, and assistants · No Podia transaction fees |
Prices shown are per month billed annually; monthly billing costs more per month (Mover $49, Shaker $99, Earthquaker $179). Podia removed its free-forever plan in October 2024 and replaced it with the 30-day trial. Only the Mover plan carries a Podia transaction fee (5%); Stripe/PayPal processing fees apply on top of any plan.
Pricing verified July 7, 2026 · source
How Podia's pricing compares
Podia next to its closest alternatives on entry price, billing, and whether pricing is public.
| Tool | Starting price | Billing | Free option | Pricing disclosed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Podia | $42/mo | tiered | Trial (30 days, no credit card required) | Public |
| Kajabi | $179/mo | tiered | Trial (30 days) | Public |
| Thinkific | $36/mo | tiered | Trial (30 days on all paid plans) | Partly public |
| Teachable | $29/mo | tiered | Trial (7 days, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee on paid plans) | Partly public |
| LearnWorlds | $24/mo | tiered | Trial (30 days on Starter, Pro Trainer, and Learning Center) | Partly public |
| Skool | $9/mo | flat | Trial (14 days) | Public |
Is Podia still actively developed?
Last significant update: June 2026. Podia relaunched around a unified home feed shared by creators and members, folding courses, coaching, events, and messaging into the community instead of keeping them as separate tools. The update added permission-controlled community spaces, direct messaging between members, and in-person event support alongside virtual events.
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Podia FAQ
Does Podia have a free plan?+
No. Podia removed its free-forever plan in October 2024. Every new account gets a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, then moves to a paid plan.
Does Podia take a cut of my sales?+
Only on the Mover plan, which charges a 5% transaction fee. Shaker and Earthquaker have no Podia transaction fee, though your payment processor (Stripe or PayPal) still takes its own cut.
What changed in the 2026 Podia relaunch?+
Podia rebuilt the product around a shared home feed for creators and members, made community a core part of every plan instead of an add-on, added permission-controlled community spaces and direct messaging, and extended Events to support in-person events alongside virtual ones.