Podia
All-in-one creator platform for selling online courses, digital downloads, memberships, and email newsletters.
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Podia is a subscription SaaS starting at $33/month (Mover, 5% transaction fee) or $75/month (Shaker, 0% Podia fee). Shaker unlocks memberships, affiliates, and white-label branding. Creators keep native email marketing, a website builder, and storefronts for courses, downloads, and coaching sessions, with Stripe and PayPal as processors.
Our take
Podia is the frugal creator's all-in-one — Mover at $33/mo with a 5% transaction fee, Shaker at $75/mo with 0% transaction. Covers courses, digital downloads, webinars, coaching, and community under one roof. Best for: creators bootstrapping who want everything in one tool without Kajabi's $71-399/mo cost. Shaker's price-per-feature ratio is hard to beat. Skip if: you want industry-leading features in any one category — Kajabi beats Podia on courses, Circle beats it on community, Beehiiv beats it on newsletters.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Courses, downloads, memberships, and email in one tool
- 0% Podia fee on Shaker plan
- Instant payouts via Stripe with no hold period
Cons
- Free plan removed in 2024; paid-only from day one
- Community and course features lighter than specialists
- Memberships limited to higher Shaker tier
Full breakdown
- Platform fee
- 5% or 0% · of revenue depending on plan
- Payout speed
- instant
- Minimum payout
- Stripe default
- Countries supported
- Wherever Stripe or PayPal operate
- Email list export
- Full access (native email marketing included)
- Custom domain
- Yes (custom domain on paid plans)
- Community features
- Basic member-only community spaces on Shaker plan