Podia

Exactly what we were looking for

Pros:

Everything talks to eachother. For our sleep consulting business, it's very educational, coaching, and B2C focused. This means that we have an email list, sales, general CRM, website, promo codes, that all need to talk to each other. Before we were duct taping Stripe, zapier, Monday, calendly, and it was a mess

Cons:

I would just like a few more features built out for the community section so it compares to palyers like Circle and Tribe (customization, different layouts, etc.)Also, a little more customization around segments and reporting. Like if I want to know "Give me all the people that have signed up for the free lead magnet and also purchased Product X within 7 days" so we can be more targetted

Podia Is Amazing!

Comments: Fantastic. Love using the platform. Customer support is outstanding.

Pros:

I love that Podia is simple to use but extremely powerful. If you are looking for a do it all platform for your website, course, email and more, look no further.

Cons:

Not much to complain about! My number one wishes were email (which they recently added) and a blog (which is coming soon it seems).

Good for small amounts of content

Pros:

The email broadcasting is great, especially for campaigns

Cons:

it is quite a slow website and it's very difficult to pull reports it doesn't show anything specific, just general sales

Simple and Effective

Comments: I am so glad I found Podia as it is easy to use, simple to set up and it has all that I need to run my online school. I can even host my email list with them and sending emails via Podia is also easy to do. Everything I need is in one place and available at an affordable price. If I need to check anything with the customer help team, they are always friendly and helpful.

Pros:

Podia was easy to set up and get started earning through selling online services. They also dont take a commision from sales which makes selling a little more profitable. There are simple and easy to follow help guides for every step of the set up and management.

Cons:

There is nothing that I dislike, I find Podia simple and straightforward to use

Podia is it for me!!!

Comments: Amazing so far …and I’m just getting started!!

Pros:

Loved building my website and programs in Podia. I’ve been able to figure out many things on my own, so I appreciate the simplicity and the video tutorials etc. I’ve recently been trialing their new email platform and so far, it’s another user friendly win!!I feel like Podia offers everything in one place (courses, email, website, community)

Cons:

Nothing really. I think the only thing that slows me down is “me” haha …and I’m constantly learning.

The best tool on the market

Comments: It has been a dream product to use

Pros:

By far the sleekest design UX experience I have had with any e-learning platform, and I have used others in the past. The team were able to migrate me from Failjabi in less that 24 hours and the support is so personal and caring. It's also great value for money and I could not ask for better updated as the arrive month by month, I have just committed to another 12 months with Podia by paying upfront and I would never have dreamed of doing this with any other service Thank you Podia for such a great product I look forward to what 2020 brings, please accept crytpo payments in the future ;)

Cons:

No crypto checkout, I know this might be difficult to implement but would be a great feature.

Great software especially for beginners

Comments: Very positive. I really liked it compared to the competition the affordable price makes it a tool to absolutely consider.

Pros:

Definitely the ease of use and very intuitive interface. In addition, there is really nothing missing to create your own infobusiness! All this at a very affordable price compared to other competitors.

Cons:

The free plan is very cool, however, it does not allow full access to all the features of Podia in order to use it. It also still lacks a number of customizations on checkout, and the translations into other languages are less than perfect.

I am the biggest fan

Pros:

I love Podia! I am grateful to have found this platform. It's user-friendly, allows me to consolidate multiple services in one place (and for one payment), Podia's team is incredible, and customer service is always exceptional.

Cons:

After more than two years of use, absolutely nothing has been lacking for me on the platform. I consider it perfect in every way.

Finnish learning

Comments: I am really more than satisfied with Podia. Even when I am searching new features, I can find those very easily and there are great "help pages". For my products and e-Mail marketing it is very important to have it very smoothly, because I don't like to spend my time by try to find out, how to use the plattform. I can concentrate myself in my job and Podia is my expert for the marketing of products.

Pros:

Podia is very easy to use and like the design featuers. I also love to have my e-Mails on one page.

Cons:

I launched a new product and for the users is absolutely easy to use. The payment options are also very variable.

Easy to Use!

Pros:

I enjoy how simple Podia is to upload and create different types of products!

Cons:

There’s nothing that I don’t like about Podia.

Great ecourse platform

Comments: The people at Podia are extremely helpful even for a detailed person such as myself, they respond to questions quickly and provide video on how to tutorials.

Pros:

I chose the Podia platform for its ease of use and value. Creating a wealth-building program, I could not see spending double or triple the amount of Podia on another platform when I teach others how to build their wealth by being frugal.

Cons:

I'm not good at creating websites or doing the backend programming, so I would like to see Podia have the option of hosting my URL and blog or partner with a company that provides those services. As it stands now I do not have a blog because I do not have the time to learn how to add the blog feature to the company that hosts my site.

Great tool for Digital courses

Comments: It's been great. It's helped us drive a ton of revenue with our digital courses. Been a great tool and easy to use.

Pros:

Easy to use, good enough UI and enough features for the price to be really really valuable for our business.

Cons:

Some limitations with certain features. An integration with Hubspot would be super helpful as well.

Simple. Efficient.

Comments: Podia is THE platform "all-on-one" to sell inline courses.

Pros:

Podia is very easy to use. The integration of my content (videos, audios, files...) is simple and fast.

Cons:

I would like to able to create some "title" which can include two or more sections.

I'm so happy I found Podia!

Comments: With Podia I have been able to take back control of my books so that I can make the most revenue with them instead of receiving tiny royalties. I feel newly inspired to write more books and have written one and will publish two more and an online course this month. Next, I plan to have my first online summit! Podia makes it possible with clever software and tons of helpful resources to quickly master new creations. And, the Podia team is a great resource and a delight to work with. I enjoy being at my Podia site every day fulfilling my creative desires and offering my gifts to the world. It is so much fun!

Pros:

I love the ease of creating courses, ebooks, online events, memberships, and my website with Podia software. I'm creating more fun products and courses on a daily basis! Podia makes it so easy to get started, create products, and make them available. Sometimes I can make products within minutes and have them available instantly with the simple straightforward platform. I like the way Podia looks and feels. Also, Podia's customer service is exceptional.

Cons:

I honestly don't have anything negative to say about Podia.

A solid platform for packaging and selling your knowledge into courses, memberships & more

Comments: I have had a good overall experience with Podia as I have used it primarily to sell video courses and access to the content of paid, pre-recorded, virtual summits.

Pros:

There are a few features I really like about Podia. Firstly, there's the overall platform design (dashboard, course pages, etc.) and user interface. At first, it may take you a moment to familiarize yourself with the different things Podia does but each section is quite straightforward, making the onboarding process a smooth one. Additionally, I like the fact that Podia gives its users unlimited hosting of video content through one of the premium video platforms: Wistia. This means that you can upload all kinds of videos, as well as PDF and other types of learning materials, without having to worry about potentially "running out of storage". Some course platforms limit themselves to enabling users to create and sell courses, while Podia can be leveraged to offer other things such as memberships, challenges, and digital workshops, just to mention a few.

Cons:

While I like the overall Podia concept and design, I feel that the landing and sales page customization power is quite limited. That's something I wouldn't mind seeing it change in the future.

FINALLY a platform that gets it right!

Comments: The setup was super easy, the team helped me tremendously by taking over feeding my email list into the system and they were super quick with all their replies to my questions.
I watched one of their weekly ask-all live webinars before signing up and really EVERY question was answered. In addition to their fab features and superstar support, that's what got me hooked.
After setting up the dashboard, building the storefront for our freebies and the subscriber signup was childsplay.
Everything looks super pretty, in our brand colors, and, NO KIDDING; our email list that we had built over 14 months with MailChimp DOUBLED in just 10 weeks. On Podia, we host 2 separate freebies, the complete recordings of our weekly webcasts, and an online course. Everything interacts perfectly. 100% recommended!

Pros:

So simple to set up. So accommodating of their clients' needs: Think subscribers that are segmented from the get-go, newsletters and email drip campaigns that are as easy to write, beautify and send as an email, a pretty and sleek storefront, fully implemented with your website. Also think ZERO cut from your earnings, NO restriction on your content. You pay the monthly fee and that's it! One more thing: Podia takes care of invoicing, VAT - depending on where you are and where your buyers are ... a constant hassle to get that right and Podia just takes that load of your shoulders!

Cons:

The only thing that bugged me was that I couldn't personalize the emails, like address them to a person by name - - and Podia has that on their agenda. When you find a platform where that's the ONLY thing that bugs you? Feels like I finally found my online home.

Brave New World Online w/Podia

Comments: My business is getting onto its feet post-pandemic and I'm thrilled to have this to grow into in my own professional development. I've resisted tech, and I'm succumbing to it even though not gracefully.

Pros:

As a non-technical, almost all software is a dangerous activity. Producing online courses is not my strength and I've gone the gamut of wanting to chuck it to being grateful that Podia continues to accommodate and meet the needs of its many & varied creators.

Cons:

Probably what would have helped me from the beginning is a tour of where to find information/definitions/options within the course development without having to spend hours on YouTube videos/with support staff. From what I know right now, the software works well...the onboarding (for me) is wonky.

A LMS for the common man (and also for the uncommon too)

Comments: No regrets. Stellar service. Fantastic product.

Pros:

Podia makes it possible for a one-man shop to launch a course to the world and offer features that usually only a big shop would be able to. This wasn't why we went with Podia. We were already an established e-learning company with thousands of customers around the world. Switching to Podia allowed us the ability to concentrate on the quality of our course content and less on the labor of launching new courses. Their system and interface is quite elegant and simple, with just the right of customization to differentiate your site from other Podia sites, but not enough customization options to paralyze you in development. Their team is very responsive. They assisted with migrating over a thousand videos/lessons and thousands of customers. They are consistently adding new features to the platform.

Cons:

The reporting is a bit underwhelming, albeit we have been able to cobble together some reporting using third party software/services. But I have a feeling that they will enhance the reporting sooner than later.

First choice, Best choice!

Comments: Couldn’t be happier. Their support is absolutely superb. I’ve been with them for almost 2+ years and they continue to grow and evolve in their design and product offerings. I throughly researched all comparable platforms for my needs and what won me over were all the positive reviews regarding support. Podia has never once been a disappointment. I have since referred to a few people and recommended to everyone when asked. I currently do all my website management and love the ease of use and simplicity of design. It integrates seamlessly with my other platforms.

Pros:

Love it! Love the simplicity of ease and design! Love the support! Love the constant growth and innovation by the developers. So happy and always recommend to others.

Cons:

Not one. The things I had been wanting, they have recently updated and included in their features… the ability to customize the Thank You Page.

Simple, Great Customer Service, Lacking Some Important Features

Comments: I really love the other tool I've been using for my membership site & I'm a very techie person, but I'm finding that although it has tons of great bells & whistles, it's also pretty complicated to implement adding a new course or even a new freebie optin. In using Podia for these past few days, I'm seeing how the simplicity can help me take more action faster & get more value to my people without getting hung up in the tech. Customer service has been exceptional, so kudos to you all for that.

Pros:

The simplicity. It feels like it will be a lot faster & easier to get a new product/course in there without it being very complicated or having to run through a ton of testing prior to launching.

Cons:

There doesn't appear to be a way to add Pinterest tracking tags (super important, possibly a deal breaker). Lack of customization options on pages (even some simple things like changing font size or reducing the huge amount of white space between sections). Inability to direct to a custom thank you page instead of just taking them straight into their product. This makes it impossible to have a true sales funnel with a thank you video & tripwire offer and lead into a bigger upsell. This could mean a huge loss of potential income. The ONLY thing you can virtually guarantee someone will see when they opt into your freebie is the thank you page. It's the biggest opportunity to sell to someone new. There are "upsells" in Podia but they appear to work more like an order bump. Not a true back & forth integration with ConvertKit.

Clarity, simplicity, easy to use

Comments: It helps me spending less time of the technical aspect when publishing a product. I start to have more time to create instead of spending my time solving problem with funnels bugs agoin and again. It remind me my experience the day i decided to move from windows to Mac... Difficult decision but since then (in 2013)... it is just a dream to use all my Mac and Apple system. I have the same feeling now using podia.

Pros:

The simplicity for doing action what ever it is in podia. Almost no need of help, it is no intuitive that i have needed a little time to stop making simple things become complicate like before using podia.

Cons:

Nothing for the moment. The first days, i was asking question like “why can’t we do this or that with podia? It was things i was able to do before with the other but very complicate system... But then, i realize that podia helps me simplify my job and that i work well without all the other options i had in the past.

Pretty happy with this!

Pros:

It's super easy to use and fairly affordable

Cons:

There are some features that aren't available like different size font and button sizes

Billed again and again / refused to refund

Pros:

Podia looked like a good potential solution for my business as a platform for the teaching and content work I’ve been doing with small businesses and social impact organizations in learning more quickly and to become more innovative as a matter of everyday practice.

Cons:

After paying Podia for 2 years after a one-time sign-up, I got autobilled the $390 for a year when I have not used the software AT ALL for at least a year. It is customary with courteous customer service, *ESPECIALLY* for small business, to do a courtesy refund when the product has not been used. A $390 small mistake for your small business could cost you everything if you do business with Podia. NOT WORTH THE RISK.

Loving Podia

Comments: I am creating online courses for meditation. So far, I have LOVED the fact that I can offer digital downloads as well as courses, free products and everything is very mobile friendly - which is extremely important for the work that I do, as most people will be listening to meditations on their phones!

Pros:

Probably the thing that I appreciate most from Podia is their customer support. I trial tested a few different platforms, and even though Podia doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the others, their unbelievably fast and friendly customer service was way ahead of the pack! It's really important to me that my students are able to get the help they need with the software or any issues that I can't handle on my end. Podia is also just incredibly easy to use, you can get a course up and running in a matter of hours. I've really enjoyed creating on their platform.

Cons:

So far, the only thing I dislike is the inability to categorize products. Having everything on your storefront in a big, long list isn't the most user-friendly way to show things.

Podia is the One-Stop Site for Creators!

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!