Podia vs Teachable

Podia is an all-in-one platform for creators to build and sell online courses, digital downloads, coaching sessions, and paid communities from a single storefront. Courses support drip-fed lessons, quizzes, and completion certificates, while the built-in community feature offers topic-based discussion spaces, group chats, and both free and paid membership tiers. Podia also includes a website builder with a custom domain and blog, live and in-person event ticketing, and email marketing with automated sequences built around a creator's own audience data. Paid plans run from $42 to $150 per month when billed annually, with lower tiers charging a 5% transaction fee that is removed on the Shaker plan and above; all plans include a 30-day free trial.

Teachable is a platform that lets creators, experts, and businesses build and monetize educational products including online courses, digital downloads, coaching sessions, and memberships from a single dashboard. It handles hosting, payments, and student experience so creators can focus on content.

• Combines courses, downloads, coaching, community, and email marketing in one product
• No coding required to launch a branded storefront
• Higher tiers remove transaction fees entirely
• 30-day free trial with full feature access

• Handles global tax and payment compliance automatically
• Supports multiple product types beyond courses, including coaching and memberships
• AI tools speed up curriculum and quiz creation
• Large integration ecosystem including Zapier, Stripe, and Mailchimp

• Entry-level Mover plan charges a 5% transaction fee on sales
• Email subscriber limits are fairly low even on paid tiers
• Pricing does not scale down well for very early, pre-revenue creators

• Starter plan carries a 7.5% transaction fee on sales
• Higher-tier pricing not published openly, requiring contact for quotes
• Learning curve for setting up advanced monetization features