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Podia (2026) — who it’s actually for

Updated August 29, 2026 · Official pricing, homepage, community, and courses pages fetched this evening. If a number is missing below, we could not cite it.

Podia is the usual “Kajabi too expensive” alternative. Mover is $49/mo with a 5% Podia fee and 100 email subscribers. Shaker is $99/mo with 0% Podia fees and 500 subscribers. They are not Kajabi for $49.

Who this page is for

Experts with a method, deciding whether Podia is the cheaper all-in-one — not whether they should invent a storefront. One offer you will sell with a site, email, and community. You would otherwise buy Kajabi because it looks like the grown-up stack, or sit on Mover because $49 looks like relief.

This is not a Podia vs everyone table. That lives on Kajabi vs Podia. This page is Podia on its own terms: Mover’s 5% and subscriber caps versus Shaker’s 0%.

The short version

Cited numbers, August 29, 2026

USD. Monthly is month-to-month. Annual is the advertised per-month rate when you pay yearly. Platform fee is Podia’s cut, not card processing. JSON-LD on the official pricing page tonight states the monthly dollars; the visible toggle this fetch defaulted to yearly cards.

Sources: podia.com/pricing (JSON-LD + FAQ). Full list at the bottom.

What you are actually buying

A cheaper all-in-one storefront. Official homepage: courses, community, coaching, events, email, and your site. Official courses page: drip, quizzes, certificates, unlimited students, cohort-based courses, lesson comments, access-duration limits, future start date, limited seats. Official community page: topic-based or tier-based spaces, group chats, DMs, free or paid tiers; everyone who signs up, subscribes, or buys joins. That is still a storefront with email subscriber caps, not Kajabi’s unlimited-marketing-email OS, and not a Thinkific LMS.

Mover is the cheap-plan tax. $49/mo. 5%. 100 subscribers. 50 products. 25 spaces. 500 videos. It is a trial of the shape, not a long-term home for a $97–$497 offer that actually sells.

Shaker is the first honest Podia plan if the offer is real. $99/mo. No Podia fees. 500 subscribers. 150 products. 100 spaces. Affiliate marketing, upsells, PayPal, Zapier, one assistant. Still $80 under Kajabi Basic’s $179/mo public floor, with 500 email subscribers against Kajabi’s 2,500 contacts and unlimited marketing emails.

Earthquaker is $179/mo month-to-month — the same public floor as Kajabi Basic. 1,000 email subscribers. Unlimited products, videos, spaces, assistants. If you have already grown past that list, you are not buying a cheaper all-in-one. You are buying a different cap. The two-host fork is Kajabi vs Podia.

Mover’s 5% vs Shaker’s 0%

Public prices: Mover $49/mo. Shaker $99/mo. Gap: $50/mo month-to-month. On the advertised annual rates, $42 vs $84 — still a $42/mo gap. The 5% has to recoup that gap before Mover is “cheaper.”

Pricing FAQ tonight: “On the Mover plan, we charge a 5% transaction fee. There are no Podia fees on the Shaker or Earthquaker plans.” Processor 2.9%+30¢ sits on every plan. Arithmetic on listed price, Podia’s cut only (no tax, processor on both sides):

• $97. Mover 5% = $4.85. About eleven such charges recoup a month of the $50 monthly gap ($53.35). Ten charges = $48.50, just under. Sitting on Mover “until it sells” does not survive a slow month of a $97 offer.
• $497. Mover 5% = $24.85. Two sales = $49.70, which already matches the monthly gap. Three sales = $74.55 — over both the monthly and annual gaps. One $497 invoice is half a month of Shaker.
• $2,000. Mover 5% = $100.00. That is two months of the monthly gap on the first invoice, before Stripe or PayPal is paid.

That is not a forecast. It is the official 5% applied to three prices a real offer actually uses. If you sit on Mover “until it sells,” the first $2,000 invoice has already paid for two months of Shaker.

What the fees do to a simple offer

Card processing sits on every stack. The extra question is Podia’s own 5% on Mover. Three prices. Arithmetic only. Refunds and tax change the dollar. We are not publishing a break-even month against Kajabi.

• $97. Mover: 5% = $4.85 plus processor 2.9%+30¢ ($3.11) = $7.96. Shaker: no Podia fee; processor $3.11. Kajabi Payments Basic, US card: 2.9%+$0.30 = $3.11, plus $179/mo for the OS. Mover’s extra $4.85 is the cheap-plan tax on a small course.
• $497. Mover: $24.85 + $14.71 = $39.56. Shaker: processor $14.71. Kajabi Payments Basic: $14.71. Mover’s extra $24.85 on one sale is already more than half a month of Shaker ($99).
• $2,000. Mover: $100.00 + $58.30 = $158.30. Shaker: processor $58.30. Kajabi Payments Basic: $58.30.

Arithmetic only: the monthly gap between Kajabi Basic ($179) and Podia Shaker ($99) is $80. The gap between Kajabi Basic and Mover ($49) is $130 — plus Mover’s 5%. Earthquaker monthly is $179, the same public floor as Kajabi Basic, with 1,000 email subscribers against Kajabi’s 2,500 contacts. That is not “Podia is cheaper.” You are buying a different cap. Full two-host table: Kajabi vs Podia.

Who should pick Podia

Mover if you are testing whether the offer is a storefront with a room. $49/mo. 5%. 100 subscribers. 30-day trial first, no credit card. Treat the 5% as the product, not a temporary inconvenience.

Shaker if the offer is real and 500 email subscribers will hold. $99/mo. 0% Podia fees. Still not Kajabi’s unlimited marketing emails.

Earthquaker if you need unlimited products and spaces and you have priced 1,000 subscribers against Kajabi Basic’s $179 and 2,500 contacts. Do not pick it because the name sounds like a cheaper Kajabi. The monthly card is the same floor.

Skip Podia if

You will sit on Mover while a $97–$497 offer sells. The 5% is the product. Also skip if 100 email subscribers will not hold the list; Shaker’s 500 and Earthquaker’s 1,000 are still not Kajabi Basic’s 2,500 contacts plus unlimited marketing emails. Skip Earthquaker as a “cheaper Kajabi.” Skip if you need Kajabi-style native live video and a documented group room of 200; Podia lists coaching and events (live & in-person), not that capacity number this fetch.

If the offer is a feed and the room is the business, read Kajabi vs Skool before you pay for a storefront you will not open. If you wanted a school LMS, start at Kajabi vs Teachable vs Thinkific. If you wanted the interactive player, that page is LearnWorlds.

Visit Podia

Podia affiliate slot — not live Teachable affiliate slot — not live Thinkific affiliate slot — not live LearnWorlds affiliate slot — not live

Podia’s button is the official pricing URL only. Kajabi’s trial box and visit button use the 30-day trial affiliate, justinwise.net/kajabi. The Kajabi pricing button is a pricing-page affiliate. Official Kajabi pricing remains the source for Kajabi numbers. Visit Skool uses the Skool signup affiliate. Official skool.com/pricing remains the source for Skool numbers. No invented Podia affiliate.

Omitted on purpose

• Podia extra email-subscriber dollars after the 100 / 500 / 1,000 included caps. FAQ says you can add more anytime; they never auto-upgrade you. No public add-on card extracted this fetch.
• Podia native live-room capacity (attendees, hours). Coaching and events (live & in-person) are listed on every plan; a Circle/Mighty-style live grid was not on the public pricing page.
• A Mover assistant count. Shaker lists 1; Earthquaker lists unlimited; Mover’s card this fetch did not list a number.
• Exact Stripe or PayPal schedules beyond Podia’s FAQ 2.9%+30¢ headline, which “may vary based on your location.”
• Kajabi legacy dollar table and Kickstarter as a buyable public price. Cited Kajabi floor is the public Basic card, $179 / $143. Vendor page: Kajabi (2026).
• Keyword volumes, “Kajabi is too expensive” listicles as pricing sources, and anything that documents your method for you.

Sources

1. Podia pricing — JSON-LD Mover $49/$42 + 5%, 50 products, 25 spaces, 100 email subscribers; Shaker $99/$84, no Podia fees, 150 products, 100 spaces, 500 subscribers; Earthquaker $179/$150, no Podia fees, unlimited products/spaces/video, 1,000 subscribers; visible yearly cards $42 / $84 / $150 ($504 / $1,008 / $1,800 billed annually); videos 500 / 1,000 / unlimited; 1 assistant on Shaker, unlimited on Earthquaker; affiliate marketing, upsells, PayPal, Zapier on Shaker and Earthquaker; “Everyone gets” community, courses, downloads, coaching, events, website, custom domain, blog, landing pages, 1,900+ integrations, sales tax in 230 countries, 20+ currencies; 30-day trial, no credit card. FAQ: Mover 5%; Shaker/Earthquaker no Podia fees; processor Stripe or PayPal 2.9%+30¢; email caps 100 / 500 / 1,000, add more anytime, never auto-upgrade; refund within 72 hours, no partial refunds on annual; migrations 50 / 150 / 150 products. Fetched August 29, 2026.
2. Podia homepage — “Your courses, community, coaching, and email. All in one place.” Courses, email, events, coaching, website, community. 30-day trial, no credit card. Fetched August 29, 2026.
3. Podia community — topic-based spaces, group chats, DMs, free or paid tiers; paid plans gate premium spaces; bundle community with courses, downloads, events, or coaching; activity feed; everyone who signs up, subscribes, or buys joins. Fetched August 29, 2026.
4. Podia online courses — drip, quizzes, certificates, unlimited students, no per-student fees, cohort-based courses, lesson comments, access-duration limits, future start date, limited seats, bulk licenses. Fetched August 29, 2026.
5. Kajabi pricing — public Basic $179/$143; Kajabi Payments 2.9%+$0.30 on Basic; 2,500 contacts; unlimited marketing emails. Cited as the OS floor, not re-priced as a Podia plan. Same-night vendor page: Kajabi (2026). Fetched August 29, 2026.
6. Skool pricing — Hobby $9/mo, Pro $99/mo. Cited only as the one-feed room we are not comparing here. Fetched August 29, 2026.