Is Podia Platform Any Good Compared To WordPress?

In this episode, we will review Podia’s good and bad platform elements in the first half, and in the second part of the show, we will look at the plugins and general setups you need in WordPress to have an equivalent platform.

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#1 – Ease of Use of Podia

What stands out for me as far as Podia is concerned is its simplicity and ease of use. So you can quickly set up your courses and storefront even if you’ve little technical knowledge, and everything looks elegant out of the box.

#2 – Course Creation and Engagement

Setting up a course in Podia is easy, and it won’t take you much time to get up and running. It’s just that their course builder isn’t very flexible and lacks essential features like cloud import.

#3 – Site Design and Customization

The page builder isn’t very flexible, and you can’t modify the standard design much. Otherwise, the page builder will work well for creating sales pages for your digital products.

#4 – Sales and Marketing Functionality of Podia

Podia doesn’t offer a sales funnel builder or a full-blown email marketing solution, and it makes sense because Podia isn’t an all-in-one solution.

#5 – Customer Support and Training at Podia

During work hours, you’ll generally get a response from the Podia team in 5-10 minutes which is fantastic. Outside the work hours or during the weekend, you’ll have to wait longer to get your queries answered.

#6 – Pricing

Pricing is pretty reasonable, and I like how they have kept things simple. However, there are a couple of things that I don’t like.

The first problem is that neither of these plans offers the ability to remove Podia branding from your school, and you’ll have to pay separately for that.

Another problem is that none of these plans let you add your team members to your Podia account. To do that, you’ll have to pay $20 per month per user on top of your monthly subscription.

But the biggest issue I have with their pricing is the fact that they don’t allow to use any third-party scripts on their lower tier.

So if you use a popup solution like ConvertBox, a countdown timer like Deadline Funnel, or even integrate with Facebook Pixel, you can’t do it on the Mover Plan.

This is something that almost everyone will need, and I don’t see the point of restricting it only to the higher tier.

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