Podia vs. FastSpring
FastSpring works for processing payments. Podia is an all-in-one platform that lets you create, host, and sell your online courses, digital downloads, webinars, coaching, and everything else.
FastSpring is a payment processor similar to Stripe or PayPal. You can use it for checkout, but you’ll need other tools for products, email, and your website. Podia has all that and more under one roof.
| Podia | FastSpring | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $33/mo – $89/mo | Not listed |
| Free migrations | Included | Not included |
| Website | Included | Not included |
| Email marketing | Included | Not included |
| Online courses | Included | Included |
| Digital products | Included | Included |
| Webinars | Included | Not included |
| Coaching | Included | Not included |
| Landing pages | Included | Not included |
| Blogging | Included | Not included |
| Affiliate marketing | Included | Not included |
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Wondering if Podia is a better platform for you? Go behind the scenes in this video walkthrough to learn the ins and outs of Podia’s software and how it can help your business.
It comes down to what the two platforms let you, the entrepreneur, do.
With Podia Email, you can design beautiful emails, create automated campaigns, tag and segment your audience, and send as many messages as you want. Everything is already connected to your products and customers.
Build an entire website for your business, complete with blogging and unlimited sales pages, with our easier-than-drag-and-drop page builder. From hosting to content delivery, we’ve got you covered.
Sit back, relax, and let us do the heavy lifting. Our migration service makes switching to Podia easy, and it’s completely free on all monthly or annual Mover, Shaker, and Podia Email plans.
A natural step for freelancers to take is to take the knowledge they’ve gain from client work and turn it into digital education products. That’s exactly what we did with Creative Class! Podia is the perfect tool to manage everything from online courses to digital downloads to webinars, all without having to worry about setting up complex systems for payment, marketing, or email.
Podia and FastSpring have different functionality, so the right choice depends on what you need in your business.
Podia is an all-in-one platform for building an online business. It includes your website, landing pages, blog, digital products, courses, email, affiliates, and checkout.
FastSpring is a payment processing platform. It includes your checkout cart and payment features like B2B invoicing, merchant of record, and currency localization.
FastSpring doesn’t list prices on its website, and you’ll also need to account for the price of other integrations like your email marketing tool, digital product platform, and website builder since these aren’t included.
Podia has everything under one roof, with lots of tools for one fair price. Here’s a quick look at some of Podia’s built-in features:
Build a customizable website, blog, and unlimited landing pages for your products
Sell digital products like coaching, webinars, downloads, and online courses
Use the online course builder to make video, image, audio, and text lessons as well as quizzes, course comments, and other interactive elements
Offer lead magnets to grow your email list and add email sign-up forms throughout your website
Set up sales funnels and automated email marketing campaigns, or simply send great-looking newsletters
Add upsells, payment plans, access limits, seat limits, and coupons
On the pricing side, Podia has a 30-day free trial with all features so you can test everything out before you pay. After the trial, you can choose from two pricing plans:
Mover plan: $39/month and 5% transaction fee ($33/month when paid annually): This plan includes your website, blog, and sales pages as well as unlimited digital products, online course creation, and third-party code. You also get Podia’s friendly customer support.
Shaker plan: $89/month and 0% transaction fee ($75/month when paid annually): Shaker includes all the Mover features plus your own affiliate program.
All Podia plans include all email marketing features (like automations, newsletters, email templates, segmentation, tagging, and campaigns) for up to 100 subscribers. If you like, you can upgrade your Podia Email plan to add more subscribers as your email list grows.
If you sign up for a monthly or annual Mover or Shaker plan, Podia includes a free migration service. This means our team will move your products and customers over from another platform (like Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi, etc.) for free so you can get started fast.
Want to see for yourself? Try Podia free for 30 days. We can’t wait to see what you make.
Join the 150,000+ creators who use Podia to create websites, sell digital products, send great emails, and build online businesses.
Podia is an all-in-one platform where you can run your website, online store, and email marketing, as well as your blog, landing pages, affiliates, and everything else. You can sell online courses, downloads, coaching, webinars, community, or any other kind of digital product you want, and you can see all your customer and sales information under one roof.
You sure can! Podia has a 30-day free trial so you can make sure Podia is the right fit for you. You can test all the features, so you're free to set up your website, blog, email list, and products without spending a dime. Start your free trial today to see for yourself!
Podia Email is an optional add-on that you can use with any Podia plan. Your first 100 subscribers are free, and all Podia Email users get unlimited email sends, automations, campaigns, newsletters, email templates, segmentation, and audience tagging.
Podia Email is automatically connected to your website, landing pages, and products, and you don’t need to manage any integrations. Plus, you can see your customer data – like products purchased, lead magnet opt-ins, and email engagement – all in one place. Learn more about Podia Email here.
Yes! We offer free product migrations on all Mover and Shaker plans. We also offer free email migrations on all paid Podia Email plans. Learn more about Podia’s free migrations here.