Podia vs. Simplero
Podia is an alternative to Simplero that gives you everything you need to sell your courses, webinars, digital downloads, and coaching from a single platform that’s already connected to your website, email list, and customers.
Podia and Simplero are online course platforms where you can build your entire online business, but Podia’s simple and powerful features cost about half the price.
| Podia | Simplero | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $33/mo – $89/mo | $59/mo - $298/mo |
| Free migrations | Included | Not included |
| Website | Included | Included |
| Email marketing | Included | Included |
| Online courses | Included | Included |
| Digital products | Included | Included |
| Webinars | Included | Not included |
| Coaching | Included | Included |
| Landing pages | Included | Included |
| Blogging | Included | Included |
| Affiliate marketing | Not included | Included |
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It comes down to what the two platforms let you, the entrepreneur, do.
Podia is an all-in-one platform where you can sell courses, downloads, webinars, and coaching. Podia includes a complete site builder, advanced email marketing tools, and more, helping many creators replace 3-6+ tools, including Simplero.
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.
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 annual Mover, Shaker, and Podia Email plans.
I’ve been amazed by Podia at every step of the way. Honestly, when I started out I had no idea how any of this stuff worked - memberships, email marketing, online sales… It was all overwhelming. Podia took all that and gave me a one stop solution to my problems that was easy and straightforward. Plus the support is unreal and always there to help. Two thumbs straight up!
Podia and Simplero are both all-in-one platforms for building an online business. You can use both to
Set up a website with unlimited landing pages
Build online courses
Sell digital downloads, webinars, and coaching
Run email marketing campaigns and automations
Build an affiliate program for your products
While both tools have some overlapping features, there are a few things you should consider to make the right choice for you.
First, Podia and Simplero both have a full website feature with website hosting and the ability to connect a custom domain.
Podia’s page builder looks great out of the box, so all you need to do is pick what pre-made section you’d like to add and customize it however you like. You can set universal style settings like custom colors and fonts, and choose your website’s spacing, padding, borders, and interactive elements.
On top of that, Podia’s website builder comes with a full blogging feature. You can add unlimited posts and customize the design of your blog pages. Adding a new post is as easy as typing in a Word document, and there are SEO settings you can use to help people find your work.
Next, Podia has a beginner-friendly (but still powerful) email marketing tool where you can send unlimited newsletters, broadcasts, sales funnels, and automated campaigns. You also get a library of beautiful email templates to choose from, or you can create your own from scratch.
Because Podia automatically connects your blog, website, and email, you can also share your latest blog posts with one click. After you press publish, you can choose to convert your blog post into an email newsletter and share it with your audience, no extra work required.
Podia Email is free for your first 100 subscribers, and you have the option to add more as your list grows. Simplero also includes some subscribers for free based on your subscription plan, and you can upgrade for more subscribers when you need them.
On the course creation side, Podia makes it easy to add beautiful online courses with as many modules and lessons as you like. Each lesson can have multiple media types, like videos, text, images, audio files, spreadsheets, downloads, quizzes, and embedded course content from +1900 sources around the web.
You can also enable course comments, add coaching sessions within your courses, and bundle your courses with Discord for a community feature. Every product you make also comes with a customizable sales page and an easy checkout cart so making sales is a breeze.
Last, let’s talk numbers.
Simplero has a 14-day free trial and three plans. Below you’ll see the starting price for each plan and how many email subscribers are included. The prices go up for each plan as your list grows.
Starter plan: Starts at $70.80/month (or $59/month billed annually) for 500 email contacts. This plan includes 5 products, 5 courses, and 1 membership site.
Scale plan: Starts at $178.80/month (or $149/month billed annually) for 1,000 email contacts. This plan includes unlimited products, courses, and membership sites, and advanced automations, affiliates, and upsells.
Skyrocket plan: Starts at $298.80/month (or $249/month billed annually) for 5,000 email subscribers. This plan includes everything on Scale plus split testing, deals, and advanced payment features.
Podia has a 30-day free trial and two paid plans. Each plan comes with 100 email subscribers and unlimited automations, campaigns, newsletters, tags, and segments. You can add on more as your list grows, or you’re welcome to connect with another email service through our native integrations.
Mover: $39/month (or $33/month billed annually) with 5% transaction fee. This plan includes unlimited digital products, courses, downloads, webinars, and coaching sessions. It also includes your full website, blog, and customer live chat messaging functionality.
Shaker: $89/month (or $75/month billed annually) with no transaction fees. This plan includes everything on Mover plus your own affiliate program.
So let’s say you’re building an online business with six different online courses, and you have an email list of 2,500 contacts.
With Simplero, you’d pay $198.80 per month (or $166 per month paid annually) for a Scale plan with 2,500 subscribers.
With Podia, you’d pay $64 per month (or $53 per month paid annually) for a Mover plan and an email add-on of 2,500 subscribers.
Or if you wanted to remove the transaction fees and unlock your own affiliate program, you could pay $114/month (or $95/month paid annually) for a Shaker plan with added email.
Either way, you pay significantly less for the same features with Podia. What will you do with that extra cash in your pocket?
Start your free trial of Podia today. 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, 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 annual Mover and Shaker plans. We also offer free email migrations with any annual Podia Email plan. Learn more about Podia’s free migrations here.