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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FastSpring

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AFastSpring is an ecommerce solution with features such as subscription billing and customer relationship management.N/A

    Podia

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/APodia in New York offers their ecommerce platform for managing memberships and selling courses online.

    $39

    per month

    Pricing
    FastSpringPodia
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Mover
    $39.00
    per month
    Shaker
    $79.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FastSpringPodia
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    FastSpringPodia
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of FastSpring and Podia
    Feature
    FastSpring
    -
    Ratings
    Podia
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of FastSpring and Podia
    Feature
    FastSpring
    -
    Ratings
    Podia
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of FastSpring and Podia
    Feature
    FastSpring
    -
    Ratings
    Podia
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of FastSpring and Podia
    Feature
    FastSpring
    -
    Ratings
    Podia
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of FastSpring and Podia
    Feature
    FastSpring
    -
    Ratings
    Podia
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Order processing00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    FastSpringPodia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FastSpringPodia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    FastSpring
    FastSpring will be well suited for a company that needs simple checkout solution. As a bonus, you'll get a nice checkout flow. If you're a company that doesn't have the time to concentrate and becomes an expert in data security, currency conversion, global tax management, or fraud detection – this will be a great fit. It's appropriate for anyone who doesn't want to waste time on managing support for their e-commerce business.
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    Podia
    In my experience, Podia has been well suited in every way! I am a small company with a couple of independent contractors, and I don't know how to build my own website. I am not very techy. I get lots of compliments on how my website looks! I have had some people support me with setting up my group emails for my email list and setting up automations, and these techy people complained that they needed to do more customization in the email formatting and programming, so I switched to Mailchimp for those needs. Otherwise, I have been very happy with Podia and I am grateful to have a platform that offers so many services/features. It's affordable and user friendly. My clients and students are happy using it, too
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    Pros
    FastSpring
    • FastSpring makes the process of selling ebooks from my website quite painless and virtually invisible for me. I let FastSpring handle all details of the transactions, and I rarely have to get involved directly with the customers who purchase the books.
    • FastSpring is very responsive with respect to technical and customer support. I have had a few occasions when a customer was having difficulty completing a purchase transaction, and FastSpring has always been responsive and helpful in resolving such problems quickly and efficiently.
    • FastSpring offers a flexible set of options for customizing ordering pages that can be included in my website. There are many options, such as promotional coupons, discounts, multiple file downloads, and others.
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    Podia
    • Emails
    • Course hosting
    • Website creation
    • Website chat
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    Cons
    FastSpring
    • They should work on integrations, just like other providers offering a script needs to be installed on the site, then the payment forms can be integrated easily
    • Interface seems old, maybe they can work on it
    • Sometimes, we saw duplicate payments on recurring payments
    • WordPress Integration
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    Podia
    • I sometimes wish there was more that I could customize on my website and digital programs
    • I wish their email service (for broadcasts/group emails) had more features and customization
    • I would like to use my brand font
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    Usability
    FastSpring
    No answers on this topic
    Podia
    It has a great user interface, it's fast to edit and create courses, to edit and create emails, to find chats, to develop the website. Support has been friendly and I haven't found anything that hasn't worked. It also has basically all the tools you need outside if a complete blog platform
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    Alternatives Considered
    FastSpring
    FastSpring provides an easier solution, and definitely a much better fit for our configuration, which doesn't require a lot of power, just an easy workflow with a single product to purchase, to provide the most straightforward experience to the user. With FastSpring we have been able to accomplish this task in few weeks of integration, and a great help from FastSpring support, which has been the greatest benefit of choosing FastSpring as a partner.
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    Podia
    Kajabi had lots of features all in one place. I liked their digital course creator program. I liked the ease of their their membership site program/host, too. It had an app for my clients to use. There were some problems with not being able to customize the look of pages, but they allowed coding/programming if you had training, so I sometimes hired someone to do that for me. I couldn't figure out how to use their website builder, so I didn't do much there. When it came down to it, I could use Podia and it was cheaper and easier to use. GoDaddy was my website host for a few years. I did a lot on there. It was my website builder and host and I liked it. It was easy to use. My website looked great. It had more features than Podia with blogging and connecting to social media. I had a storefront but it wasn't great for selling digital products. Back then, it wanted to show my inventory and shipping options, which don't apply for services and digital products. I did a little with my digital courses on there, but in the end, I liked other sites better for this. It didn't work out. Weebly was just a starting point for me when I create my first digital course. I liked how it looked and it was easy to build, but there are better options for this sort of thing now.
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    Return on Investment
    FastSpring
    • FastSpring has been vital to my company's online ordering process. I have seen some other companies go out of business, leaving software developers scrambling to find new payment processors. I have no worries about the stability of FastSpring, they do a great job and deserve my business.
    • FastSpring makes it possible to me to have an online and professional looking web store - without writing all of the software myself.
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    Podia
    • It was the 1st system I used to launch my buisness and we did 100k within 2 yrs
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