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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LearnDash

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ALearnDash is a WordPress LMS designed to bring learning management and elearning delivery to the WordPress open-source platform.

    $159

    per year 1 site license

    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
    LearnDashPodia
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $159
    per year 1 site license
    Plus Package
    $189
    per year up to 10 site licenses
    Pro Package
    $329
    per year up to 25 site licenses
    Mover
    $39.00
    per month
    Shaker
    $79.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LearnDashPodia
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll plans come with a 30-day money back guarantee.—
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    LearnDashPodia
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of LearnDash and Podia
    Feature
    LearnDash
    6.7
    3 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Podia
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library6.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal6.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications6.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assignments7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance management6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration6.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics4.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gamification5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of LearnDash and Podia
    Feature
    LearnDash
    -
    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 LearnDash and Podia
    Feature
    LearnDash
    -
    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 LearnDash and Podia
    Feature
    LearnDash
    -
    Ratings
    Podia
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of LearnDash and Podia
    Feature
    LearnDash
    -
    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 LearnDash and Podia
    Feature
    LearnDash
    -
    Ratings
    Podia
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Order processing00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    LearnDashPodia
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    Google Classroom
    Score8 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Schoology Learning
    Score8 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    D2L Brightspace
    Score7.8 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LearnDashPodia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    6.6
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LearnDashPodia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    LearnDash
    Its a very flexible system so can be used in pretty much any scenario. The only time someone would perhaps not want to use it, is if they don't want to be responsible for maintaining the site (in terms of Wordpress backups, updates and security)
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    LearnDash
    • Integrate with the website and other plugins (woocommerce, etc.)
    • Simple lesson design
    • Offers different formats in which to offer your courses (free, paid, restricted access, with groups, etc.)
    • Integrarse con la web y con otros plugins (woocommerce, etc)
    • Diseño sencillo de las lecciones
    • Ofrece diferentes formatos en los que ofrecer tus cursos (gratuito, pago, acceso restringido, con grupos, etc)
    Incentivized
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    Podia
    • Emails
    • Course hosting
    • Website creation
    • Website chat
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    LearnDash
    • customer service is rough
    • out of the box, the platform looks absolutely awful and very hard to use
    • you have to invest in many plugins for common sense functions (increasing customer support issues)
    • I have worked with a developer for the ten years I have used LearnDash which gets expensive
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    LearnDash
    It does require some knowledge of Wordpdress (which isn't difficult) but everything is well laid out Documentation is also comprehensive.
    Incentivized
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    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
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    LearnDash
    It's the only LMS that I have used.
    Incentivized
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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
    LearnDash
    • It has allowed me to transform materials that were previously only for my students into scalable digital products, multiplying the income generated with certain resources by up to 50x.
    • I have been able to amortize the cost of the plugin with just a few sales.
    • It's allowed me to present my courses in a professional manner and on my own website. Although the impact is difficult to measure, this has also contributed to increasing my sales.
    • Me ha permitido transformar materiales que antes eran solo para mis estudiantes en productos digitales escalables, multiplicando hata x50 los ingresos generados con ciertos recursos.
    • He podido amortizar el coste del plugin con unas pocas ventas
    • Me ha permitido presentar mis cursos de una forma profesional y dentro de mi propia web. Aunque el impacto es difícil de medir, esto también ha contribuido a aumentar mis ventas.
    Incentivized
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    Podia
    • It was the 1st system I used to launch my buisness and we did 100k within 2 yrs
    Incentivized
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