LearnDash vs. Podia

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LearnDash
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
LearnDash 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
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Podia 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.
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Features
LearnDashPodia
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
LearnDash
-
Ratings
Podia
7.9
1 Ratings
3% above category average
Product catalog & listings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Product management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Branding00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Mobile storefront00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Product variations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Website integration00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Visual customization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
CMS00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
LearnDash
-
Ratings
Podia
10.0
1 Ratings
28% above category average
Checkout user experience00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
LearnDash
-
Ratings
Podia
10.0
1 Ratings
18% above category average
eCommerce security00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
LearnDash
-
Ratings
Podia
8.5
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Promotions & discounts00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
SEO00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
LearnDashPodia
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
LearnDashPodia
Likelihood to Recommend
LearnDash
No answers on this topic
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
LearnDash
No answers on this topic
Podia
  • Web Builder
  • Storefront
  • Digital course creator
  • Bundling workshops/programs
  • easy to update and add to my website
  • customer service is awesome
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Cons
LearnDash
No answers on this topic
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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Alternatives Considered
LearnDash
No answers on this topic
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
No answers on this topic
Podia
  • Increased sales by $8000 from January to June (Added 2 more programs quickly and easily)
  • Saved almost a thousand dollars in the first year in costs by switching to Podia
  • Improved customer satisfaction by using 1 site instead of 4
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