Podia vs Teachery Comparison 2026
Podia sells courses, downloads, coaching and memberships from one storefront with email and communities built in, no free plan, from $42 a month billed yearly plus a 5 percent fee that disappears at $84. Teachery does one thing and charges a flat rate for it: unlimited courses, no fee on any sale, ever, at $49 a month or $470 a year, with nothing else, no community, no funnel builder, no app. Teachery's own listing points people wanting those extras straight to Podia or Kajabi. The two are not really competing: Teachery is course sales stripped to the minimum, Podia is the fuller storefront around them.
At a glance
- Podia starts cheaper, at $42.
- Neither has a free tier.
Side by side
Podia | Teachery | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $42 | From $49 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free trial, then paid | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial (they differ) | 30 days | 14 days |
| API |
Podia
Courses, downloads and email in one place
Podia sells courses, digital downloads, coaching and memberships from one storefront, with an email tool attached so the list and the products live together. Nothing in it is the best version of itself, and that is the trade being offered: one subscription instead of four. The entry plan charges 5 percent of sales, which the two plans above it drop.
Our note
The 5 percent on the entry plan is the number to run first. Past about $850 of monthly sales the fee costs more than the $42 jump to Shaker, and that jump also removes the email subscriber cap.
Teachery
Unlimited courses on one flat price
Teachery charges the same whether you sell one course or forty, and takes nothing per sale, which is the opposite arrangement to most of this category. It is deliberately small: course pages, a checkout and email hooks, without a community, a funnel builder or an app. Two people have run it for over a decade. That is either the reassurance or the warning, depending on what you need from a vendor.
Our note
Why people weigh these two
- Teachery instead of Podia
- Teachery charges one flat monthly price no matter how many courses go up, a simpler bet for a creator who only sells courses and does not need downloads or coaching in the same place.
- Podia instead of Teachery
- Podia keeps courses, downloads and email together for $42, the other one to check once a course needs more built around it than Teachery includes on purpose.
Which one should you pick
Pick Podia if the course needs a community, memberships or a broader storefront around it, since Teachery has deliberately built none of that. Mover is $42 a month billed yearly plus a 5 percent fee that disappears at $84 on Shaker.
Pick Teachery if you have several courses and are tired of a platform charging per course or taking a cut of each sale: the flat $49-a-month price covers unlimited courses with nothing taken from a sale, ever. By its own math, one course selling $10,000 already makes the flat fee cheaper than any five percent arrangement, but bring your own email platform and community, since Teachery does not build either.
Common questions
- Does Teachery recommend Podia for some creators?
- Yes, directly: its own listing says anybody who wants a community, an app or a funnel builder alongside the course should look at Kajabi or Podia instead, since Teachery has deliberately built none of those.
- Which is cheaper for someone with several courses?
- Teachery, likely: it charges the same $49 a month whether you sell one course or forty, with no per-sale fee. Podia's fee-free tier is $84 a month, and its lower Mover tier still takes 5 percent of every sale.
- Does Teachery include email and community tools like Podia?
- No, Teachery is deliberately narrow: course pages, a checkout and hooks into an email platform you already use, nothing more. Podia bundles email, communities and memberships directly into its storefront.
- How long has Teachery been run, and does that matter?
- Two people have run it for over a decade, by its own account, which is either reassurance or a warning depending on what you need from a vendor. Podia's listing does not make a comparable claim about company size or longevity.
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