New Podia Pricing (2026): Use Fee Calculator To Find Actual Costs (No Free Plan)

TL;DR: Podia’s New Pricing Plans 2026: How much does Podia cost?

Podia now offers three paid plans:
1. Mover $42/mo (annual) / $49/mo (monthly)
2. Shaker $84/mo (annual) / $99/mo (monthly)
3. Earthquaker $150/mo (annual) / $179/mo (monthly)

No free plan anymore but all three plans include a 30-day free trial with no credit card required.

Does Podia charge transaction fees?
Yes, on the Mover plan only: 5% of every paid sale. Shaker and Earthquaker charge 0%. Stripe or PayPal processing fees of 2.9% + $0.30 per US card transaction apply on all plans.

When Shaker becomes cheaper than Mover: The break-even between Mover and Shaker is $840/month in revenue on annual billing. Above that threshold, Shaker’s 0% transaction fee saves more than the $42/month price difference. Shaker becomes the cheaper plan.

Earthquaker is the new plan with everything unlimited. But at that price level, I’d recommend choosing Kajabi instead of staying on Podia.

Out of all Podia plans, Shaker is the best value for money for a beginner to mid-tier course seller.

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I’ve been saying for a couple of years now that for course creators real human connection carries more weight now as AI-generated content has flooded the internet. People want to talk to the person behind the expertise, not just consume another piece of content optimized to rank.

Podia clearly agrees.

Its June 2026 relaunch reimagined the platform, moving away from a conventional all-in-one course tool toward a community-focused business hub that still keeps the solid course delivery and email tools I’ve relied on since 2018.

Podia also revised its pricing structure this year and added a third plan, Earthquaker, on top of the existing Mover and Shaker tiers.

I’ve spent time with the new Podia pricing since it went live, and in this article I’ll breakdown exactly what changed, what each plan costs now, and which one fits your situation.

Use the calculator below to find your exact monthly cost including transaction fees.

Read my in-depth Podia Review for its detailed feature breakdown

Podia Pricing Plans 2026: How Much Does It Cost Per Month?

Podia now offers three paid plans, Mover, Shaker, and Earthquaker, the new plan. It has also increased the prices for Mover and Shaker plans and made changes to their features and limits. In addition, it has introduced hard caps on products, videos, subscribers, and community spaces.

On annual billing, Mover runs $42/month, Shaker runs $84/month, and Earthquaker runs $150/month.

Monthly billing puts those at $49, $99, and $179.

Go annual if you’ve already validated the platform and plan to stay. You’ll save $88/year on Mover, $188/year on Shaker, and $348/year on Earthquaker.

Overall, Podia has repositioned and reimagined its platform which has triggered all these changes. Whether they’re good or bad, is up for discussion.

But for years, I told people Podia’s biggest edge over Teachable and Thinkific was unlimited products and students on both Mover and Shaker.

But Mover now caps at 50 products and 500 videos ad Shaker caps at 150 products and 1,000 videos. True unlimited everything moved to Earthquaker, the new $150/month plan that most solo creators I’ve worked with never needed before.

I don’t think this change is bad, and I’ll explain why once you see the per-plan breakdowns further down.

Here’s the full comparison.

Podia Pricing Plans 2026: Full Comparison

	Mover	Shaker	Earthquaker
Annual billing	$42/mo	$84/mo	$150/mo
Monthly billing	$49/mo	$99/mo	$179/mo
Annual total	$500/yr	$1,000/yr	$1,800/yr
Annual savings vs monthly	$88/yr	$188/yr	$348/yr
Platform transaction fee	5%	0%	0%
Email subscribers included	100	500	1,000
Products	50	150	Unlimited
Videos	500	1,000	Unlimited
Community spaces	25	100	Unlimited
Assistants	0	1	Unlimited
Website builder	Yes	Yes	Yes
Blogging	Yes	Yes	Yes
Custom domain	Yes	Yes	Yes
Online courses	Yes	Yes	Yes
Digital downloads	Yes	Yes	Yes
Coaching products	Yes	Yes	Yes
Events (live and in-person)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Community	Yes	Yes	Yes
Product bundles	Yes	Yes	Yes
Upsells and coupons	Yes	Yes	Yes
Course certificates	Yes	Yes	Yes
Payment plans	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stripe payments	Yes	Yes	Yes
PayPal payments	No	Yes	Yes
Affiliate marketing	No	Yes	Yes
Zapier actions	No	Yes	Yes
Remove Podia branding	No	Yes	Yes
Free migration	Up to 50 products	Up to 150 products	Up to 150 products
Email and chat support	Yes	Yes	Yes

Read: The best online course platforms to monetize your expertise

Does Podia Have a Free Plan?

No. Podia discontinued its free plan in late 2024.

When I first started recommending Podia, the free plan was one of the reasons I sent beginners there. It’s no longer there

Now, if you don’t upgrade after the 30-day trial, your site goes offline and access to your dashboard stops. 

Podia keeps your account and content for 180 days before permanently deleting it, so there’s a window to export student emails and course content before it disappears.

And just in case you’re wondering if the free plan is ever coming back, I think it’s highly unlikely.

As Spencer himself said in an article on his site explaining the decision to discontinue the free plan  “We didn’t have it from the start. And we would have been much better served never having made that change (introducing a free plan)” 

Does Podia Charge Transaction Fees?

Yes, on the Mover plan, 5% of every paid sale. Shaker and Earthquaker charge 0%.

That 5% is Podia’s cut, separate from and on top of Stripe’s processing fee. The combined rate on Mover with a US card transaction comes out like this.

Fee	Amount	Paid To
Podia transaction fee	5%	Podia
Stripe processing	2.9% + $0.30	Stripe
Combined Mover rate (US card)	7.9% + $0.30	Both

On a $100 sale, that’s $7.90 in fees before you keep anything. On a $200 coaching session sold to 15 clients per month, that’s $237 in combined fees on $3,000 in revenue. On Shaker or Earthquaker, those same 15 sales cost you $87 in Stripe fees and nothing to Podia.

Mover targets early-stage validation, and at low volume the transaction fee is a reasonable trade-off for the lower monthly cost.

The problem is that course creators and consultants often stay on Mover longer than they should, because the monthly savings feel more visible than the percentage fee.

Don’t make that mistake.

Podia’s Mover Plan ($42/month): The Fee Adds Up Faster Than You Think

I see Mover as the right plan for someone who hasn’t proven their offer yet and doesn’t want to commit much money before they do.

What Mover Offers	What Mover Doesn’t Include
Build a website, blog, and custom domain	Accept PayPal
Sell courses, downloads, coaching, and events	Run an affiliate program
Open community spaces (up to 25)	Remove Podia branding
Run email marketing (up to 100 subscribers)	Use Zapier actions (triggers only)
Accept Stripe payments	Add assistants or team seats
Enroll unlimited students	Exceed 50 products or 500 videos

On Mover, you can build a full website, publish courses, sell downloads, run coaching, host events, and open a community space, all the same core features Shaker and Earthquaker get. You can take payments through Stripe and use Zapier triggers to connect Podia to other tools. Email marketing is included too, up to 100 subscribers, so you’re not paying for a separate email tool on top of your plan.

What you can’t do is scale much before the caps catch up with you. Mover caps you at 50 products, 500 videos, 25 community spaces, and zero extra assistants. You also can’t accept PayPal, run an affiliate program, or remove Podia’s branding from your site and emails.

For a creator launching their first course with a small list, none of this matters yet. Fifty products is plenty when you have one. Twenty-five spaces is plenty when your community barely exists. The 5% transaction fee on every sale is the real cost of Mover, and at low volume it’s a fair trade for the lower monthly price.

The trigger to leave Mover is whichever comes first, your revenue clears $840/month, your subscriber list passes 100, or you publish your 51st product.

The Shaker Plan: What $84/Month Actually Gets You

Shaker is the plan for creators who’ve moved past product validation and are generating consistent revenue. It has no transaction fees and it’s the plan I recommend to most established course creators.

On Shaker, you get everything Mover offers plus the features that actually drive growth like PayPal payments, an affiliate program, Zapier actions instead of just triggers, and the ability to remove Podia’s branding entirely from your site and emails. One assistant seat comes included, so you can bring on help without paying extra for it.

You can on Shaker	You can’t on Shaker
Keep 0% transaction fees on every sale	Exceed 500 email subscribers without an add-on
Accept PayPal payments	Exceed 150 products or 1,000 videos
Run an affiliate program	Open more than 100 community spaces
Use Zapier actions, not just triggers	Add a second assistant
Remove Podia branding from your site and emails

The table covers the day to day specifics. The short version, Shaker removes the monetization restrictions Mover has and raises every cap by three to four times, 500 subscribers, 150 products, 1,000 videos, 100 spaces.

The trigger to move beyond Shaker comes down to caps, not cost. Shaker and Earthquaker both charge 0% in transaction fees, so your bill stays flat as revenue grows. What changes the decision is whichever cap you hit first, your list passes 500 subscribers, your catalog passes 150 products, or you need a second assistant seat.

The Earthquaker Plan: What $150/Month Actually Gets You

Earthquaker is Podia’s new top tier plan designed for creators who’ve already outgrown Shaker’s caps while still getting full value from everything Shaker includes. In my opinion, most edupreneurs won’t need it.

On Earthquaker, every numeric cap from Shaker disappears. Unlimited products, unlimited videos, unlimited community spaces, and unlimited assistant seats. Your included subscriber count doubles to 1,000.

Everything else carries over from Shaker unchanged, PayPal, affiliate marketing, Zapier actions, and removing Podia’s branding.

You can on Earthquaker	You can’t on Earthquaker
Add unlimited products and videos	Migrate more than 150 products for free
Open unlimited community spaces	Exceed 1,000 subscribers without an add-on
Add unlimited assistant seats
Keep 0% transaction fees
Use PayPal, affiliates, Zapier actions, and remove branding

But o you even need Earthquaker. For most solo creators, Shaker’s caps, 150 products, 1,000 videos, 100 spaces, last for years. If you’re not bumping into one of those numbers right now, Shaker is the better value and Earthquaker is $66 a month you don’t need to spend yet.

Also, consider the fact that you’re paying Kajabi-level rates on Earthquaker.

Kajabi at a similar price brings a different toolset altogether, a full funnel builder, deeper marketing automation, and a wider reach on email. Earthquaker buys you more room inside Podia. Kajabi buys you a different set of tools for roughly the same money.

Podia Mover vs Shaker vs Earthquaker: The Real Costs As Revenue Scales

Here’s what each Podia pricing plan actually costs you once you add transaction fees and Stripe processing on top of the monthly price. This is the total money leaving your account every month for running your business on Podia.

Podia Mover, $42/mo (annual billing)

Assume a $100 course price. Stripe charges 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction.

Revenue	Sales/mo	Plan fee	Transaction fee (5%)	Stripe fees	Total out of pocket
$200	2	$42	$10	$6	$58
$500	5	$42	$25	$16	$83
$1,000	10	$42	$50	$32	$124
$2,000	20	$42	$100	$64	$206
$5,000	50	$42	$250	$160	$452
$10,000	100	$42	$500	$320	$862
$20,000	200	$42	$1,000	$640	$1,682
$30,000	300	$42	$1,500	$960	$2,502
$40,000	400	$42	$2,000	$1,280	$3,322
$50,000	500	$42	$2,500	$1,600	$4,142

Podia Shaker, $84/mo (annual billing)

Same assumptions, a $100 course price and Stripe at 2.9% plus $0.30. Shaker drops the Podia transaction fee to 0%.

Revenue	Sales/mo	Plan fee	Stripe fees	Total out of pocket
$200	2	$84	$6	$90
$500	5	$84	$16	$100
$1,000	10	$84	$32	$116
$2,000	20	$84	$64	$148
$5,000	50	$84	$160	$244
$10,000	100	$84	$320	$404
$20,000	200	$84	$640	$724
$30,000	300	$84	$960	$1,044
$40,000	400	$84	$1,280	$1,364
$50,000	500	$84	$1,600	$1,684

Podia Earthquaker, $150/mo (annual billing)

Same assumptions again. Earthquaker also charges 0% in transaction fees, so the only variable cost beyond the plan fee is Stripe.

Revenue	Sales/mo	Plan fee	Stripe fees	Total out of pocket
$200	2	$150	$6	$156
$500	5	$150	$16	$166
$1,000	10	$150	$32	$182
$2,000	20	$150	$64	$214
$5,000	50	$150	$160	$310
$10,000	100	$150	$320	$470
$20,000	200	$150	$640	$790
$30,000	300	$150	$960	$1,110
$40,000	400	$150	$1,280	$1,430
$50,000	500	$150	$1,600	$1,750

Look at $10,000 a month in revenue. Mover takes $862 out of your pocket. Shaker takes $404. Earthquaker takes $470.

That’s a $458 monthly gap between Mover and Shaker, $5,496 a year you’d hand to Podia in transaction fees and stop paying the moment you upgrade. Earthquaker sits $66 above Shaker at every revenue level on this list, the difference in their plan fees, since neither charges a transaction fee. That $66 gap doesn’t move with revenue, it stays the same whether you’re selling $200 a month or $50,000.

At $50,000 a month, the Mover-to-Shaker gap widens to $2,458. Nobody selling that much should still be paying Podia’s transaction fee. If you’re anywhere near $1,000 a month in consistent sales, Shaker is almost certainly the right plan, and Earthquaker only enters the picture once Shaker’s caps, not its costs, start getting in your way.

Podia Email Pricing: What Your List Actually Costs

Email marketing is included on all three Podia plans. However, beyond the included subscriber limits, you need to pay for the additional susbcribers.

Here’s the break up.

Plan	Monthly price (annual)	Included subscribers	Email features
Mover	$42/mo	Up to 100	Broadcasts, automations, segmentation, tagging
Shaker	$84/mo	Up to 500	Broadcasts, automations, segmentation, tagging
Earthquaker	$150/mo	Up to 1,000	Broadcasts, automations, segmentation, tagging

All three plans give you the same email feature set regardless of tier. What changes is how many subscribers you can hold before paying extra.

Once you go over your included count, Podia charges more on a sliding scale tied to your list size. The pricing below shows your total monthly cost including the base plan, on annual billing.

Mover (base $42/mo, annual billing)

Total subscribers	Total monthly cost	Email add-on cost
Up to 100	$42/mo	Free
Up to 500	$50/mo	+$8/mo
Up to 1,000	$56/mo	+$14/mo
Up to 2,500	$64/mo	+$22/mo
Up to 5,000	$78/mo	+$36/mo
Up to 10,000	$98/mo	+$56/mo
Up to 25,000	$150/mo	+$108/mo
Up to 50,000	$242/mo	+$200/mo
Up to 100,000	$362/mo	+$320/mo

Shaker (base $84/mo, annual billing)

Total subscribers	Total monthly cost	Email add-on cost
Up to 500	$84/mo	Free
Up to 1,000	$98/mo	+$14/mo
Up to 2,500	$106/mo	+$22/mo
Up to 5,000	$120/mo	+$36/mo
Up to 10,000	$140/mo	+$56/mo
Up to 25,000	$192/mo	+$108/mo
Up to 50,000	$284/mo	+$200/mo
Up to 100,000	$404/mo	+$320/mo

Earthquaker (base $150/mo, annual billing)

Total subscribers	Total monthly cost	Email add-on cost
Up to 1,000	$150/mo	Free
Up to 2,500	$172/mo	+$22/mo
Up to 5,000	$186/mo	+$36/mo
Up to 10,000	$206/mo	+$56/mo
Up to 25,000	$258/mo	+$108/mo
Up to 50,000	$350/mo	+$200/mo
Up to 100,000	$470/mo	+$320/mo

The email add-on cost is identical across all three plans at every tier above the included allowance.

A Mover account and a Shaker account both pay $56/mo extra for 10,000 subscribers.

An Earthquaker account pays the same $56/mo once it goes over 1,000.

The plan you’re on changes your included allowance, it doesn’t change what you pay for additional subscribers.

But in my experience, for most new course creators and consultants building their first audience, the included subscriber counts are enough to get going without paying anything extra.

A creator on Shaker with 400 subscribers pays $84 a month, full stop. That’s the plan’s appeal.

How Podia Handles Tax Calculations

Podia does not automatically remit taxes on your behalf. This distinction is almost never mentioned in Podia pricing articles, and it matters a lot for course creators and consultants who sell internationally.

With Teachable’s teachable:pay, tax handling is fully automatic. Teachable calculates, collects, and remits US sales tax, EU VAT, and GST directly to the relevant authorities. You don’t configure anything. With Kajabi Payments, same story.

With Podia, the process is more involved. Podia integrates with Quaderno for tax calculation and will collect taxes at checkout, but only in the jurisdictions you manually configure, with tax IDs you register yourself. After collection, you handle the remittance to tax authorities. Podia collects on your behalf; you are responsible for paying the taxes to the relevant governments.

For a US-based course creator selling primarily to a domestic audience, this may not create significant overhead. For an edupreneur selling to students in the EU, the UK, Australia, or across multiple US states with digital services tax requirements, this is a meaningful operational burden that Teachable and Kajabi handle for you automatically.

If global tax compliance is a real concern in your business, build this into your platform comparison before you commit. Teachable’s automatic remittance is a genuine differentiator, and the pricing difference between platforms starts to look different when you factor in what you’d pay for a third-party tax service to fill the gap.

What Works Well on Podia and What Doesn’t

I’ve recommended Podia to a lot of people over the years. Here’s what I consistently hear back, and what I’ve seen myself.

The simplicity holds up: Course creators who tried Teachable and found it fiddly, or looked at Kajabi and felt overwhelmed, tend to have a much easier time on Podia. Setup is fast, the interface is clean, and you spend more time building than configuring.

Support is genuinely good: My experience with their support team has been great. This makes a difference when you’re running a business solo and something breaks.

The all-in-one value is real for smaller lists: If your subscriber count sits inside your plan’s included allowance, you’re running a website, a course platform, and email marketing for one flat monthly fee. That consolidation saves real money compared to paying for separate tools.

Where Podia falls short is analytics

It tells you how many people enrolled and how much revenue you made. It won’t tell you where students drop off, which lessons have low completion, or how a funnel is converting at each step.

The website builder has a ceiling too. You get clean templates and basic customization. Once you want more control over layout or design, you hit a wall, on any plan.

Neither of these gaps changes with the 2026 update. Earthquaker doesn’t fix analytics. The website builder is the same across all three tiers.

For the full feature breakdown, read my Podia review.

Podia vs. Alternatives: Pricing Comparison

Let me give me you a quick pricing comparison of Podia with its main competitors.

Platform	Plan	Annual price	Transaction fee	Key limit	Free trial
Podia	Mover	$42/mo	5%	50 products, 100 subscribers	30 days, no CC
Podia	Shaker	$84/mo	0%	150 products, 500 subscribers	30 days, no CC
Podia	Earthquaker	$150/mo	0%	Unlimited products	30 days, no CC
Teachable	Builder	$69/mo	0%	10 products, 1,000 students	7 days, CC required
Thinkific	Start	$74/mo	0%	Unlimited courses	30 days, no CC
Kajabi	Basic	$143/mo	0% on Kajabi Payments (2% on third-party)	5 products, 2,500 contacts	30 days, CC required
Skool	Pro	$99/mo	2.9%	Unlimited members and courses	14 days, no CC
LearnWorlds	Pro Trainer	$79/mo	0%	Unlimited courses	30 days, no CC

Podia Shaker vs Thinkific Start ($84 vs $74)

These two are the closest in price and the comparison I get asked about most.

Thinkific Start at $74/month costs $10 less than Podia Shaker, but the tradeoff is straightforward. Thinkific gives you a more structured learning environment, unlimited courses, compliance tools, and a more capable course builder.

Podia Shaker gives you built-in email marketing up to 500 subscribers, affiliate marketing, and PayPal, none of which come with Thinkific Start. If email and affiliates are central to how you sell, Podia’s extra $10/month pays for itself immediately.

If you’re building a more education-first business and plan to use a separate email tool anyway, Thinkific Start is the stronger platform for the money.

Read my Thinkific vs Podia comparison for more details

Podia Shaker vs Teachable Builder ($84 vs $69)

Teachable Builder caps you at 10 products and 1,000 students. Podia Shaker caps you at 150 products and unlimited students.

The practical edge Teachable holds is automatic international tax remittance through teachable:pay. Podia collects taxes but leaves the filing to you. If you sell internationally at any serious volume, that operational gap is worth pricing into the comparison.

For a creator staying mostly domestic with plans to grow their catalog, Podia Shaker at $84/month covers more ground.

Overall, I think Podia is the better choice here.

Read my Podia vs Teachable comparison.

Podia Earthquaker vs Kajabi Basic ($150 vs $143)

These two are separated by $7/month, but they’re buying fundamentally different things.

Kajabi Basic gives you a full marketing stack, funnel builder, pipelines, and email to any contact list size, but caps you at 5 products and 2,500 contacts. Podia Earthquaker removes every cap Podia has, but keeps Podia’s toolset as-is, no funnels, no advanced automation.

Kajabi also charges a 2% fee if you use a third-party payment processor instead of Kajabi Payments, which can add up quickly.

At that pricing, I’d recommend you go for Kajabi because it’s a much more powerful platform. For beginners, Podia is the better choice.

Read my Podia vs Kajabi comparison for details.

Which Podia Pricing Plan Do I Recommend?

Shaker at $84/month is the plan I recommend. The 0% transaction fee, built-in email up to 500 subscribers, affiliate tools, and PayPal make it the only tier where Podia’s all-in-one pitch actually holds up financially.

Mover is a validation tool, nothing more. Plus, its 5% fee and tight caps make it expensive to stay on once sales pick up.

Earthquaker puts you in Kajabi’s price range without Kajabi’s marketing power. If your business needs what Earthquaker offers, it probably needs Kajabi instead.

For the full feature breakdown, read my Podia review before you decide.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Podia offer refunds?

Podia will refund your most recent payment if you request it within 72 hours of renewal or upgrade. Annual plans have no pro-rated refunds outside that window, which makes using the 30-day free trial thoroughly before committing especially important.

What happens to my content if I cancel Podia?

Your site goes offline immediately on cancellation. Podia keeps your account and content for 180 days before permanently deleting it, which gives you a window to export student emails and course content. After 180 days, everything is gone.

Can I add team members to my Podia account?

Yes, but the number included depends on your plan. Mover includes zero assistants. Shaker includes one. Earthquaker includes unlimited. If you need more than your plan includes, Podia offers additional assistant seats as a paid add-on, though the per-seat price isn’t published on the pricing page and requires contacting Podia directly.

Does Podia charge transaction fees on free products?

No. The 5% Mover transaction fee applies only to paid sales. Free products, free community access, and free lead magnets don’t trigger any Podia fee regardless of which plan you’re on.

Can I switch between monthly and annual billing mid-cycle?

Yes. Switching from monthly to annual takes effect immediately and Stripe prorates the charge. Switching from annual back to monthly takes effect at the end of your current annual cycle, so you won’t lose the time you’ve already paid for.