Teachable: An alternative to Podia that lets you build your business, your way
With a unique dedicated payment gateway, superior live support, and course compliance for deeper learning, Teachable is the best place to build an impactful business and get paid on your own terms.
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Teachable vs Podia
Features
Teachable
Podia
Flexible, no-code platform for optimal creative control.
Digital downloads (e.g. podcasts, ebooks, and templates) as a standalone product
Automated sales and VAT tax calculation, collection and remittance*
Payment processing
Course compliance and a highly rated mobile app for superior student engagement
Robust checkout features including order bumps, upsells, and student referrals
Fraud monitoring
Automated 1099 tax filing and commission payouts
Automated chargeback support and handling
Three core ways to sell and scale
Courses
Our flexible curriculum builder gives you more control with features like course compliance that Podia doesn't have. Plus, you can keep students engaged with essential learning tools like course compliance, graded quizzes, and completion certificates.
Digital downloads
Sell downloadable content or offer as lead magnets to attract new students. From how-to guides and templates to podcasts and more—you name it, we can help you sell it.
Coaching
Your time is valuable, so make the most of it by integrating communication, payment, and scheduling tools for one-on-one coaching—all on Teachable.
What you'll get at Teachable (that Podia doesn't have)
Experience unparalleled support, flexibility, and customization on our no-code platform.
Dedicated payment gateway
With our dedicated payment gateway, teachable:pay, you get automated tax filings, chargeback support, and flexible ecommerce optimization tools (like upsells and border bumps).
Meaningful support
Teachable offers live group coaching support on all of our paid plans—Podia only has “priority support” on its highest plan option. We also have teachable:u, our in-depth training program, specifically made for creators on our platform.
Automated protection
Stop bad actors in their tracks and protect your bottom line with automatic fraud monitoring and chargeback support, only on teachable:pay.
Deeper learning, better engagement
Optimize student engagement with essential learning tools: course compliance to ensure learning, graded quizzes to measure retention, and certificates of completion to drive learning outcomes and student satisfaction.
“I [chose] Teachable because it was the least complicated platform for me to upload my course and sell it...My clients rave about how courses on the platform are easy to navigate and easily accessible.”
–Shakeemah Smith, Travel Like a Bawse
“What I love about Teachable is the fact that it does for me what I want it to do. I want to focus on creating content and getting it to people, and someone else to worry about the logistics of delivering that content, collecting payment for that content…that it does marvelously.”
–Marc Sabatella, Mastering MuseScore
We know what you've been searching for...
Only Teachable gives you the whole package. Offer courses, coaching, digital downloads—all in one place, with automated tax handling and superior support.
Your questions, answered
At Teachable, we’re not just interested in providing you with an intuitive creator platform—though we certainly do that—we also want to help you grow and flourish in your business, every step of the way. As one Teachable creator told us: “It feels like there’s a support team behind my business.”
A free plan gives you the core features you need to begin selling on Teachable: course design templates, unlimited students, payment processing, and more. You’ll be able to sell one course, one digital download, one product bundle and one coaching product on a free plan.
New customers and creators who sign up for or upgrade their Teachable Plan through this offer are entitled to a full no-questions-asked refund of the plan or the plan upgrade (as applicable) within thirty (30) days of offer redemption.