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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Podia

    Score7 out of 10
    N/APodia in New York offers their ecommerce platform for managing memberships and selling courses online.

    $39

    per month

    SamCart

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ASamCart is an eCommerce platform built for direct-to-consumer brands. By focusing on the product level and not the store level, SamCart enables customers to create sites that showcase their products and are designed to convert more visitors and increase order value.

    $79

    per month

    Pricing
    PodiaSamCart
    Editions & Modules
    Mover
    $39.00
    per month
    Shaker
    $79.00
    per month
    Launch
    $79
    per month
    Grow
    $159
    per month
    Scale
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PodiaSamCart
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    PodiaSamCart
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Podia and SamCart
    Feature
    Podia
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SamCart
    -
    Ratings
    Product catalog & listings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Branding8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product variations8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual customization8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    CMS8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Podia and SamCart
    Feature
    Podia
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SamCart
    -
    Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Podia and SamCart
    Feature
    Podia
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SamCart
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Podia and SamCart
    Feature
    Podia
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    10% below category average
    SamCart
    -
    Ratings
    Promotions & discounts9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Podia and SamCart
    Feature
    Podia
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    SamCart
    -
    Ratings
    Order processing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify Plus
    Score9 out of 10
    Shopify Plus
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PodiaSamCart
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PodiaSamCart
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    SamCart
    No answers on this topic
    Pros
    Podia
    • Emails
    • Course hosting
    • Website creation
    • Website chat
    Incentivized
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    SamCart
    No answers on this topic
    Cons
    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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    SamCart
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    SamCart
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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.
    Incentivized
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    SamCart
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Podia
    • It was the 1st system I used to launch my buisness and we did 100k within 2 yrs
    Incentivized
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    SamCart
    No answers on this topic
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