Podia vs. utobo

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Podia
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Podia in New York offers their ecommerce platform for managing memberships and selling courses online.
$39
per month
utobo
Score 10.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
utobo, based in Silicon Valley, is a SaaS platform used to create online courses and digital products and sell them under a brand name through an auto-generated online store.
$69
1 educator access
Pricing
Podiautobo
Editions & Modules
Mover
$39.00
per month
Shaker
$79.00
per month
Basic plan
$69
1 educator access
Premium plan
$129
10 educators access
Ultimate plan
$199
25 educators access
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Podiautobo
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Features
Podiautobo
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Podia
8.1
Ratings
3% above category average
utobo
-
Ratings
Product catalog & listings8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Product management9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk product upload8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Branding8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile storefront8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Product variations8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Website integration8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual customization8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
CMS8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Podia
8.0
Ratings
4% above category average
utobo
-
Ratings
Abandoned cart recovery8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Checkout user experience8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Podia
8.0
Ratings
4% below category average
utobo
-
Ratings
eCommerce security8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Podia
7.0
Ratings
10% below category average
utobo
-
Ratings
Promotions & discounts9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Podia
8.0
Ratings
0% below category average
utobo
-
Ratings
Order processing8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom functionality8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
Podiautobo
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Podiautobo
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are not techy want to create a course creation type of business then I think its really great. I have used a lot of programs and only a few are complete and Podia is there except for a full fledge blogging platform (you can do a version but it's not quite the same). It's probably the most user friendly email system I have used and the website builder is very user friendly as well. I think if you are a serious blogger and wanting seo traffic to drive to your site, this one thing to watch and consider not as competitive then vs Kajabi.
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Pros
  • Emails
  • Course hosting
  • Website creation
  • Website chat
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Cons
  • 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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Usability
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
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Alternatives Considered
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
  • 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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ScreenShots

utobo Screenshots

Screenshot of utoboverseScreenshot of the course creation interfaceScreenshot of conducting a live classScreenshot of an auto-generated e-com website