Podia Pricing 2026: Mover, Shaker, Earthquaker Verified
Vorec Team · 2026-10-16 · About 7 min read
Podia's cheapest plan is $49 a month, but Mover also takes 5% of every sale. Shaker costs $50 a month more and takes no Podia fee. Once your sales pass a certain level, the "more expensive" plan is the cheaper one, and you can work out where that level is from Podia's published prices.
We read Podia's pricing page in a browser on 16 October 2026, in both billing states, twice each. Every Podia price, limit and fee below comes from that capture; Vorec's prices come from our live plan catalogue. Where we calculated something, we show the arithmetic and say it is ours.
Verified 16 October 2026 from the rendered Podia pricing page. Prices were displayed with a $ symbol. We did not reach checkout, so the billing currency, tax and invoiced totals are unverified.
Podia pricing at a glance
| Plan | Monthly billing | Annual billing | Per month on annual | Podia transaction fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mover | $49/month | $504/year | $42 | 5% |
| Shaker | $99/month | $1,008/year | $84 | None |
| Earthquaker | $179/month | $1,800/year | $150 | None |
The annual cards state each yearly total ("$504 billed annually" and so on) next to the monthly equivalent. The page shows these three plans; we didn't see a free plan or a separately priced enterprise tier on it.
What annual billing saves
Our arithmetic from the displayed prices:
| Plan | 12 × monthly price | Annual price | Saving | Saving as % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mover | $588 | $504 | $84 | 14.3% |
| Shaker | $1,188 | $1,008 | $180 | 15.2% |
| Earthquaker | $2,148 | $1,800 | $348 | 16.2% |
Podia's FAQ says refunds are available within 72 hours of your most recent payment and that it doesn't do partial refunds on annual plans. Annual billing is a bigger commitment than the saving alone suggests.
What each plan includes
| Limit | Mover | Shaker | Earthquaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customers | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Products | 50 | 150 | Unlimited |
| Videos | 500 | 1,000 | Unlimited |
| Community spaces | 25 | 100 | Unlimited |
| Email subscribers included | Up to 100 | Up to 500 | Up to 1,000 |
| Assistants | Not listed on the card | 1 | Unlimited |
| Podia Agent | Up to 3 messages a day | Up to 15 a day, shared with your assistant | Up to 30 a day, shared with your assistants |
| Affiliate marketing, upsells, PayPal, Zapier | Not listed on the card | Listed | Listed |
| Podia transaction fee | 5% | None | None |
Every plan also lists community, online courses, digital downloads, coaching and events (live and in-person). The list continues with a website and blog, custom domain, landing pages, "1,900+ embeds", Podia AI tools, sales tax handling for 230 countries, "20+ currencies", built-in checkout, migration help, and email and chat support.
A few details are easy to misread:
- Videos are a count, not storage. Mover lists 500 videos. The page doesn't give a per-file size, a total storage figure or a bandwidth limit.
- Customers are not email subscribers. Customers are unlimited on every plan. The email cap is separate, and Podia's FAQ says you can add more subscribers at any time. When you approach the limit, Podia emails you and "never auto-upgrade[s]" you.
- "Not listed on the card" isn't the same as "not available". Mover's card doesn't mention assistants or affiliates. We haven't confirmed whether Mover can use them.
- Migration has its own cap. Podia will migrate up to 50 products on Mover and up to 150 on Shaker and Earthquaker. Earthquaker's product catalogue is unlimited, but the migration help isn't.
Podia Agent and AI
Each plan card lists Podia Agent, which Podia's tooltip describes as its "built-in AI assistant". The daily message allowance is 3 on Mover, 15 on Shaker and 30 on Earthquaker. On Shaker and Earthquaker, the allowance is shared with your assistants. Each tooltip adds that you can "connect your own OpenAI or Anthropic API key to keep going". Usage past the included messages then runs on your own key, and any cost is billed by that provider, not Podia.
The "Everyone gets" list also names "Podia AI tools" without detail. We couldn't tell from the pricing page what those tools do, so we don't describe them here.
Transaction and processing fees
Podia's FAQ: "On the Mover plan, we charge a 5% transaction fee. There are no Podia fees on the Shaker or Earthquaker plans." Payment processing is separate: Stripe or PayPal charges what Podia's FAQ calls a standard 2.9% + 30¢, "which may vary based on your location". So "no fees" on Shaker and Earthquaker means no Podia fee, not free payments.
When Shaker becomes cheaper than Mover
Our arithmetic, counting only the subscription and Podia's 5% fee (processor fees apply on every plan either way):
| Billing | Shaker costs more per month by | Mover's 5% fee equals that at | Above this, Shaker is cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $99 − $49 = $50 | $50 ÷ 5% | $1,000 in sales a month |
| Annual | $84 − $42 = $42 | $42 ÷ 5% | $840 in sales a month |
So once you regularly sell more than $1,000 a month on monthly billing, or more than $840 on annual, Shaker costs less than Mover. At exactly those amounts the two cost the same. You also get the higher limits.
Free trial
Podia's pricing page headline offers a 14-day free trial and says there's "no need to enter a credit card or pick a plan until you're ready". The closing section says the trial gives "full access to all of our features". After the trial, the FAQ says you need a Mover, Shaker or Earthquaker plan to keep using Podia Email.
Which plan fits
| You are | Likely plan | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Selling your first course with low monthly sales | Mover | Lowest subscription; the 5% fee is small at low volume |
| Selling about $1,000+ a month, or needing affiliates or Zapier | Shaker | No Podia fee; 150 products, 1,000 videos, 1 assistant |
| Running a large catalogue or team | Earthquaker | Unlimited products, videos, spaces and assistants; 30 agent messages a day |
Comparing course platforms? See our verified pricing for Kajabi, Teachable, Thinkific and LearnWorlds. For the wider category, see our video and tutorial tool pricing study.
Where the lesson videos come from
Podia hosts and sells the course, with a video allowance on each plan. The videos still have to be made somewhere, and for software and tool courses that usually means screen recordings with a voiceover. Recording, then narrating, then re-recording when the voiceover goes wrong is usually where the production time goes. Our guide on turning recordings into eLearning video content covers the workflow.
Vorec records your screen. It has its own macOS recorder, and an AI agent can drive it for you through the Claude Code plugin, capturing locally for you to review before anything is uploaded. It then drafts narration matched to the workflow it captured and generates the voiceover, so nothing is spoken into a microphone. In the editor you can add smooth cursor motion, cursor-follow zoom and click-based auto-zoom, and freeze-sync can hold a frame to give an explanation time to finish. The same capture can also produce a written step-by-step guide, with annotatable screenshots, and narration regenerates in supported languages on eligible plans, without re-recording. You can upload an existing recording instead if you already have one. You then export the video and upload it as a lesson in your course.
Vorec's prices, read from our live plan catalogue on 16 October 2026, are $9, $24 and $59 a month, or $86, $230 and $566 a year. There is a 7-day trial with 100 credits and no credit card required. The trial includes up to 3 projects, and exports carry a watermark. Details are on Vorec pricing.
FAQ
How much does Podia cost?
As rendered on 16 October 2026: Mover $49, Shaker $99 and Earthquaker $179 a month on monthly billing. Billed annually, they cost $504, $1,008 and $1,800 a year.
Does Podia have a free plan?
The pricing page shows three paid plans and a 14-day free trial with no credit card required. We didn't see a free plan on it.
Does Podia take a cut of sales?
On Mover, Podia charges a 5% transaction fee. Shaker and Earthquaker have no Podia fee. Stripe or PayPal processing fees apply on every plan, which Podia's FAQ puts at a standard 2.9% + 30¢, varying by location.
How many videos can I host on Podia?
The plan cards list 500 videos on Mover, 1,000 on Shaker and unlimited on Earthquaker. The pricing page doesn't state a storage or file-size limit.
What is Podia Agent?
Podia's built-in AI assistant. It allows 3 messages a day on Mover, 15 on Shaker and 30 on Earthquaker, shared with assistants on the higher plans. You can connect your own OpenAI or Anthropic API key to keep going.
Can I get a refund from Podia?
Podia's FAQ says to message them within 72 hours of your most recent payment for a refund. It doesn't do partial refunds on annual plans.
Want the recording to narrate itself? Record with Vorec, or upload one you already have, and get a narrated tutorial plus a written guide. Start free. 7-day trial, 100 credits, no credit card required. Trial includes up to 3 projects; exports carry a watermark.