Podia vs Skool
Podia and Skool side by side on price, free plans and 9 features, from each vendor's own pages.
Last verified October 21, 2026 against each vendor's own pages
Lowest paid plan, billed monthly
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| Feature | Podia | Skool |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Lowest paid plan, monthly billing | $49 | Ahead in this row: $9 |
| Lowest paid plan, billed yearly | $42 | Ahead in this row: $7.50 |
| Free trial | 14 days | Yes, length not stated |
| Platform fee on your saleson the lowest paid plan | 5% | 10% |
| Courses or productson the lowest paid plan | 50 | Ahead in this row: Unlimited |
| Students or memberson the lowest paid plan | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Community spaceon the lowest paid plan | Yes | Yes |
| Your own domainon the lowest paid plan | Yes | No |
| Email contacts includedon the lowest paid plan | 100 | Not stated |
| Admin seatson the lowest paid plan | Not stated | Not stated |
| Run your own affiliate programwhich plans include it | Shaker plan and up | All plans |
Each value links to the vendor page it was copied from. The raised-bar mark shows the column ahead on rows where more or less is plainly better. "Not stated" means the vendor's public pages do not say.
What the table shows
Neither vendor offers a free plan. Skool has the lower entry price at $9 a month on monthly billing and $7.50 a month billed yearly, against $49 and $42 for Podia. Podia charges a 5% platform fee on the lowest paid plan versus 10% for Skool, and it includes your own domain and 100 email contacts. Skool allows unlimited courses or products where Podia allows 50, and it includes an affiliate program on all plans, while Podia includes it on the Shaker plan and up.
- Pick Podia ifyou want your own domain, 100 included email contacts and a 5% platform fee on sales instead of 10%, and you can work within 50 courses or products.Visit Podia
- Pick Skool ifyou want the lowest monthly price at $9 (or $7.50 a month billed yearly), unlimited courses or products, and an affiliate program on all plans.Visit Skool
Written from the table above and checked against it before publishing. It does not judge output quality, support or ease of use, which the table does not measure.
How this page was put together
No single winner: the table shows where each one is ahead, and the summary says which buyer each suits, using only the rows above.
Prices are each vendor's own list prices in US dollars before tax, for the lowest paid plan. Features come from the vendors' public pricing and help pages, linked in every cell. The monthly check re-reads those pages; a page whose data is older than 45 days is taken down until it is checked again. Spot something wrong? Send a correction.
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