Systeme
Systeme limits courses, campaigns, and funnels on almost all plans. Podia gives you more unlimited options so you can build exactly what you want.
Systeme gives you one course, one automation, and one campaign for free, but the price jumps fast as your business grows. With Podia, all email features are free for your first 100 subscribers, and you can sell unlimited digital products on the Mover plan and up.
Podia vs. Systeme.io
Both Podia and Systeme help you run your online business, but Systeme is primarily a funnel tool while Podia is an all-in-one home for your creative work.
Podia
✓ Free plan
✓ Full website
✓ Blogging
✓ Newsletters
✓ Build sales funnels
✓ Unlimited email sends
✓ Sell online courses
✓ Unlimited tags and automations
✓ Sell digital downloads and coaching
✓ Live webinars & replays
Systeme
✓ Free plan
✓ Website
✓ Blogging
✓ Newsletters
✓ Build sales funnels
✓ Unlimited email sends
✓ Sell online courses
x Most plans limit tags and automations
x No digital downloads and coaching
x No live webinars (only automated)
Comparing Podia vs. Systeme
Podia
Systeme
Free plan
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Price
Podia isFree, or $4/month - $89/month
Systeme isFree, or $27/month - $97/month
Website
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Blog
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Landing pages
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Connect custom domain
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Newsletters
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Free email subscribers
Podia is100
Systeme is2,000
Unlimited email sends
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Unlimited customers/students
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Courses
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Course completion certificates
Podia is yes
Systeme is no
Waitlists
Podia is yes
Systeme is no
Preselling
Podia is yes
Systeme is no
Upsells
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Coupons
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Drip courses
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Webinars
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Digital downloads
Podia is yes
Systeme is no
Product bundles
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Coaching
Podia is yes
Systeme is no
Physical products
Podia is no
Systeme is yes
Customer messaging
Podia is yes
Systeme is no
Affiliate marketing
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Free migrations
Podia is yes
Systeme is yes
Unlimited courses and webinars starting at $33/month
Systeme only gives you unlimited courses and webinars on the $97/month Unlimited plan. Podia has these same features plus digital downloads and coaching on the Mover plan ($33/month paid annually, $39/month paid monthly) so you can build as much as you need.
Unlimited automations, tags, and campaigns on all plans
With Podia, you can build as many automated campaigns as you like on all plans, including the free plan. You can also add unlimited audience segments and tags so you can always connect with the right people.
Sell courses, webinars, digital downloads, coaching, and anything else you like
Podia lets you sell all kinds of digital products, like printables, ebooks, coaching sessions, cohort programs, drip courses, live or automated webinars, subscriptions, and access-limit offers. No matter what kind of business you build, you’ll have everything you need in one place.
“My decision to use Podia has been one of the BEST decisions I could have ever made for my small business. Not only is it super easy and intuitive to navigate (for a non-techy person like me), but the customer support is literally out of this world. Not a day goes by that I don’t thank my lucky stars I went with Podia!”
– Em Connors, The Creative Bodega
Podia vs. Systeme.io: Which one is right for me?
Podia and Systeme both make it easy to set up courses and webinars, as well as your website, blog, affiliates, and email. Both tools let you make sales funnels to grow your audience and promote your products, and both help you keep track of your sales, students, and stats in one dashboard.
The difference is that Systeme focuses more on sales funnels. The platform guides you toward making a product with a funnel to promote it, and you’ll make your sales pages, checkout pages, and thank you pages within that funnel.
Even though it’s possible to build a traditional website for your business using Systeme, that’s not the main thing most people use it for.
With Podia, on the other hand, you’ll focus on your products and website. You can set up a beautiful website with unlimited pages and easily sell courses, digital downloads, coaching sessions, subscriptions, webinars, and anything else you like. Plus, Podia automatically generates a sales page for every product you make with a description and checkout link so you don’t have to build from scratch.
It’s also possible to build sales funnels with Podia Email, and you get unlimited free access to all email features (like tags, segments, automations, and campaigns) for your first 100 subscribers.
Let’s look at how Podia and Systeme compare on pricing, products, and email features so you can choose the right fit for you.
Podia vs. Systeme plans and pricing
Podia and Systeme both have free plans, so you can find out how each tool works before spending any cash. Paid plans unlock more features as your business grows, but you can stay on a free plan with either platform as long as you like.
- Free, $0/month and 10% transaction fee: The free plan includes a full website with hosting, blogging, landing pages, one digital download, one coaching session, and your community. You also get all Podia Email features for your first 100 subscribers.
- Starter, $9/month and 8% transaction fee ($4/month when paid annually): Starter includes all the Free features plus custom domains and chat support.
- Mover, $39/month and 5% transaction fee ($33/month when paid annually): Mover includes all the Starter features plus unlimited digital products, courses, webinars, product bundles, and third-party code.
- Shaker, $89/month and 0% transaction fee ($59/month when paid annually for the first year, then $75/month when paid annually after that): Shaker includes all the Mover features plus affiliates.
If you like, you can add Podia Email to any of the Podia base plans above, including the free plan. Podia Email is free for your first 100 subscribers, and after that, the price goes up as your list grows.
All Podia Email plans come with advanced email marketing features, so you can send beautiful newsletters, run automations, build campaigns, and segment/filter your audience no matter your list size. And if you already have an email tool you like, that’s fine too! You can integrate it with Podia in just a few clicks.
Systeme also has a free plan and three paid plans. The free plan works well for test-driving the platform, but there are some limits on what you can build.
- Free, $0/month: The free plan comes with 2,000 contacts, your blog, one course, one community, three sales funnels, one automation, one workflow, one tag, and one email campaign.
- Startup, $27/month billed monthly or $228/year paid annually: Startup includes 5,000 contacts, 10 sales funnels, five courses, 10 automation rules, 10 workflows, 10 tags, and 10 email campaigns.
- Webinar, $47/month billed monthly or $396/year paid annually: Webinar includes 10,000 contacts, 50 sales funnels, 20 courses, 100 automation rules, 20 workflows, 100 tags, 100 email campaigns, and 10 evergreen webinars.
- Unlimited, $97/month billed monthly or $828/year paid annually: The Unlimited plan comes with unlimited access to all Systeme features.
Create courses and webinars with Podia and Systeme
Both Podia and Systeme make it easy to sell courses and offer webinars to your audience.
With Podia, you can create and sell unlimited courses and webinars to unlimited students on the Mover plan ($39/month paid monthly, $33/month paid annually) and above.
With Systeme, you can sell one course on the Free plan, five courses on the Startup plan, 20 courses on the Webinar plan, and unlimited courses on the Unlimited plan ($97/month paid monthly, or $828/year paid annually). You can also run 10 evergreen webinars on the Webinar plan and unlimited webinars on the Unlimited plan.
First, let’s talk courses.
Both platforms have helpful course features, like:
- Unlimited lessons and modules
- Video or text lessons
- Upsells
- Access duration limits
- Drip courses
- Instant access courses
- Coupons
With Podia, you can also add coaching sessions within your course modules and issue course completion certificates. Podia has a waitlist feature so you can gather interest about your course before you launch and a presell feature that allows you to start earning money while you’re still under construction.
Next up, webinars.
Podia lets you sell live webinars or webinar replays. You can also offer webinars for free if you’d like to use them as lead magnets. Everything is already integrated with Zoom and YouTube Live to make running your webinars a breeze.
Systeme doesn’t have a live webinar feature. You can only make automated evergreen webinars, and you’re limited to one webinar page per funnel. Since you can’t run live webinars, there’s also no option to sell your webinar replays, which could mean lost revenue.
Podia is better for selling digital products, Systeme.io is better for selling physical products
You can create courses and webinars with Podia or Systeme, but if you want to offer other product types, the two platforms have different strengths.
Podia focuses on digital products, and you can sell downloads, videos, ebooks, printables, coaching, and any other type of file you like in just a few clicks.
Systeme is better for selling physical products, and you can add different variations, inventory counts, and SKUs. After you make a sale, you’ll be responsible for shipping the product to your customer. Systeme doesn’t include tools for shipping physical products, only selling them.
Podia and Systeme both have newsletters and unlimited email sends
Both Podia and Systeme make it easy to start building your email list for free.
Systeme includes up to 2,000 subscribers for free, but there are some limits on the features. Podia Email includes 100 subscribers on the free plan, but all features are included from day one. Let’s dive into the details.
With Podia, every user has access to every feature of Podia Email. This means you can send unlimited emails, build unlimited campaigns, set up automations, build funnels, and tag or segment your audience however you like. There are also dozens of professionally-designed email templates to choose from, and you can even use your previous emails as templates so you don’t have to start from scratch each time.
Your first 100 subscribers are free. As your list grows, you’ll pay more for more subscribers, but you’ll always have unlimited access to Podia’s email tools.
With Systeme, you get more subscribers on the free plan, but the features are limited. You can have up to 2000 subscribers, but you only get one automation, one workflow, one tag, and one email campaign. You can unlock more of each feature on higher-tiered plans, but the only way to get unlimited everything is on the $97/month unlimited plan.
If you’re looking for an all-in-one platform that makes building an online business fun and easy, we hope you’ll check out Podia. The best way to learn if a platform is right for your business is to try it out, so click the link below to start exploring! We can’t wait to see what you make.
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Absolutely! You can check out our Podia demo site, which we’ve built to show you what the Podia experience will look like for both you and your customers.
There are also dozens of creator example sites on our Examples page, so you can see what other creators just like you have built using Podia.
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Yes! We offer free product migrations on all annual Mover and Shaker plans. We also offer free email migrations with any annual Podia Email plan. Get started here.
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Yes! Podia has a free forever plan that includes your full website, blogging, one digital download, one coaching product, customer chat messaging, and your online community. Sign up for free today to see for yourself!
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Absolutely! You can see how Podia stacks up to many of our competitors right here.
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