SamCart
A SamCart alternative for selling digital products and building your online business.
Podia is an affordable alternative to SamCart that lets you create, host, and sell your online courses, digital downloads, webinars, coaching, and community.
Sell everything under one roof.
With Podia, you can run your entire business on a single platform and sell digital downloads, online courses, webinars, coaching, and communities. Podia also includes a complete site builder, email marketing, and more, helping many creators replace 3-6+ tools, including SamCart.
Get started for free.
Podia’s free plan includes a website, online community, one digital download, and one coaching product. Launch your online business and share your knowledge with no upfront costs. (Free plan users simply pay a 10% transaction fee on sales.)
A custom site you can be proud of.
Build an entire website for your business, complete with unlimited sales pages, with our easier-than-drag-and-drop page builder. From hosting to content delivery, we’ve got you covered. Best of all? It’s free.
Comparing Podia vs. SamCart
Podia
SamCart
Free plan
Podia is yes
SamCart is no
Price
Podia isFree, or $4/month to $89/month
SamCart is$59/month to $159/month
Remove transaction fees
Podia is yes
SamCart is yes
Free migrations
Podia is yes
SamCart is no
Online courses
Podia is yes
SamCart is yes
Memberships
Podia is yes
SamCart is yes
Downloads
Podia is yes
SamCart is yes
Coaching
Podia is yes
SamCart is yes
Community
Podia is yes
SamCart is no
Webinars
Podia is yes
SamCart is no
Email marketing
Podia is yes
SamCart isRequires third-party integration
Unlimited products
Podia is yes
SamCart is yes
Unlimited customers
Podia is yes
SamCart is yes
Your own website
Podia is yes
SamCart is yes
Blogging
Podia is yes
SamCart is no
Teammates
Podia is yes
SamCart is yes
Buy buttons
Podia is yes
SamCart is yes
Messaging
Podia is yes
SamCart is no
Built-in affiliate program
Podia is yes
SamCart is yes
Chat support
Podia is yes
SamCart is no
Creator friendliness score
Podia is87.1
SamCart is76.62
Video demo
Podia in action
Wondering if Podia is a better platform for you? Go behind the scenes in this video walkthrough, where Ben will show you the ins and outs of Podia’s software and how it can help your business.
Why creators are making the switch from SamCart to Podia.
Here are some more of the reasons creators have shared for why they’ve chosen Podia to power their business.
The happiest customers on the internet.
Podia’s customer satisfaction (NPS) scores are in the top 0.01% of all companies on the internet. Feel free to Google our reviews and see for yourself!
A support team that's here for you.
The number one reason people cite for loving Podia? Our customer service. We’re here to help with real people offering chat support 7 days a week.
Free migrations.
Sit back, relax, and let us do the heavy lifting. Our migration service makes switching to Podia easy, and is completely free on all annual Mover and Shaker plans.
Make more sales with friction-free checkout.
Forget complicated checkout experiences that cause frustration and drop off. Our checkout is one of the simplest on the market, and it’s optimized to make you sales.
I have tried many other platforms and decided to use Podia because of its simplicity. Not only is it user friendly, it provides a great experience for my students as well. Running your online coaching business is tough enough, you need a platform like Podia to help you easily create and sell your online classes. This is why I highly recommend Podia to all of my clients.
— Shalena D.I.V.A., CEO of Best Selling Year
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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 (and hassle-free) migrations on all annual Mover and Shaker plans. 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.
We also have some head-to-head comparisons of other leading platforms in case you’re choosing between those, including:
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We’d love to. Podia’s customer support is here for you, seven days a week. Just reach out to us on chat and a real, friendly person will be delighted to help you out.