Klasira vs Podia: Fees, Features and Fit (2026)
Podia and Klasira both sell through your own Stripe account. Podia is established, with events, coaching, a website and free migration help; Klasira is new, with 0% fees and designed school themes.
Podia is a well-liked all-in-one for creators: courses, digital downloads, coaching, webinars and events, a community, email marketing and a website with a blog. Its pricing page says more than 15,000 creators use it, and it offers free help moving your products over.
Klasira is a new course platform. Like Podia, it sells through the creator's own Stripe account (and PayPal), so the money goes straight to you. The differences are in fees on the entry plan, which features each plan includes, and what each does beyond courses.
The short answer
Choose Podia if you want an established all-in-one with webinars and events, coaching, a website and blog, and free migration help, and you'll be on Shaker or above, where Podia charges no fees. Choose Klasira if you want 0% fees without moving up a plan, affiliates and upsells included, and teaching tools like assignments, drip schedules and certificates in a designed school site.
Key takeaways
- Podia costs $49, $99 or $179 a month ($42, $84 or $150 billed yearly), with a 14-day free trial and no free plan.
- Podia's Mover plan charges a 5% transaction fee; Shaker and Earthquaker charge none.
- Both platforms pay you through your own Stripe; Podia supports PayPal only on Shaker and Earthquaker.
- On Podia, affiliates, upsells and Zapier need Shaker, and email marketing includes 100, 500 or 1,000 subscribers by plan.
- Klasira charges 0% transaction fees and pays every sale straight into your own Stripe account, so the only cut of a sale is Stripe's (or PayPal's) processing fee.
Disclosure: we make Klasira, so weigh our view accordingly. Everything we say about Podia comes from its own public pages, checked in October 2026 and linked at the end. Klasira is new and does less than Podia in several areas; we list them.
Klasira vs Podia at a glance
| Klasira | Podia | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | New course platform with designed school themes and payouts to your own Stripe | Established all-in-one for courses, downloads, coaching, events and email |
| Transaction fee | 0% | 5% on Mover; 0% on Shaker and Earthquaker |
| How you're paid | Your own Stripe account (PayPal on one-time offers) | Your own Stripe, or PayPal on Shaker and up |
| Live events | No; booking page for one-to-one calls | Live and in-person events, with Zoom or YouTube Live links |
| Student app | No; browser on any phone | No; browser on any phone |
| Starting price | See Klasira pricing | $49/month, or $42/month billed yearly |
Podia pricing and fees
Podia publishes three plans, with a 14-day free trial and no card needed to start. Stripe or PayPal charge their own processing fees, typically 2.9% + 30¢.
| Podia plan | Price | Transaction fee |
|---|---|---|
| Mover | $49/month, or $42/month billed yearly: 50 products, 100 email subscribers | 5% |
| Shaker | $99/month, or $84/month billed yearly: 150 products, 500 email subscribers, affiliates, upsells, PayPal, Zapier | 0% |
| Earthquaker | $179/month, or $150/month billed yearly: unlimited products, 1,000 email subscribers, unlimited assistants | 0% |
Klasira: 0% transaction fees on every plan, with each sale paid into your own Stripe account. Plan prices are on Klasira's pricing page; we leave them out here so this post doesn't go stale when they change.
What the fees cost on real sales
Example (illustration, not data): $60,000 of course sales in a year, as 300 sales of $200 to US cardholders, on yearly billing where offered. Card processing of about 2.9% + 30¢ a sale (about $1,830 here) comes on top on every platform unless a row says it's included, so it's left out of the totals.
| Plan | Plan cost for the year | Platform fee on $60,000 | Plan plus platform fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podia Mover | $504 | $3,000 (5%) | $3,504 |
| Podia Shaker | $1,008 | $0 | $1,008 |
| Klasira | See pricing | $0 (0%) | The plan price only |
At low volume, Mover's 5% is cheap; at $60,000 a year it's $3,000, so growing Podia sellers move to Shaker. On fees alone, Podia Shaker and Klasira are similar: neither takes a cut, and both pass card processing straight to Stripe or PayPal.
Feature by feature: Klasira vs Podia
| Klasira | Podia | |
|---|---|---|
| Courses and downloads | Courses built from sections and lessons: video, text and downloadable files, with free-preview lessons. Digital downloads (PDFs, templates, audio) sold on their own or in bundles | Courses and downloads; 50, 150 or unlimited products by plan |
| Quizzes | Quizzes: single answer, multiple answers, true/false and short answer, graded automatically, with a pass mark, attempt limits and explanations | Built-in quiz lessons, or embedded external quizzes |
| Assignments | Assignments: students hand in text and a file, you approve or send it back with feedback | Not described on Podia's pages we checked |
| Certificates | Certificates issued automatically on completion, printable as a PDF, with a public verification link and an Add to LinkedIn button | Downloadable PDF certificates, turned on per course |
| Drip content | Drip schedules: open a lesson a number of days after enrollment or on a date, or unlock lessons in order | By delay, date or course progress |
| Community | Community spaces for the whole school or one course, with posts, comments and likes, and announcement spaces emailed to members | Community on every plan, with space limits per plan |
| Affiliates | Affiliate program: commission per offer, cookie window, refund hold and an affiliate dashboard; you pay affiliates yourself and export to CSV | Shaker and Earthquaker |
| Upsells and bumps | A tick-box order bump at checkout and one-click upsells after a card payment | Post-checkout upsells on Shaker and Earthquaker; order bumps not listed |
| Payment plans | Payment plans, such as 3 monthly payments, with access kept once every installment is paid | Installments on products; subscriptions for memberships |
| Email marketing | Every student is also a CRM contact, with email automations, funnels, forms and a booking page for coaching calls | Broadcasts and automations, with 100, 500 or 1,000 subscribers included by plan |
| Events and coaching | No live classes or webinars built in; a booking page handles one-to-one calls | Live and in-person events, webinars and coaching on every plan |
| Website | 15 designed school themes, edited as real pages in a drag-and-drop page editor | Website, blog and landing pages on every plan |
| AI | AI course builder: drafts a course outline from a topic, plus lesson text, video scripts and quiz questions, for you to edit; it uses AI credits | Podia AI tools and Podia Agent on every plan |
| Tax | Sales tax, VAT or GST on card payments through Stripe Tax, if you switch it on in your own Stripe account | Calculates tax at checkout where you register; you file |
What comes with Klasira
Many creators pay for a course platform, then add a payments tool, an email tool, a community app and an affiliate tool. Klasira puts the school, checkout, teaching tools, community, affiliates and email in one place, and keeps none of your revenue. If you're weighing Podia, check which of these you'd pay extra for there, or which plan unlocks them.
| Included | What it does |
|---|---|
| Fees and payouts | 0% transaction fee: Klasira takes nothing from your sales; Stripe or PayPal charge their usual processing fees. Payments go straight into your own Stripe account (connected through Stripe Connect, with the full Stripe dashboard), paid out on Stripe's schedule; Klasira never holds your money |
| Currencies | Each school sells in its own currency, one of 19 (including USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, INR, JPY and BRL) |
| Your school's site | 15 designed school themes, edited as real pages in a drag-and-drop page editor. Every school gets its own address at yourname.klasira.com |
| What you sell | Courses built from sections and lessons: video, text and downloadable files, with free-preview lessons. Digital downloads (PDFs, templates, audio) sold on their own or in bundles. Offers: a one-time price, a monthly or yearly subscription, or a bundle of courses and downloads |
| Checkout | Payment plans, such as 3 monthly payments, with access kept once every installment is paid. Coupons at checkout. A tick-box order bump at checkout and one-click upsells after a card payment. PayPal checkout on one-time offers, through your own PayPal business account |
| Teaching | Quizzes: single answer, multiple answers, true/false and short answer, graded automatically, with a pass mark, attempt limits and explanations. Assignments: students hand in text and a file, you approve or send it back with feedback. Drip schedules: open a lesson a number of days after enrollment or on a date, or unlock lessons in order |
| Finishing | Certificates issued automatically on completion, printable as a PDF, with a public verification link and an Add to LinkedIn button. Course insights: enrollments, completion rate, how many students finish each lesson, and quiz averages |
| Community | Community spaces for the whole school or one course, with posts, comments and likes, and announcement spaces emailed to members. A discussion under every lesson |
| Growing | Affiliate program: commission per offer, cookie window, refund hold and an affiliate dashboard; you pay affiliates yourself and export to CSV. Every student is also a CRM contact, with email automations, funnels, forms and a booking page for coaching calls |
| AI | AI course builder: drafts a course outline from a topic, plus lesson text, video scripts and quiz questions, for you to edit; it uses AI credits |
What Klasira doesn't do yet
| Mobile app | No native mobile app: students learn in the browser, on any phone |
| Live classes | No live classes or webinars built in; a booking page handles one-to-one calls |
| Moving from another platform | No importer for courses from another platform: students come over by CSV, courses are rebuilt |
| Finding students | No marketplace that sends you students: you bring your own audience |
| Integrations | Few integrations so far: no Zapier app or webhooks for student events yet |
| Languages | Student pages are in English only |
| Track record | New: no long track record, case studies or large community of other creators yet |
Where Podia is the better choice
Events, webinars and coaching
Podia sells live and in-person events, webinars with Zoom or YouTube Live, and coaching on every plan, and you can sell replays. Klasira has no live classes or webinars built in.
A website and blog
Podia includes a website, blog and landing pages, so a creator can run their whole site on it. Klasira gives you a designed school site, but its page builder is focused on the school.
Free migration help
Podia will move up to 50 products for you on Mover, and up to 150 on higher plans. Klasira has no importer for courses yet.
Track record
Podia has thousands of creators and years of support behind it, with email and chat support on every plan.
Where Klasira is the better choice
No fee on any plan
Podia's Mover plan takes 5% of each sale. Klasira takes 0%, so you don't need a higher plan to stop paying a cut.
Affiliates and upsells included
On Podia, affiliates and upsells start on Shaker. Klasira includes an affiliate program, order bumps and one-click upsells.
Deeper teaching tools
Assignments: students hand in text and a file, you approve or send it back with feedback. Drip schedules: open a lesson a number of days after enrollment or on a date, or unlock lessons in order. Course insights: enrollments, completion rate, how many students finish each lesson, and quiz averages.
Designed school themes
Klasira gives you 15 designed school themes, edited in a drag-and-drop page editor, and a CRM where every student is also a contact for email automations.
Who should choose which
Choose Podia if
- You sell webinars, live events or coaching alongside courses.
- You want your whole website and blog on one platform.
- You'd like someone to migrate your products for you.
- You'll be on Shaker or Earthquaker anyway.
Choose Klasira if
- You want 0% fees without upgrading.
- You want affiliates, order bumps and upsells included.
- You teach courses with assignments, drip schedules and certificates.
- You want a designed school site and a CRM with email automations.
Moving from Podia to Klasira
Export your customers from Podia as a CSV and import them into Klasira as students, then rebuild your courses and downloads in Klasira. Because both platforms use your own Stripe account, your Stripe history stays where it is.
Frequently asked questions
Does Podia charge transaction fees?
Only on the Mover plan, which charges 5%. Shaker and Earthquaker have no Podia fees; Stripe or PayPal charge their own processing fees on every plan.
How much does Podia cost in 2026?
Mover is $49 a month, Shaker $99 and Earthquaker $179, or $42, $84 and $150 a month billed yearly.
Does Podia pay into my own Stripe account?
Yes. Podia sends payments straight to your Stripe or PayPal account; PayPal needs Shaker or above. Klasira also pays into your own Stripe account.
Does Podia or Klasira have a mobile app?
Neither has a student app. Students use the browser on their phone with both.
Can I move from Podia to Klasira?
Yes. Import your customers as students from a CSV and rebuild your courses in Klasira; there's no automatic course importer.
Try Klasira with your own course
Try one course on Klasira next to your Podia storefront. Pick a theme, add one course and connect Stripe, then judge it on your own material. Start your school or see pricing.
Related: Podia pricing explained, Klasira vs Kajabi, Klasira vs LearnWorlds, course platform transaction fees compared, all course platform comparisons.
Sources
Details about other companies in this post were checked against these public pages in October 2026. Products, prices and rules change, so confirm with each source before you decide.
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