Lanternbee vs Podia

Lanternbee as a Podia alternative

A home for courses, downloads, community and email. Its prices and features sit next to Lanternbee’s below, including where Podia does better.

Not open yet. We’re letting authors in from the waitlist, a few at a time.

What Podia is

Podia lets creators sell online courses, digital downloads, coaching and memberships, with a website and email marketing in the same place.

Who it suits

Nonfiction authors who teach: workbooks next to a course, coaching or a paid community.

What Podia costs

US prices, checked against the sources at the bottom of this page.

Plan	Price	Fee on sales
Mover	US$49 a month, or US$42 a month paid yearly	5% on each sale
Shaker	US$99 a month, or US$84 a month paid yearly	None

Podia and Lanternbee side by side

Podia and Lanternbee, feature by feature
What you need	Podia	Lanternbee
One book in several formats	NoOne format per product; you copy the product for another.	Yes. Ebook, audiobook, paperback and hardback live on one book page.
Series with a reading order	Not listed	Yes, with the reading order you set.
Bundles and box sets	YesTwo or more products sold together for one price.	Yes. Readers who own book one pay less for the rest.
Ebook and audiobook delivery	YesDigital downloads.	Yes. Download links by email, and a reader library.
Send to Kindle	Not listed	Yes, from the reader library.
Print on demand for books	NoBuilt for digital products, with no shipping tools.	Partly. Printed formats are set up for BookVault or Lulu; sending orders to the printer is being built.
Your reader list	YesEmail marketing is built in.	Yes. Every buyer lands on your reader list, with tags.
Your own domain	Yes	Yes. yourname.lanternbee.shop or shop.yourname.com.
Monthly cost	Mover: US$49 a month, or US$42 a month paid yearlyShaker: US$99 a month, or US$84 a month paid yearly	Free: nothing a month. Author: US$39 a month, or US$29 paid yearly.
Fee on sales	Mover: 5% on each saleShaker: None	None, on every plan.

Podia prices in US dollars. “Not listed” means we could not find it on Podia’s own pages or in the sources below, so check with them. Rows we could not check at all are left out. Card fees apply everywhere; on Lanternbee they are Stripe’s, with nothing added.

What Podia does better

Fair reasons to stay where you are.

Online courses with drip lessons, quizzes and downloads.
Community spaces, coaching and events.
Your website, email and products under one bill.

Moving from Podia

There’s no importer for Podia. Moving by hand takes these steps.

Keep Podia for courses and coaching if you run them.
Add your books on Lanternbee, with the ebook, audiobook and printed formats on one page.
Link your Podia course pages to your Lanternbee books, and the other way round.

Questions about Podia and Lanternbee

Is Podia good for selling books?

For ebooks and workbooks sold next to a course, yes. It does not print books or send ebooks to Kindle, as far as we could find. Lanternbee does both.

What does Podia charge?

Mover is US$49 a month, or US$42 paid yearly, plus a 5% fee. Shaker is US$99, or US$84 paid yearly, with no fee. Payment processing is extra.

Can I use both?

Yes. Teach on Podia, sell your books on Lanternbee, and link the two.