Courses, memberships, downloads, a website and email, without a cap on subscribers or products, and then what a storefront leaves out: booking from your own calendar with intake and waivers, retreats and workshops with capacity and deposits, and bookkeeping that keeps itself. One flat price, no fee on a sale.
Podia is a storefront for creators selling courses, digital downloads, webinars, coaching and community memberships, with a website and email included and plans metered by email subscribers.
| Feature | ColibriOS | Podia |
|---|---|---|
| 1:1 booking and scheduling | Yes. Booking with intake forms, waivers and paymentsServe | Partly. Coaching products book through Calendly, Squarespace Scheduling, YouCanBookMe or SavvyCal integrations; a built-in calendar is not listed |
| Classes, workshops and events | Yes. Classes, workshops, retreats and events with ticketing and check-inGather | Partly. Live workshops, webinars and in-person meetups through Zoom, Google Meet or YouTube Live; tickets with capacity and check-in are not listed |
| Capacity and waitlists | Yes. Capacity, automatic waitlists and door check-inGather | Not stated. Not listed on their pricing or features pages |
| Memberships and class packs | Yes. Recurring memberships, class packs and member pricingGather | Yes. Paid membership tiers that gate community spaces and content |
| Online courses | Yes. Courses with enrollment, student payments and portalsServe | Yes. Courses with video, drip, quizzes and certificates; 50 or 150 products on Mover and Shaker, unlimited on Earthquaker |
| Website on your own domain | Yes. Editable website on your own custom domainServe | Yes. Website builder, blog and landing pages on your own domain on every plan |
| CRM and email marketing | Yes. Full CRM, email campaigns, funnels and textingServe | Partly. Broadcasts, campaigns and automations, with email subscribers capped at 100, 500 or 1,000 by plan; texting and a lead pipeline are not listed |
| Bookkeeping and tax-ready books | Yes. Income tracked as it happens, expenses categorized, tax-ready year-end reportServe | No. Automatic receipts and direct payouts; bookkeeping is not listed |
| Bank connection, transactions imported | Yes. Live bank feed through Plaid, statements imported on every planGather | Not stated. A bank feed or bank import is not listed on their pricing or feature pages |
| Published pricing | Yes. $116, $297 and $597 a month, on the pricing page | Yes. All three plans are priced monthly and annually on the page |
| Contract required | No. Month to month | No. Monthly or annual; upgrade, downgrade or switch billing at any time |
| Cancel yourself, online | Yes. Settings, then Billing | Not stated. Cancellation is not described on the pricing page |
Podia details checked August 2026 on Podia's own pages. Their plans change; if you see something out of date, tell us at hello@colibrios.com. A tier badge on the ColibriOS column shows the lowest plan that includes the feature; every tier contains the one before it.
Published on the pricing page. 30-day free trial, no credit card, month to month, cancel yourself in Settings.
Three published plans from $42 to $150 a month, a 5% transaction fee on Mover and none above it, email subscribers capped at 100, 500 or 1,000 by plan with unlimited customers, a 30-day free trial with no card, no free plan, and plans you can switch at any time.
Source: Podia's pricing page, checked August 2026A comparison that says we win every row is not one you should trust. Here is where Podia genuinely does more.
Mover is $42 a month with a website, courses, downloads, community and email included. For a first product to a list under 100 people, that is far less than Serve, even with the 5% fee.
Source, checked August 2026Podia's built-in checkout supports sales tax in 230 countries and 20 or more currencies. ColibriOS pays through your own Stripe or PayPal, and tax on digital sales is yours to configure there.
Source, checked August 2026Upgrade, downgrade or change billing at any time, plus migration assistance and a 30-day trial with no card. ColibriOS has the same trial and month-to-month billing, but you move your content yourself.
Source, checked August 2026Courses with lessons, quizzes, drip release and certificates. Digital downloads delivered on purchase. Memberships and class packs that renew themselves, with member-only community spaces. A website on your own domain with a blog, landing pages and sign-up forms wired into the contact list. Contacts, subscribers, emails and products are not counted on any plan.
Discovery calls and 1:1 sessions book from your real availability, read from Google or Outlook, with buffers, intake forms and waivers answered before the first session. Packages track sessions used and can be paid over time. The person who bought the course and the person who booked the call are one record, with every payment and every email on it.
Registrations with capacity, waitlists, deposits and balances, intake questions, attendee portals and door check-in from your phone. A multi-day retreat with rooms and a rooming list is a first-class thing. Online workshops still get a video link; in-person ones get everything else.
Every course sale, session and ticket is income the day it lands. Connect your bank and expenses are categorized the way an accountant thinks. Profit by offer and a tax-ready year-end report are pages you open. Podia sends receipts; ColibriOS keeps the books, on every plan.
No. Contacts and subscribers are unlimited on every plan and sends are not metered. Newsletters and sequences go out from your own sending domain with opens and clicks reported. Podia lists email subscriber caps of 100, 500 and 1,000 by plan.
Serve, at $116 a month, covers courses, downloads, the website, email and text campaigns, 1:1 booking with intake, the CRM and the books. Gather, at $297, adds workshops and retreats with capacity, waitlists and deposits, recurring memberships and member-only community spaces.
Not at the entry: Podia Mover is $42 a month. ColibriOS is the cheaper option once the list passes 100 subscribers, once you pay for a scheduler alongside Podia, or once you pay for bookkeeping software, because all three are included. Podia Earthquaker at $150 is above Serve at $116 and still caps the list at 1,000.
No, on any plan. Payment runs through your own Stripe or PayPal at the processor's standard rate. Podia lists a 5% fee on its Mover plan and none above it.
Yes. Digital products, courses, session packages, programs and memberships all sit in one catalogue on your site, and a course can be sold as an add-on to another product at a special price.
Yes, built in, on every plan: booking pages read your Google or Outlook availability, take intake forms and waivers, and charge for the session or a package at booking. Podia's coaching connects to Calendly, Squarespace Scheduling, YouCanBookMe or SavvyCal.
For most solo practices, yes. Income lands in the books as payments happen, bank transactions are categorized, mileage is tracked at the IRS rate, and the year-end report is what your accountant asks for. Colibri helps you organize your income and expenses. It is not a tax preparer, accountant, or a substitute for professional tax advice.
Export your customers and subscribers as a CSV and import them with tags and consent. Upload course lessons and downloads into the builder, import a published page and edit it in place, connect your Stripe or PayPal, and point your domain when the site is ready. Nothing has to move in one day.
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