ComparePodia alternativeUpdated October 2026
Your own site and app. For $12 a month, not $49.
Podia charges $49 a month and still takes 5%. Drate starts at $9 a month, takes the same 5%, and Pro adds your own iOS and Android app for $12 a month. Your site, memberships, courses and community come with every plan.
Why creators leave Podia.
$49 a month, then 5%.
Podia’s Mover plan is $49 a month, or $42 billed yearly, and takes 5% of every sale. Going fee-free means Shaker, at $99 a month.
No app at all.
Asked if it has a mobile app, Podia’s help center answers: “No, we do not currently offer a mobile app.”
Caps on the cheapest plan.
Mover stops at 50 products and 500 videos, and Podia doesn’t sell extra room on it. Past that, it’s Shaker at $99 a month. Drate’s plans differ by storage instead: 10 GB on Regular and 100 GB on Pro.
What you get on Drate.
Plans from $9 a month.
Drate’s Regular plan is $9 a month or $60 a year, with the same 5% Podia’s Mover plan takes. Pro is $12 a month or $99 a year.
Your own app.
On Pro, members get your own iOS and Android app, in your look, with your posts, courses and community.
Patreon, kept connected.
Connect Patreon, and patrons get their tier’s access on your site while they keep paying on Patreon, then move their billing when they’re ready.
$37 less, with your own app.
What you’d pay on $1,000 a month in memberships, billed monthly.
- Drate
- $62Drate Pro: $12 a month plus 5%
- Podia
- $99Podia: $49 a month plus 5%, or $99 with no fee
How switching works.
Keep Podia running until your members have moved. Canceling a Podia plan takes your site offline and ends every subscription on it.
Start your site.
Pick a starting point, add your name and choose your look. Your site is ready in minutes, and nothing is public until you publish.
Set up your memberships.
Recreate your Podia plans as monthly or yearly memberships, add passes, and map each one to Discord roles.
Bring your work over.
Upload your courses, downloads, members-only posts and video.
Invite your members, then cancel.
Export your contacts from Podia and invite them to your site. Cancel your Podia plan once your members have joined you.
Side by side.
Everything below is included in Drate’s Regular plan unless it says otherwise.
| Feature | Drate | Podia |
|---|---|---|
| Your home | ||
| Your own website, domain and look | Included | Included |
| Your own iPhone and Android app | On Pro | Not offered |
| Memberships & content | ||
| Monthly & yearly memberships | Included | Included |
| Fixed-length passes | Included | Included |
| Members-only posts, video & downloads | Included | Included |
| Courses & content library | Included | Included |
| Members community feed | Included | Included |
| Paid coaching & bookings | Included | Via Calendly & others |
| Discord roles by membership | Included | Included |
| Keep Patreon connected | Included | Not offered |
| Merch | ||
| Merch store | Included | No shipping tools |
| Print on demand, no inventory | Included | Not offered |
| Money | ||
| Monthly price | $9 or $12 | $49, $99 or $179 |
| Fee on membership sales | 5% on every plan | 5%, or 0% from $99 |
| Who pays you | Your Stripe, directly | Your Stripe or PayPal |
Podia details are from its public pricing and help pages, checked October 2026. Prices exclude payment processing, which applies on every platform. Plans change, so check the latest before you decide.