Lanternbee vs Podia

Looking for a Podia alternative for your books?

A home for courses, downloads, community and email. Here is what it costs, where it does better than Lanternbee, and what moving would take.

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	$49 a month, or $42 a month paid yearly	5% on each sale
Shaker	$99 a month, or $84 a month paid yearly	None

Podia and Lanternbee side by side

The jobs a bookstore has to do, and how each one handles them.

Podia and Lanternbee, feature by feature
What you need	Podia	Lanternbee
One book with several editions	Not listed	Yes. Ebook, audiobook, paperback and hardcover live on one book page.
Series with a reading order	Not listed	Yes, with the reading order you set.
Bundles and box sets	Not listed	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	Not listed	Yes, through BookVault or Lulu.
Your reader list	YesEmail marketing is built in.	Yes. Every buyer lands on your list, with tags.
Your own domain	Yes	Yes. yourname.lanternbee.shop or shop.yourname.com.
Monthly cost	Mover: $49 a month, or $42 a month paid yearlyShaker: $99 a month, or $84 a month paid yearly	Free: nothing a month. Author: $45 a month, or $35 paid yearly.
Fee on sales	Mover: 5% on each saleShaker: None	Free: 5%, only when you sell. Author: none.

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

What Podia does better

No store is right for every author. These are fair reasons to stay.

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 is no importer for Podia. Here is what you would do by hand.

Keep Podia for courses and coaching if you run them.
Add your books on Lanternbee, with the ebook, audiobook and print editions 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 $49 a month, or $42 paid yearly, plus a 5% fee. Shaker is $99, or $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.