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Podium

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4.4
Market Presence: Online Reputation Management Software, Conversational Marketing Solutions

Overview

Product Information on Podium

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Podium?

Podium is a software designed to streamline communication and interaction between businesses and their customers. It offers features such as messaging, review management, and payment processing through a centralized platform. The software enables businesses to manage customer conversations from multiple channels, gather and respond to customer feedback, and facilitate transactions digitally. Podium aims to address the problem of fragmented customer communications, helping businesses enhance operational efficiency and improve customer engagement by providing tools for organized messaging, feedback collection, and payment facilitation within a unified workspace.

Podium Pricing

Podium is a software that offers a subscription-based pricing model, with multiple plans available based on features and usage requirements. The software typically structures its pricing according to the number of locations or users and feature access, with options for monthly or annual billing. Custom packages may be available for businesses with specific needs and larger operational scopes.

Overall experience with Podium

DIGITAL & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
250M - 500M USD, Services (non-Government)
FAVORABLE

“Podium: Pioneering Tools for Boosting Customer Reviews and Ratings”

5.0
Sep 17, 2024
Podium is an innovator. We started using this tool for online review solicitation and have since scaled out to use their software for so much more. Their texting and payments features are particularly impressive.
There are no reviews in this category.
CRITICAL

About Company

Company Description

Updated 6th March 2025

Established in 2014, Podium aims at altering the communication landscape for local businesses. It stemmed from a need to manage customer reviews more efficiently and has since grown into a comprehensive multi-product platform that facilitates a contemporary approach to conducting local business. Podium not only simplifies the process of garnering customer reviews but also aids local businesses in managing payments and communications. Moreover, the platform provides functionalities for executing text marketing campaigns. Thus, Podium is geared toward equipping local businesses with the necessary tools for success.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2014
Head office location
Lehi, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Website
https://www.podium.com

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Performance of Podium Across Market Features

Podium Likes & Dislikes

Like

Podium makes it easy for our field technicians to generate customer reviews. The system as a whole has helped us improve our online reputation substantially across 250 franchise locations over the last 6 years. We've moved from a 3-start business to an average 4.5-star rating across the board.

Like

I would say that communication status is key! Also-I am able to track all of my reviews and easily track the invites I have sent. Adding others to the platform is also a bonus.

Like

It's a great tool to manage all our messaging from one place which has saved us time. We have watched our google reviews increase and our rank move higher since we started using Podium - by making it easier to use. We are impressed with the service so far. Knowing that we could respond to leads quickly is fantastic as we are less likely to lose out on potential leads.

Dislike

Not a whole lot. I find the texting piece is a little bit less intuitive than the review solicitation tool, so I wish that was a bit easier to manage and implement. I do like that there is compliance factor in everything to ensure we are on the right side of communications and texting laws.

Dislike

I dislike that they do not have an easier way to send multiple invites to each customer through one message.

Dislike

By being powered by Ai is a great revolutionary step forward, we are still finding the need to double check information is correct which can slow things down. We are hoping as the Ai learns this will improve.

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Podium Reviews and Ratings

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4.4

(20 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

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4 Star
60%
3 Star
0%
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0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.4

Integration & Deployment

4.7

Service & Support

4.6

Product Capabilities

4.6

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  • DIGITAL & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
    50M-1B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Podium: Pioneering Tools for Boosting Customer Reviews and Ratings

    5.0
    Sep 17, 2024
    Podium is an innovator. We started using this tool for online review solicitation and have since scaled out to use their software for so much more. Their texting and payments features are particularly impressive.
  • CUSTOMER SERVICE & SUPPORT ASSOCIATE
    50M-1B USD
    Insurance (except health)
    Review Source

    Tackling Communication Challenges for Improved Business Ratings

    5.0
    Sep 8, 2024
    I love that I can communicate with customers and send invitations to improve our google and BBB ratings. Customers are also able to call and send messages back.
  • OFFICER
    50M-1B USD
    Construction
    Review Source

    AI-powered Review Generation: A Strategic Move with Podium

    4.0
    Apr 16, 2024
    We are quite new to Podium but so far we are very impressed with how it uses artificial intelligence to work on how to place us higher on Facebook and Google rankings. The automatic review requests and generation tools are futuristic and a great asset to our business. It allows us to get more - and better - reviews to help increase the reputation of our business in an authentic way. We are a forward thinking business and embrace Ai so this was a great tool for us to use.
  • SECURITY AND NETWORK ENGINEER
    <50M USD
    Insurance (except health)
    Review Source

    Transform your Business with Podium

    4.0
    Apr 22, 2024
    This cloud-based platform help businesses to manage their customers interaction and to collect their online reviews from plenty of platforms
  • MANAGER, PROJECT MANAGEMENT
    10B+ USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Balanced Customer engagement lifecycle using AI

    4.0
    Apr 14, 2024
    This app has made it easy to manage customer feedback , expectation and engagements
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