About Podio
<strong>A new level of project visibility</strong>
Podio makes deadlines, responsibilities and goals clear for everyone – and they’re always up to date. With transparent, organized projects, you’ll never need to slow your team down to get a status update. You’ll have the oversight you need to see if everything’s on track.
<strong>Incredible flexibility</strong>
You and your team define all the structure of your content, reports and overviews. So you can run projects your way, unhindered by workarounds imposed by rigid software. And your team will love how Podio reflects the way you already talk and think about your business.
<strong>Real time and your time</strong>
Whether you need an immediate answer from your team or just want to share some great resources and insights, Podio puts all your conversations in one place in the context of the work you’re doing. This enables you to tighten your communications without increasing everyone’s email load.
<strong>Podio grows with you</strong>
Want to do more than project management with Podio? Simply extend Podio to handle CRM, recruiting workflows or even your company intranet in minutes. Podio’s ability to connect teams and processes already helps thousands of companies run their entire operations in one place.
Pricing starting from:
US$9,00/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Key benefits of Podio
The increased transparency and structure made possible by Podio will save your team hours on organization and status meetings, so you can focus on the task at hand. Interfacing with clients on Podio makes feedback loops simpler – helping everyone get better results and build stronger relationships.
Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Pricing starting from:
US$9,00/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Features
Total features of Podio: 59
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- Industry: Real Estate
- Company size: 201-500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
A great tool to keep all your projects in order, serves it's purpose.
Reviewed on 2021/09/12
In the time that I have been using it, it solve many communication problems, I was able to record...
In the time that I have been using it, it solve many communication problems, I was able to record and track each action or request that is made throughout, for example, a month, and it allows an easy way to remember and collect the data of each last month.
Pros
First of all, it adapts to the user in an amazing way, I really liked that. Whether for a small company or a very large one, and not only companies, also anyone who wants to have their projects organized.
The cost is affordable, makes it accessible to companies of all kinds.
Finally, I must say that it’s great to share real-time progress of projects with clients to confidently engage them in work productivity.
Cons
They could improve document sharing, which is a bit tricky. They should improve the mobile app. It could also be integrated with other apps to sharing over there.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Podio - Flexible collaboration tool for teams
Reviewed on 2018/12/29
It's difficult to describe Podio in a few sentences as it's flexibility and extensibility through...
It's difficult to describe Podio in a few sentences as it's flexibility and extensibility through the addition of apps from the library or creating your own means that it can be used for many different things.
We've used it for project management and as a simple space to hold and share information when several external parties are involved. It means everyone can see what needs to be shared and current status with compromising internal systems and worrying about correct security settings for various parties.
Podio isn't always first choice for team collaboration as there may already be solutions in place that clients prefer (for example, Microsoft Teams), but it is a quick way to pull disparate people and data together and get working quickly.
As with all collaboration tools, it needs a bit of planning to configure it best for the type of project you want to use it for, but once you have used it a couple of times setup should be quick. For 'standard' users who have a degree of competence with collaboration software, the interface is intuitive and they should get up to speed pretty quickly.
If you work in an Agile environment, all the tools are there to configure an Agile project and get started quickly.
Some people love Podio immediately, others don't get it. Try out with a couple of small projects to get familiar with it; keep it as simple as possible - Podio's greatest strength is that you don't need to add more features/apps than are suited to the job.
Pros
Fast to configure for team collaboration on a variety of tasks - from the simple to fully featured Agile project management.
Adding only the apps you need means you can have a flexible and bespoke approach to each project depending on the requirements.
Easy to share with external users.
Cons
The flexibility that can be a strength can also be a weakness. There needs to be strong leadership over configuration and apps included.
The number of apps that can be added and the configurable options can lead to unnecessary complexity in the hands of inexperienced users.
If you have complex security requirements, configuration can be a pain.
- Used for 1-5 months
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Terrible software and the most frustrating, ridiculous customer support experience I've ever...
Reviewed on 2018/06/27
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It was suggested to me by a friend, but I hated just about everything about it - it was frustratingly complicated and overly difficult to use.
Cons
After purchasing a subscription, I found the software to be overly complicated, so I cancelled my account. However I continued to be billed for the next 2 months. I began contacting them about those charges, asking for a refund. While communicating with their "support", they stated they do not provide refunds, and refused to do anything. So I filed a dispute with my credit card company for the 2 charges. The CC company found in my favor and refunded both charges back to me. As soon as that happened, it must have marked the invoices as "unpaid" in Podio's system, and they began sending them to me again on a daily basis asking for payment. I resumed communication with them, asking for them to close out my account, close out the pending invoice and stop sending me emails. They responded to every ticket stating that they don't process refunds. I wasn't asking for a refund, I had already been refunded by my CC company. I was asking them to stop emailing me about the invoice that had already been decided in my favor. Finally I get an email stating my account was closed and I wouldn't get anymore emails. 5 days later, the emailed invoices resumed - this time being sent to not one, but TWO of my email addresses. The lengths they will go to, to harass a customer over a bill is asinine. It has been four months and the issue is still not resolved, and I continue to receive daily emails about my "outstanding" invoice.
Response from Cloud Software Group
Hi Ashley,
We are sorry to hear about this experience with billing and customer service. Thanks for sharing! We will do our best to improve this going forward.
Podio team / Citrix
- Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Podio is great for organizing and storing information
Reviewed on 2020/08/31
Podio has helped a lot in organizing the day-to-day activities of the company I work in, facilitatin...
Podio has helped a lot in organizing the day-to-day activities of the company I work in, facilitating communication, file storage and data control.
Pros
Podio is a great tool to use for work, as it is possible to create tasks and mark the people responsible and this helps a lot in the organization and retention of information due to the fact that in these tasks it is possible to attach documents, in addition it is great to create events assisting in day-to-day meetings to have control of the people present and it is great to create a list of contacts, to store information of customers and distributors of the company.
Cons
I believe that Podio could improve the way of notifying the person who is marked in the tasks, it could be possible to create a table with all the tasks that the users have to do, in order to better organize and control the deadlines.
- Industry: Entertainment
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
I love Podio and have been using it as my main CRM and business tracking service for roughly 2...
Reviewed on 2018/01/18
I use it every day to improve my business organization. It keeps tracks of my clients, important...
I use it every day to improve my business organization. It keeps tracks of my clients, important events, money, expenses, quarterly reports, and anything else. I love the customization of the apps, which allows me to create whatever I want, from CRM to tracking.
Pros
I love the option to customize all of my apps in Podio. I am a professional magician and use it to keep track of proposals for shows sent out, as well as their progresses. Moreover, I use it to keep track of expenses, invoices, and whether or not I've distributed my money to my business accounts. I also use it to keep track of clients, which makes it very easy to quickly look up information. I love that I can link apps, such as my show proposals and client apps, which makes everything flawless. Plus, the tasks option allows me to create reminders for myself without cluttering my own personal to-do list. Plus... it's free!!
Podio FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Podio.Q. What type of pricing plans does Podio offer?
Podio offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$9,00/month
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Unlimited free use for up to five people. Basic: $9/employee/month (billed monthly) or $7.20/employee/month (billed annually). Plus: $14/employee/month (billed monthly) or $11.20/employee/month (billed annually). Premium: $24/employee/month (billed monthly) or $19.20/employee/month (billed annually). Custom plans are also available for larger teams.
Q. Who are the typical users of Podio?
Podio has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 501-1 000, 1 001-5 000
Q. What languages does Podio support?
Podio supports the following languages:
Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
Q. Does Podio support mobile devices?
Podio supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Podio integrate with?
Podio integrates with the following applications:
Box, Campaign Monitor, Dropbox Business, Evernote Teams, FreshBooks, GoTo Meeting, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Hightail, Microsoft Excel, OneDrive, ShareFile, SugarSync, Zapier, Zendesk Suite
Q. What level of support does Podio offer?
Podio offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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