--- title: Podium Reviews meta_title: 'Podium Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 2109 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Podium works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.5 review_count: 2109 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-31' parent_category: name: Generative AI url: https://www.g2.com/categories/generative-ai --- # Podium Reviews **Vendor:** Podium **Category:** [AI Chatbots Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/ai-chatbots) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 2,109 ## About Podium Podium is an AI native communications platform that deploys AI Employees to help local businesses turn every conversation—text, call, or web chat—into revenue. Trusted by over 100,000 local businesses—from auto dealerships and HVAC services to aesthetics centers and retailers—Podium captures and converts leads 24/7, driving new business and repeat customers. Today, 78% of customers buy from the first business that responds—but most businesses take an hour or more to reply. Podium closes this gap instantly with "Jerry", your always-on AI Employee. From day one, Jerry understands your inventory, responds within two minutes, schedules appointments, books test drives, sends targeted promotions, requests reviews, and even replies to customer feedback on Google. Jerry frees your staff to focus on high-value tasks, ensuring every customer receives white-glove service. Businesses using Podium’s AI Employees report: - 30% increase in sales - 56% higher appointment show rates - 80% more after-hours appointments - 50% higher lead-to-sale conversion rates With tools including Phones, Reviews, Payments, Webchat, Bulk Messaging, and 200+ DMS/CRM integrations, Podium delivers fast, personalized interactions that turn conversations into sales—automatically tracking revenue with every customer touchpoint. Podium is built on over a decade of data and customer insights, earning recognition from Forbes Cloud 100, Inc. 5000, and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies. But it’s proudest of its 92% five-star ratings—earned daily from delighted users. ## Podium Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users commend Podium for its **user-friendly design** , ensuring easy navigation and effective customer management. (358 reviews) - Users commend Podium for its **fantastic support and user-friendly features** , ultimately enhancing business operations and customer engagement. (326 reviews) - Users appreciate Podium's **unified communication capabilities** , seamlessly integrating messages across various platforms into one intuitive dashboard. (291 reviews) - Users find **easy communication** with Podium vital for real-time customer engagement and access to previous messages. (287 reviews) - Users praise the **excellent customer support** from Podium, enhancing business operations and increasing customer satisfaction seamlessly. (213 reviews) - Users find Podium's **ease of use** for communication and review solicitation invaluable for their business operations. (207 reviews) - Client Interaction (193 reviews) - Messaging Features (191 reviews) - Features (144 reviews) - Simple (130 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users experience **messaging issues** in Podium, struggling to manage large volumes and retrieve past correspondence efficiently. (86 reviews) - Users note the **lack of additional features** in Podium, affecting their service offerings and customer interaction experience. (84 reviews) - Users find Podium has **limited features** , making it challenging to manage large message volumes and lacking integration with Hubspot. (71 reviews) - Users find Podium's pricing to be **excessive** , particularly for small businesses seeking advanced features. (70 reviews) - Users are frustrated with **poor customer support** , facing delays and unnecessary hurdles during the cancellation process. (63 reviews) - Call Issues (50 reviews) - Users find the **limited chat functionality** frustrating, especially with issues in texting multiple recipients and carrier problems. (50 reviews) - Cost (46 reviews) - Users note the **uncertainty in identifying current customers** in Podium, which can complicate contact management. (44 reviews) - High Cost (43 reviews) ## Podium Reviews ### 1. it works great very easy to use **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 28, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** how easy it is to be able to be in touch with customers **What do you dislike about Podium?** well it used to be how we were blocked by different providers but other than that its great **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** it allows me to be able to be in contact with my cx **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're glad to hear that you find Podium easy to use and that it helps you stay in touch with your customers! ### 2. Great experience all around **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 29, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** You can pretty much do everything through Podium: text, call, email, collect money, save notes. **What do you dislike about Podium?** HAve to upload each attachment individually and only 3 max instead of being able to select abunch at a time. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Collecting money and keeping everything in one place. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're glad to hear you had a great experience with Podium! We appreciate your feedback about the attachment upload process and will take it into consideration for future improvements. ### 3. Podium is a powerful communication tool. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Scott S. | Website & Marketing Director, Automotive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 06, 2024 **What do you like best about Podium?** Podium is a powerful communication tool for my entire team. First, we may all seamlessly communicate directly with guests. And we may do so in the format they prefer, via text. Second, AI helps the entire team to remain communicative around the clock. And third, the automated processes help us to maintain incredible review counts and quality scores. In sales, service and customer relations, we use the tools daily to support the needs of our guests. **What do you dislike about Podium?** I am pressed to find any significant negatives about the product... It works seamlessly, and provides access to do so for my entire team. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** We first began using Podium as a method of maximizing our social media review counts. The results were astounding! And as the platform matured, we've added communication channels to support customer needs in a frictionless manner. ### 4. Podium grows with the demands of business **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Susan C. | Marketing Director, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2019 **What do you like best about Podium?** We began with Podium when it was a review site only then moved into using it for online chats on our website and now sms communications and marketing. It grows with the changing demands of business and our reviews are much higher than others in our market. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Multiple conversations with reps, engineers, etc when attempting to fix an issue. Great tech but releases come out before they're ready sometimes. **Recommendations to others considering Podium:** Get ahead of the curve and implement Podium now. The review/online reputation management is worth it alone. If you have an e-commerce site, would strongly recommend hiring one person to handle online queries **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are able to quickly engage with our customers through webchat, which makes them very happy. Our ability to respond in a personal way has helped solve the problem of a customer wondering about items on our website. ### 5. Podium is useful but has many glitches **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aaron K. | Insurance Producer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 01, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** The access to podium from any of my devices is the best feature. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Many issues with Podium not sending messages or having errors while sending resulting in duplicate texts or messages not being sent. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is solving the issue of having to use personal devices for business work **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're glad to hear that Podium's multi-device accessibility is beneficial for your business needs. We appreciate sharing your feedback about the message sending errors and duplicates. Our team is actively working to enhance the platform's performance. ### 6. Two Years of Podium **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shelby M. | Registration Center Agent, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 04, 2024 **What do you like best about Podium?** From the start, podium has been very user friendly as a general user (without advanced permissions). The software layout is pleasing, organized, & easy to find certain clients. Our customers love having this option as a form of communication, and it was an easy onboarding transition for our staff! I also love how quick and effient the IT staff is on finding, diagnosing, and solving issues. There are several instances where I did not even know a software problem had occured before it was already acknowledged and fixed! **What do you dislike about Podium?** I would like to be able to search for contacts by keywords in conversations. For example, if I am looking for a thread of messages regarding a "blue shoe," it would be super helpful to search all conversations to find the one mentioning a "blue shoe." **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Podium is constantly solving user issues that occur daily before they impact our business which helps our productivity to not have to wait on issues resolving **Official Response from Whitney Adamson:** > We're thrilled to hear that you find Podium user-friendly and that it has been a seamless transition for your staff and customers. We appreciate your feedback about the search functionality and will pass it along to our product team for consideration. ### 7. Give it a Shot!! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lakiesha F. | Supervisor, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 03, 2024 **What do you like best about Podium?** I really enjoy that Podium is extremely user friendly! Because of my job, I use it daily and the simplicity makes reaching out to multiple customers a breeze! This was definitely designed with ease of implementation as well as ease of integration in mind because not only am I able to provide a GOLDEN customer service experience for those reaching out, I am also able to send out bulk promotions with the click of a button! While I haven't been effected, their customer support team is always on top of sending out notifications when there is an issue and giving regular updates as well. I would definitely recommend using Podium!! **What do you dislike about Podium?** I have access to multiple locations within my account, and I loved when I was able to log in and see all the messages from all locations. I now have to adjust this setting each time I log in, which isn't a huge deal, but because it came with an update, it has taken some getting used to. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Podium helps send bulk messages to many different locations. This is extremely efficient and saves loads of time! **Official Response from Whitney Adamson:** > Thank you for sharing your positive experience with Podium! We're glad to hear that our platform has been helpful for your daily tasks and providing a great customer service experience. We'll take note of your feedback about the multiple locations setting for future improvements. ### 8. It is very useful to stay in touch with customers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Furniture | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 29, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** It's easy to use, keeps us in constant communication with customers, and we can check Google reviews. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Sometimes the notifications are not seen in the application **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** , keeps us in constant communication with customers, and we can check Google reviews. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > Thank you for sharing your positive experience with Podium. We understand the importance of staying in touch with customers and are pleased to hear that our platform helps you achieve that. We are grateful for your comments, we will take this into consideration in future updates. ### 9. Very smooth and user friendly! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 29, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** The simplicity of the software! Easy to get use to with many tools. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Could be a little bit more organized when it comes to filters. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** It connects us with customers where they're at. Makes things much easier to communicate info. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're glad to hear that you find Podium smooth and user-friendly! Our goal is to make it easy for businesses to connect with their customers. We appreciate your feedback about the filters and will take it into consideration for future improvements. ### 10. Great way to stay connected **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 05, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** It's a great way to connect with customers in the moment when they're interested. **What do you dislike about Podium?** At times I wish it were easier to format your messages to avoid parts of them looking jumbled. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Quick customer feed back. ### 11. Best Service & Support **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jay R. | Director of Guest Experience, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 13, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** The integration was seamless and everything works as intended. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Nothing, don't change a thing. They are a great partner to work with. We get approached monthly by other companies that promise more, but we are partners for life. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** This allows our guest to text us directly off of our website. A major plus is guests can text Parts and don't need to tie up phone lines when 90% of a transaction can be completed via text. They can also text Service and get their questions answered without having to call, hold or wait for someone to assist them. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We are thrilled to hear that you had a seamless integration and that everything is working as intended. Thank you for your partnership and for choosing Podium as your communication solution. We are committed to providing excellent service and support for our partners like you. ### 12. Easy to use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 29, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** It is easy to communicate with customers and attach pictures and files **What do you dislike about Podium?** I am very satisfied with Podium's performance **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Customer do not always annwer the phone Podium makes it easy to communicate with them through text message **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > Thank you for your positive feedback! We're happy to hear that Podium is meeting your needs and making it easier to communicate with your customers. ### 13. Great system makes it very easy to communicate with customers and potential leads **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matthew L. | Center Manager, Automotive, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 14, 2023 **What do you like best about Podium?** It is very easy to link mulitple different forms of social media/accounts where the customer can contact you. The templates you can create make it so much easier to promptly respond to leads! The reviews section is fantastic and easy to use to respond to any reviews you recieve throught any review site linked. **What do you dislike about Podium?** You are not able to merge customers that have been created with the same name but has different contact types. You cannot prioritze a particular contact type. If a customer receives a review notification, it will automatically go to the contact info that was originally entered first. In other words, if email only was entered to create customer but you add a phone number after creation, it will automatically send any automatic review invites to email and not text message. Not everyone checks their email regularly and it would be helpful to prioritize contact preferences. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** It makes it way easier to communicate with customers all in one place and not have to flip between different websites or apps. It allows us to link all of them together and customize templates to allow us to respond to customers in a timely manner. ### 14. Podium **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jamel C. | Crew chief, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 30, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** Podium is a great platform for getting your company recognized for great work and interaction with customers **What do you dislike about Podium?** There is nothing I dislike about the podium platform **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are able to communicate with the customer directly **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're thrilled to hear that Podium has been a great platform for getting your company recognized and for interacting with customers. Thank you for sharing your positive experience! ### 15. Simple to use; Our go to CRM. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael L. | Physician, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 02, 2023 **What do you like best about Podium?** We like the Podium platform since it allows us to maintain a database of patients, obtain reviews, and ommunicate via text messaging with the Twilio add-on to use our office landline as an SMS number. **What do you dislike about Podium?** I do not like pushy sales people, and that's how I felt about the new A.I. assistant feature I was coaxed to book a Zoom appointment to hear about. The Podium representative pushed our scheduled appointment back, and then didn't show up for the postponed appointment. If Podium reps are busy with customers, don't overbook appointments. That's not how I run my medical practice. If you want my business, be timely, objective, honest, and real. Don't try used-car sales tactics of sensationalizing new offerings. For example, don't call your AI a person, and refer to "her" as a person. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Not sure how they are solving anything. **Official Response from Whitney Adamson:** > Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad to hear that you find our platform simple to use and appreciate the features like patient database management and SMS communication. However, we sincerely apologize for your experience with our sales team. We strive to provide timely and respectful service, and it’s clear we missed the mark during your interaction. If you have any further concerns or suggestions, please feel free to reach out directly. We’re here to help! ### 16. Pest Service **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alexandra J. | CSR, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 06, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** It is easy to use and maneuver. No complications. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Sometimes sending a message can be difficult and takes a while to send- laggy as well as videos. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Hopefully solving the image quality which will help idenfity pests. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > Thank you for sharing your experience with Podium. We're pleased that you find it easy to use—that's one of the benefits we strive to provide. We're sorry to hear about the issues you've encountered with sending messages and laggy videos. Our team is actively addressing these concerns to improve the platform for all users. ### 17. Great Platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Goods | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 31, 2024 **What do you like best about Podium?** Great platform, never any issues, delays or lag time. **What do you dislike about Podium?** It would be helpful for each employee to have our own text number. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** It an alternative to phone call which most customers prefer. **Official Response from Whitney Adamson:** > We're glad to hear that you've had a great experience with Podium and that it has been reliable for you. We appreciate your feedback about having individual text numbers for employees, and we'll definitely take that into consideration for future improvements. ### 18. I love podium! great for customer logging and i love the format **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tyler N. | selling sales manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 10, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** logs all my customers! can send review links and send my business card! **What do you dislike about Podium?** nothing! the format of it is amazing! totally recommend! **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** we can reach out to guests to grow our business and its so beneficial to all our sales associates! **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're thrilled to hear that you love using Podium for customer logging and the ability to send review links and business cards. Thank you for recommending us! ### 19. Podium is an excellent program, user friendly and their customer support is excellent. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Barry G. | Business Development, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 06, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** Extremely user friendly, great customer communication tool and excellent customer support. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Nothing, the program is extremely efficient. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Efficient customer communication. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're thrilled to hear that you find Podium user-friendly and that you've had a great experience with our customer support. Thank you for your positive feedback! ### 20. Podium is a terrific tool to stay in touch with your customers. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** nan p. | Director of Marketing, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 29, 2024 **What do you like best about Podium?** Podium has allowed customers to inquire about product availability, dimensions, schedule deliveries, and make choices after hours. The tool has been easy to onboard new team mates to use and work together. It's been easy to integrate reviews and payments with good support from the Podium team to help us get set up quickly. We use Podium all day, every day to help our customers stay in touch. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Podium implements new features on a regular basis and they usually work but sometimes it breaks functionality. Overall, it's a win and can sometimes be frustrating when a feature goes away for reasons we, as users, don't understand. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Podium helps us stay in touch with customers for text deals, for item availability, delivery and pick up planning, and for calls. ### 21. I would definitely recommend to another small business. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Goods | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 29, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** Instant messaging is great! Very helpful communication. **What do you dislike about Podium?** I don’t have any majors dislikes about podium. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are readily available for all our customers at the touch of a button. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're thrilled to hear that you find our instant messaging feature helpful for communication! Thank you for recommending Podium to other small businesses. ### 22. Great way to be in touch! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 29, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** I love how easy it is to use! There are so many different features as well. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Very seldom do the texts not go through to customers. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** payments and communicaton **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're glad to hear that you find Podium easy to use and appreciate the variety of features available. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by occasional text delivery issues and are continuously working to improve our service reliability. ### 23. They actually care! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 18, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** Podium has been a great partner for our business and has increased our sales. Alyssa is responsive and super knowledgeable! Highly recommend ! **What do you dislike about Podium?** It was tough in the beginning, but they've really gotten all the kinks worked out. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Reaching back out to previous customers and staying top of mind. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're thrilled to hear that Podium has been a great partner for your business and has increased your sales. We appreciate your feedback and are glad to hear that Alyssa has been responsive and knowledgeable. Thank you for the recommendation! ### 24. Crashes, is over priced, and does not have good support. **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 29, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** Not much. It's clunky, it's expensive, it crashes a lot. **What do you dislike about Podium?** It's so expensive for very little provided. The "support" person changes all the time. The salesmen drops you and won't answer emails after he hooks you. They offer amazon gifts cards instead of actual rebates (because Amazon gift cards will pay my bills...) **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has not benefitted our company much. We are planning to change ASAP ### 25. Podium is great and very quick and efficient **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amar D. | Medical Assistant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 29, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** Being able to speak to patients at any time they need help. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Honestly I like everything about Podium. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps us connect with patients in real-time. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're thrilled to hear that you find Podium quick and efficient! Our goal is to make it easy for businesses to connect with their customers in real-time. Thank you for sharing your positive experience! ### 26. The ease of use in this platform is wonderful! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Elisha T. | Retail Sales Associate, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2024 **What do you like best about Podium?** What I love most about Podium is it's ease of use! The UI is very clean and has simple options to make users experiences as seamless as possible! Being able to send templates to customers saves me a lot of time so I can reach out to more people! **What do you dislike about Podium?** I don't know if it's just our business in specific having issues but I have not been able to add new templates by myself that I can use. I have to wait for my manager to make one for us all to use but I would really like to be able to make my own templates to add some more uniqueness to my text! **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm able to connect and reach my customers without having to give them my personal phone number keeping me safe from data leaks and such! **Official Response from Whitney Adamson:** > We're glad to hear that you find Podium easy to use and that it helps you reach more customers efficiently! Each user is able to create templates, however, on your account that feature has been turned off. Please let us know if we can assist you further! ### 27. Very easy and user friendly, template easy to use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Caitlin K. | Supervisor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 07, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** Easy navigation, user friendly, the real time response to customer. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Nothing. It has been easy to use and no complaints **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Free's time spent on phone call, easy text response **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're thrilled to hear that you find Podium easy to use and user-friendly! Our real-time response feature is designed to make customer interactions seamless. Thank you for your feedback! ### 28. Great CRM Software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Luxury Goods & Jewelry | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 07, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** Podium makes it easy to keep in touch with our client base. I like having the ability to schedule messages to go out on their special occasions! **What do you dislike about Podium?** It would be nice if the search function in podium was more accurate. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to schedule messages is amazing - keeping track of conversations with clients over the years is great. Having access to past conversations is helpful! **Official Response from Whitney Adamson:** > We're glad to hear that you find Podium easy to use for keeping in touch with your client base and scheduling messages for special occasions! ### 29. Have thouroughly enjoyed using podium and it has been a great tool - helping me close many sales. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2024 **What do you like best about Podium?** Love that I can quickly get a reply from clients on prospects. Great way to get in touch and engage with non-responsive prospects who I have initially called and emailed. I'll follow up with a text and the response rate in pretty strong. Comes in handy on gamedays when trying to meet up with prospects and clients before or during a Caps game without having to give out my personal cell #. Use daily and great for customer support. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Unless I've missed it, I don't believe there is a way to group text. I've had this happen a few times where someone has tried introducing or referring me, but it doesn't work, or I've tried to do the same with no luck. Having this feature available would be huge! **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Poduims is allowing me to quickly and conveniently get in touch with my prospects and engage in meaningful conversations, many of which have resutled in a closed sale! **Official Response from Whitney Adamson:** > We're thrilled to hear that Podium has been such a valuable tool for you in closing sales and engaging with prospects. We appreciate your feedback about the group text feature, and we'll definitely take that into consideration for future updates. Thank you for sharing your experience with us! ### 30. 1800 Salvage **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Josh D. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 25, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** A good avenue to convert sessions into leads by allowing customers to text chat and capturing some detailers we might not have got. Easy of automating review links. **What do you dislike about Podium?** I would say nothing comes to mind currently. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Most people under the age of 25 do not want to talk on the phone anymore. They are more comfortable getting the conversation started via message. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're glad to hear that Podium has been a valuable tool for converting sessions into leads and automating review links. Thank you for sharing your positive experience! ### 31. Podium is a great marketing tool! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Billy D. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 09, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** Podium is an excellent way to engage with prospects and customers alike. We find leads are more likely to respond to a text message than an email or an online chat. The ability to share links and collect payments via text helps us close more deals. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Not much to complain about. Little tweaks would make my life easier but the tool works great! **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Podium gives prospects an easy way to ask us questions. Podium gives an additional way to collect customer information and payments. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're thrilled to hear that Podium has been such a valuable tool for engaging with prospects and customers. Thank you for sharing your positive experience! ### 32. Great, easy to learn platform for interacting with customers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** meghan m. | Brand, Communications & Content Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 28, 2024 **What do you like best about Podium?** Podium has been a great help with scheduling our customers and interacting with them quickly. The review portion is a huge help that our reputation manager utilizes to handle customer concerns ASAP. Podium's customer service is also quick to resolve any issue we have with the system. They go above and beyond to make sure we have the platform set up exactly the way that works best for our business. **What do you dislike about Podium?** I don't have many things that I don't like with Podium. It's very user friendly. I guess the only thing I wish was a little better were some of the automations. I wish there were a few more options to customize these to better suit our business. It would be nice to be able to remove specific customers from receiving certain automations withour restricting the entire location from receiving them. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** It provides the texting platform that we need linking us to the customer so we can easily communicate. It provides one loactaion for our reputation manager to use for responding to customer concerns and compliments. We're able to let our customers know about a promotion via sms. **Official Response from Whitney Adamson:** > We're thrilled to hear that Podium has been a great help with scheduling and interacting with your customers. Our goal is to provide a user-friendly platform and excellent customer service. We appreciate your feedback about the automations and will take it into consideration for future improvements. ### 33. Easy tool to use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Iyonna B. | BDC Representative, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 01, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** Podium is a great way to communicate with customers through email/text. Makes the customer feel like we are only one send button away! **What do you dislike about Podium?** So far the only thing I can say is a downside to podium is that I am not able to separate service customer from sales customers. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Getting in contact with customers that i am unable to reach on the phone throughtout the day. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > It's great to hear that Podium is helping you reach customers more effectively. We appreciate your input and will continue to work on enhancing our platform to better serve your needs. ### 34. Podium is Good at what it does. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nate G. | IT Admin, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2024 **What do you like best about Podium?** The automations for responses and request for reviews work well. The UI is intuative. Multiple users can work in chats at the same time easily. The website plug in is effective at what it does. **What do you dislike about Podium?** It is a little difficult to organize chats. Support is okay, but I have had some issues take a couple of weeks to resolve. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** It centralizes chats for our intake team. **Official Response from Whitney Adamson:** > We're glad to hear that you find our automations and UI intuitive, and that the website plugin is effective for you. We appreciate your feedback about organizing chats and the support experience, and we will use it to improve our services. ### 35. Easy to use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tania M. | Customer Support Agent, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 08, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** It is easy to use and it´s great for businesses **What do you dislike about Podium?** The notification settings could improve. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** It simplifies the communication between users and the company **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > Thank you for sharing your positive experience with Podium! We understand the importance of efficient communication and are pleased to hear that it has simplified the interaction between users and your company. ### 36. GOOD COMMUNICATION **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rosie B. | SALES REPRESENTATIVE, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 06, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** PODIUM HAS MADE COMMUNICATION WITH CUSTOMERS EXTREMELY EASY AND EFFICIENT. WORKING AS A TEAM AS WELL, WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE OUR INBOX AND HELP EACH OTHER OUT TO PROVIDE PROMPT RESPONSES TO CUSTOMERS. **What do you dislike about Podium?** I CANNOT THINK OF ANY DOWNSIDE I GUESS MAYBE IT WOULD BE HELPFULT TO HAVE SOUND REMINDERS WHEN YOU HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO A PODIUM WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** IT FACILITATES FOLLOW UPS AS IT AUTOMATICALLY SENDS CUSTROMERS REMINDERS TO MAKE THEIR PAYMENTS IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MADE ALREADY. ### 37. Great texting service **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 05, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** I only utilize Podium for the texting service. Nothing but good things to say - although this is the only platform I have used for this service I have no complaints. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Frequent outages but is usually fixed quickly so no big deal. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allows me to text candidates and use templates, schedule messages and track responses. ### 38. The #1 prospecting and customer service tool ever made ! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Luis L. | General Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 06, 2024 **What do you like best about Podium?** The #1 thing that podium has allowed me to do is signifcantly boost my prospecting capability in the most easy to use platform that I have used so far ! I have been able to increase my people reached by 30% since implementation of podium and boost my sales by 15% overall just by using podium. If these numbers do not speak for themselves let me also mention the level of customer support that we are able to acheive is phenominal due to my whole team being able to pick up where others left off in conversations and the capability to have podium on your phone is genius as well as we can respond from anywhere even when we are not in the office ! We not only religiously use podium everyday but have even recommended it to a couple of other sales forces in our local area because of the ease of integration to other sales industrys ! Overall Podium gets a 20/10 in my book as it has been one of the most valuble tools I personally use that has played a major role in helping me 2x my personal income and nearly 10x my companys income as a result ! Thank you to all the helpful individules at Podium and I look forward to many more years of success not only in my buisness but theirs as well! **What do you dislike about Podium?** Some of the downsides I have noticed are very minor . The First thing is some Minor bugs with customer searchs , sometimes we will have no search results for customers I know I have been talking with for many days or months but it fixes it self eventually most of the time, The Second minor inconvience is when you receive a message and are in the assigned to you tab or All conversations and you do not see a customer text right away it tends to fall very far down the list of people you are texting and can be a pain to scoll all the way down to find who sent that message and I am texting hundreds of people a day so most of the time I will not remember their name or number to search them up manually ! But other than those two things I have had really no major issues ! **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** The main issue podium is solving for me and my team is access to all customers in one data base for example, My team sells vehicles and sometimes I will be working a prospect and be off the next day and that prospect decided to ask if he can come in that day and I may not be looking at podium on my day off so my team is able to see that and get him in and taken care of ! Another major thing it has solved is stream lining a way to monitor all texts sent by my team and make sure they are staying consistent on my leads and responding in a timely manner to customer questions and concerns ! Also being able to have a platfrom to manage hundreds of leads in one place and with the use of templates contact thousands of prospects a day ! ### 39. I like the Podium, easy to use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Giselle W. | Insurance Agent, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 28, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** Easy implementation, easy of use. Very happy **What do you dislike about Podium?** none. I'm very happy using it. Keep it up. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** no problems **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We appreciate your feedback and are delighted to hear that Podium is meeting your needs. Thank you for your support! ### 40. Podium is a HUGE time saver! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Insurance | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2020 **What do you like best about Podium?** Texting eliminates having to call my clients for answers that are quick so it saves me a LOT of time. I love that clients can text me pictures of what I need, and it's helpful for scheduling appointments. I use Podium every single day and I love it. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Sometimes conversations are a little difficult to find between "closed" and "open", and then the "Leads" and "assigned to me" tabs are a bit much. **Recommendations to others considering Podium:** This is such a great platform to use when trying to communicate with customers quickly and efficiently. Some customers don't have time to talk on the phone and texting makes it so much easier. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm able to get in touch with clients much quicker. ### 41. Very Positive Experience **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jamal J. | Sales, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 29, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** The many different messaging tools. And the brief AI Summary on the account. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Messaging crashes when attempting to add note **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Multiple client contact. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're happy to hear that you're finding value in our messaging tools and AI summary. We apologize for the inconvenience with the messaging crashing when adding a note. Our team is working diligently to address this issue and provide a smoother experience for you. ### 42. Amazing Program **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Abdel S. | Senior Attorney, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 29, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** the phone app is amazing and makes conneectting easier **What do you dislike about Podium?** search function sucks itas hard to find contacts **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** keeping me on track and accountable **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > It's great to hear that Podium is helping you stay on track and accountable. We're committed to providing tools that support your success. ### 43. very easy to use and beneficial to the business. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** DAVIS A. | GENERAL MANAGER, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 29, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** easy accesibility of the platform, and the ai ability **What do you dislike about Podium?** limited bulk messages and having to increase the amount **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** it solves the comunication problem **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're glad to hear that you find Podium easy to use and beneficial for your business. We appreciate your feedback about the platform's accessibility and AI capabilities. We understand your concern about limited bulk messages and will take this into consideration for future improvements. Thank you for sharing how Podium is solving your communication problems. ### 44. I have been with Podium a number of years, and it is very user friendly without interruptions **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cynthia S. | Ronnie Smith Owner/VP, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 07, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** I can chat with the customer, and my sub-contractors and it allows information that look back at. Save me time as someone can send over a quick photo for review. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Not enough support to let me know if I am getting the system's full benefits. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Save time with commuicating to people who we are working on and who need our services. Peoples time is very important to them now, and we can provide the need to know information. **Official Response from Whitney Adamson:** > Thank you for your feedback! We're glad to hear that Podium has been user-friendly and helpful for your business. We understand the importance of maximizing the system's benefits, and we will have your customer success manager reach out to you for further assistance with the platform. ### 45. Great for large teams with some quirks **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jose R. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 01, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** Ability to have all your conversations collected in one space. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Phone is very inconsistent and support is lacking **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Increase in reviews **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We appreciate your feedback on Podium. It's great to hear that it has been beneficial for collecting conversations and increasing reviews. We apologize for any issues you've encountered with the phone feature and support, and we're working to make improvements in these areas. ### 46. Podium is GREAT!! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** MIRANDA B. | Customer Service Representative, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 12, 2024 **What do you like best about Podium?** I have just recently started working with Podium. Podium is very user friendly. I was helping out on Podium the second day I started working here. I love it. I personally use Podium everyday to connect with our amazing customers. I also love the new AI agent within podium. On busy days this helps so much. It also makes our response time quicker on busier days. The AI Agent feature was implemented very fast and easy. Utilizing this resource has made our customer support stand out from others. Everyone here including myself has integrated very well to useing Podium. Using Podium allows me to multitask and connect with more customers. **What do you dislike about Podium?** As of right now in my short expierence working with Podium I have ZERO dislikes. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Podium is allowing us as employees to connect with more customers. Also Podium allows us to communicate with our customers that are sometimes too busy to call into the office and even our customers who would perfer text communication versus on the phone. **Official Response from Whitney Adamson:** > We're thrilled to hear that you're enjoying Podium and finding it user-friendly! Our AI agent is designed to help streamline communication and improve response times, so it's great to hear that it's making a positive impact for you and your team. ### 47. Podium is getting easier for the computer idiot in 4 months of practice **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Insurance | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2024 **What do you like best about Podium?** I like Podium because we can text from office, have our conversations recorded when out of office using personal phone so it's a backup -Still getting better! **What do you dislike about Podium?** Two frustrations with Podium- not easy to set up on cell phone you've gotta have the desktop, and if I have a problem and call tech they direct me to an on-line place to TEACH MYSELF - but they forget WHO pays their salary and if I'm wasting my time to call they'd better HELP ME and do it either for me or with me to fix my problem. - but getting easier to navigate on cell **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** E&O protection and ease with working with clients almost instantly **Official Response from Whitney Adamson:** > Thank you for sharing your feedback. We are committed to making the setup process more user-friendly, and we will also review our support approach to ensure that we provide the assistance you need when you encounter issues. ### 48. Very user friendly and effective for quick communication! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 07, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** The layout and filter options are very easy to navigate and use. **What do you dislike about Podium?** Sometimes the messages take a while to send but that may be more of a connection problem on my end. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Podium allows us to communicate with customers in a timely and convenient matter, which allows for better customer service and more sales. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > We're glad to hear that you find Podium user-friendly and effective for quick communication! Our layout and filter options are designed to make navigation easy. We're thrilled that Podium is helping you improve customer service and drive more sales. ### 49. It has been pretty easy to navigate through podium. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gus S. | Intake Representative, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** The thing I like beat might just be the many fictions it has and how it can keep my messages organized. **What do you dislike about Podium?** I dislike the introduction of AI into it. It's not the best. The ai generated message responses are always so off. **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Podium is like I said allowing me to have a more organized work space in my computer. **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > It's great to hear that Podium is helping you stay organized and be more efficient in your work. Thank you for sharing your experience! ### 50. Good, but could be better **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** VICTOR P. | Service Advisor, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 02, 2025 **What do you like best about Podium?** Contact Storage, features and Organization **What do you dislike about Podium?** Long load times on mobile, unable to edit estimates **What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Documentation and **Official Response from Karina Aguirre:** > Thank you for sharing your feedback. We're pleased to hear that you find Podium's contact storage, features, and organization have been beneficial. We are constantly updating our features, so your input helps us identify areas for improvement. 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