VIDEO: Podio Demo

Welcome, today we’ll be looking at Podio, a popular online work platform. This video review is brought to you by TechnologyAdvice. Our mission is to educate, advise and connect buyers of business technology and one of the ways we do so is by providing unbiased reviews of software. This video review is for Podio and its goal to Manage, share, and get your work done smarter. There are several networks within Podio: Employee, Intranet, Project Management, and Sales Management.

Users can select which tabs from which networks apply best to them. There are several additional features that won’t be profiled below that are available in the podio app market such as adding tabs for expenses and inspiration. This is the Podio Employee Network. Users can share news, files, and tasks with all your colleagues in the activity stream instead of sending countless CC emails. Users can add any and all co-workers into the contacts tab with relative ease.

There’s also a neat feature that allows users to chat and video call with colleagues by clicking the chat button in the top right corner. In the employee directory you can see all your colleagues who have joined, along with their contact details. Workspaces are great to break out project teams or departments, structure your work, and get things done together. The next tab is the Calendar. Users can use the settings menu to personalize what they see on the calendar.

Choose to see only items directly related to you, like meeting invites, or to view everything date-rated from all your Podio apps – with a range of choices in between. This is your personal task list showing you all tasks you have on Podio. Use it for concrete next actions for yourself or assign tasks to other members of your team. Users can view everything from delegated tasks to completed tasks. The Intranet is next. Similar to the Employee Directory, the Intranet is a helpful tool for HR teams.

Podio users can see who’s away from the office, schedule staff meetings and set up a company FAQ. Next up is the project management tab. This is where you can get all of your projects in one place. Projects, deliverables, and meetings. Everything is incredibly customizeable. Users can define what information is available and where. Anyone can comment on a project as well add deliverables. Last but certainly not least, Sales Management gives an overview of all your deals while keeping track of and sorting leads by the statuses.

Everything from Calendar to Pipeline is viewable on the dashboard. Companies can be sorted based on a variety of information and easily added. All prospective deals can be entered in this app to track their progress. Made for small to medium sized companies, Podio is available with a free edition and $9 per user/month premium edition. A limitation for Podio is its email functionality. There is very little that was apparent throughout my review, and that’s definitely something more expensive options have.

Time tracking features are also limited with the calendar being one of its few features. In summary, Podio provides: 1) Content and conversations in one place. 2) Progress updates at a glance and the ability to dive into detail. 3) A platform to create an online office. To find out more about Podio or other project management software, check out our website where we can help you find software that will fit the needs of your work. Thanks for watching!