Teachable
Course and coaching platform with tiered plans, built-in payments, and optional email and community tools.
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Teachable is a long-running course platform restructured in mid-2025 into four paid tiers: Starter ($29/mo), Builder ($69/mo), Growth ($139/mo), and Advanced ($309/mo) on annual billing. The Starter plan carries a 7.5% transaction fee; higher plans drop it to 0% when using teachable:pay. The free plan was removed.
Our take
Teachable is the most-known course platform, with a fair pricing ladder: Starter at $29/mo takes 7.5% on top, Builder+ and above drop to 0% transaction fee. Payouts via teachable:pay are daily — unusually fast for this category. Best for: new course creators who want to start cheaply and upgrade as they grow, particularly if you value daily payouts for cash flow. Skip if: you want the all-in-one suite (Kajabi covers more) or you need deeper community features (Skool).
Pros and cons
Pros
- Flexible daily, weekly, or monthly payouts via teachable:pay
- 0% transaction fees on Builder plan and above
- Mature platform with affiliate and coaching tools built in
Cons
- Starter plan keeps a 7.5% transaction fee on every sale
- Free plan removed in the 2025 pricing overhaul
- Built-in email and community features are fairly limited
Full breakdown
- Platform fee
- from $29/mo · monthly + up to 7.5% on Starter
- Payout speed
- weekly
- Minimum payout
- $0
- Countries supported
- Global via teachable:pay / Stripe / PayPal
- Email list export
- Limited (built-in from Builder plan up)
- Custom domain
- Yes (Builder plan and above)
- Community features
- Basic built-in community spaces