LearnWorlds vs Teachable: count your sales before you pick a plan
You sell courses, or you are about to. Maybe learners drift off because your lessons are plain video pages. Maybe a cut of every sale goes to the platform on top of the monthly fee, or you sell only a handful of seats and a big plan would eat the income. You are comparing LearnWorlds and Teachable because both sell courses with a built-in checkout, and you want to know which one costs less at your sales volume.
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LearnWorlds and Teachable side by side
| LearnWorlds | Teachable | |
|---|---|---|
| Price we read | Starter $49/mo (or $44 annually) but with a $5 fee per paid enrollment; Pro Trainer $99/mo, no enrollment fee (read 29 Oct 2026) | Starter $39/mo ($29/mo billed annually, 7.5% transaction fee); Builder $89/mo ($69/mo annually); Growth $189/mo ($139/mo annually); Custom on request. Payment processing extra (US: 2.9% + $0.30 domestic card) (read 2 Nov 2026) |
| Entry price | Starter: $49 a month ($44 billed annually) plus $5 per paid enrollment (read 29 Oct 2026) | Starter: $39 a month ($29 billed annually) plus a 7.5% transaction fee (read 2 Nov 2026) |
| How you pay | Flat plan fee; no enrollment fee from Pro Trainer ($99) up. Stripe fees and EU VAT come on top | Flat plan fee; 0% fee from Builder ($89) with Teachable Payments. Card processing comes on top |
| Free plan or trial | 30-day trial; in our test on 30 Oct 2026 it needed no card | No free plan; 7-day free trial and a 30-day guarantee |
| Best for | Creators who want a branded school with interactive video, assessments and certificates | Creators and coaches selling to their own audience who want checkout, tax and student apps handled |
| Main catch | Starter's $5 per paid enrollment overtakes Pro Trainer at ten sales a month; branded app price not stated | Starter takes 7.5% of sales; free or imported students cost $0.50 a month each past 100 |
Which one fits you
Pick LearnWorlds if
- Learners drift off your plain video lessons. Buyers on Research.com and Tekpon (Aug 2026) say LearnWorlds' interactive video, with quizzes, hotspots and branching inside the lesson, is hard to match. Pro Trainer is $99 a month or $79 billed annually (read 29 Oct 2026).
- You sell more than ten seats a month and want a flat bill. Pro Trainer charges no enrollment fee and no percentage of sales, and it allows 5 admins where Teachable's Builder allows 1.
- You want time to build a real course before paying. LearnWorlds gives a 30-day trial, and in our own test on 30 Oct 2026 it asked for no card. Teachable's trial is 7 days.
Pick Teachable if
- You are launching a first course and don't know if it will sell. Teachable Starter is $39 a month or $29 billed annually (read 2 Nov 2026), with 5 published products, a 7-day free trial and a 30-day guarantee. The 7.5% fee only bites once sales come in.
- You sell steadily and want no cut of sales. Builder is $89 a month ($69 billed annually) and drops the fee to 0% with Teachable Payments. On its published prices, Builder beats Starter once you sell more than about $670 a month.
- You want student apps without an add-on. Teachable lists iOS and Android student apps and tax handling as part of the platform. LearnWorlds sells its branded mobile app as a separate add-on and no longer prints a price for it.
When to pick neither
You want to give a course away to a large free list, thousands of subscribers at once. On Teachable, students added outside checkout are free up to 100 per school and then cost $0.50 a month each. LearnWorlds caps monthly active learners at 1,000 on Starter and 2,000 on Pro Trainer and Learning Center.
Look at LifterLMS instead. Our Teachable review names LifterLMS for creators who hand a course to a big free list. We did not compare its pricing here. Read our LifterLMS review.
What it costs at a real size
A creator selling 20 seats of a $100 course a month, monthly billing, read 29 Oct 2026 (LearnWorlds) and 2 Nov 2026 (Teachable). LearnWorlds Starter: $49 + 20 × $5 = $149 a month. Pro Trainer: $99 flat. Teachable Starter: $39 + 7.5% of $2,000 = $39 + $150 = $189 a month. Builder: $89 flat with Teachable Payments. On top of every one of these comes card processing: Stripe at about 2.9% + $0.30 per sale on LearnWorlds, and 2.9% + $0.30 per domestic card for a US school on Teachable. LearnWorlds also adds VAT for EU buyers without a valid EU VAT number. At this volume both entry plans cost more than the plan one step up.
Where to start
LearnWorlds
Pro Trainer, $99 a month or $79 billed annually, with no enrollment fee (read 29 Oct 2026). Stay on Starter ($49, or $44 annually, plus $5 per paid enrollment) only while you sell under ten seats a month, or under seven on annual billing.
Start with LearnWorlds →Teachable
Builder, $89 a month or $69 billed annually, with a 0% transaction fee on Teachable Payments (read 2 Nov 2026). Start on Starter ($39, or $29 annually) only while sales stay under about $670 a month and 5 products are enough.
Start with Teachable →Questions buyers ask
Which is cheaper for a small course business?
It depends on sales, not the sticker. LearnWorlds Starter costs the same as Pro Trainer at ten paid enrollments a month: $49 + 10 × $5 = $99 (read 29 Oct 2026). Teachable Starter costs more than Builder once you sell more than about $670 a month (read 2 Nov 2026). Below those lines the entry plans are cheaper.
Is there a free plan on either?
No free plan is listed on either. LearnWorlds offers a 30-day trial, which in our test on 30 Oct 2026 started without a card. Teachable offers a 7-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
What is not in the plan price?
On both, card processing: Stripe at about 2.9% plus $0.30 on LearnWorlds, and 2.9% + $0.30 per domestic card (4.4% + $0.30 international) for a US school on Teachable. LearnWorlds adds VAT for EU buyers without a valid EU VAT number and sells its branded mobile app as an add-on with no price printed. Teachable charges $0.50 a month per student added outside checkout past 100 per school, and $15 a month per extra TB of video past 1TB.
Where these facts come from
LearnWorlds' pricing page (learnworlds.com/pricing), read 5 Sep, 30 Sep and 29 Oct 2026, plus our own test of the LearnWorlds trial on 30 Oct 2026 (we did not build a course or take payments). Teachable's pricing page, usage-fees page and help article on transaction fees, read 2 Nov 2026, and its cancel and refund help articles, read 16 Oct 2026. We have not used Teachable ourselves. Prices change: each one carries the date we read it, and our reviews are re-checked against the vendor pages.