Teachable Review (2026)Plans From $39/mo, 7.5% Fee on Starter

Pricing (2026)

✓ Pricing re-verified 2 Nov 2026

Teachable has three self-serve plans and a Custom plan. Starter is $39 a month billed monthly, or $29 a month billed annually: 5 published products, 1 admin and a 7.5% transaction fee on your sales. Builder is $89 a month, or $69 billed annually: 10 products, 1 admin, a 0% transaction fee when you use Teachable Payments, an affiliate program and real-time support.

Growth is $189 a month, or $139 billed annually: 50 products, 5 admins, course certificates, Teachable branding removed, imported students and custom admin permissions. Custom is priced through sales. Every plan includes up to 1TB of video storage; beyond that the usage-fee page lists $15 a month per additional TB. Payment processing comes on top of the plan: for a US school the base rate is 2.9% + $0.30 per domestic card and 4.4% + $0.30 per international card.

On the default Standard bundle Teachable adds 0.5% where tax is assessed and 0.7% on recurring transactions; the optional Global bundle adds 2.8% on all transactions instead. Students added outside Teachable checkout (imports, the API, manual enrollment, $0 or 100%-coupon checkouts) are free up to 100 per school, then $0.50 a month per student. There is no free plan: the pricing page offers a 7-day free trial and a 30-day guarantee. Plans change — always verify the live price on their site.

Category context: Growth & Revenue. Across the 85 tools in this category that we researched with a public US-dollar price, the median entry price is about $30 a month (lowest paid plan as listed, per seat where the vendor prices per seat). Teachable’s entry price of $39 a month sits above that median. Compare pricing conditions in the Software Cost Atlas →

What the pricing page doesn’t say

The catch

Students you import, enroll by hand or give free access count against an allowance of 100 per school and then cost $0.50 a month each. Refunds need a written request within 30 days, after you cancel the plan yourself. Student subscriptions may keep charging for up to 30 days after your school plan ends.

What Teachable does

Course and coaching platform for creators: build and sell courses, coaching, digital downloads and memberships with a built-in checkout, tax handling and iOS and Android student apps.

Builder pays for itself on the fee

The jump from Starter to Builder is mostly about the 7.5% transaction fee. Builder costs $50 a month more on monthly billing ($40 more on annual), and drops that fee to 0% with Teachable Payments. As a rough line: once you sell more than about $670 a month through Teachable, Starter's fee costs you more than the Builder upgrade (7.5% of $667 is $50). Below that, Starter is cheaper, as long as 5 products are enough.

Growth is worth it when you need more than one admin, certificates, imported students or a school without Teachable branding. Processing fees apply on every plan, so compare your real card mix: a US school pays 4.4% + $0.30 on international cards before any bundle fee.

How to actually use Teachable

Start the 7-day free trial from the pricing page and pick the plan you would actually keep, because the transaction fee and product limit differ per plan. Build one product first and do a test purchase, then check the payout and fee lines in your school's admin before you move a whole catalogue over. If you plan to import an existing student list or give free access, count those students first: under the current usage policy only 100 students added outside Teachable checkout are free per school.

Distilled from Teachable's own pages: the pricing page, the usage-fees page and the help article on transaction fees and bundles, read on 2 November 2026; the help articles on cancelling and refunds, read on 16 October 2026. Teachable is an affiliate partner of ours through PartnerStack. We have not used the software ourselves.

Teachable vs LearnWorlds, side by side

Each column shows the vendor’s own published entry price, read on the date shown. Entry prices can cover different services or units, so check what each one buys. We do not average them into a score.

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What it costs

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)

Price read on

2 Nov 2026

The catch

7.5% fee on Starter; processing extra; free students capped at 100.

Best for

course creators and coaches who sell to their own audience and want checkout, tax handling and student apps handled for them

LearnWorlds →

What it costs

Starter $49/mo (or $44 annually) but with a $5 fee per paid enrollment; Pro Trainer $99/mo, no enrollment fee

Price read on

29 Oct 2026

The catch

The detail most people miss is Starter's $5-per-paid-enrollment fee — at any real sales volume it quietly makes Starter more expensive than the flat Pro Trainer plan, so the "cheap" tier often isn't.

Best for

course creators and training businesses that want a branded school with interactive video, assessments, certificates and a built-in checkout

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The natural comparison is LearnWorlds — both sell courses with a built-in checkout. LearnWorlds puts more weight on interactive video, assessments and a branded school site; Teachable's plans are built around a product limit and a transaction fee that only Starter pays. Compare the fee you would pay on your expected sales, not just the plan price.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Teachable cost?

Read on 2 November 2026: Starter $39 a month ($29 billed annually), Builder $89 ($69 annually), Growth $189 ($139 annually), Custom on request. Prices are in US dollars, and payment processing is charged on top.

Does Teachable take a cut of my sales?

On Starter, yes: a 7.5% transaction fee. Builder, Growth and Custom have a 0% transaction fee when you use Teachable Payments. Processing fees still apply on every plan, for a US school 2.9% + $0.30 per domestic card and 4.4% + $0.30 per international card.

Is there a free plan?

No. Teachable is a paid service; the pricing page offers a 7-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

What does a student cost?

Students who buy through Teachable checkout for more than $0 are included without limit. Students added another way, such as imports, the API, manual enrollment or $0 and 100%-coupon checkouts, are free up to 100 per school and then $0.50 a month each, billed on the peak count per billing period.

How do I cancel and get a refund?

Only the primary owner can cancel, from Settings > Billing; it takes effect at the end of the billing cycle. Refunds are available within 30 days of a new paid plan or an upgrade, and must be requested in writing after cancelling (help centre, read 16 October 2026).

Is this a hands-on review of Teachable?

This is a researched assessment, not a hands-on test — where we've used a tool ourselves, we say so explicitly. We name what each tool is good and bad at, and we earn a commission only if you sign up, at no cost to you.

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