Teachable
Customer education software
Corporate learning management systems
Online course providers
Online learning platforms
Talent management software
Training eLearning software
Education software
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- Ease of management
- Quality of support
- Affordability
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What is Teachable
Teachable is a hosted platform for creating, marketing, selling, and delivering online courses, coaching, and digital downloads. It is primarily used by individual creators, small businesses, and training providers that want a branded storefront and integrated checkout without running their own learning infrastructure. The product combines course authoring and delivery with payments, taxes/VAT handling (plan-dependent), and basic marketing tools. It is typically positioned for monetized course businesses rather than enterprise-grade internal learning operations.
Integrated commerce and checkout
Teachable includes built-in payments and checkout flows designed for selling courses and related digital products. It supports common monetization models such as one-time purchases, subscriptions, and bundles (availability varies by plan). This reduces reliance on separate e-commerce tooling compared with many LMS-focused products that emphasize internal training delivery over transactions.
Creator-focused course publishing
The platform provides a guided workflow for building courses with multimedia lessons, sections, and drip scheduling. It also supports branded school pages and a learner-facing experience oriented around self-paced consumption. This fits organizations that prioritize rapid publishing and storefront presentation over complex training administration.
All-in-one operational tooling
Teachable combines course hosting, learner management, email/marketing features, and analytics in one service. It also offers capabilities for coaching and digital downloads, enabling multiple revenue products in a single catalog. For small teams, this can simplify operations compared with assembling separate tools for hosting, payments, and learner access control.
Limited enterprise LMS depth
Teachable is not primarily designed for large-scale corporate learning programs with complex organizational structures. Features commonly expected in corporate LMS deployments—such as advanced role hierarchies, deep reporting, and extensive compliance workflows—may be limited or require workarounds. Organizations running regulated or multi-department training may find purpose-built corporate LMS products a better fit.
Authoring and interactivity constraints
Course creation is optimized for straightforward video- and content-based lessons rather than highly interactive simulations or lab-style training. Teams that need hands-on technical environments, guided product walkthroughs, or complex SCORM/xAPI-centric content strategies may need additional tools. This can increase content production complexity for advanced training use cases.
Customization and integration limits
While Teachable supports branding and some integrations, it can be less flexible than platforms built for extensive API-driven customization. Companies with strict identity, data, or workflow requirements (e.g., custom SSO patterns, bespoke analytics pipelines, or deep HRIS integrations) may encounter constraints. As requirements grow, teams may need supplementary systems or custom development.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $39/month (billed monthly) or $29/month (billed annually) | 7-day free trial; 30-day money-back guarantee; 7.5% sales transaction fee; 1 published product; unlimited product drafts; live chat support; student apps; global payments & taxes. |
| Builder | $89/month (billed monthly) or $69/month (billed annually) | 7-day free trial; 30-day money-back guarantee; 0% sales transaction fee; 5 published products; unlimited product drafts; real-time support; white label website; unlimited integrations. |
| Growth | $189/month (billed monthly) or $139/month (billed annually) | 7-day free trial; 30-day money-back guarantee; 0% sales transaction fee; 25 published products; unlimited product drafts; real-time support; white label website; more admin/users and features than Builder. |
| Advanced | $399/month (billed monthly) or $309/month (billed annually) | 7-day free trial; 30-day money-back guarantee; 0% sales transaction fee; 100 published products; unlimited product drafts; real-time & priority support; expanded storage and admin capabilities. |
| Unlimited (Enterprise) | Contact sales (custom pricing) | For businesses needing dedicated success manager, SSO (OIDC/SAML), flexible product/admin limits, sandbox school, priority SLA-based support, automated international tax handling, white-glove onboarding & migration. |
Seller details
Hotmart
New York, New York, United States
2013
Subsidiary
https://teachable.com/
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