Teachable
The future of your education business happens here
Online education platform for creators to build and sell courses, coaching, memberships, and digital downloads. Includes drag-and-drop course builder, AI content creation tools, student mobile apps, automated tax handling across 45+ countries, and global payment processing. 150,000+ educators.
Starter
Builder
Growth
- Online course builder
- Drag-and-drop course editor
- Lesson management
- Multimedia lesson content
- Video hosting and streaming
- Lesson comments and discussions
- Course templates
- Quiz creation and grading
- Auto-graded quizzes
- Short answer assessments
- Drip-fed course content (time-released)
- Course compliance tracking
Teachable at a glance
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Teachable, owned by Hotmart, is an all-in-one platform for creating and selling online courses, coaching, and digital products. Its AI course generator turns a plain-text topic into structured modules, lesson outlines, quiz drafts, and a sales landing page, and Teachable Pay handles checkout, order bumps, and even automatic global sales tax and EU VAT remittance behind the scenes.
Who it's for: solo creators, coaches, and small businesses who want the lowest possible technical barrier between having course content and actually selling it. Anyone needing SCORM compliance, deep visual design control, or a robust community forum will find the toolset here comparatively basic.
Pros
- AI course and sales page generator converts a topic prompt into structured modules, lesson outlines, quiz drafts, and a formatted sales page in minutes
- Teachable Pay handles checkout, order bumps, Buy Now Pay Later options, and global tax and VAT collection automatically, a real relief for solo creators
- Native iOS and Android student apps let enrolled learners stream lessons and track progress on their phones
- Supports selling one-on-one coaching, downloadable files, and digital bundles alongside standard video courses
- Built-in affiliate marketing engine on higher tiers lets creators recruit partners and automate commission payouts
Cons
- The entry Starter plan charges a real transaction fee on every sale on top of standard card processing fees, which adds up for anyone selling in volume
- Product and active-student caps get strict at the entry tier, forcing an upgrade fairly quickly as a course actually gains traction
- No permanent free tier anymore, just a short free trial across paid plans
- Page layout and SCORM customization are both limited, raw HTML/CSS control is restricted and SCORM/Articulate integrations aren't supported
Teachable earns its reputation as a go-to for solo creators because it genuinely removes the friction between having course content and getting paid for it. The AI course builder and automatic global tax handling are real time-savers, most creators don't want to think about EU VAT compliance, and having that handled automatically is worth a lot on its own. The native student mobile apps also give learners a real course experience rather than a clunky mobile browser workaround.
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