Teachable Pricing Breakdown: Plans, Fees and Tiers
This article covers Teachable only. Other course platforms are not covered here. Everything below comes from the vendor’s pricing page, checked on 2026-11-12. Prices and terms change, so confirm them on the vendor’s page before you buy.
Plan prices
Teachable lists three paid plans, each with a monthly price and a lower per-month price when billed annually.
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed annually (per month) |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $39 | $29 |
| Builder | $89 | $69 |
| Growth | $189 | $139 |
The vendor’s page also mentions a Custom plan in its fee wording, but no price or feature details for it are given, so it is not covered here. The page describes paid plans with a trial. It does not state a free plan.
Transaction fees
Transaction fees are where the tiers differ most clearly in the information available.
- Starter: a 7.5% transaction fee.
- Builder and Growth: 0% when you use Teachable Payments.
The 0% figure does not mean selling is free. The vendor says standard payment processing fees may still apply on those plans. The processing rates listed are U.S. cards at 2.9% + 30¢ and international cards at 3.9% + 30¢. Taxes are a separate topic, covered below, and the page does not say how they interact with the transaction fee.
In practice, a Starter seller pays the platform’s transaction fee on top of processing, while a Builder or Growth seller using Teachable Payments pays processing only. The page does not give a break-even sales volume, and we have not calculated one.
Trial and refund terms
The vendor’s page is inconsistent about the trial length. The plan cards and the FAQ describe a 7-day free trial, while a pop-up describes the trial as extended from 7 to 30 days. We cannot say which is current, so check the trial length at sign-up.
Separately, the vendor advertises a 30-day money-back guarantee. The page excerpt we reviewed does not spell out the conditions, so read the full terms before relying on it.
What the plans include
The pricing page lists these platform features without tying all of them to a specific tier:
- Video storage of up to 1TB.
- Handling for U.S. sales tax, global VAT and GST.
- Drip course content.
Which plans include drip content is not clearly stated, and the same uncertainty applies to the other features above, so confirm tier-by-tier availability before choosing.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Clear published prices for three tiers, with lower monthly rates on annual billing.
- Builder and Growth list a 0% transaction fee when using Teachable Payments.
- Tax handling for U.S. sales tax, VAT and GST is listed.
- A 30-day money-back guarantee is advertised.
Cons
- Starter carries a 7.5% transaction fee.
- Processing fees can still apply even at 0%.
- The trial length is shown inconsistently on the vendor’s page.
- Feature-by-tier detail is thin on the pricing page.
Who it suits and who should look elsewhere
It may suit sellers who want a hosted platform with built-in tax handling and who plan to use Teachable Payments on a higher tier, where the platform’s own transaction fee is listed as 0%.
Look elsewhere, or investigate further, if you need to know exactly which tier includes drip content, or if you rely on live classes or live sessions. The pricing page does not state live-class support. Also look carefully at Starter if you expect meaningful sales, since its 7.5% transaction fee applies to each sale. If you need a free plan, note that the vendor’s page does not state one.
What we could not verify
- Which plans include drip content.
- Whether live-class or live-session support exists.
- Whether any free plan exists. The page describes paid plans with a trial.
- Details from Teachable’s help-centre article on transaction fees, which was unavailable when we checked.
- How Teachable compares with other platforms, since none were researched here.