Pricing and fees
Teachable plan comparison: Starter vs Builder vs Growth vs Custom
Teachable Starter ($29 per month on annual billing) carries a 7.5% transaction fee and no custom domain. Builder ($69) drops the fee to zero and adds a custom domain and affiliates. Growth ($139) removes Teachable branding, lifts admin seats to 5 and products to 50. Custom is quote-based. Your sales volume and product count usually decide the tier.
The four plans at a glance
Teachable is built for selling courses and digital products simply. Its B2B layer is thin, so the plan choice turns on fees, product caps, admin seats and branding.
| Plan | Monthly billing | Annual billing | Admins | Fees | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $39/mo | $29/mo | 1 | 7.5% transaction fee | 7-day free trial; no custom domain |
| Builder | $89/mo | $69/mo | 1 | No platform fee | custom domain; affiliate program for your school |
| Growth | $189/mo | $139/mo | 5 | No platform fee | remove Teachable branding; 5 admin users |
| Custom | Custom pricing | Custom pricing | custom | No platform fee | contact sales |
All plans include up to 1 TB of video storage, so storage rarely drives the decision. The 7.5% Starter fee and the product caps do.
The 7.5% fee that forces Builder
Starter takes a 7.5% transaction fee on your sales. Builder and Growth take none. That single line changes the ranking as soon as you sell anything meaningful.
Work the math. At $2,000 per month in sales, 7.5% is $150 per month, or $1,800 per year in fees. The Starter to Builder upgrade costs $40 more per month on annual billing ($69 versus $29), which is $480 per year. So the break-even is where 7.5% of your monthly sales exceeds $40, which is about $533 per month in sales. Above that, Builder is cheaper than Starter despite the higher sticker price, and it throws in a custom domain and affiliates. The fee guide lays this out with other platforms.
What forces each upgrade
- Starter to Builder: a custom domain, an affiliate program, or escaping the 7.5% fee. Starter has no custom domain and no affiliates. Builder adds both and zeroes the fee.
- Product caps: Starter allows 5 products, Builder 10, Growth 50. If your catalog is growing, the cap alone can force the next tier.
- Builder to Growth: more than one admin, or removing Teachable branding. Starter and Builder both include 1 admin seat. Growth is the first plan with 5 admin seats and with branding removal. A team or a clean brand forces Growth.
Notice that admin seats stay at 1 all the way through Builder. If you need a second staff member in the admin, you jump straight to Growth, which is a real cost step.
Where Teachable stops
Teachable has no published group or seat-selling workflow comparable to Thinkific Grow or LearnWorlds client groups, and SCORM is not on the published plan grid. If you sell B2B seats or deliver SCORM, treat those as absent unless sales confirms otherwise, and look at Thinkific vs Teachable or Teachable alternatives instead.
For creators selling courses and digital products to individuals, Teachable stays simple and predictable once you clear the Starter fee. If you also weigh Podia, see Teachable vs Podia.
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