What Is Teachable?
Teachable is a platform for selling online courses, coaching, digital downloads and education products. It includes course hosting, payments, student apps, certificates, upsells, affiliate tools, global payments and tax handling.
Honest Review
Teachable is one of the easiest ways for creators to start selling courses. It handles the technical side of course hosting, checkout, payments and student access so creators can focus on content and marketing.
The trade-off is pricing and transaction fees. Starter is approachable but includes a 7.5% transaction fee. Serious creators should usually consider Builder or Growth. Teachable is strong for selling education products, but less flexible than a fully custom LMS.
RadarScore reasoning: Product quality is strong for creator education businesses (8). Value is good, especially on Builder/Growth (8). Ease of use is high (9). Free-tier quality is low because there is only a trial (2). Support is solid on paid tiers (8).
Sources & Verification
RadarScore calculated per our methodology. Pricing last verified 2026-06-24 against:
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