Kourses vs GUMROAD
Stop Giving Away 10% of Every Sale to Gumroad
See why course creators are switching to Kourses for 0% transaction fees, a real course builder, and a platform designed for education - not just file delivery.
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Lightweight & simple to use
Our focus is on keeping our platform free of bloat. So it's fast and easy to use, saving you time.
All the tools you need
Create online courses, sell digital products and engage with communities all built in.
Keep more of your profits
With 0% transaction fees and affordable pricing, you keep more of your profits in your pocket.
Kourses vs. Gumroad
Let's take a look at a quick overview of each of these platforms
Kourses
Kourses is an all-in-one platform built specifically for course creators, coaches, and digital educators.
It combines a beautiful course builder, community spaces, digital product delivery, and an optimized checkout system - all under one roof.
With 0% transaction fees, included video hosting, and native integrations with the CRMs and email tools you already use, Kourses gives you everything you need to sell and deliver online education without bolting together a patchwork of separate tools. Plans start at just $9/month.
Gumroad
Gumroad is a simple digital marketplace that lets you upload files, set a price, and start selling in minutes.
It's popular with indie creators selling ebooks, templates, design assets, and digital downloads. There's no monthly fee - instead, Gumroad charges a flat 10% + $0.50 per transaction on direct sales (or 30% if customers find you through Gumroad's Discover marketplace).
While Gumroad supports basic memberships and can technically host video content, it lacks a dedicated course builder, student progress tracking, community features, and advanced sales tools like order bumps and upsell funnels.
Kourses is fast, lightweight and your content looks beautiful.
Ditch bloated platforms and just get the features you need, at a fair and affordable price for your creator or coaching business.
Build courses faster
Create lessons, upload videos, and launch faster with an intuitive, clutter-free builder made for course creators.
Premium Experience
Students enjoy clean layouts and fast video streaming, which keeps them engaged and progressing.
Automate Access & Delivery
Drip lessons, unlock modules automatically, and grant access instantly - everything runs on autopilot.
Bring Members Together
Spark conversations, collaboration, and connection with private, high-quality community spaces.
Boost Engagement
Your members return more often, stay active, and get more value when they can easily interact.
All In One = Reduced Tools
Your courses, groups, messaging, and member feed live in one seamless experience.
Faster, friction-free selling
Customers buy in seconds with a checkout experience designed to minimise friction and maximise conversions.
Increase Revenue
Multiple order bumps and one-click upsells, help you earn more without increasing your traffic or ad spend.
One Tool That Sells More
No plugins, no scripts, no external checkout tools - Kourses handles payments, funnels, member access, and delivery, all in one.
Kourses vs Gumroad feature comparison
Kourses gives you more features at a fraction of the cost - with 0% transaction fees.
Monthly Price
Affordable monthly pricing
from $9/month
$0/month (but 10% of every sale)
Transaction fees
We don't add fees (you just pay Stripe processing)
0%
10% + $0.50 per sale
Online Course features
Create and sell online courses
Community features
Build and grow customer communities
Digital Products
Sell your digital products & downloads
Built-in Checkout
Sell your products with optimized checkouts
Order Bumps & Upsells
Sell more with order bumps & upsells
Video Hosting included
No extra video hosting required.
Custom Domain
Brand your site with your own domain
Native Integrations
Connect with CRMs and ESPs directly
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Mainly via Zapier (limited native)
Free Migration Service
Let us migrate your content
At $5,000/month in sales, Gumroad takes $550/month in fees ($6,600/year). Kourses charges $0 in transaction fees - saving you thousands every year.
*This savings calculation is based on Gumroad's published 10% + $0.50 fee structure. At 100 sales × $50 = $5,000, the math is: ($5,000 × 10%) + (100 × $0.50) = $550/month. This is widely cited as the major pain point for scaling Gumroad creators.
Greg Smith
Greg Smith Golf Coach
"Kourses completely simplified everything by bringing courses, payments, memberships, and community into one integrated platform."
Karin Heatherly
Becoming Esther
"...I love how clean and organized everything is - it made building my course so fun and easy. I finally launched and brought my vision to life!"
Why switch to Kourses?
We know as a coach or creator you have many choices. So why should you consider switching to Kourses for your business?
A more affordable platform
At Kourses, we always try to keep our pricing fair. With plans for $9, you can start out for less than the price of a lunch. We will never charge you transaction fees too, so you keep more of the profit you make!
Works with your existing tools
We've built Kourses to be part of the essential creator tech stack. That means we already have native integrations with the most popular CRMs and other tools you might be using. This means the integration of Kourses in your business is seamless.
All the features you need
Kourses has a comprehensive feature set that's available on all plans. Our pricing is 100% transparent, we never charge transaction fees, and let you upgrade your plan as your requirements scale.
Platform that grows with you
Our features have been deliberately designed to be simple and lightweight. This helps you to get up and running fast. When you do need more advanced features, you'll find them available inside the Kourses platform to help you scale.
Everything you need to scale your online education business.
Sell courses, build communities, and deliver digital products on one platform.
Create Courses
Create beautiful online courses that make your content look like a million dollars.
Build Communities
Create engaging, interactive communities for members to discuss various topics.
Sell Digital Products
Sell ebooks, workbooks, pdfs or any digital downloadable and provide instant access after purchase.
Create membership tiers
Create unlimited membership tiers to gate access to content to specific audiences.
Drip Course Content
Delay the release of individual lessons or modules to grow retention and engagement.
Member Messaging
Build a more connected community with private member-to-member conversations
Inclusive video & file hosting
Upload your videos and files directly to Kourses for super-fast hosting.
Beautiful learning interface
Simple, easy to use and beautiful interface for your members means better engagement.
Optimized Checkout
Process payments inside Kourses with 0% transaction fees using our Stripe integrated checkout
Sell & take payments
Use the Kourses checkout to take payments and forward buyers straight into your membership.
Multiple Order Bumps
Boost revenue with multiple one-click order bumps
One-click Upsells
Boost revenue with one-click upsells & funnels
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With Kourses, you simplify your tech stack and can focus your time on creating content and delivering value to your customers.
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