LearnWorlds vs Teachable 2026: The Real Fee Maths

Most LearnWorlds vs Teachable comparisons line up feature checklists and declare a tie. That is not much use when you are about to commit a business to one of them.

Here is the thing those comparisons skip. Both platforms charge you to sell on their entry plan, and they charge in completely different ways. LearnWorlds takes $5 per enrollment. Teachable takes 7.5% of the sale. Which of those hurts more depends entirely on what your course costs, and the answer flips at a specific price point.

This guide works through that maths first, because for most people it decides the whole thing. Then it covers where the two platforms genuinely differ on features.

Short answer: if your course sells for more than about $67, LearnWorlds Starter is cheaper. Below that, Teachable Starter is cheaper. Above roughly 11 sales a month, you should be off the entry plan on either platform anyway.

LearnWorlds vs Teachable pricing in 2026

The headline prices are close enough to be a distraction. Both entry plans sit in the mid twenties per month on annual billing.

Sources: learnworlds.com/pricing and teachable.com/pricing, both checked in August 2026. Annual figures are the per-month price when billed for a year upfront. Payment processing is charged separately by both.

Two things stand out. Teachable is cheaper at the top of the range that most independent creators will actually use ($139 against $249). LearnWorlds gives you far more admin seats at every tier: 1, 5 and 25 against Teachable’s product-count limits of 5, 10 and 50.

The fee maths: $5 flat against 7.5%

A flat fee and a percentage behave in opposite directions. The flat fee hurts most when your course is cheap. The percentage hurts most when your course is expensive.

They cross at $66.67, because $5 is 7.5% of $66.67.

Total monthly cost on each entry plan, plan price plus fees:

The gap gets dramatic fast. Sell a $997 course five times a month and Teachable’s entry plan costs you $403 while LearnWorlds costs $49. That is not a rounding difference, it is $354 a month for the same work.

Run it the other way and the logic reverses just as cleanly. A $29 tripwire product sold 20 times costs $124 on LearnWorlds and $72 on Teachable, because a flat $5 on a $29 sale is effectively a 17% fee.

The practical rule: low-priced, high-volume products favour Teachable’s percentage. High-priced products favour LearnWorlds’ flat fee. Work out your typical course price and you have your answer.

When to leave the entry plan

Neither entry plan is where you want to stay, and the trigger points are easy to calculate.

LearnWorlds Starter to Pro Trainer. Pro Trainer costs $55 more per month and removes the enrollment fee entirely. At $5 a head, that pays for itself at 11 enrollments a month. Past that, staying on Starter is costing you money.

Teachable Starter to Builder. Builder costs $40 more per month and drops the fee to 0%. That pays for itself at $533 a month in sales. Past that, Starter is costing you money.

Both thresholds are low. If your course business is working at all, budget for the middle tier from the start and treat the entry plans as validation tools rather than a place to build.

LearnWorlds vs Teachable Feature comparison at a glance

The shape of the difference is clear enough from the table. LearnWorlds gives you more teaching capability and more seats. Teachable gives you more commercial convenience and a lower price at the top of the self-serve range.

One caveat worth flagging: LearnWorlds caps active learners at 1,000 on Starter and 2,000 on both Pro Trainer and Learning Center. That cap does not increase when you move from Pro Trainer to Learning Center, so if learner volume is your constraint rather than features, the upgrade does not solve it and you are heading for a Corporate quote.

Where the platforms actually differ

Once you are past the entry tier and nobody is taking a cut, the decision becomes a features and philosophy question.

LearnWorlds is the better teaching product

LearnWorlds is built by people who care about what happens after someone buys. Interactive video with in-video questions and navigation, SCORM support (up to 20 uploads on Pro Trainer), assessments, certificates, and a built-in community and social network on every plan.

It also includes unlimited video hosting at every tier, which is unusual and genuinely valuable. Video hosting is where course platform costs quietly escalate elsewhere.

If your course involves real instruction rather than a library of recordings, LearnWorlds gives you more to work with.

Teachable is the simpler business product

Teachable is easier to get moving and less to learn. The admin experience is cleaner, the setup path is shorter, and the platform makes fewer demands on you.

Where it pulls ahead is the commercial layer. Global payments and tax handling are included from the entry plan, which is a real administrative burden lifted if you sell internationally. Upsells and cart recovery are also included from Starter. Teachable handles being a merchant of record for tax purposes, which LearnWorlds leaves to you and your own Stripe or PayPal account.

That difference matters more than it sounds. Handling EU VAT or US sales tax yourself is a genuine ongoing cost in time or accountancy fees.

White labeling and scale

LearnWorlds puts full white labeling on Learning Center at $249 a month, along with SSO and API access. Teachable lets you remove its branding on Growth at $139 a month.

If a fully unbranded academy is the requirement, Teachable reaches it for less. If you need 25 admin seats, SSO and API access alongside it, LearnWorlds is the only one of the two that goes there without a sales call. For a wider view of how both compare on branding, see our guide to white label LMS and course platforms.

Migrating between them

Whichever direction you are moving, the same three things decide how painful it is.

Content moves fine. Videos, lessons, downloads and course structure export from both platforms and rebuild without much drama. Budget time rather than worry.

Student records move with effort. Both platforms let you export learners and import them, but progress data and completion history rarely survive intact. If certificates matter to your learners, tell them before you move rather than after.

Subscriptions are the hard part. This is the one that catches people. Payment authorisations do not transfer between platforms, so anyone paying you monthly has to re-subscribe on the new system. Expect to lose some of them. The usual approach is to run both platforms for one full billing cycle, move new signups to the new platform immediately, and migrate existing members with a personal email rather than a system notification.

If you are on Teachable and considering the move because of the 7.5% fee, check the Builder plan first. Paying $40 more a month to remove the fee entirely is a smaller change than migrating a live membership.

Which should you choose?

Choose LearnWorlds if your courses sell above roughly $67, you teach rather than just publish, you want interactive video and assessments, or you need multiple admin seats and SCORM.

Choose Teachable if your products are low-priced or you sell a lot of small items, you want international tax handled for you, you value a simpler admin experience, or you want unbranded delivery at the lowest possible price.

Consider neither if the fee structure is what brought you here. Both platforms charge on the entry tier and both push you to a middle tier to escape it. That is a common pattern and it is worth knowing it is not universal. Kourses charges 0% transaction fees on every plan, with courses, a community platform and checkout included rather than tiered. You can compare the numbers directly on our pricing page.

LearnWorlds vs Teachable Frequently asked questions

Is LearnWorlds cheaper than Teachable?
It depends on your course price. On the entry plans, LearnWorlds charges $5 per enrollment and Teachable charges 7.5% per sale, so they cross over at a course price of about $67. Above that, LearnWorlds is cheaper and the gap widens quickly. Below it, Teachable is cheaper. On the middle tiers, Teachable is cheaper outright at $69 a month against $79, and on the upper tiers Teachable is cheaper again at $139 against $249.

Does LearnWorlds charge transaction fees?
Only on the Starter plan, and it is a flat $5 per paid enrollment rather than a percentage. Pro Trainer, Learning Center and Corporate have no enrollment fees. Payment processing through your own Stripe or PayPal account is separate.

Does Teachable charge transaction fees?
Yes, 7.5% on the Starter plan. Builder, Growth and Advanced are 0%. Payment processing is charged separately.

Which is better for selling high-ticket courses?
LearnWorlds, clearly, if you are on an entry plan. A flat $5 on a $997 course is 0.5%, while Teachable’s 7.5% on the same sale is $75. On the fee-free middle tiers the cost difference disappears and the decision comes down to features.

Which is easier to use?
Teachable. It has a shorter setup path and a simpler admin interface. LearnWorlds offers more, and the trade-off for that is more to learn.

Can I move from Teachable to LearnWorlds?
Yes. Course content and student records export from both. The difficult part is active subscriptions, because payment authorisations do not transfer between platforms and members generally need to re-subscribe. Plan for a parallel billing cycle during any move.

Does either platform include video hosting?
Both do. LearnWorlds includes unlimited video hosting on every plan, which is worth noting because video storage is a common place for course platform costs to escalate.

Which one handles sales tax?
Teachable includes global payments and tax handling from the entry plan and acts as merchant of record. LearnWorlds connects to your own Stripe or PayPal, which means tax compliance stays your responsibility.

The bottom line

The feature comparison between LearnWorlds and Teachable is genuinely close, which is why most articles end in a draw. The pricing comparison is not close at all, it just points in different directions depending on what you sell.

Sell premium courses and LearnWorlds’ flat $5 enrollment fee is a rounding error while Teachable’s 7.5% is a real tax on every sale. Sell cheap, high-volume products and the same structures reverse.

Whichever you pick, do not build on the entry plan. Both are designed to become expensive precisely when your business starts working, and the upgrade thresholds (11 enrollments a month on LearnWorlds, $533 a month on Teachable) arrive sooner than most people expect.