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Teachable FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Teachable offer?

Teachable has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $39.00/month
Pricing model: Subscription
Free Trial: Available | (No Credit Card required)

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Q. Who are the typical users of Teachable?

Teachable has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business

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Q. What languages does Teachable support?

Teachable supports the following languages:
English

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Q. Does Teachable offer an API?

No, Teachable does not have an API available.

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Q. What other apps does Teachable integrate with?

Teachable integrates with the following applications:
ConvertKit, PayPal, Google Analytics 360, Calendly, Sumo, Zapier, Segment, Stripe, Mailchimp

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Q. What level of support does Teachable offer?

Teachable offers the following support options:
Knowledge Base, Email/Help Desk, Chat, FAQs/Forum

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Teachable product overview

Price starts from

39

Per month

Flat Rate

What is Teachable?

Teachable is a cloud-based course builder platform for producing rich teaching websites and online multimedia lectures. A tiered subscription solution, Free account users all the way up to Professional, High Volume and Enterprise enjoy unlimited course and student capabilities. All offer access to intuitive web-hosted publishing tools, offering template customization and rebranding options with no coding knowledge required. Content assets encompassing images, audio and video can be imported in from popular cloud storage including Dropbox, while administering high and low level updates. A revised Course Page Editor simplifies editing, although more advanced HTML/CSS development can be performed via the integrated Power Editor.

Key benefits of using Teachable

  • Create and sell online teaching courses, producing website experiences and managing branding, student data and monetization.


  • Teachable assumes no prior coding experience, using a template-based Website Builder to re-brand and customize themes.


  • Import PDF, image, audio and video assets from Dropbox, Box and Udemy to produce rich multimedia lectures.


  • All-new Course Page Editor enables intuitive, quick updates while the more advanced Power Editor adds HTML/CSS development.


  • Unlimited courses and students from free signup, including email marketing, progress tracking and eCommerce features as standard.


  • Upgrade to paid to add custom domains, affiliate programs, third-party integrations, webhooks, white-labeling and advanced reporting.


  • Add blogs, quizzes, discussion forums and student feedback forms while extending support with Zapier-based integrations.


  • Dashboard-based analytics visualize student signups or transactions, offering data insights into lecture completion and enrollments.


  • Reliable, secure cloud-hosting ensures regular data backups, technical support and instant automated updates.
  • Typical customers

    Freelancers
    Small businesses
    Mid size businesses
    Large enterprises

    Platforms supported

    Web
    Android
    iPhone/iPad

    Support options

    Knowledge Base
    Email/Help Desk
    Chat
    FAQs/Forum

    Training options

    Webinars
    Live Online
    Videos
    Documentation

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    Value for money

    3.8

    /5

    166

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    Teachable features

    Functionality

    4.1

    /5

    166

    Total features

    54

    7 categories

    Most valued features by users

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    Teachable users reviews

    Overall Rating

    4.4

    /5

    166

    Positive reviews

    Rating breakdown
    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend7.58/10
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    Pros
    Overall, my experience has been great. Their customer service team is super helpful when you need them and the platform is very familiar to a lot of other bloggers and online business owners.
    I like the helpful tips and how useful they are. I also like how I can put my information on slides, so I can create my courses.
    I love the aesthetics and the User Interface. It's all very clean and feels comfortable.
    Cons
    Very depressing especially when they see. Know and hear that you are struggling over and over and over and still are unable to cancel on your own.
    More worrying at the time of writing is that the platform seems to suffer occasional downtime, most significantly on Black Friday, which will have inevitably lost course creators money.
    I dislike that the free option is going away for users with more than 10 students. I also dislike that Teachable still takes a cut of sales, even with paid options.

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    Mariah A.

    Owner/Graphic Designer

    Graphic Design, self-employed

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    The easiest, most streamlined online course platform out there.

    Reviewed 2 years ago

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    Mariah A.: Hi, my name is Mariah. I am a freelance graphic designer and graphic design mentor and teacher....

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    Aimee S.

    Executive Director

    Alternative Medicine, 1-10 employees

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    Loved it at first! BUT, so many limits to functionality I switched to new platform within 3 months

    Reviewed 10 months ago

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    Gian Angelo D.

    Marketing and Advertising, self-employed

    Used daily for 6-12 months

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    • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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    A Giant in Online Courses

    Reviewed 5 years ago

    Teaching other has always been a passion of mine especially if it helps my students learn from my mistakes and avoid them in their own career. Being in the Copywriting field for years has always instilled in me that you have to keep learning and keep teaching others... and Teachable gives you that option. It's easy to get into and setup plus you get a lot of nice features to make your teachable page look really great! Overall, Teachable is one website you should definitely put your mind into.

    Pros

    It's probably one of the better choices when it comes to making courses online. First of all, you get a lot of options to integrate with 3rd party software which is great since you don't have to start from scratch in some aspects. Second, it's really easy to start teaching your audience online with Teachable. You can easily add new courses, record some lessons and launch! You get great payment options to choose from to give your customers some variety, also, it's easy to setup your page to make your "classroom" look even better.

    Cons

    It does take time to setup everything if you're planning to work on many courses and uploading a lot of material. While you can get most of it done by the time your free trial is over, it's always great to upgrade from the start to be able to take advantage of the premium features Teachable offers. One more thing is that, it's a bit pricey compared to other choices however, if you want great quality, it will cost you.

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    Steve P.

    Used daily for 2+ years

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    • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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    A great online course platform that's improving all the time

    Reviewed 6 years ago
    Pros

    My favourite thing about Teachable is it 'just works' out of the box. Most of its functionality is intuitive and it doesn't try to add a million features that most people won't use. It's a software tool that knows what it is and who it's for. It makes it very easy to make a good looking site and get a course up for sale. Anyone can get started and be able to do most of what they need to be able to do to create a profitable online course business easily.

    Cons

    The drawback is in that final 5%. It's easy to make a good looking site, but not easy to make an amazing looking site. I have in the past had some issues with their affiliate system and with their support staff, but to be fair this was in late 2016 and they have made big improvements since then. I would like to see them roll out new features more consistently so that their users are on the cutting...

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    Robin F.

    Music, self-employed

    Used daily for 1-2 years

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    • Likelihood to recommend4/10

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    Good in some areas. Poor in others.

    Reviewed 5 years ago

    Leadership of the company tends to focus on the money angle but I guess that's to be expected. ("You can make mega-$$$ with your courses!" and some have.) You won't find information on crafting your course but you will find plenty on how to give it a high price tag. If you can avoid the hype and have a third party email app you like to use, then Teachable is a good option. I've found it to be affordable and profitable in spite of the email problems.

    Pros

    The teaching platform (curriculum videos, PDFs, etc.) is good and uploads are easy. I found that building a sales page was not difficult and sending people to the sales page with discount coupons was a smooth process. Payments were collected and paid out promptly at the end of the month (for my plan). Support is by email only (no chat) and took a couple days but the answers were helpful. The plans are reasonably priced for individual teachers and consultant.

    Cons

    I have experienced serious problems with their built-in email application. Since this is the primary way teachers communicate with students, it should be a priority for them. There were days when it wasn't working when I needed to send links to live classes and webinars. It's difficult to customize "Welcome" emails and there's no way to schedule sends or save drafts. They recently announced that all...

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    Yadah K.

    E-Learning, self-employed

    Used other for 2+ years

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    • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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    They Have Good Resources

    Reviewed 4 years ago

    Initially I was dazzled by Teachable. As I got more into my business and researched, and the more teachable updated and changed their plans and options, the more I realised that there are better options out there. The resources are still good, but they focus very much on the 'overnight success' model that tends to burn most entrepreneurs out.

    Pros

    You can change the colour scheme to for your brand. There is a white label option to ensure all branding is yours and only yours. You can use your own domain. Video hosting is done directly on Teachable, so no need to figure out embedding etc from other sites. You can add quizzes and tests to your online courses. You can add resources and PDFs for your students. It's possible to add add-ons for additional income on courses, and also bundle courses together. They offer many free courses and resources to help the budding online teacher.

    Cons

    There is no middle ground between the starter plan and next plan - it's expensive for the starter plan compared to other course platform options with hardly any of the perks the others offer. The promise of being able to fully customise your school is negated by the very real fact that you HAVE to be able to 'code' to do so, taking away from the ease of use. The quizzes available are restricted to multiple choice or true and false - students aren't able to upload assignments and there is also no room for free flow questions.

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    Ça¿r¿ M.

    E-Learning, 1-10 employees

    Used daily for 2+ years

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    • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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    Always improving

    Reviewed 2 years ago
    Pros

    I like that Teachable always deploys new features, listens to tutors and I also like the community they've been developing among the teachers. So, they both try to improve their product and their users at the same time.

    Cons

    Sometimes it's hard to bundle your courses as you like. You have to tweak this and that to get something close to what you want.

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