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Alternatives to Teachable
23 lms tools sit alongside Teachable in this directory. Below is what separates each from Teachable on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- 3
- Teachable starts at
- $29/month
Why people look past Teachable
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Teachable entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Teachable carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 6 of the 23 alternatives below can be used without paying.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Teachable publishes 4 tiers, from $39/month up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Teachable pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Create and sell online courses your way
- Starts $7 a month dearer, at $36/month.
- 3 tiers to Teachable's 4.
All-in-one platform for knowledge entrepreneurs
- Starts $114 a month dearer, at $143/month.
- 3 tiers to Teachable's 4.
Sell online courses, memberships, and digital downloads
- Starts $13 a month dearer, at $42/month.
- 3 tiers to Teachable's 4.
Asynchronous training video with AI avatars, quizzes and a searchable knowledge library
- Can be used without paying; Teachable cannot.
- Starts $5 a month cheaper, at $24/month.
- 2 tiers to Teachable's 4.
Open source French-language learning platform, now developed as Claroline Connect
- Can be used without paying; Teachable cannot.
- Starts $29 a month cheaper, at Free.
- 2 tiers to Teachable's 4.
Open source learning management system with no licence fee and a Latin American and francophone user base
- Can be used without paying; Teachable cannot.
- 2 tiers to Teachable's 4.
Every Teachable alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teachable (this page) | $29/month | - | 4 | |
| ThinkificCourse platform designed for online creators and educators | $36/month | - | 3 | vs Teachable |
| KajabiAll-in-one platform for creators combining courses, email, and marketing | $143/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Teachable |
| PodiaDigital product and course platform for creators | $42/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Teachable |
| Weet | Free, then $24/month | Per creator per month | 2 | vs Teachable |
| Claroline | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Teachable |
| Chamilo | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Teachable |
| Sakai | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Teachable |
| Moodle | Free, then $200/year | - | 2 | vs Teachable |
| Nearpod | Free, then $159/year | - | 3 | vs Teachable |
| Degreed | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Teachable |
| Skilljar | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teachable |
| Sana | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teachable |
| Echo360 | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Teachable |
| Schoox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teachable |
| Thought Industries | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teachable |
| Tovuti LMS | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teachable |
| Whatfix | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teachable |
| Totara | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teachable |
| LearnDash | $199/year | Per site per year | 3 | vs Teachable |
| CYPHER Learning | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teachable |
| LearnUpon | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teachable |
| LinkedIn Learning | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Teachable |
| Docebo | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Teachable |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Teachable badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Teachable is most often brought in for course creation, coaching services, digital products, membership sites. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Teachable is broadly right and the question is cost, the Teachable pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the LMS category lists everything the directory holds, and best lms tools ranks them.
Teachable runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Teachable alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Teachable?
- 23 other lms tools are listed in this directory, led by Thinkific, Kajabi, Podia, Weet. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Teachable?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Weet, Claroline, Chamilo, Sakai, Moodle.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Teachable?
- Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under Teachable's $29/month: Weet at Free, then $24/month, Claroline at Free, Sakai at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Teachable?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Teachable?
- Teachable is most often brought in for course creation, coaching services, digital products, membership sites. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Teachable?
- None of the lms tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Teachable alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, LMS, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Teachable against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Teachable covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every lms tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the LMS category, 23 tools beside Teachable. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.