Teachable Pricing 2026: Starter, Builder, Growth, Custom
Vorec Team · 2026-10-15 · About 8 min read
Teachable's cheapest plan costs $39 a month on monthly billing, but the number that matters more for many sellers is the 7.5% next to it. Starter takes a transaction fee on every sale; Builder, Growth and Custom list 0% when you use Teachable Payments. Whether Starter is actually the cheapest plan for you depends on how much you sell.
We read Teachable's pricing page in a browser on 15 October 2026, in both billing states, twice each. Every Teachable price, limit and fee below comes from that capture; Vorec's own prices come from our live plan catalogue. Where we calculated something, we show the arithmetic and say it is ours.
Verified 15 October 2026 from the rendered Teachable pricing page. The page's FAQ says all prices are in US dollars. We read it without a US billing address and did not check tax, so confirm the total at checkout.
Teachable pricing at a glance
| Plan | Monthly billing | Annual billing (per month, as shown) | Saving shown on annual | Transaction fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $39/month | $29/month, billed annually | $120 | 7.5% |
| Builder | $89/month | $69/month, billed annually | $240 | 0% with Teachable Payments |
| Growth | $189/month | $139/month, billed annually | $600 | 0% with Teachable Payments |
| Custom | Contact sales | Contact sales | — | 0% with Teachable Payments |
Builder is badged "Popular". The yearly tab is labelled "22% OFF". Custom has no published price, and a separate box invites anyone "selling more than $12k/yr" to contact sales for special conditions.
What annual billing works out to
The stated savings match the monthly difference exactly: ($39 − $29) × 12 = $120, ($89 − $69) × 12 = $240, and ($189 − $139) × 12 = $600. The percentage is a different story. These figures are our arithmetic, not prices Teachable displays:
| Plan | 12 × annual monthly figure | Saving vs 12 monthly payments | Saving as % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $348 | $120 | 25.6% |
| Builder | $828 | $240 | 22.5% |
| Growth | $1,668 | $600 | 26.5% |
So the "22% OFF" label is closest to Builder; Starter and Growth work out to more. The 12 × figure assumes annual billing equals twelve times the displayed monthly equivalent. We did not reach checkout, so the invoiced annual totals are unverified.
What each plan includes
From the plan cards and the usage table:
| Starter | Builder | Growth | Custom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Published products | 5 | 10 | 50 | Contact sales |
| Admin-level users | 1 | 1 | 5 | Contact sales |
| Students enrolled through Teachable checkout | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Contact sales |
| Video storage | Up to 1TB | Up to 1TB | Up to 1TB | Contact sales |
| Transaction fee | 7.5% | 0%* | 0%* | 0%* |
*0% applies when you use Teachable Payments. The page notes that standard payment processing fees may still apply.
What counts as a product. Teachable's FAQ says a published product is "any course, coaching offering, or digital download" you make live, and each counts as one product "regardless of how many videos, modules, or files it contains". Memberships and bundles don't count toward the limit, and neither do unpublished drafts. So Starter's 5 products is five live items in total, not five of each type.
Every plan card lists Create with AI, iOS and Android student apps, global payments and taxes, and upsells and cart recovery.
Builder adds 0% transaction fees, an affiliate program and real-time support.
Growth adds course certificates, removal of Teachable branding, imported students, custom admin permissions, and free subtitles and translations.
Custom lists a dedicated success manager, features for bulk sales, flexible product, student and admin seats, a sandbox school for testing, priority SLA-based support, automated international tax handling, white-glove onboarding and migration assistance.
One limit is easy to misread. "Unlimited" in the usage table applies to students enrolled through Teachable checkout. Importing existing students is a Growth feature, and the page we captured doesn't give a separate number for imported students.
Free trial, refunds and cancellation
Teachable's FAQ calls it "a paid service that includes a 7-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee". There is no ongoing free plan on the page. We did not start a trial, so we can't say whether it asks for a card.
On refunds and cancellation, the page says:
- You can cancel at any time, and cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing cycle.
- Plans auto-renew each billing cycle until cancelled.
- Within your first 30 days, you can request a refund under the 30-day money-back guarantee.
- Charges are subject to change and additional fees may apply, under Teachable's Terms of Use, Usage Fees and Fair Use Policy, which the page links but we did not review.
Transaction and processing fees
Teachable separates two kinds of fee, and it's worth keeping them apart:
- Transaction fee (Teachable's platform cut). 7.5% on Starter. 0% on Builder, Growth and Custom when you use Teachable Payments. The FAQ says transaction fees apply "only on the Starter plan".
- Processing fees (card and PayPal costs). These appear in a "Processing fees" table under "Additional plan information":
| Sale type | Fee shown |
|---|---|
| US credit and debit card | 2.9% + 30¢ |
| International credit and debit card | 3.9% + 30¢ |
| US PayPal | 3.49% + 49¢ |
| International PayPal | 4.99% + 49¢ |
| Chargeback | $15 |
| BackOffice (optional) | 2–2.8% |
The Payouts table lists daily payouts for Teachable Payments and monthly payouts for a monthly payment gateway.
When Starter stops being the cheapest plan
This is our arithmetic, using monthly billing and the transaction fee only; processing fees apply on every plan and are left out. Builder costs $50 more a month than Starter. Starter's 7.5% fee equals $50 at about $667 a month in sales ($50 ÷ 0.075). Above that, Builder's higher subscription costs less than Starter's fee. On annual billing the gap is $40 a month, so the break-even is about $533 a month in sales.
| Monthly sales | Starter: $39 + 7.5% | Builder: $89 + 0% |
|---|---|---|
| $300 | $61.50 | $89.00 |
| $667 | $89.03 | $89.00 |
| $1,000 | $114.00 | $89.00 |
| $3,000 | $264.00 | $89.00 |
The Builder column assumes you use Teachable Payments, since that's what the 0% depends on.
Which plan fits
| You are | Likely plan | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Testing a first course with modest sales | Starter | Lowest subscription; the 7.5% fee matters less at low volume |
| Selling regularly, up to 10 products | Builder | 0% transaction fee with Teachable Payments, affiliates |
| Running a catalogue or a team | Growth | 50 products, 5 admins, certificates, branding removal, imported students |
| Selling in bulk or needing migration help | Custom | Contact sales; flexible seats, sandbox school, SLA support |
Comparing course platforms? See our verified pricing for Thinkific and LearnWorlds, and for corporate training, TalentLMS. Our video and tutorial tool pricing study covers the wider category.
Where the lesson videos come from
Teachable hosts and sells the course, with up to 1TB of video storage on each published plan. The video lessons still have to be made somewhere, and for software and tool courses that usually means screen recordings with a voiceover. Recording silently and narrating afterwards, or re-recording whenever the voiceover goes wrong, is usually where the production time goes. Our guide on turning recordings into eLearning video content covers the workflow.
Vorec records your screen. It has its own macOS recorder, and an AI agent can drive it for you through the Claude Code plugin, capturing locally for you to review before anything is uploaded. It then drafts narration matched to the workflow it captured and generates the voiceover, so nothing is spoken into a microphone. In the editor you can add smooth cursor motion, cursor-follow zoom and click-based auto-zoom, and freeze-sync can hold a frame to give an explanation time to finish. The same capture can also produce a written step-by-step guide, with annotatable screenshots, and narration regenerates in supported languages on eligible plans, without re-recording. You can upload an existing recording instead if you already have one. You then export the video and upload it as a lesson in your course.
Vorec's prices, read from our live plan catalogue on 15 October 2026, are $9, $24 and $59 a month, or $86, $230 and $566 a year. There is a 7-day trial with 100 credits and no credit card required. The trial includes up to 3 projects, and exports carry a watermark. Details are on Vorec pricing.
FAQ
How much does Teachable cost?
As rendered on 15 October 2026: Starter $39, Builder $89 and Growth $189 a month on monthly billing, or $29, $69 and $139 a month billed annually. Custom is priced through sales.
Does Teachable have a free plan?
No ongoing free plan appears on the pricing page. Teachable's FAQ describes a paid service with a 7-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Does Teachable charge transaction fees?
Only on Starter, which has a 7.5% transaction fee. Builder, Growth and Custom have 0% transaction fees when you use Teachable Payments. Processing fees, such as 2.9% + 30¢ on US card sales, are separate.
How many courses can I sell on Teachable Starter?
Starter allows 5 published products. A course, a coaching offering or a digital download each counts as one product; memberships, bundles and drafts don't count.
How much do you save with annual billing?
The page shows $120 on Starter, $240 on Builder and $600 on Growth, under a "22% OFF" label. By our arithmetic that is about 26%, 22% and 26% of twelve monthly payments.
Which Teachable plan removes Teachable branding?
Growth lists "Remove Teachable branding". Custom includes everything in Growth.
Want the recording to narrate itself? Record with Vorec, or upload one you already have, and get a narrated tutorial plus a written guide. Start free. 7-day trial, 100 credits, no credit card required. Trial includes up to 3 projects; exports carry a watermark. Paid plans start at $9/month.