Teachable built its reputation as the entry-level course platform — easy to use, low barrier to start, widely recognized in the creator education space. For creators focused specifically on course delivery, it has been a reasonable starting point. But starting points have ceilings, and for many creators, Teachable hits one faster than expected.
Pricing and Transaction Fees
Teachable's free plan takes a 10% transaction fee on every sale. Their Basic plan ($39/month) takes 5%. Their Pro plan ($119/month) removes transaction fees but adds platform costs that continue scaling.
MONDAi: $44/month. Zero transaction fees. Payment processing runs through your directly connected Stripe account — no platform fee layer.
Features
Teachable: courses, coaching products, and downloads. A basic website builder. Limited automation. What Teachable does not include: a CRM, landing page funnel builder, email marketing campaigns, SMS, a booking calendar, workflow automation, community, or pipeline management. Most Teachable users are running a minimum of two to three additional tools alongside it.
The Full-Stack Math
A Teachable Pro plan at $119/month, plus ConvertKit at $50/month, plus a funnel builder at $37/month, plus a booking calendar at $15/month, plus a CRM at $50/month = approximately $271/month — more than six times the cost of MONDAi for the same functional set, with the added complexity of making separate platforms talk to each other.
What Teachable Does Better
For pure course delivery, Teachable's student experience is slightly more polished than MONDAi's current iteration. If you are a solo creator whose only business activity is selling one or two courses and you do not need automated follow-up, pipeline management, or community, Teachable's simplicity is a genuine advantage.
The Growth Ceiling
The issue with Teachable for a growing coaching or creator business is scalability. The features you need as you grow — lead nurture automation, a sales pipeline, SMS follow-up, community — require adding tools outside Teachable. Each new tool is a new integration, a new monthly cost, and a new support relationship. The platform you choose at the start shapes how complex your operations become.
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