Real pricing ✦ Per-sale fees included ✦ No buried footnotes

Course platform reviews that count the transaction fees.

The monthly price is on the billboard; the cut they take from every sale is in the footnotes. We rank platforms on what selling actually costs — at your volume, not theirs.

Find your platform in 10 seconds

Three questions. One honest recommendation.

Platform reviews

Scored on course experience, ease of use, marketing tools — and, unlike most reviews, fee honesty.

8.8
All-in-One

Kajabi Review

The premium everything-machine — courses, email, funnels, website in one bill, zero transaction fees.

Read the review →
8.3
Course Platforms

Teachable Review

The famous on-ramp for first courses — easy builder, built-in checkout, fees that vary by plan (read those).

Read the review →
8.5
Course Platforms

Thinkific Review

The validation-friendly pick — real free plan, no transaction fees on paid tiers, grows with you.

Read the review →
8.2
All-in-One

Podia Review

Courses, downloads, coaching and email under one simple roof — the solo creator's favorite.

Read the review →
8.3
Course Platforms

LearnWorlds Review

Interactive videos, real assessments, serious learning tools — for creators who are educators first.

Read the review →
8.4
Community Platforms

Skool Review

The community-first phenomenon — group, courses and gamification in one stupidly simple package.

Read the review →

Guides

Shortcut the research — the right platform for your stage and sales volume, tradeoffs stated plainly.

Best-Of

Best Course Platforms 2026

Ranked with the per-sale fees included — because the monthly price is only half the bill.

Read the guide →
Best-Of

Best Platforms for Coaches 2026

Coaching isn't a video library — the platforms that handle groups, cohorts and 1:1s properly.

Read the guide →
Guides

Cheapest Way to Sell Your First Course

$0 to first sale — the exact stack, the exact order, and the one thing to do before building anything.

Read the guide →
Best-Of

Best Free Course Platforms 2026

Free tiers that let you actually SELL — and the fine print on each, spelled out.

Read the guide →
Guides

Course Platform Fees, Explained

Our signature guide — the four fee layers, and the real monthly cost of each platform at $500, $2k and $10k in sales.

Read the guide →
Guides

Udemy vs Your Own Platform

Their millions of students vs your margins and your list — and the hybrid play smart creators run.

Read the guide →

How we review platforms

We judge platforms on what a working creator experiences: the course and student experience, ease of use, marketing tools — and above all the complete cost, including the per-sale transaction fees most reviews skip. Every review quotes the fee line, and every ranking includes the free options when they genuinely fit.