The Teachable alternative with no 7.5% cut
Teachable’s $39 Starter plan takes 7.5% of every sale and stops at 100 active students. Its coaching product links out to Calendly and Zoom. Coachful takes 0% on every plan, supports up to 20 clients at $49/mo or unlimited clients at $99/mo, and runs booking, programs, habits, and contracts natively.
Coaches are switching
Teachable
course platform
Coachful
All-in-one coaching platform
Teachable is the cheapest of the big course platforms on annual billing ($29/mo Starter), its coaching product with intake block, milestones, and messaging is more than most course tools offer, and BackOffice handles sales tax and affiliate payouts for you.
The costs show up as you grow: 7.5% on Starter, a jump to $89/mo for the 0% Builder tier, active-student caps of 100 and 1,000, and Trustpilot reviewers calling out escalating costs. Scheduling, calendar sync, and video all depend on Calendly and Zoom, and there are no contracts or habits. Coachful is a flat $29 to $99 with a 0% platform fee, up to 20 clients at $49 and unlimited clients at $99, with the coaching layer built in.
Three reasons coaches choose Coachful
Zero platform fee on every plan
Coachful takes 0% after Stripe or Razorpay processing, on the $29 plan too. Teachable Starter takes 7.5%, and you pay $89/mo to make it 0%.
No active-student caps
Teachable caps Starter at 100 active students and Builder at 1,000. Coachful Solo is $49/mo for up to 20 clients; unlimited Pro is $99/mo.
Booking, contracts, and habits built in
Self-serve booking with two-way calendar sync, e-signed agreements, and daily habits and check-ins. Teachable’s coaching product relies on Calendly and Zoom and has no contracts.
Coachful vs Teachable
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MayaJamesPriyaCoaches who made the switch
I tried running my coaching business across five different apps. It was a complete waste of time and money. Then I found Coachful. It was everything I need in one platform.
Christopher Duff
Founder, Duff X Athletics
It’s the coaching platform I always wanted — it just didn’t exist yet. I have one dashboard for everything and already saved $1,300 by cancelling all the tech I had duct-taped together.
Emily F.
Coach · United States
Fantastic piece of software for coaches who want everything to be in one place. The Coachful team have been amazing at being on hand to help get everything set up. Would highly recommend!
Luis
Coach · United Kingdom
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What coaches ask before switching from Teachable.
Yes if you coach live clients. Teachable is a course platform whose coaching product links out to Calendly and Zoom and has no contracts, habits, or client progress dashboard. Coachful sells courses and downloads too, then adds booking with two-way calendar sync, built-in video, e-signed agreements, programs, habits, and check-ins.
Starter ($39/mo, $29 annual) carries a 7.5% platform fee. Builder ($89/mo, $69 annual), Growth ($189/mo, $139 annual), and Custom are 0%. Processing through teachable:pay is 2.9% plus 30 cents on US cards and 3.9% plus 30 cents international. Coachful has a 0% platform fee on every plan; you pay only Stripe or Razorpay processing.
Starter allows 100 active students and 5 products, Builder 1,000 students and 10 products, Growth 5,000 students and 50 products. Reviewers describe this as per-learner pricing in practice. Coachful Lite is capped at 5 clients for $29/mo, Solo at 20 clients for $49/mo, and Pro is unlimited at $99/mo.
When you sell a few courses to a big audience and want tax, VAT, and affiliate payouts handled by BackOffice. Coachful creates affiliate links and tracks clicks, conversions, and attributed revenue, but you handle affiliate payouts manually. Teachable also offers a 30-day money-back guarantee on new plans.
Yes. Teachable exports students as CSV from Users, plus sales and course reports. Video content has to be downloaded manually since there is no bulk course export. Bring the CSV to onboarding and we import your list and help rebuild courses and coaching packages.
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