Teachable is best known as a course platform, but it also lets you sell digital downloads and coaching from the same storefront. If you turn PLR into mini-courses, workbooks or download bundles, it’s a natural option to consider.
This overview is based on Teachable’s official pricing page as of October 2026. We haven’t tested the platform ourselves, so treat this as a starting point for your own research and check the live page before you sign up.
Teachable plans at a glance
Teachable has four tiers. Prices below are in US dollars, as of October 2026:
- Starter: $39/month, or $29/month billed annually ($348/year). 7.5% transaction fee. Up to 5 products.
- Builder: $89/month, or $69/month billed annually ($828/year). 0% transaction fee with Teachable Payments. Up to 10 products.
- Growth: $189/month, or $139/month billed annually ($1,668/year). 0% transaction fee with Teachable Payments. Up to 50 products and 5 admin users.
- Custom: pricing through sales.
There’s no free plan. Teachable lists a 7-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee on paid plans, and the pricing page sometimes runs promotions on top of that.
How the product limit works
This is the detail PLR sellers should read twice. Teachable counts each published course, coaching offer or digital download as one “product,” no matter how much is inside it. Memberships, bundles and unpublished drafts don’t count toward the limit.
So on Starter, five products could mean five downloads, or two courses and three downloads. If your plan is a large catalog of individual PLR-based items, you’ll hit the cap quickly. If you sell a few bigger offers, such as one course, a toolkit download and a bundle, the limit is less of a problem.
Fees: the part that adds up
Starter’s 7.5% transaction fee sits on top of payment processing. Teachable lists processing fees of 2.9% + 30¢ for US cards, 3.9% + 30¢ for international cards, and 3.49% + 49¢ for US PayPal payments. There’s also a $15 chargeback fee.
As a rough example, a $27 product sold on Starter by US card would carry about $2.03 in Teachable’s transaction fee plus about $1.08 in card processing, around $3.11 total, before any taxes. On Builder, the transaction fee drops to 0% when you use Teachable Payments, leaving only processing.
That makes the jump from Starter to Builder worth calculating. If you expect steady sales, the 7.5% can outweigh the difference in subscription price.
Features worth knowing about
According to the pricing page:
- All plans: AI creation tools, iOS and Android student apps, global payments and tax handling, upsells and cart recovery.
- Builder adds: a built-in affiliate program and real-time support.
- Growth adds: course certificates, removal of Teachable branding, student imports, custom admin permissions, and subtitles and translations.
The page’s comparison table also lists items like coupons, email marketing and custom domains. Check the live table to see which plan includes each before you commit, especially if you rely on discount codes for launches.
Before you sign up
A few quick checks can save you a plan change later:
- Count how many separate products you plan to publish in the first six months.
- Estimate your monthly sales to see whether Starter’s 7.5% fee costs more than upgrading.
- Confirm which plan includes the coupon and email features you need.
Pros
- One platform for courses, downloads and coaching, which suits sellers who turn PLR into multi-format offers.
- Bundles and memberships don’t count against product limits.
- 0% transaction fee on Builder and above with Teachable Payments.
- Mobile apps for students on every plan.
Cons
- No free plan, and the entry plan carries a 7.5% transaction fee.
- Product caps (5, 10 or 50) can be tight for large download catalogs.
- Affiliate tools start on Builder, not Starter.
- More expensive than download-focused tools if you only sell simple files.
Who it suits
Teachable makes the most sense if courses are at the center of your business and downloads are supporting products, such as workbooks, templates or bonuses. If you mainly sell lots of standalone PLR-based files, a download-first platform may be cheaper and simpler; see our comparison of Payhip vs Gumroad for PLR sellers.
Whatever you choose, make sure your PLR license allows the format you plan to sell, such as a course or a resell-rights bundle.
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