Teachable is built for selling courses. But hard caps on students and products, no built-in email, no community tools, and stacking transaction fees mean you outgrow it fast. Tenant.so gives you courses, community, and everything in between.
Teachable's $39/month Starter plan takes 7.5% of every sale. A course creator earning $5,000/month loses $375/month — $4,500/year — before payment processing fees are even added on top.
The Starter plan limits you to 100 students and 5 products. Builder gets 1,000 students and 10 products. Even Growth at $189/month caps you at 5,000 students and 50 products.
Even on plans with 0% Teachable fees, you still pay 2.9% + $0.30 for US cards, 3.9% + $0.30 for international, and 3.49% + $0.49 for PayPal. These are on top of the plan cost.
Teachable is a course platform that added community features later. There is no real-time chat, no gamification, no forums. If community engagement drives your business, Teachable is not built for it.
Teachable does not have a native email campaign builder. You need to integrate Mailchimp, ConvertKit, or another tool — adding cost and complexity to communicate with your own students.
No points, no badges, no leaderboards, no streaks. Teachable delivers courses but gives you no tools to keep students engaged, motivated, or coming back after they finish a lesson.
Data sourced from Teachable's official pricing page as of April 2026.
| Feature | Tenant.so | Teachable |
|---|---|---|
| Community Spaces | Feeds, chat, forums, private spaces | Basic community (added recently) |
| Real-time Chat | Built-in chat rooms | No |
| Online Courses | Full LMS — video, quizzes, certificates, drip content | Courses, coaching, digital downloads, memberships |
| Email Marketing | Included — templates, segmentation, scheduling | Email integrations only (Mailchimp, ConvertKit, etc.) |
| Events | RSVP, calendar sync, reminders, attendance | No native events |
| Gamification | Points, streaks, leagues, badges, leaderboards, 9 levels | No |
| AI Assistant | Jarvis — RAG-powered, trained on your course content | AI course starter, quiz generator, auto-subtitles |
| Automation | 14 triggers with conditional logic | Upsells and order bumps only |
| Transaction Fees | 0% | 7.5% (Starter) · 0% (Builder+) + payment processing fees |
| Payment Processing | 0% platform fee | 2.9% + $0.30 US · 3.9% + $0.30 intl · 3.49% + $0.49 PayPal |
| Student / Member Limits | Unlimited | 100 (Starter) · 1,000 (Builder) · 5,000 (Growth/Advanced) |
| Product Limits | Unlimited | 5 (Starter) · 10 (Builder) · 50 (Growth) · 100 (Advanced) |
| Access Control | Public/private spaces, group-level permissions, paywalled content | Product-level access |
| Customization | Themes, wrappers, custom reactions, upvoting subsystems | Page builder + branding (remove on Growth+) |
| White Label | From day one | Growth plan+ ($189/mo) |
| Affiliate Program | Built-in | Built-in with payouts |
| Analytics & Reporting | GA4, Google Search Console, Chart.js throughout | Analytics dashboard |
| Custom Dashboards | Liveboards with custom widgets | No |
| Integrations | Growing | 180+ (Stripe, Zapier, GA, Mailchimp, Zoom) |
| Mobile App | Planned | iOS and Android |
| Financial Calculators | 60+ built-in | No |
| Migration / Import | CSV and JSON import for members, courses, content | Limited export |
| License Key System | Built-in generation + management | No |
No 7.5% cut, no 2.9% + $0.30 processing surcharge from the platform. Every dollar your students pay goes to you. Teachable layers fees on top of fees.
Unlimited courses, unlimited members, from day one. No 100-student ceiling, no 5-product cap, no forced upgrades as you grow.
Real-time chat, forums, feeds, private spaces, custom reactions, upvoting. Teachable's community is a recent addition with limited functionality.
Campaign builder with templates, segmentation, and scheduling included. No Mailchimp subscription, no ConvertKit integration, no extra cost.
Points, streaks, leagues, badges, leaderboards, and a 9-level progression system. Teachable has certificates. Tenant.so has an engagement engine.
Teachable's AI helps you create courses. Tenant.so's Jarvis helps your students learn — answering their questions from your actual course content automatically.
14 triggers with conditional logic for auto-enrollment, triggered emails, and access grants. Teachable's automation is limited to upsells and order bumps.
We believe in honest comparisons. Here is where Teachable has an edge.
Teachable has native iOS and Android apps for students. Tenant.so has this planned but it is not available yet.
Stripe, Zapier, Google Analytics, Mailchimp, Zoom, and many more. Teachable's integration library is mature. Tenant.so's is growing.
Teachable's AI generates curriculum, quizzes, and auto-subtitles in 70+ languages. Useful for getting courses built faster.
Teachable automatically collects and remits US sales tax and EU/UK VAT. A real time-saver for international course sellers.
Themes, wrappers, liveboards, custom reactions, upvoting subsystems, granular gamification. Tenant.so goes far beyond Teachable's page builder approach.
If you are bumping against Teachable's 100, 1,000, or 5,000 student limits, Tenant.so has no caps. Grow without forced upgrades.
If your business needs real-time chat, forums, gamification, and engagement tools alongside courses, Tenant.so was built for community from day one.
Teachable for courses plus Mailchimp for email plus Discord for community plus Zapier to glue it together. Tenant.so replaces the stack with one platform.
60+ built-in financial calculators make Tenant.so a natural fit for communities focused on investing, real estate, or entrepreneurship.
Teachable has AI for course creation. Tenant.so has AI that answers your students' questions from your actual course content. Creation vs. delivery.
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“We were paying for Circle at $129/month, ConvertKit at $79/month, Zapier at $49/month, and a separate course host. That is over $3,000 a year before transaction fees. When Circle announced another price increase and started charging extra for media storage, we decided to build the platform we actually wanted. Tenant.so is what happens when you stop stitching tools together and build the whole thing from scratch.”
Jameson Brandon
Founder & Lead Developer, Terminal Blank