Kartra vs Teachable Comparison 2026
Both cover courses & coaching. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Courses, funnels and email with a cart attached
Host and sell courses, with payments included
At a glance
- Teachable starts cheaper, at $39.
- Neither has a free tier.
- Kartra takes 5% of what you earn against Teachable's 7.5%.
Side by side
Kartra | Teachable | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $59 | From $39 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Paid subscription | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | 7 days |
| API | Yes | Yes |
Kartra
Courses, funnels and email with a cart attached
Kartra sells the whole stack in one subscription: pages, checkout, email, membership and the course itself, with everything wired together on arrival. The trade is stated plainly on the pricing page, because the cheapest plan takes five percent of what you sell. Contact limits are the other constraint and they bind sooner than most people expect. Anybody with an email platform they like is paying twice.
Our note
Work out the transaction fee against your expected sales before choosing Essentials, because at any real volume the dearer plan is cheaper once the percentage stops applying. Systeme.io covers similar ground on a free tier and Kajabi is the closer comparison at the top end.
Only on this side
- Covers email marketing & automation
- Covers landing pages & funnels
Teachable
Host and sell courses, with payments included
Teachable handles hosting, checkout, drip content and student progress, and it has done so for long enough to be predictable. Coaching sessions and digital downloads sell from the same account. The cheapest plan charges a percentage of every sale on top of its monthly fee, which is the one number to check before committing.
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