LearnDash vs Teachable Comparison 2026

Both cover courses & coaching. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.

Turn a WordPress site into a course platform

Host and sell courses, with payments included

At a glance

Teachable starts cheaper, at $39.
Neither has a free tier.
LearnDash bills annually only, so there is no month to try it for.

Side by side

	LearnDash	Teachable
Starting price (they differ)	From $259	From $39
Pricing model (they differ)	Paid subscription	Free trial, then paid
Free tier	No	No
Billing (they differ)	Annual only	Monthly or annual
Free trial	Not stated	7 days
API	Not stated	Yes

LearnDash

Turn a WordPress site into a course platform

LearnDash is the answer for somebody who already has a WordPress site and does not want their course living on somebody else's domain. Lessons, quizzes, drip schedules and certificates all become part of the site you own, and the payment plugin is your choice rather than theirs. Hosting, backups and the security of that site stay your problem. That is the whole trade against a hosted platform.

Our note

Add hosting and a payment plugin to the licence before comparing this against a hosted platform, because $259 is the floor rather than the total. The reason to choose it is ownership: the course sits on your domain, feeds your own SEO, and does not disappear if a vendor changes its plans.

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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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