Ruzuku vs Teachable Comparison 2026
Ruzuku's free plan costs nothing, needs no card and never expires, then Core is $99 a month with no transaction fee and unlimited courses and students. Teachable has no free plan at all anymore, and Starter at $39 a month plus 7.5 percent of every sale looks cheaper than it is: its own listing says selling past about $700 a month makes Builder, $89 flat with no fee, the actually cheaper plan. Ruzuku is the place to build and test for free. Teachable is the established platform, and Builder rather than Starter is where its real price lives.
Course hosting that takes nothing per sale
Host and sell courses, with payments included
At a glance
- Teachable starts cheaper, at $39.
- Only Ruzuku has a free tier.
Side by side
Ruzuku | Teachable | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $99 | From $39 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free plan, paid tiers | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier (they differ) | Yes | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial (they differ) | None | 7 days |
Ruzuku
Course hosting that takes nothing per sale
Ruzuku sells course hosting with no transaction fee and a free plan that is not time limited, which between them make it a reasonable place to find out whether anybody wants the course before paying for the privilege. Lessons can be dripped, students can be graded and the whole thing runs on Ruzuku's own domain. It will not build you a funnel. Anybody who needs one is in the wrong category.
Our note
The step from free to $99 is steep with nothing between, so plan to launch on the free tier and move once a course is actually selling. Against Teachery at $49 this is twice the price for unlimited students and drip scheduling, which only matters once enrolment is real.
Only on this side
- Covers memberships & subscriptions
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.
Why people weigh these two
- Teachable instead of Ruzuku
- Teachable hosts and sells courses with payments included from $39, with transaction terms that vary by plan.
- Ruzuku instead of Teachable
- Ruzuku takes nothing per sale by design, from $99 with a free tier to start, the direct fix for the one number Teachable's cheapest plan adds on top.
Which one should you pick
Choose Ruzuku if you want to prove a course sells before paying anything: the free plan has no time limit and needs no card, and Core at $99 a month adds unlimited courses and students with no transaction fee at any tier, ever. It will not build a funnel and has no affiliate tooling, so this is a teaching tool and stops there. The jump from free to $99 has nothing in between, so plan to move only once enrolment is real.
Choose Teachable if the course is the whole business and you want a decade-old platform that works the same way it always has: coaching sessions and digital downloads sell from the same account as the course. Do not stay on Starter, $39 a month plus 7.5 percent of every sale, out of thrift; its own listing says that fee overtakes the price gap to Builder, $89 flat with no fee, past around $700 a month in sales. There is no free plan at all anymore, only a 7-day trial and a 30-day guarantee.
Common questions
- Which is cheaper, Ruzuku or Teachable?
- To start, Ruzuku, since its free plan costs nothing indefinitely and Teachable has no free plan at all. Once paying, Teachable's Builder at $89 a month with no fee undercuts Ruzuku's Core at $99, though Teachable's own listing warns not to stay on the cheaper-looking Starter plan, since its 7.5 percent fee overtakes the savings past about $700 a month in sales.
- Does Teachable still have a free plan?
- No, its own listing states plainly that the free plan Teachable used to offer is gone. Ruzuku's free plan is still free forever, with no card required and no expiry.
- Why would Teachable's second-cheapest plan actually be the cheaper choice?
- Because Starter's 7.5 percent fee on every sale grows past the $50 price difference to Builder once monthly sales pass around $700, by Teachable's own listing. Ruzuku has no equivalent trap, since it charges no transaction fee at any tier.
- Does Ruzuku build sales funnels or marketing automation the way a bigger platform might?
- No, its own listing is explicit that it will not build a funnel and stops at teaching: lessons, grading and drip scheduling. Teachable's listing does not describe funnel-building either, though it adds coaching sessions and digital downloads alongside the course on the same account.
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