Teachable alternativeA Teachable alternative for courses that also run on a date.
Teachable is a platform for selling online courses, coaching and digital downloads. If your training adds classroom or Zoom dates to online lessons, Cademy runs both in one course, with company bookings and certificates that expire.
One blended course, from booking to certificate.
A company books staff onto a course with online lessons before a classroom day, and each learner needs a certificate with an expiry date.
Teachable's help center describes a Zoom block with one date and time inside a lesson, and certificates issued once every lecture is marked complete. Its Bulk Distribution tools for organizations are in beta, and its continuing education page puts the expiry date on enrollment.
What Cademy adds for training that runs on a schedule.
In-person, live online and blended dates share one calendar, with month, week and timeline views. Each Zoom date gets its own meeting, and reminders go out a week, a day and an hour before.
A team's booker buys the places, fills in names later and tracks each attendee's progress and certificates. Cademy groups contacts under their employer using the email domain.
Mark a learner attended, and the certificate is emailed, carrying an expiry date where the course has one. If the course is blended, the certificate follows once the online part is complete as well. CPD points and hours are added from Pro.
On Pro and Teams, Cademy takes 0% of each sale, leaving your payment provider's card fees as the only per-sale cost. Teachable's Starter plan takes 7.5% of each sale.
Cases where Teachable makes more sense.
Stay on Teachable if
- You sell self-paced courses, coaching or digital downloads to individuals, with nothing on a calendar.
- Your audience is large. Every Teachable plan lists unlimited students.
- You want a student community or a built-in affiliate program, both listed on Teachable's Builder and Growth plans.
- Your students learn on Teachable's iOS and Android apps.
Move to Cademy if
- Some of your courses run in a classroom or on Zoom on set dates.
- Employers buy places for their teams and want to settle by invoice.
- Certificates need an expiry date, CPD points or issuing on attendance.
Fees, limits and who each platform sells to.
Teachable's figures are from its pricing page and help center.
| Cademy | Teachable | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Professional training providers | "Experts and businesses who take education seriously" |
| Free plan | Yes, free for as long as you like, with a 5% platform fee on paid bookings | No free plan. 7-day free trial on each plan |
| What a plan includes | Course booking, the LMS, the training CRM and scheduling on every plan. Pay by invoice and custom certificate templates from Pro | Online courses, coaching and digital downloads, with unlimited students. Community from Builder |
| Transaction fee | None on Pro and Teams | 7.5% on Starter. 0% on Builder and Growth with Teachable Payments |
| Limits | Pro 20 published courses and 1,000 registrations a year. Teams 100 courses and 5,000 registrations | 5, 10 or 50 published products on Starter, Builder and Growth. Unlimited students |
| Admins | Pro 1 admin and 10 facilitators. Teams 5 admins and 50 facilitators | 1 admin-level user on Starter and Builder, 5 on Growth |
| Live sessions | In-person and Zoom dates with registers, reminders and calendar sync | A Zoom block in a lesson, with one date and time |
| Selling to companies | Group bookings with attendees added later. Pay by invoice from Pro | Bulk Distribution for organizations, with seat limits, in beta |
| Certificates | Triggered by attendance or completion, with an optional expiry date. Custom templates from Pro | Issued when all lectures are complete. Three templates, or custom Liquid/HTML |
Checked November 3, 2026 on Teachable's own pages: Teachable pricing, Teachable fees, Zoom and Teachable, Bulk Distribution, Certificates of completion, Teachable homepage.
Moving your students and course content from Teachable.
Teachable emails you CSV exports of users and transactions, and every Cademy plan lets you import them yourself. Teams adds help from our team, and Enterprise comes with a migration we carry out for you.
Export from Teachable
Export the Users and Transactions lists as CSV, then download the videos and PDFs from each lesson block.
Rebuild the courses
Add sections and lessons, upload the video and files, and set quizzes with a pass mark. Add classroom or Zoom dates where a course has them.
Import your students
Load the users and transactions CSVs to create contacts, organizations, registrations and orders.
Publish course by course
Keep each new course unpublished while current students finish on Teachable, then publish it.
Before leaving Teachable.
Can Cademy host online courses like Teachable?
Yes. Every plan builds courses from sections and lessons, with video, downloads, pass-mark quizzes, drip release and a forum for each course. Teams adds SCORM 1.2. Courses can be on demand, live online, in person or blended.
What does Cademy include for the price?
Cademy Pro is £99 ($129) a month billed yearly and takes no platform fee. It covers course booking, online lessons, certificates with expiry dates, pay by invoice with the booker's PO number, the training CRM and scheduling. Teams adds Xero. The Free plan has no time limit.
Can I move my students from Teachable to Cademy?
Yes. Export users and transactions from Teachable as CSV files and import them as Cademy contacts, registrations and orders, on whichever plan you choose. On Teams, our team helps with the move. Enterprise customers have the whole migration done for them.
I only sell self-paced courses. Is Cademy right for me?
Yes. Cademy runs on-demand courses on every plan.
Bring your Teachable courses and your classroom dates together.
Send us a list of your online courses, your dated ones and who books each, and we will show you how they fit on Cademy.
No card needed. See every plan on the pricing page.