CompareTeachable alternativeUpdated October 2026
Your courses, your domain. Your members, your app.
Teachable gives you a course school on its platform. Drate gives you a website and app made around you, with courses, memberships, members-only posts and a community together on your own domain, from $9 a month.
Why creators leave Teachable.
7.5% on Starter.
Teachable’s Starter plan costs $39 a month and takes 7.5% of every sale on top. Its 0% plans start at $89 a month, or $69 billed yearly.
A teachable.com address.
Starter schools can’t use a custom domain, and every published course, coaching offer and download counts toward a cap of 5 products.
No community for new schools.
Teachable says its community feature is no longer open to new schools, and points you to course comments or a Discord or Slack link instead.
What you get on Drate.
Your website and your app.
Your own domain and look on every plan, Regular included. On Pro, members get your own iOS and Android app, not Teachable’s app under Teachable’s name.
Courses and memberships, together.
Courses, members-only posts and video, and passes on one site, with one sign-in for your members.
A community feed, built in.
Members get a community feed on your site, on Regular and Pro, beside your courses and posts.
$12 plus 5%, not $89.
What you’d pay on $1,000 a month in memberships.
- Drate
- $62Drate Pro: $12 a month plus 5%
- Teachable
- $89Teachable Builder, billed monthly, 0% fee
How switching works.
Your students’ purchases live on Teachable, so switching is something you invite them to. Keep your school open while they move, and sell everything new on Drate.
Start your site.
Pick a starting point, add your name and choose your look. Your site is ready in minutes, and nothing is public until you publish.
Set up your memberships.
Recreate your plans as monthly or yearly memberships, and add fixed-length passes if they suit your courses.
Bring your courses over.
Upload your lessons, group them into courses, and add downloads and members-only posts beside them.
Invite your students.
Share your new site with your students. They join on your site while your Teachable school keeps running.
Side by side.
Everything below is included in Drate’s Regular plan unless it says otherwise.
| Feature | Drate | Teachable |
|---|---|---|
| Your home | ||
| Your own website, domain and look | Included | Custom domain from Builder |
| Your own iPhone and Android app | On Pro | Teachable’s app |
| Memberships & content | ||
| Monthly & yearly memberships | Included | Included |
| Fixed-length passes | Included | One-time purchases |
| Members-only posts, video & downloads | Included | Lessons & downloads |
| Courses & content library | Included | Included |
| Members community feed | Included | Closed to new schools |
| Paid coaching & bookings | Included | Included |
| Discord roles by membership | Included | Not offered |
| Keep Patreon connected | Included | Not offered |
| Merch | ||
| Merch store | Included | Digital only |
| Print on demand, no inventory | Included | Not offered |
| Money | ||
| Monthly price | $9 or $12 | $39, $89 or $189, billed monthly |
| Fee on membership sales | 5% on every plan | 7.5% on Starter, 0% from Builder |
| Who pays you | Your Stripe, directly | Teachable Payments or your Stripe |
Teachable details are from its public pricing and help pages, checked October 2026. Prices exclude payment processing, which applies on every platform. Plans change, so check the latest before you decide.