FreshLearn is a Teachable alternative for course creators and academies: courses, community, coaching, email and certificates on one platform, with 24/7 human support. No transaction fees, no limits on courses or learners, and free migration from Teachable.
Why pay more than double? See what Teachable costs once you add the tools FreshLearn includes ↓
Why Creators Switch
500+ creators switched from Teachable to FreshLearn. Here's what they say on Trustpilot (rated 4.7 from 495 reviews).
“Previously, I was hosted on the Teachable platform for five years. Over that time, Teachable raised its prices for hosting considerably without a corresponding increase in services. … For example, a hard limit on the number of courses I could offer at the same fee. I researched the top ten platforms for educational content hosting and decided FreshLearn overall served our needs at the best value …”
“Service at Freshlearn is exceptional. They are incredibly committed to their clients and work very hard to make the system work as you would like. We left Teachable because they were the exact opposite when it comes to service. I highly recommend”
“I've been using FreshLearn for about 18 months and couldn't be more pleased. I switched over from Teachable because their prices kept increasing. … I especially love that they don't charge transactions fees - just an annual fee.”
“I have used FreshLearn for several years now. I migrated from Teachable and the team at FreshLearn made that seamless. My business has grown exponentially with Freshlearn, since it's so easy to use the site, make courses, publish them, and then advertise.”
“They have been extremely helpful every step of the way in migrating my courses, students, and account from Teachable. … And I love how we were able to jump on a call in less than 2 hours.”
“I switched From teachable to Freshlearn this year, as Teachable wasn't as brilliant as it was when I started few years ago. With Freshlearn I regained the passion and enthusiasm for my School.”
“I love how great the support team is. They are always willing to jump on a call to help you face-to-face with questions. I migrated from Teachable with their help and my students are very pleased with the new platform.”
“The FreshLearn team made it so easy to transfer over from Teachable, and I'm looking forward to playing with all the new features now available to me as I serve my students and clients.”
“Amazing team and technical support :) I migrated my website from Teachable to Freshlearn with no efforts but great support from the Team”
Case Studies
First Response HST
State-Approved Childcare Training · Ohio
Read the First Response HST story“Service at FreshLearn is exceptional. They are incredibly committed to their clients and work very hard to make the system work as you would like. We left Teachable because they were the exact opposite when it comes to service. I highly recommend.”
Pool Pro Academy
Pool Industry License Renewal · Florida
Read the Pool Pro Academy story“Florida contractors take my courses to renew their licenses, so every learner has to finish every lesson, and I have to know who's taking the course. On FreshLearn they watch every minute, confirm who they are before they start, and my test and survey records are in one place. When I need help, a real person answers.”
Mad in America
Mental Health Education · Worldwide
Read the Mad in America story“We needed to move quickly without losing any of our courses or our learners' data. FreshLearn handled the move in a few weeks, and our education program has kept growing since.”
Humain360
Integrative Health Community · Québec
Read the Humain360 story“Our community brings together doctors, researchers and therapists, each teaching what they know best. On FreshLearn, all of their courses, our weekly webinars and their replays live in one academy, in French, under our own name.”
Side-by-Side
Fees, limits, features and support, plan by plan.
| Feature | FreshLearn | Teachable |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction fee on your sales | Yes 0% on every plan | Partly 7.5% on Starter 0% on Builder and up with Teachable Payments |
| Courses / products | Yes No limit On every paid plan | Partly 5 to 50 by plan 5 (Starter), 10 (Builder), 50 (Growth) |
| Learners | Yes No limit | Yes No limit |
| Built-in community | Yes Yes From No Brainer | No Not available |
| Plan with certificates and quizzes | From $65/mo No Brainer, billed yearly (less than half the price) | $139/mo Growth, billed yearly |
| Live classes | Yes Built-in video calls Plus Zoom or Google Meet | Partly Embedded from Zoom or another tool |
| 1:1 coaching | Yes Booking and coaching packages | Yes Sold as a product type |
| Email marketing | Yes Built in 3K–12K emails/mo by plan | Yes Built in |
| Workflow automation | Yes Built in Unlimited workflows (No Brainer+) | No Not available |
| Admin users | 1 / 3 / 7 by plan | 1 / 1 / 5 by plan |
| Branded mobile app | Yes Yes iOS and Android | No Not available |
| License number & CE hours on certificates | Yes Built in | No Not available |
| Certificate verification | Yes Built in | No Not available |
| Required watch time (seat time) | Yes Built in | No Not available |
| Randomized questions from a question bank | Yes Built in | No Not available |
| Live CE attendance tracking | Yes Built in | No Not available |
| Support | Yes 24/7 human support Phone from No Brainer | Partly Real-time support On Builder and Growth |
Teachable details from teachable.com/pricing and Teachable's help centre, as of October 2026. Teachable's community feature is in maintenance mode and closed to new schools.
CE & Compliance
CE needs more than a course and a certificate. Accrediting bodies expect proof that each learner watched, passed and earned the hours, and FreshLearn records it for you.
Certificates print the learner's license number from their profile, the CE hours, credit type and expiry date.
Every certificate has a unique ID that licensing boards and employers can verify.
Lessons complete only after the learner has watched the required time, with no skipping or speeding up.
Draw questions from a question bank in random order, set a pass mark and limit attempts.
Run live sessions, track who attended, and add the recording as home study for those who missed it.
Require a course evaluation as well as a passing score before the certificate is released.
Total Cost
FreshLearn includes community, automation and live classes. On Teachable, you'd pay for separate tools.
| What you need | FreshLearn | Teachable |
|---|---|---|
| Community | Included (No Brainer) | Circle Professional, $89/mo (Teachable's community is closed to new schools) |
| Workflow automation | Included (No Brainer+) | Zapier Professional, $19.99/mo |
| Live classes | Built-in video calls | Zoom Pro, $14.16/mo |
| Branded mobile app | $299/yr per platform | Not available |
| Total per year | $1,399/yrFreshLearn No Brainer+ | ≈ $3,146/yrTeachable Growth + Circle + Zapier + Zoom |
All prices billed yearly, from each vendor's pricing page, as of October 2026. Free options such as Discord or Zoom's 40-minute meetings exist; we use the paid plans most creators choose.
Why Switch
The reasons creators give us most often when they move from Teachable.
Teachable's Starter plan takes 7.5% of every sale, and moving up to avoid it costs $69–$139/mo billed yearly. FreshLearn takes 0% on every plan.
Teachable limits you to 5, 10 or 50 products by plan. FreshLearn has no limit on courses, learners or enrollments.
FreshLearn offers 24/7 human support: an immediate reply on weekdays and within 2–4 hours at weekends.
Free Migration
Our team moves your courses, quizzes, pages, students and their progress. Most migrations finish within 48 hours.
Import course videos and content quickly using our step-by-step migration guide.
Our team moves your courses, quizzes, pages, students and their progress. Free on No Brainer (up to 10 courses) and No Brainer+ (up to 15) billed yearly or every two years; a small fee on monthly billing.
Turn any course into an AI-powered learning experience.
Chat with your course. Jump to the exact moment you need.
Learners can ask questions and get instant answers from your content, with precise context from your videos.
What is demand elasticity?
Demand elasticity measures how sensitive demand is to price changes. A higher elasticity means demand changes more with price.
Answer sourced from your video content
“Your competitor is 30% cheaper. Why should I go with you?”
I understand budget matters. Can you help me understand which outcomes are most important to your team?
✓ Great redirect to value! You avoided defending price and pivoted to understanding needs. Score: 87%
Practice real scenarios. Get feedback that actually improves you.
From sales calls to interviews, learners train with AI that responds, challenges, and scores them.
Create quizzes instantly from lesson content: no manual question writing required.
Automatically generate captions for every lesson video in your academy.
Not just content. Real learning.
Explore AI StudioPlatform Capabilities
Everything you need to create courses, run programs, engage learners, and grow your academy: all in one place.
Drag-and-drop builder with AI that generates outlines, quizzes, and summaries in seconds. Supports video, text, live sessions, in-person classes, and cohort-based programs.
Integrations
Connect your favorite payment gateways, marketing tools, communication platforms, and automation workflows: all built in.
FAQ
Everything you need to know about moving from Teachable to FreshLearn.
No. FreshLearn charges 0% transaction fees on every plan; only your payment gateway's standard fee applies. Teachable charges 7.5% on its Starter plan.
Compare the plans that include certificates and quizzes: FreshLearn No Brainer is from $65/mo billed yearly, and Teachable Growth is $139/mo billed yearly (as of October 2026), more than double. FreshLearn No Brainer also includes a built-in community, which Teachable has closed to new schools, and has no limit on courses, while Teachable caps products at 5, 10 or 50 by plan.
Yes. Our team moves your courses, quizzes, pages, students and their progress, free on No Brainer and No Brainer+ plans billed yearly or every two years. On monthly billing, we migrate for a small fee.
Yes. We set up FreshLearn alongside your Teachable school while it stays live. When everything is ready, you switch over, and students keep their access and progress.
We've completed 3,000+ migrations, and most finish within 48 hours.
No. Every paid plan includes unlimited courses, learners and enrollments.
Yes. FreshLearn offers 24/7 human support: an immediate reply on weekdays and within 2–4 hours at weekends. Phone support starts on No Brainer.
Yes, on every paid plan: 3K, 5K or 12K emails a month depending on your plan.
Your Move
Switch from Teachable and keep 100% of your revenue — with built-in community, email, and AI tools.
