Teachable is a cloud-based platform designed for course creators and online educators, offering a blend of LMS capabilities and website-building tools. It enables individuals and small businesses to build, host, market, and sell online courses with minimal technical expertise.
Common use cases include:
- Self-paced online courses with multimedia content
- Coaching programmes and membership-based learning
- Workshops, webinars, and certificate-based training
- Marketing and monetisation of educational content via sales pages, coupons, and quizzes
Key Features & Benefits
Course Creation & Delivery
- Intuitive drag-and-drop builder supporting video, audio, PDFs, quizzes and drip schedules
- Supports certificates upon completion and progress tracking tools
Website & Sales
- Customisable landing-page templates, blog support, SEO tools, custom domains
- Direct payment using Stripe or PayPal; coupons, bundles, subscription and affiliate marketing
Analytics & Admin
- Real-time dashboards with revenue tracking, conversion rates, student progress
- Integrations with Zoom, Mailchimp, ConvertKit, Zapier and Google Analytics
Support & Resources
- Live chat, email support, rich knowledge base, community forums and training webinars
- Onboarding tools like Teachable University and responsive customer service
Benefits:
- Easy to learn and fast to launch – many creators create a school within a week
- All-in-one solution for course delivery, marketing, and commerce
- Minimal technical knowledge required; visually appealing, professional look “out of the box”
Sectors & Example Clients
Primarily used by:
- Individual creators & coaches: Freelancers and small teams producing niche or professional development courses
- SMEs and course entrepreneurs: Particularly those needing marketing and e-commerce tools
- Small educational institutions: Offering certifications, webinars, and online programmes
Notable examples include creators like Dr John Schinnerer with over 15,000 learners and the American Crochet Association, which highlighted excellent support?.
Company History & Headquarters
- Founded: 2013 by Ankur Nagpal (later joining Teachable leadership and evolving the product)
- Headquarters: Currently based in New York, USA, with distributed teams supporting a global creator base (multi-office details not publicly consolidated).
Industry Awards & Recognition
While there is no record of major international awards, Teachable is regularly recognised in LMS rankings, praised for its platform simplicity, creativity support, and strong creator experience?.
Overall Sentiment from Customer Reviews
Average Ratings
- Capterra/Software Advice: ~4.3–4.4?/?5 across ~400 verified reviews
- GetApp: 4.3/5, with a “likelihood to recommend” score of 7.6/10
Highlighted Positives
- Ease of use and rapid school set-up
- Clean, user-friendly interface appreciated by admins and learners
- All-in-one features: payment, course hosting, and marketing bundled in one system
- Responsive support praised for patience and helpfulness
Common Criticisms
- Pricing pressure: users report increasing costs and feature gating across plans
- Lack of autosave: system glitches have led to content loss
- Feature limitations on lower tiers (e.g. graded quizzes, multi-leader tiers)
- Customer support gaps: several Reddit users allege slow or absent replies, account access issues, and outdated refund practices
“The pricing scale has continuously increased… not a lot of options for personalisation”? —?G2 user
“I bought it at the beginning of 2020… the aesthetics… no improvement here, I find unforgivable.”
Address:
150 Parkshore Dr.
Folsom,
CA 95630
Tel: 888-265-7641
www.powerschool.com