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Model revenue, platform fees, and transaction costs — then find the best course platform for how you sell.
- ✓ Course sales, memberships, coaching, downloads, and bundles
- ✓ Compare Kajabi, Teachable, Thinkific, and Podia with transparent assumptions
- ✓ First-year ranges with monthly growth on enrollments and members
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How it works
Three simple steps — most people finish in under two minutes.
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Describe your business
Creator type, catalog size, enrollments, revenue streams, costs, and priorities — no account required.
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See profitability ranges
Revenue, platform subscription, modeled transaction fees, operating costs, and profit — conservative, base, and upside.
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Get platform recommendations
Ranked picks based on your goals, with comparison tables and next-step CTAs.
What we optimize for
Editorial scores (1–10) across eight dimensions — combined with your answers in the recommendation engine.
Best all-in-one
Email, funnels, courses, and community in one stack — less tool sprawl.
Best for educators
Clean course builder, flexible pricing, and straightforward operations.
Best free tier & branding
Strong entry plans, community features, and white-label control.
Best budget / solo
Simple storefront for courses, downloads, coaching, and webinars.
Honest fee modeling
We combine subscription tiers with estimated transaction fees on your sales.
Platforms we compare
- Kajabi
Premium all-in-one platform for courses, marketing automation, email, funnels, and community — built for serious digital product businesses.
View details → - Teachable
Course-first platform with straightforward pricing tiers, built-in payments, and flexible product models for educators and creators.
View details → - Thinkific
Course platform with a strong free entry point, community features, and white-label branding control for growing creator businesses.
View details → - Podia
Simple, budget-friendly platform for courses, downloads, coaching, and webinars — aimed at solo creators who want one straightforward storefront.
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Built for transparency
- ✓Assumptions are transparent — pricing tiers, transaction fee approximations, and scores are documented so you can sanity-check our math.
- ✓Ranges, not false precision — conservative, base, and upside revenue scenarios reflect real-world variance.
- ✓Transparent estimates — assumptions are documented and editable.
FAQ teaser
Which platform is cheapest at your volume? How do transaction fees change the math? How accurate are the estimates?
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