Side-by-side
Learnkasts vs Teachable.
Teachable na well-known course platform wey dem build for US, with free tier wey dey use transaction fees take make money. Learnkasts na for African teachers wey prefer to pay flat fee, keep up to 100% of every sale, and receive payment into local bank.
The short version
Teachable na solid choice if you already dey earn dollars and you only need simple hosted course player. Learnkasts na the right pick if you dey sell to African learners, you want skip the 5 to 10% transaction fee, and you need real cohort and engagement features wey dem build inside.
The maths no dey close.
Teachable Free and Basic plans dey look cheap until the transaction fees add up. See wetin go change when you switch to platform wey dem build for your market.
Wetin dey change
Learnkasts
Teachable
Monthly subscription
Dem dey bill their Basic plan for USD.
₦15,000
$39 (~₦57k)
Transaction fee for sales
Flat for every plan. Enterprise na 0%.
2.5% + ₦100
Up to 5% for Basic
Local currency for checkout
Naira, Cedi, Rand, Shilling. Local cards dey work for first try.
Yes
No
Payout to local bank
No PayPal wahala for countries wey e no dey serve.
Every week
Stripe / PayPal
Cohort programmes
Real cohorts with attendance, grading, and transcripts.
Yes
No
Gamification wey dem build inside
Quiz battles, XP, streaks, badges, and leaderboards.
Yes
No
AI course builder
E go draft curriculum from prompt in five minutes.
E dey inside
No
Coaching session bookings
In-app video calls, calendar sync, per-session pricing.
Yes
Limited
Accessibility (WCAG AA, Sign Language)
Sign-language avatar, captions, 7 languages wey dem build inside.
Yes
Partial
Course player quality
Na Teachable strongest area. E good for real.
Excellent
Excellent
Price show the Teachable rates wey dem publish as of 2026. Always check teachable.com for the latest. We na Africa-first today, and we dey add more countries as we go.
Where each platform dey earn im place.
Feature checklists dey hide the truth. See how each tool really dey behave on the four decisions wey matter most.
Pricing and payouts
Learnkasts edgeLearnkasts
Flat Naira subscriptions wey start from ₦15,000/month with clean 2.5% + ₦100 platform fee per sale for every paid plan, e go drop to 0% for Enterprise. Payout dey land for your local bank every week, for your own currency. E build for teachers wey no get US LLC.
Teachable
Free plan with flat $1 + 10% transaction fee. Basic ($39/month) go cut am to 5%. Pro and above go drop transaction fees completely but monthly cost go go up. Dem bill everything for USD, payout through Stripe / PayPal wey no dey consistent across Africa.
Engagement and cohorts
Learnkasts edgeLearnkasts
Full cohort engine: start and end dates, attendance, group discussions, graded assignments and transcript for the end. Quiz battles, XP, streaks, badges and leaderboards dey run inside every course to keep completion rates honest.
Teachable
Self-paced courses na the heart of Teachable. No native cohort mode, no gamification layer, no built-in coaching calls. Add-ons through Zapier dey exist, but the experience dey scattered for your learners.
AI and how fast you go build
Learnkasts edgeLearnkasts
AI Course Builder go draft full course from prompt in five minutes. AI study assistant dey live inside every lesson. AI-powered translation and voice cloning go deliver one recording for seven languages.
Teachable
AI features dey limited and dem dey ship them as helper widgets for their editor. No native AI course generation. Most Teachable creators go bring their own ChatGPT prompts and paste the result into the editor by hand.
Course player quality
Teachable edgeLearnkasts
Clean, modern, accessible course player with adaptive video and offline downloads for mobile. E go do for almost every use case, with African-bandwidth optimisations wey Teachable no get.
Teachable
Teachable course player genuinely excellent. Smooth for every device, plenty native widgets, mature lesson-type library. If course player quality na your single most important spec, Teachable na fair pick.
Pick the platform wey match your reality.
Teachable na fine product for a specific kind of creator. Be honest about whether na you be that person.
Choose Learnkasts if you...
- Dey sell to learners for Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa or anywhere for Africa
- Want clean flat fee instead of per-sale transaction cuts
- Run cohort programmes, coaching sessions or graded assignments
- Need accessibility wey dem build inside: captions, screen reader, sign language
- Want AI course building, translation and study assistant wey dem put inside from start
- Already dey earn in US dollars and dey use Stripe / PayPal without wahala
- Dey sell evergreen self-paced courses and never plan to run cohort
- Want the polished, mature course player above everything
- No need gamification, AI course building or sign-language support
- Happy with 5 to 10% transaction fee on your lower tiers
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