Side-by-side
Learnkasts vs Teachable.
Teachable is a well-known US-built course platform with a free tier that earns its keep through transaction fees. Learnkasts is built for African educators who would rather pay a flat fee, keep up to 100% of every sale, and get paid into a local bank.
The short version
Teachable is a solid choice if you already earn in dollars and only need a simple, hosted course player. Learnkasts is the right pick if you sell to African learners, want to skip the 5 to 10% transaction fees, and need real cohort and engagement features built in.
The maths is not close.
Teachable's Free and Basic plans look cheap until the transaction fees add up. Here is what changes when you swap to a platform built for your market.
What changes
Learnkasts
Teachable
Monthly subscription
Their Basic plan, billed in USD.
₦15,000
$39 (~₦57k)
Transaction fee on sales
Flat across every plan. Enterprise is 0%.
2.5% + ₦100
Up to 5% on Basic
Local currency at checkout
Naira, Cedi, Rand, Shilling. Local cards work on the first try.
Yes
No
Payouts to a local bank
No PayPal jiu-jitsu in countries it does not serve.
Weekly
Stripe / PayPal
Cohort programmes
Real cohorts with attendance, grading and transcripts.
Yes
No
Built-in gamification
Quiz battles, XP, streaks, badges and leaderboards.
Yes
No
AI course builder
Drafts a curriculum from a prompt in five minutes.
Included
No
Coaching session bookings
In-app video calls, calendar sync, per-session pricing.
Yes
Limited
Accessibility (WCAG AA, NSL)
Sign-language avatar, captions, 7 languages built in.
Yes
Partial
Course player polish
Teachable's strongest area. Genuinely good.
Excellent
Excellent
Pricing reflects publicly listed Teachable rates as of 2026. Always check teachable.com for the latest. We are Africa-first today, and adding more countries as we go.
Where each platform earns its keep.
Feature checklists hide the truth. Here is how each tool actually behaves on the four decisions that matter most.
Pricing and payouts
Learnkasts edgeLearnkasts
Flat Naira subscriptions starting at ₦15,000/month with a clean 2.5% + ₦100 platform fee per sale across every paid plan, dropping to 0% on Enterprise. Payouts land in your local bank weekly, in your currency. Built for educators who do not have a US LLC.
Teachable
Free plan with a flat $1 + 10% transaction fee. Basic ($39/mo) cuts that to 5%. Pro and beyond drop transaction fees entirely but the monthly cost goes up. All billed in USD, payouts via Stripe / PayPal which is uneven across Africa.
Engagement and cohorts
Learnkasts edgeLearnkasts
Full cohort engine: start and end dates, attendance, group discussions, graded assignments and a transcript at the end. Quiz battles, XP, streaks, badges and leaderboards run inside every course to keep completion rates honest.
Teachable
Self-paced courses are the heart of Teachable. There is no native cohort mode, no gamification layer and no built-in coaching calls. Add-ons via Zapier exist, but the experience is fragmented for your learners.
AI and authoring speed
Learnkasts edgeLearnkasts
AI Course Builder drafts a full course from a prompt in five minutes. AI study assistant lives inside every lesson. AI-powered translation and voice cloning deliver one recording in seven languages.
Teachable
AI features are limited and ship as helper widgets in their editor. No native AI course generation. Most Teachable creators bring their own ChatGPT prompts and paste the result into the editor by hand.
Polish of the course player
Teachable edgeLearnkasts
Clean, modern, accessible course player with adaptive video and offline downloads on mobile. Sufficient for almost every use case, with the African-bandwidth optimisations Teachable does not have.
Teachable
Teachable's course player is genuinely excellent. Smooth on every device, lots of native widgets, mature lesson-type library. If course player polish is your single most important spec, Teachable is a fair pick.
Pick the platform that matches your reality.
Teachable is a fine product for a specific kind of creator. Be honest about whether that is you.
Choose Learnkasts if you...
- Sell to learners in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa or anywhere in Africa
- Want a clean flat fee instead of per-sale transaction cuts
- Run cohort programmes, coaching sessions or graded assignments
- Need accessibility built in. Captions, screen reader, sign language
- Want AI course building, translation and a study assistant out of the box
- Already earn in US dollars and use Stripe / PayPal without friction
- Sell evergreen self-paced courses and never plan to run a cohort
- Want the polished, mature course player above all else
- Do not need gamification, AI course building or sign-language support
- Are happy with a 5 to 10% transaction fee on your lower tiers
Switching from Teachable?
We will move you over. On the house.
Our migration team imports your courses, learners and order history from Teachable for free. Most schools are fully moved over in under three working days, with zero downtime for active learners.
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Creator
Perfect for getting started
₦0
for 7 days
- Up to 3 courses
- Landing page builder
- Basic analytics
Pro
For serious creators ready to scale
₦0
for 7 days
- Up to 20 courses
- Custom domain
- Full analytics dashboard
- Cohort management
No credit card required. Your trial starts immediately after signup.