Fees & Figures

What creators actually keep after platform fees. Tested on paid accounts.

Choosing where to host and sell an online course is mostly a pricing question that nobody answers clearly. Platforms publish a monthly price, then take a transaction cut, then charge separately for email, and the number you actually keep is buried three pages deep.

We work the arithmetic out from published pricing and show what each platform leaves you at $2,000, $5,000 and $10,000 a month — numbers you can check against the vendor's own page.

And we tell you how well we actually know each tool. Every review opens with its access level: paid account, free trial, free plan, or pricing only. Running six platforms at once would cost more than $600 a month, so we would rather label the gap than pretend it isn't there.

Tools

• Course platform fee calculator — what Kajabi, Thinkific, Teachable and Podia actually leave you, after every fee

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• How we test — what our access levels mean, and what we refuse to do
• How this site makes money — in plain language

Reviews and comparisons

Coming soon. First articles publish in September 2026.