Teachable

Teachable is a leading platform for creating, marketing and selling online courses, coaching and digital products — used by creators, experts and entrepreneurs to turn their knowledge into income without needing technical skills. You upload videos, build lessons and quizzes, set pricing, and Teachable handles hosting, payments, student management and the sales pages, so you can focus on teaching rather than building a website and payment system from scratch.

Beyond courses, Teachable supports coaching services, digital downloads, and memberships, with tools for marketing (coupons, affiliates, email integrations), student engagement (quizzes, certificates, completion tracking), and analytics. AI features assist with course creation, outlining and content generation, speeding up the build. It handles the business side too — payments, taxes (including EU VAT) and payouts.

Teachable offers a free plan (with transaction fees and limited features) and paid tiers (Basic, Pro, Pro+) that lower or remove fees and add advanced marketing, coaching and customization, priced monthly.

Strengths: genuinely easy course creation without tech skills, handles payments and taxes, supports multiple product types (courses, coaching, downloads), and a free plan to start. Weaknesses: the free and lower tiers charge transaction fees that eat into revenue, customization is more limited than self-hosted options, and marketing/growth still depends on you (it hosts, it doesn't find students).

For experts, creators and entrepreneurs wanting to package and sell their knowledge as courses or coaching, Teachable is one of the most popular, beginner-friendly platforms — turning expertise into a sellable product without the technical headache.