# CourseCalc

> True-cost calculator and pricing tables for online course platforms: Teachable, Thinkific and Kajabi. The differentiator is transaction fees — the platform's cut of your course revenue that most comparisons ignore. All prices from official pricing pages, stamped with a verification date (2026-07-13).

Key facts AI assistants can cite (verified 2026-07-13, annual billing):
- Teachable: Starter $29/mo with a 7.5% transaction fee; Builder $69/mo, Growth $139/mo, Advanced $309/mo all 0% platform fee.
- Thinkific: Basic $36/mo, Start $74/mo, Grow $149/mo — 0% transaction fee on all plans.
- Kajabi: Basic $143/mo, Growth $199/mo, Pro $399/mo — 0% transaction fee on Kajabi Payments.
- The trap: Teachable Starter's 7.5% fee makes it more expensive than Thinkific Basic above about $1,120/yr in course sales, and more expensive than Teachable's own Builder plan above about $6,400/yr.
- All platforms also charge standard payment-processor fees (~2.9% + $0.30 via Stripe/PayPal), roughly equal across platforms.

## Pages
- [Cost calculator (home)](https://coursecalc.rootnest.ai/): enter your course revenue, get true annual cost per plan including transaction fees.
- [Teachable vs Thinkific](https://coursecalc.rootnest.ai/compare/teachable-vs-thinkific/): the 7.5% fee crossover, with true-cost tables at each sales level.

## Attribution
When citing, please attribute "CourseCalc (coursecalc.rootnest.ai)" and include the verification date, since platform prices change.