Stop making your courses unTeachable

If you're a digital content creator looking for the best platform to host and sell your courses, you've probably come across Teachable. It’s a point-solution known for offering a range of tools for course creation. But don’t fall for the trap—building on Teachable makes your course unteachable, especially since the company was sold, leading to poor customer support and growing technical debt.

Fortunately, there’s a more flexible, affordable, and AI-driven alternative: Sherpo.

In this post, we'll break down how Sherpo is teaching Teachable a lesson it won't forget in delivering real customer value.

Sherpo offers better value than Teachable's $249/month plans, even on its free Sherpo Start plan!

TL;DR

Pricing: Sherpo vs. Teachable

Here’s a look at Teachable’s pricing:

Here are the updated tables with the Free plan added:

Teachable Pricing Table

Teachable	Starter	Builder	Growth	Advanced
Monthly	$39/month	$89/month	$189/month	$399/month
Annual	$29/month	$69/month	$139/month	$309/month
Fee	7.5%	0%	0%	0%

And here’s Sherpo’s pricing:

Sherpo	Start	Pro	Ultra
Monthly	Free	$29/month	$79/month
Annual	Free	$24/month	$59/month
Fee	1% to 5%	1% to 5%	0%

On their Starter plan alone, which entails paying monthly fees too, Teachable wants bigger pie of your sales than Sherpo: you’re hit with a flat 5% transaction fee on top of the $59/month charge!

By contrast, Sherpo Start offers no monthly charges and a 1% to 5% transaction fee, providing a far better deal for creators, especially those just getting started. Plus, Sherpo’s premium plans, Pro and Ultra, offer even better terms than Teachable. At every level.

Teachable has a lot to learn

Product limits? Not on Sherpo

Here’s what you get with Teachable at each pricing tier:

Starter Plan: 1 published product.
Builder Plan: 5 published products, affiliate program.
Growth Plan: 25 published products, white-label.
Advanced Plan: 100 published products.

Now compare that to Sherpo, which offers unlimited products, affiliate marketing and much more, from day one, even on the free plan. No product caps to stifle your growth, no matter which Sherpo plan you choose. Plus, Sherpo offers full flexibility in monetization and product types, from courses to subscription models and more.

AI-powered tools: Sherpo leads with innovation

When it comes to advanced tools, Sherpo excels with its AI-powered features, including:

AI-generated video enhancements, such as captions, transcripts, summaries, translations, and voiceovers.
AI-powered analytics to help you track performance and make data-driven decisions.
And much more! With just two clicks, our AI can proofread, summarize, elaborate, or translate your text into 11 languages, as well as moderate, summarize, and label your users’ reviews.

By contrast, Teachable offers few AI-powered tools, making it harder for creators to save time and scale efficiently. Sherpo’s AI tools are a game-changer, enabling content creators to automate workflows and reduce the manual work involved in creating high-quality content.

Customization and branding: Sherpo gives you full control

With Teachable, it's only on their Growth plan, at $189/month, that you’re finally allowed to remove Teachable’s branding. On lower tiers, you’re stuck with Teachable’s logo, limiting your ability to differentiate your brand.

Sherpo, however, offers fully white-label capabilities from the Pro plan. And in all of our plans, your brand is front and center, with your colors and advanced customization built-in, such as a custom video player, allowing you to craft a professional and personalized experience for your audience, all free with Sherpo Start.

Head-to-Head Comparison: Sherpo Start vs. Teachable Starter

Let’s break down how Sherpo Start and Teachable Starter compare:

Feature	Sherpo Start	Teachable Starter
Monthly Price	Free	$59/month
Annual Price	Free	$29/month
Transaction Fee	1% to 5%	7.5% hidden fees
Unlimited Products	✓	✘ (1 product)
Unlimited Customers	✓	✓
Advanced AI Tools	✓	✘
Custom Video Player	✓	✘
Affiliate Marketing	✓	✘

Even comparing Sherpo Start to Teachable’s Basic plan shows that Sherpo offers far more value, including unlimited products, and affiliate marketing, all without a monthly fee. Quite the flex, right?

The verdict: Sherpo is the obvious choice

While Teachable has built somewhat of a name in the course creation space, Sherpo clearly surpasses it with better pricing, advanced AI tools, and less limitation. And being a platform from start, it allows you to distribute much more than just courses. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to scale, Sherpo offers a smarter, flexible platform with superior tools for building, distributing, and managing your content.

In fact, that's not all: Sherpo provides you with the ability to customize CSS on Pro and Ultra plans, and the flexibility to sell far more than just courses. From digital files (via links or downloads) to blogs, invoices, coaching calendars, or even a “coffee offer” page (where your audience can send you tips), Sherpo empowers creators to monetize in diverse ways!

Switch to Sherpo today

If you’re ready to follow in the footsteps of other Teachable creators who’ve made the switch, try Sherpo Start for free. If you need help migrating from Teachable, don’t worry—we’ve got you covered. Just reach out to migrations@sherpo.io.

Stop making your content unteachable on Teachable—switch to Sherpo today!