Is Berrytap cheaper than Teachable?

Up to about $1,200 a month in revenue, yes — $0 or $29 a month against $39 to $89, and Teachable's Starter plan takes 7.5% on top where our Growth plan takes 5%. Above that, Teachable's $89 Builder plan with its 0% fee costs less than Growth.

Does Teachable have a free plan?

No — every tier is paid, with a 7-day trial. Berrytap's Free plan has no time limit and caps on members rather than on days.

Can I run a cohort rather than a self-paced course?

Yes. Live rooms handle the sessions, the events calendar handles the schedule, and the community feed carries the discussion between them — so a cohort has somewhere to live once the calls end.

Is my course video protected?

Lesson video is served on signed links that expire, so a paid lesson can't be passed around as a URL.

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Berrytap vs Teachable

A Teachable alternative your students stick with

Teachable's cheap plan takes 7.5% of every sale, and escaping it costs $89 a month. Berrytap's free plan takes 10%, its $29 plan takes 5%, and both come with the community that makes a course get finished.

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What it costs, side by side

Platform fees only. Card processing — around 2.9% + 30¢ — is charged by the payment provider on both, so it’s left out of both.

Berrytap

Before your first member: $0/mo, no card
Cut of your revenue: 10% on Free, 5% on Growth, 0% on Scale
Can the cut reach 0%: Yes — Scale, $299/mo

Teachable

Before your first member: $39/mo (Starter, or $29 billed annually)
Cut of your revenue: 7.5% on Starter, 0% on Builder and above
Can the cut reach 0%: Yes — Builder, $89/mo

On $1,000 a month of member revenue

$79/mo

Berrytap, on the Growth plan

$89/mo

Teachable, the $89/mo Builder plan, its cheapest option at this size

Past roughly $1,200 a month, Teachable's $89 Builder plan costs less than Growth.

Teachable pricing as published, checked August 2026, and subject to change. Teachable is a trademark of its respective owner.

Berrytap vs Teachable at a glance

The money first, then what you get for it.

Feature	Berrytap	Teachable
Cost before your first paying member	$0/mo, no card required	$39/mo (Starter)
Monthly plans	Free, then $29/mo or $299/mo	$39/mo, $89/mo, or $189/mo
Cut of your member revenue	10% on Free, 5% on Growth, 0% on Scale	7.5% on Starter, 0% above it
Any way to a 0% cut	Yes — Scale, $299/mo	Yes — Builder, $89/mo
Where the money lands	Straight to your own Stripe account	Teachable's processor, then a payout to you
Courses	Built in	Built in
Community feed	Yes	Comments on lessons
Live rooms	Built-in live rooms	Via an external link
Gamification	Points, levels & leaderboards	No
Currencies at checkout	Card in USD worldwide, or QPay in MNT	Card in USD

Based on Teachable’s publicly available pricing and documentation, checked August 2026. Both may change.

Why creators switch

Completion, not just enrolment

Students who talk to each other finish. A feed, live sessions and leaderboards sit beside the lessons here instead of in a Facebook group you also have to run.

No plan that's a trap

Teachable's $39 Starter takes 7.5% on top, so the cheap plan quietly costs the most once you're selling. Berrytap's fee falls as the plan price rises — the cheap option stays cheap.

Free to launch

Teachable has no free plan. Berrytap's is $0 with no card, so a first course can go up, be tested on 25 people, and earn something before it costs anything.

If your Teachable course is quiet, the missing piece is the community — and that's the part Berrytap is built around.

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