Klasira vs Teachable: Fees, Payouts and Features (2026)

Teachable is one of the longest-running platforms for selling online courses, coaching and downloads; its pricing page says more than 150,000 creators use it. It has student apps for iOS and Android, built-in email on most plans, and its own payment system that collects and pays sales tax and VAT for you.

Klasira is a new course platform. It gives each creator a designed school site, courses, downloads, memberships and a checkout that pays straight into the creator's own Stripe account, with 0% transaction fees. This comparison covers prices, fees, payouts and features, and where each one is the better pick.

The short answer

Choose Teachable if you want student mobile apps, a long track record, and tax collected and paid for you by its payment system. Choose Klasira if you want 0% transaction fees from the start, certificates, affiliates and a community without moving up a plan, and every sale paid into your own Stripe account. Teachable's Starter plan charges 7.5% on each sale.

Key takeaways

• Teachable costs $39, $89 or $189 a month ($29, $69 or $139 billed yearly), plus a 7.5% transaction fee on Starter only.
• On Teachable, certificates need the Growth plan, and the affiliate program and built-in email start on Builder.
• Teachable Payments pays out daily, about two business days after a sale, with no reserve; you can also connect your own Stripe account, but then Teachable doesn't handle tax.
• Teachable has iOS and Android student apps on every plan and calculates, collects and remits tax on its own payments. Klasira has neither.
• Klasira charges 0% transaction fees and pays every sale straight into your own Stripe account, so the only cut of a sale is Stripe's (or PayPal's) processing fee.

Disclosure: we make Klasira, so weigh our view accordingly. Everything we say about Teachable comes from its own public pages, checked in October 2026 and linked at the end. Klasira is new and does less than Teachable in several areas; we list them.

Klasira vs Teachable at a glance

Teachable pricing and fees

Teachable publishes four plans. Its pricing page shows a 7-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee, though a pop-up on the same page in October 2026 advertised an extended 30-day trial. Card processing on Teachable Payments is 2.9% + 30¢ for US cards.

Klasira: 0% transaction fees on every plan, with each sale paid into your own Stripe account. Plan prices are on Klasira's pricing page; we leave them out here so this post doesn't go stale when they change.

What the fees cost on real sales

Example (illustration, not data): $60,000 of course sales in a year, as 300 sales of $200 to US cardholders, on yearly billing where offered. Card processing of about 2.9% + 30¢ a sale (about $1,830 here) comes on top on every platform unless a row says it's included, so it's left out of the totals.

On Starter, the 7.5% fee costs more than the plan itself at almost any real sales volume, so most serious Teachable sellers end up on Builder or Growth. Teachable also offers optional fee bundles on its own payments: a Standard bundle with +0.5% where tax is assessed and +0.7% on recurring payments, or a Global bundle at +2.8% that adds local payment methods. On Klasira the matching costs come from Stripe itself: Stripe Billing charges 0.7% on subscriptions and payment plans, and Stripe Tax 0.5% where you use it.

Feature by feature: Klasira vs Teachable

What comes with Klasira

Many creators pay for a course platform, then add a payments tool, an email tool, a community app and an affiliate tool. Klasira puts the school, checkout, teaching tools, community, affiliates and email in one place, and keeps none of your revenue. If you're weighing Teachable, check which of these you'd pay extra for there, or which plan unlocks them.

What Klasira doesn't do yet

Where Teachable is the better choice

Tax handled for you

On Teachable Payments, Teachable calculates, collects and remits US sales tax, EU and UK VAT and tax in other markets. Klasira can calculate and collect tax through Stripe Tax on your own Stripe account, but you register and file yourself. If tax admin worries you, this is Teachable's biggest advantage.

Student apps

Teachable's iOS and Android apps come with every plan. Klasira students learn in the browser, which works on phones but isn't an app.

Track record and ecosystem

Teachable has run for years with a large creator base, integrations, Zapier and an API on Growth. Klasira is new, with few integrations and no Zapier app yet.

Long payment plans and local pricing

Teachable allows payment plans of up to 36 months, and its Global bundle adds local payment methods and adaptive pricing in students' currencies.

Where Klasira is the better choice

No transaction fee on any plan

Klasira takes 0% of your sales. Teachable's Starter plan takes 7.5% of each one, which on $60,000 of sales is $4,500 a year on top of processing.

Features Teachable puts on higher plans

On Teachable, certificates need Growth ($139 a month billed yearly), and affiliates and built-in email need Builder. Klasira includes certificates, an affiliate program, assignments, a community and email automations.

Your Stripe account, with everything working

Klasira sells through your own Stripe account, so you see every payment in Stripe and are paid on Stripe's schedule. On Teachable you can connect your own Stripe too, but then tax handling stops and affiliate payouts become manual.

A designed school site

Klasira starts you from one of 15 designed school themes, edited as real pages in a drag-and-drop editor, and each school sells in its own currency, one of 19.

Who should choose which

Choose Teachable if

• You want sales tax and VAT collected and paid for you.
• Your students expect a mobile app.
• You rely on Zapier, webhooks or an API.
• You'd rather pick a platform with a long record and a large creator community.

Choose Klasira if

• You don't want to pay a percentage of every sale, at any plan level.
• You want certificates, affiliates, a community and email automations without moving to a higher plan.
• You want every payment in your own Stripe account, on Stripe's payout schedule.
• You're comfortable handling tax registration yourself, with Stripe Tax doing the calculation.

Moving from Teachable to Klasira

There's no automatic importer. Export your students from Teachable as a CSV and import them into Klasira, then rebuild your courses in Klasira's course builder, uploading your videos and files. Plan the move for a quiet period, and email students their new sign-in link.

Frequently asked questions

Does Teachable charge transaction fees?

Only on the Starter plan, which charges 7.5% per sale. Builder, Growth and Custom charge 0%, though card processing (2.9% + 30¢ for US cards on Teachable Payments) applies on every plan.

How much does Teachable cost in 2026?

Starter is $39 a month, Builder $89 and Growth $189, or $29, $69 and $139 a month billed yearly. A Custom plan is priced by sales.

Does Teachable handle sales tax?

Yes, on Teachable Payments it calculates, collects and remits tax in the US, EU, UK and other markets. With your own Stripe through a custom gateway, it doesn't.

Does Klasira have a mobile app like Teachable?

No. Klasira students use the course player in their phone's browser. Teachable has iOS and Android apps.

Can I move my Teachable courses to Klasira?

Students yes, by CSV import. Courses have to be rebuilt in Klasira's course builder; there's no automatic course importer.

Try Klasira with your own course

Build one course in Klasira and compare it with your Teachable school side by side. Pick a theme, add one course and connect Stripe, then judge it on your own material. Start your school or see pricing.

Related: Teachable pricing explained, the best Teachable alternatives, Klasira vs Thinkific, course platform transaction fees compared, all course platform comparisons.

Sources

Details about other companies in this post were checked against these public pages in October 2026. Products, prices and rules change, so confirm with each source before you decide.

• Teachable pricing
• Teachable: Understand your transaction fees and bundles (Sept 2026)
• Teachable: Get paid with Teachable Payments
• Teachable: Set up Teachable Payments and start selling
• Teachable: How Teachable handles tax
• Teachable: Price your products