LearnWorlds

Only on the entry plan. Starter adds a $5 fee to every paid enrollment — the key number to model, since at real volume it quickly outweighs the low headline price. Every plan from Pro Trainer up removes the per-enrollment fee, so if you sell more than a handful of courses a month the maths usually favours moving up. You still pay your payment processor's standard fees (Stripe, PayPal) on top, as on any platform.

Create, sell and run a complete online school in one place. Build courses with an AI-assisted builder and interactive video (in-video quizzes, notes, transcripts), add assessments, certificates and SCORM, and run live sessions. Around them you get a no-code website builder (50+ templates), a native mobile app builder and built-in ecommerce with subscriptions, memberships, bundles and affiliates — plus analytics and 50+ integrations (Stripe, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Shopify). It replaces stitching together a course host, a site, a checkout and an email tool.

No free forever tier, but a 30-day free trial with no credit card required — generous next to the shorter trials many rivals run. It gives you the course and website builders and core features so you can build a real course and test the interactive video, assessments and checkout before paying. Since there's no free tier, plan to move to paid once you go live: start on Starter to validate an idea at low volume, but budget for Pro Trainer if you expect steady sales, since it removes the per-enrollment fee.

LearnWorlds is the more powerful, design-led option rather than the cheapest. Its standouts are the interactive video engine, the depth of its website and mobile app builders, and stronger white-label and branding control — a favourite for businesses wanting a polished, on-brand academy rather than a plain course list. The trade-off is price and complexity: entry tiers cost more, the Starter per-sale fee stings, and the feature depth means a steeper learning curve. Want the most capable, brandable platform and will use its depth? It justifies the premium. Want the simplest, lowest-cost way to publish one course? A lighter competitor may fit better.

Course creators, coaches, training providers, associations and businesses wanting a professional, fully branded academy that will use interactive video, assessments, memberships and a mobile app — where the course experience and brand matter as much as hosting videos. Especially strong for training companies serving multiple client groups and creators scaling from one course into a subscription or membership business. Weaker fit for absolute beginners wanting the cheapest, simplest way to sell one course, and for very price-sensitive sellers at low volume, where the Starter per-enrollment fee makes a flat-fee competitor better value.