Quick answer. LearnWorlds is a platform for building and selling online courses, with a site builder, payments, quizzes and a community built in. Creators move on when the dashboard feels hard to learn, when the $5 enrollment fee on Starter adds up, or when they want their site and community bundled with courses in a different way. Thinkific and Teachable are the closest swaps. Kajabi suits creators who want more bundled in one plan. Cor (getcor.ai), an AI onboarding agent for B2B software, only matters if you are a software company using LearnWorlds as a customer academy.
Who uses LearnWorlds
Mostly coaches, solo experts and small training companies selling courses to the public, plus some businesses training clients or staff. The Learning Center plan adds more admins and features for teams.
LearnWorlds prices (read 4 Nov 2026)
From the LearnWorlds pricing page:
| Plan | Billed yearly | Billed monthly | Enrollment fee | Active learners a month | Admins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $44/mo | $49/mo | $5 each | 1,000 | 1 |
| Pro Trainer | $79/mo | $99/mo | none | 2,000 | 5 |
| Learning Center | $249/mo | $299/mo | none | 2,000 | 25 |
| Corporate | custom | custom | none | custom | custom |
Card processing is extra: the FAQ cites Stripe and PayPal at 2.9% + $0.30 per sale. EU VAT is added unless you give a valid VAT number.
Common complaints
LearnWorlds rates well and its support gets frequent praise. The criticisms repeat (via search summaries of G2 and Capterra):
- A steep start. Reviewers on both sites say the dashboard takes time to learn and doesn't feel intuitive at first.
- Editing limits. Some want more freedom with templates and page editing.
- Cost for small creators. One G2 summary calls it expensive for startups, and the Starter enrollment fee hits hardest when you sell many low-priced courses.
- Mobile. A few reviewers mention a weaker experience on phones.
The alternatives
Thinkific: the nearest like-for-like
Thinkific covers the same ground: course building, a course site, payments and communities.
- Price (4 Nov 2026): the Thinkific pricing page lists Start at $82 a month billed yearly ($109 monthly), Grow at $164 ($219 monthly) and Expand at $374 ($499 monthly). Plus is quoted. A branded mobile app is a $199 a month add-on. Thinkific Payments charges in line with Stripe's 2.9%.
- Compared with LearnWorlds: the entry plan costs more, but there is no per-enrollment fee.
Teachable: the lowest entry price
Teachable is built for selling courses and other digital products, and it caps how many products each plan can hold.
- Price (4 Nov 2026): the Teachable pricing page lists Starter at $29 a month billed yearly ($39 monthly) with a 7.5% transaction fee and 5 products. Builder is $69 ($89 monthly) for 10 products and Growth $139 ($189 monthly) for 50, both with 0% transaction fees on Teachable Payments. Card fees such as 2.9% + 30¢ still apply.
- Compared with LearnWorlds: cheaper to start, but Starter's 7.5% fee can cost more than LearnWorlds' $5 per enrollment on high-priced courses. Do the sums on your own prices.
Kajabi: courses plus marketing in one bill
Kajabi sells courses together with a website and a community, and its plans are sized by contacts as well as products.
- Price (4 Nov 2026): the Kajabi pricing page lists Basic at $143 a month billed yearly ($179 monthly) with 5 products and 2,500 contacts, Growth at $199 ($249 monthly) and Pro at $399 ($499 monthly). Kajabi says it takes no revenue share; card fees run from 2.7% to 2.9% + $0.30 depending on plan. These figures came from the page's structured data, not visible text, so confirm them on the live page.
- Compared with LearnWorlds: more expensive at every tier. Check which of your other tools it would replace before you compare.
Cor: only for software companies running a customer academy
Some SaaS companies use LearnWorlds to host product courses for their customers. If course completions are low and new customers still struggle to set up the product, a different kind of help may fit.
Obi, Cor's AI agent, works directly with every new customer. It contacts them, agrees an onboarding plan with them (an admin on your team approves it first), then joins a live call, sees their screen and guides them through setup in your product. It speaks 60+ languages and learns from your help docs and examples of your best onboarding calls.
- Price: from $750 a month (Launch); Growth $1,750; Scale custom. Platform fee plus credits, with unlimited seats. (getcor.ai)
- Not a fit if: you sell courses, coaching or memberships to the public. Cor is not a course platform. It has no course builder, checkout, quizzes or certificates.
Choosing one
- Cheapest way to start selling: Teachable Starter, if your course prices are low enough that the 7.5% fee stays small.
- Same kind of tool, no enrollment fee: Thinkific.
- You want site, community and courses on one bill: Kajabi.
- You are a SaaS team and the academy isn't helping new customers get set up: look at Cor.
FAQ
What are the best LearnWorlds alternatives?
Thinkific is the closest match. Teachable is the cheapest start. Kajabi is the pick if you want your website and community in the same plan.
Is LearnWorlds cheaper than Thinkific?
At entry level, yes: $44 against $82 a month billed yearly. But LearnWorlds Starter charges $5 per enrollment and Thinkific doesn't, so above roughly eight paid enrollments a month Thinkific Start can work out cheaper.
Does LearnWorlds charge transaction fees?
Starter charges $5 per course enrollment. Pro Trainer and above have no enrollment fee. Card processing fees apply on every plan.
How we checked: each price above was read from the vendor's pricing page on 4 Nov 2026.