What do you actually keep?
Course platforms charge you three different ways — a percentage of every sale, a monthly subscription, and the payment gateway’s cut. Put your real numbers in and see where the money goes across 14 platforms.
Moving from Teachable to Prolaud Pro
You’d keep $1,332 more a year
Teachable costs you $129/month at this revenue ($90 commission + $39 subscription). Prolaud Pro is a flat $18 with 0% commission.
Every platform, at your revenue
Ranked by what reaches your bank. The gateway fee is charged on all of them, so the difference below is commission + subscription only.
| Platform | Their cut | Commission | Subscription | Effective rate | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prolaud Pro | 0% commission on every plan | $0 | $18 | 1.5% | $1,158 |
| Thinkific | No extra gateway fee on Thinkific Payments | $0 | $54 | 4.5% | $1,122 |
| Graphy | 3% transaction fee on lower tiers | $36 | $54 | 7.5% | $1,086 |
| Classplus | Plan/contract-dependent fees (quote-based) | $36 | $54 | 7.5% | $1,086 |
| Teachmint | Plan-dependent fees; monetization secondary | $36 | $54 | 7.5% | $1,086 |
| Podia | 5% fee on sales on the Mover plan | $60 | $42 | 8.5% | $1,074 |
| Circle | 2% transaction fee on the Professional plan | $24 | $89 | 9.4% | $1,063 |
| Gumroad | 10% of each direct sale ($0.50 per transaction not counted) | $120 | $0 | 10.0% | $1,056 |
| FreshLearn | 10% transaction fee on the free plan | $120 | $0 | 10.0% | $1,056 |
| Maven | 10% of sales (experts keep 90%) | $120 | $0 | 10.0% | $1,056 |
| TagMango | 5.5% commission on the Pro plan | $66 | $60 | 10.5% | $1,050 |
| Teachable | 7.5% transaction fee on the Starter plan | $90 | $39 | 10.8% | $1,047 |
| Kajabi | 0% platform fee with Kajabi Payments | $0 | $179 | 14.9% | $997 |
Rates are the published list rates also shown on our comparison pages. Plan pricing moves and is often negotiable — especially on quote-based Indian platforms — so confirm against your own contract.
We’ll move you across, free
The reason people stay on a platform that overcharges them is the cost of moving, not the fee. Send us your current account and we’ll rebuild your academy on Prolaud — courses, lessons, students and storefront — at no charge. If you don’t like it, walk away.
Questions
- Does this include the payment gateway fee?
- Yes, and it is applied to every platform — nobody escapes it. Razorpay, Stripe or anyone else takes their cut regardless of which course platform you use, so it cancels out of the comparison. What genuinely differs between platforms is commission plus subscription, and that is what the table ranks on.
- Is a paid plan always cheaper than a free plan with commission?
- No. A flat subscription only beats a percentage once that percentage is worth more than the subscription. Below roughly ₹15,000 a month in course revenue, a free plan that takes 10% genuinely costs you less than any ₹1,499/month subscription. The calculator shows you the exact crossover point rather than hiding it.
- Where do the competitor rates come from?
- They are the same reviewed figures published on our individual comparison pages at /alternatives. Plan pricing moves and is often negotiable — especially for quote-based Indian platforms — so treat these as the published list rates and confirm your own contract.
- Does Prolaud really take 0% commission?
- Yes, on every plan. Payments settle from your own Razorpay account straight to your bank; we never sit in the money flow. You pay the gateway their standard processing fee, and nothing to us beyond your plan.