TribeNest
TribeNest vs Teachable

Teachable teaches.Everything around the course,you bolt on.

Teachable is a clean place to build a course. But a course business also needs memberships, a store, email, events and streaming, and Teachable makes you bolt each one on. Its Starter plan takes 7.5% of every sale and caps you at 100 students. TribeNest wires all of it around your course, with 0% transaction fees and no student caps.

0% transaction feeNo student capEvery module built in14-day free trial
What a course business bolts onIn Teachable
Community→ Circle
Email→ Mailchimp
Store→ Shopify
Streaming→ Streamyard
Events→ Eventbrite
§ 01, AROUND THE COURSE

Your course sits at the centre. Teachable makes you bolt on the rest.

Every module a real course business needs, drawn as a ring around the lessons. In Teachable each one is another login and another bill. In TribeNest they are already wired to the course.

Memberships
Bolt on a separate membership app
Tiered memberships built in
Email marketing
Bolt on Mailchimp or ConvertKit
Broadcasts and sequences built in
Store
Bolt on Shopify for real products
Store and print-on-demand built in
Live streaming
Bolt on Streamyard or Zoom
Multi-platform streaming built in
YOUR COURSE
The course you already built

Teachable does this part well. Everything a course business needs next, you bolt on.

Event ticketing
Bolt on Eventbrite
Ticketing and reminders built in
Community
Bolt on Circle or a Discord
Gated feed and comments built in
Automations
Bolt on Zapier to wire tools
Cross-module automations built in
Own domain
Yours, but the course lives apart
Whole business on one domain

One course. Eight bolt-ons in Teachable, or one system in TribeNest.

§ 02, THE FEE, FACTUALLY

Starter looks cheap. Then it takes 7.5%.

Teachable's entry plan is $30 a month, but it keeps 7.5% of every sale and caps you at 100 students. The fee only disappears when you climb to Builder at $89. TribeNest takes 0% on every plan, with payments through your own Stripe or Paystack.

Teachable planMonthlyTx feeTribeNest
Starter100-student cap
$30/mo7.5%0%
Builder
$89/mo0%0%
Growth
$139/mo0%0%
Advanced
$309/mo0%0%
Teachable prices are 2026 monthly billing in USD. Starter ($30) carries a 7.5% transaction fee and a 100-student cap. Builder ($89), Growth ($139) and Advanced ($309) drop the fee. The free plan was discontinued in 2025. TribeNest is 0% on every plan; payments run through your own Stripe or Paystack at their standard rate.
§ 03, WIRED, NOT BOLTED ON

Four flows Teachable can't wire.

Each recipe starts in your course and runs through modules Teachable doesn't have. On TribeNest they are one automation. On Teachable the last step is a tool you don't own.

RECIPE 01 · COURSE → MEMBERSHIP → EMAILa student finishes Ceramics 101their certificate issues automaticallythey are invited into the Alumni membership tiera welcome sequence sends and books their first live callTeachable: no membership tier wired to course completion
RECIPE 02 · STORE → COURSEa buyer grabs the Starter Kit bundle in your storethe course unlocks and a print-on-demand workbook shipsa thank-you email lands with the first lesson linkTeachable: no store, no print-on-demand
RECIPE 03 · QUIZ → SEGMENT → EVENTa student passes the module quizthey drop into the Advanced segmentthey are invited to the live cohort and grab a ticket24h and 1h reminders fire, then the stream opensTeachable: no events, no streaming, no segments
RECIPE 04 · CHECKOUT → RECOVERYsomeone abandons checkout on Pro Coursean hour later a nudge email and SMS go outa 24h coupon sends and the deal moves in your pipelineTeachable: no abandoned-checkout recovery, no pipeline

Every trigger and action here is built into TribeNest and wired across modules. Mira proposes the flows you haven't built yet, and nothing runs until you approve it.

§ 04, FEATURE BY FEATURE

Teachable does courses. We do everything around them.

TeachableTribeNest
0% transaction fee on every plan
Unlimited students, no 100-cap
Courses with drips, quizzes, and certificates
Tiered memberships with gated content
Real fully custom website on your own domain
Built-in store for digital and physical goods
Native multi-platform live streaming
Event ticketing and reminders
Email broadcasts and automations
Cross-module automations and triggers
Smart link in bio page
Hosts on your own domain
IncludedLimited / depends on planNot available
§ 05, THE HONEST VERDICT

When Teachable is the right call.

Stay on Teachable if

Teachable is a genuinely good course tool. The authoring is clean, the brand is trusted, and it is simple to launch a first cohort. If a standalone course on a plan above Starter is all you need, and you are happy running email, community and payments elsewhere, it does that job well.

Switch to TribeNest if

If your course is becoming a business, with memberships, a store, events, streaming and email that all talk to each other, the bolt-ons and the Starter fee cost more than they save. TribeNest wires every module around the course on your own domain, with 0% transaction fees and no student caps.

Great course tool. Not a course business.

§ 06, PLANS

Two plans. Every module on.

Starter
Run your whole business.
$49
/ month
Billed monthly. Yearly saves two months.
Start free
  • Every module on, from courses to store
  • Unlimited students, 0% transaction fee
  • 3 active automation flows
  • Your own domain, Stripe or Paystack

Yearly billing is two months free ($490 Starter, $1,490 Pro). Every plan includes every module and 0% commission. Business is there when you need three brands and ten seats.

§ 07, QUESTIONS

Common questions.

What every Teachable creator wants to know before switching.

Will TribeNest replace what I do in Teachable?

Yes. Courses with drips, quizzes, certificates, video hosting, completion tracking, coupons, and bundles. Plus tiered memberships, store, streaming, ticketing, smart links, and email, which Teachable doesn't include.

Teachable Starter is $30 and TribeNest starts at $49. Why switch?

Because of what each dollar buys. Teachable Starter takes 7.5% of every sale and caps you at 100 students; on a $5,000 month the fee alone is $375, and removing it means Builder at $89. TribeNest Starter is $49 with a 0% transaction fee, no student cap, and every module on, from memberships to streaming to a real store. Payments run through your own Stripe or Paystack, and we never take a cut.

Can I migrate my Teachable courses and students?

Yes. Export your Teachable course content (videos, modules, lessons) and re-upload as a course bundle in TribeNest. Export your student list as CSV with progress and tags, and import in one click. Most creators migrate in an afternoon.

Do students keep their progress?

Yes. Course progress, completion certificates, and quiz results carry over from the CSV import. Students get a branded email with a one-tap link to claim their account at the same enrolled course list.

What does the 14-day free trial include?

The 14-day trial runs at Pro level: courses, memberships, store, streaming, ticketing, email marketing, smart links, and social scheduling. When it ends, you pick a plan, from $49 a month.

How do the automations work across modules?

One automation can start with a course completion or a quiz pass, then move across modules: issue a certificate, invite the student into a membership tier, add them to a segment, book them onto a live event, or start an email sequence. Teachable keeps these as separate tools; in TribeNest they are one flow, and Mira proposes the ones you haven't built.

Will anything send or change without me approving?

No. You build the automations, and Mira only proposes the flows you haven't wired yet. She drafts the recovery emails and lesson fixes, but nothing sends or publishes until you tap approve. You can auto-approve specific actions once you trust her.

§ 08, MAKE THE SWITCH

Keep the course.
Build the business around it.

Move your Teachable courses and students into one system: memberships, store, events, streaming and email all wired around the course, on your own domain, with 0% transaction fees and no student caps.

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