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Coursera

Accredited marketplace for universities and large organisations, joined by application rather than sign-up.

Best for

Universities, large companies and established experts pursuing an institutional partnership.

Entry plan
By application
Transaction fee
N/A (revenue share instead)
Students included
Unlimited
Free plan
Not applicable, partnership is by application
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Pricing breakdown

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How Coursera compares

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Side-by-side with the closest alternatives by estimated cost.

Based on £2,000 a month of course revenue, 100 active students and 3 courses, with each platform's own transaction fee counted in. Quote-only providers are excluded.

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Coursera

Built-in community
Course discussion forums
Email marketing
No, Coursera owns the learner relationship
Run your own affiliates
No
Custom domain
No, courses live on coursera.org
Courses included
Agreed with Coursera as part of the partnership
Est. monthly cost
Teachable logo

Teachable

£66.49/mo est.

Built-in community
Yes, student discussions and comments
Email marketing
Yes, basic broadcasts to students
Run your own affiliates
Yes (Builder+)
Custom domain
Yes
Courses included
5 (Starter), 10 (Builder), 50 (Growth)
Est. monthly cost
£66.49/mo
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Thinkific

£46/mo est.

Built-in community
Yes, 1 community (Basic and Start), 3 (Grow)
Email marketing
Yes, email automation included
Run your own affiliates
Yes
Custom domain
Yes
Courses included
Unlimited on every plan
Est. monthly cost
£46/mo
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Kajabi

£133.73/mo est.

Built-in community
Yes, 1 community (Basic and Growth), 3 (Pro)
Email marketing
Native, unlimited marketing emails on every plan
Run your own affiliates
Yes
Custom domain
Yes
Courses included
5 (Basic), 50 (Growth), Unlimited (Pro)
Est. monthly cost
£133.73/mo

Strengths and trade-offs

Pros

  • Accredited certificates and degrees carry real weight with employers
  • Very large existing audience of learners
  • Association with recognised universities and companies
  • Handles all delivery, payment and support

Cons

  • No self-serve route to publish a course
  • Partnership terms are negotiated and not published
  • Built around institutions rather than individual creators
  • You control neither pricing nor the student relationship

About Coursera

Coursera is a marketplace built around accredited education from universities and major companies, offering certificates, specialisations and full degrees. Its catalogue comes from several hundred institutional partners rather than individual creators.

It is included here because readers expect to see it, but it answers a different question from the rest of this table. There is no self-serve way to publish: partnership is applied for and negotiated, and no instructor revenue share is published, which is why it carries no price.

Coursera was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, United States.

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