Teachable and LearnDash have different software philosophies. LearnDash has a primary focus on online course creation. Compared to Teachable, which provides an all-in-one platform for building and selling your online courses.
Teachable is a one-stop-shop for hosting your online courses: take payments, deliver courses, or send targeted emails for each individual based on enrollment, code redemption, and a few other filters.
If you’re just getting started online, Teachable can be a solution to keep costs low.
As you grow, you may find Teachable limiting because you don’t have full control over your content. Many people come to AccessAlly from Teachable because they want more flexibility.
LearnDash is a WordPress LMS plugin and focuses on the Learning Management System functionality. Learning management system (or LMS) features are those you commonly associated with online courses. Features like a drip-feed of course material, quizzes, progress tracking, video and audio bookmarking, and advanced reports just to name a few.
To expand on its core functionality so you can deliver a positive user experience from end to end, you’ll likely need to install additional plugins and add-ons. Fortunately, LearnDash has a robust marketplace of integrations and add-ons to make this possible.
That means you may need to purchase and integrate additional plugins to handle:
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- payments and payment administration
- membership levels to run cohesive membership sites
- integration with your CRM for marketing automations
With Teachable, you sign up for one tool that seamlessly handles everything from payments, course creation, LMS functionality, and member management.