Tools for creators, courses and memberships
Course platforms look cheap until you add up a year of transaction fees. The cut is taken every time you sell, including from buyers you brought yourself. The zero-fee tier usually costs several times the entry plan, and people move to it only once the fee already hurts.
The quieter cost is the contact list. A course sold on someone else's platform is a single transaction; an email list keeps selling two years later. So each review checks whether you can export addresses, who owns the customer relationship, and what breaks when you leave. If you have no audience yet, no platform here fixes that.
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Build your own community, courses, and chat in one place β under your brand, not in someone else's Discord.
Upload a file, share the link, and start selling. No monthly fees, you pay only on what you sell.
Build your entire knowledge business in one place - courses, sales, emails and community - without stitching a dozen tools together.
Let your fans support you every month and turn your creative work into steady income.
Build your own community, courses, and paid membership in one clean place where people actually engage.
Build a funnel, send emails, and sell online courses from one place β and start completely free.
Build and sell your own online course without wrestling with tech or payments.
Build a checkout for digital products that you pay for once and use forever.
Upload an episode and Buzzsprout automatically sends it to Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other apps β with zero technical hassle.
Launch and manage several podcasts from one account and see exactly who's listening.
A professional streaming studio for free, forever β no watermark, no limits, no paying.
Start a professional live stream right from your browser β no downloads, guests join through a link.
Let your fans support you with a single coffee or a recurring membership β and set up your page in minutes with zero coding.
Let your fans buy you a coffee in seconds β with zero fees on tips and no complicated setup.
Record your webinar once and let it sell for you β on repeat, across every time zone.
Run a professional webinar right in your browser, with nothing to download or install.
Sell a course, a PDF, a Discord group or a paid community through a single link β no website needed.
Frequently asked
?What is the best platform for selling online courses?
There is no single best one. For a first course, a low monthly fee with a revenue cut is usually cheaper. Once sales are steady, a flat fee without a cut wins. The deciding number is your yearly revenue, not the feature list.
?How much do course platforms take per sale?
It varies by tool and plan, so we list current terms in each review rather than quoting one figure. Remember the payment processor fee sits on top of the platform cut. Check whether the cut also applies to buyers you brought yourself.
?Can I export my email list from a course platform?
Usually yes, but the detail differs. Some exports give plain addresses with no purchase history; others omit marketing consent records. Test the export in your first week, not on the day you decide to migrate.