Teachable vs Printify

Two e-commerce tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	TeachableTeachable	PrintifyPrintify
In one line	Sell courses, coaching, and memberships from your own school site	Print-on-demand products made and shipped for your store
Starting price	From $29/mo	Free
Six-person team	$29/mo	$0/mo
On $10,000 of card sales	$399/mo	No card payments
Plans	Billed yearly: Starter $29/mo (5 products, 1 admin, 7.5% transaction fee, 1 connected app); Builder $69/mo (10 products, 0% fee, 3 apps); Growth $139/mo (50 products, 5 admins, 5 apps). Monthly $39/$89/$189. Teachable Payments 2.9% + 30¢ on US cards, 3.9% + 30¢ international; PayPal 3.49% + 49¢ in the US. 7-day free trial, 30-day money-back guarantee	Free $0 (5 stores, unlimited designs; you pay each product's base cost, e.g. $8.77 for a basic tee before shipping); Premium from $24.99/mo billed yearly or from $39/mo monthly (10 stores, up to 20% off all products, up to 33% off new products); Enterprise custom pricing (unlimited stores, dedicated account manager); no platform or listing fees
Pricing model	Free trial	Free tier
Free trial	7 days	—
Users	1 admin on Starter and Builder, 5 on Growth	5 stores on Free, 10 on Premium
Both connect to	No shared connections on record.
Also connects to	Mailchimp, MailerLite, ActiveCampaign, GetResponse, Kit	None in our catalog
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	Every plan	Every plan
Support hours	Live chat: People Monday to Friday, 10am to 8pm Eastern; an AI agent outside those hours	Live chat: 24/7
Incidents posted	7 incidents posted on Teachable's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 7 marked major or critical by Teachable. Status page	Printify has a public status page. Status page
Fit: Retail shop	10	30
Fit: Restaurant or café	5	5
Fit: Service business	80	10
Fit: Agency or studio	45	15
Fit: Trades or contractor	15	5
Fit: Online store	60	80
Why people pick it	Courses, coaching, and memberships in one school Sales tax and VAT handled at checkout	Free plan with no monthly fee Choose from 70+ print providers per product
Where it falls short	7.5% fee per sale on Starter Human support on weekdays only	Print quality and shipping times vary by provider Margins are thin until Premium discounts apply
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. Card sales costs include the plan price and card fees at US rates, at a $75 average sale. How we calculate prices

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