A course of video lessons behind a paywall, with progress tracking, is a real but bounded build — video hosting, a Stripe checkout, and a completion checklist. The polish that makes a course feel professional (drip scheduling, quizzes, certificates) adds up past a weekend.
VIBE SCORE 84/100
The parts this build actually needs, each rated on its own — the average is the Vibe Score above.
| Landing page | 99 |
| CRUD database | 95 |
| Stripe checkout | 88 |
| User login | 92 |
| Video processing | 45 |
Don't feel like building it? These are already made, open-source, and free.
Borderline. A course of video lessons behind a paywall, with progress tracking, is a real but bounded build — video hosting, a Stripe checkout, and a completion checklist. The polish that makes a course feel professional (drip scheduling, quizzes, certificates) adds up past a weekend.
Teachable costs $39/mo (about $468/yr) as of 2026-08. That's what a working rebuild would save you.
Video hosting and delivery at reasonable quality shares Vimeo/Loom's real infrastructure concerns, not just a feature Drip content (release lesson 2 a week after purchase) and quizzes with grading are real additional features Their affiliate program and course marketplace for discovery doesn't come with a self-hosted build
Yes — Moodle are open-source options worth trying before you build your own. Details are in the standard parts section on this page.