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 |
Two real costs, not just "free": the AI agent's own usage, and hosting once it's running. Both are estimated from this app's own effort rating and component list — see the assumptions on the method page.
| AI agent — with a subscription (Claude Pro/Max, Cursor, etc.) | $0 marginal |
| AI agent — pay-per-use API, no subscription | $43–$86 one-time |
| Hosting, once it's running | $8–$16/mo |
| Domain name, if you want your own | ~$12/yr |
Teachable costs $39/mo. Even paying per-token with no subscription, and accounting for hosting, this build pays for itself in about 4 months.
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.
Teachable compared directly against the products people actually weigh it up against — same build questions, different answers.
Closest matches on the register — ranked by the build parts they share with Teachable, not just by category.
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An occasional email when new apps get reviewed — the verdict, the effort, and what changed. No tracking pixels, no drip sequence, one click to leave.