Build an e-learning platform — owned content infrastructure, not rented.
Teachable takes 5% of your revenue. Kajabi is $199/month. Thinkific is $74/month. A custom e-learning platform costs a fixed development fee and nothing per student. At scale, the math strongly favors owning the infrastructure.
Course creator, educator, or training company that pays percentage fees to Teachable or monthly fees to Kajabi and wants to own their course delivery infrastructure
Teachable takes 5% transaction fees on basic plans. Kajabi is $199/month (unlimited students but per-user at scale requires higher tiers). Thinkific Free limits to 3 courses. Once your course revenue exceeds $5,000/month, the math begins to favor ownership.
At $10k/month course revenue:
- Teachable: $500/month in fees (5% on basic) + $69/month = $569/month
- Kajabi: $199/month
- Custom platform: $0/month (fixed dev cost already paid)
Beyond cost — capability:
Generic platforms limit the course experience to their templates. A custom platform can have learning paths, prerequisites, cohort-based learning, instructor live sessions, community forums, and assessment logic that no generic tool supports without significant hacks.
Custom e-learning platform deployed — course creation, student enrollment, video delivery, progress tracking, and certificate issuance
Course creation
curriculum structure, lessons, quizzes, assignments
Video delivery
Cloudflare Stream or Mux for adaptive video
Student portal
progress tracking, certificates, community
Enrollment and billing
Stripe for one-time or subscription access
Instructor dashboard
student progress, completion rates, revenue
Certificates
automated certificate generation on course completion
One honest number to start.
Fixed-scope, fixed-price. The number below is the starting point — final scope is built from your brief.
Custom e-learning platform deployed — course creation, student enrollment, video delivery, progress tracking, and certificate issuance
Three steps, every time.
The same repeatable engagement on every project. No surprises, no mystery, no billable ambiguity.
Brief & discovery.
We send you questions, then get on a call. Output: a written scope with every step, feature, and integration listed.
Build & ship.
Fixed schedule, weekly reviews. No scope creep unless you change the scope — and if you do, we reprice it transparently.
Warranty & retainer.
30-day warranty on every launch. Most clients stay on a monthly retainer for ongoing features and maintenance.
Why Fixed-Price Matters Here
E-learning platforms have defined content and enrollment flows. Fixed-price from the spec.
Related engagements.
Questions, answered.
Cloudflare Stream or Mux for video delivery. Both provide HLS adaptive streaming, video analytics, and DRM for content protection. Not YouTube or Vimeo — dedicated video infrastructure without platform risk.
Community features (discussion threads, cohort channels) are available as an add-on. Circle.so integration is the fastest path if community is a primary feature.
Tell Ryel about your project.
Describe what you’re building and what outcome you need. You’ll have a written, fixed-price scope within the week.