Online course platforms
Cheapest Kartra alternatives 10 tools cheaper than Kartra, like for like
- Kartra from, billed monthly
- $59/mo
- Cheaper tools
- 10
- Lowest price
- $5/mo
- Biggest saving, paid plan
- 90%
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
Kartra's cheapest paid plan costs $59 billed monthly (Essentials) or $52 per month billed annually (Essentials). We found 10 tools in its market that cost less, compared on the same billing basis.
6 are cheaper billed monthly, 4 are cheaper billed annually.
The largest saving on a paid plan is sensei: $5 a month billed annually on Interactive Blocks, $47 (90%) less than Kartra's $52.
No vendor here states that it lacks a feature Kartra has. Below, each tool lists the features and numbers it publishes; vendors rarely state what they do not offer, so a feature that is not listed is unknown, not missing.
Kartra alternatives by price
| # | Tool | Price per month | Billing basis | Kartra, same basis | You save | Free plan | Data checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  sensei | $5/mo | billed annually | $52/mo | $47 (90%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  LifterLMS | $16.58/mo | billed annually | $52/mo | $35.42 (68%) | Yes, unlimited members | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  Tutor LMS | $16.58/mo | billed annually | $52/mo | $35.42 (68%) | Yes, unlimited members | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  MemberPress | $16.63/mo | billed annually | $52/mo | $35.37 (68%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  Heights Platform | $29/mo | billed monthly | $59/mo | $30 (51%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6 |  LearnWorlds | $29/mo | billed monthly | $59/mo | $30 (51%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 7 |  classroomio | $35/mo | billed monthly | $59/mo | $24 (41%) | Yes, 20 members | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 8 |  Teachable | $39/mo | billed monthly | $59/mo | $20 (34%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 9 |  Heartbeat | $49/mo | billed monthly | $59/mo | $10 (17%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 10 |  paidtier | $49/mo | billed monthly | $59/mo | $10 (17%) | Yes, 10 transaction fee percent | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the page it was read from (hover for the check date).
What you give up for the lower price
- sensei · $5/mo, saves 90%
WordPress plugin for creating and selling online courses with quizzes, certificates, interactive lessons and cohort management.
- Price: $5 a month, billed annually, on Interactive Blocks source
- Kartra on the same basis: $52 a month, billed annually, on Essentials source
- Saving: $47 a month (90%)
- Verified features: Analytics, Team access, Templates, AI assistant
6 of 8 tracked details verified
- LifterLMS · $16.58/mo, saves 68%
WordPress LMS plugin with paid add-on bundles for building and selling online courses and memberships, with quizzes, certificates and e-commerce add-ons.
- Price: $16.58 a month, billed annually, on Earth Bundle source
- Kartra on the same basis: $52 a month, billed annually, on Essentials source
- Saving: $35.42 a month (68%)
- Verified features: Analytics, Public API
4 of 8 tracked details verified
- Tutor LMS · $16.58/mo, saves 68%
WordPress LMS plugin for creating, managing and selling online courses with quizzes, assignments, certificates, memberships and an AI course generator.
- Price: $16.58 a month, billed annually, on Individual source
- Kartra on the same basis: $52 a month, billed annually, on Essentials source
- Saving: $35.42 a month (68%)
- Individual limits: unlimited members source
- Verified features: Analytics, Team access, Templates, AI assistant
6 of 8 tracked details verified
- MemberPress · $16.63/mo, saves 68%
WordPress plugin that adds membership sites, paywalled content, subscription billing, online courses and coaching tools to a site.
- Price: $16.63 a month, billed annually, on Launch source
- Kartra on the same basis: $52 a month, billed annually, on Essentials source
- Saving: $35.37 a month (68%)
- Verified features: AI assistant, Public API
3 of 8 tracked details verified
- Heights Platform · $29/mo, saves 51%
Platform for creating and selling online courses, challenges, memberships and digital products, with community channels and built-in AI tools.
- Price: $29 a month, billed monthly, on Challenge source
- Kartra on the same basis: $59 a month, billed monthly, on Essentials source
- Saving: $30 a month (51%)
- Challenge limits: 0 transaction fee percent, 100 members, 1,000 subscribers source
- Verified features: Analytics, Team access, AI assistant, Public API
5 of 8 tracked details verified
- LearnWorlds · $29/mo, saves 51%
Learning management platform for building, branding and selling online courses and training programs, with AI tools, assessments and a website builder.
- Price: $29 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
- Kartra on the same basis: $59 a month, billed monthly, on Essentials source
- Saving: $30 a month (51%)
- Starter limits: 1,000 members, 1 users, 300 credits per month source
- Matches Kartra: has all 5 features we verified for Kartra
7 of 8 tracked details verified
- classroomio · $35/mo, saves 41%
Open-source learning management system for running customer, employee and partner training academies with AI authoring, certificates and custom domains.
- Price: $35 a month, billed monthly, on Early Adopters source
- Kartra on the same basis: $59 a month, billed monthly, on Essentials source
- Saving: $24 a month (41%)
- Verified features: Team access, Templates, AI assistant, Public API
5 of 8 tracked details verified
- Teachable · $39/mo, saves 34%
Platform for creating and selling online courses, coaching, digital downloads and memberships, with payments, tax handling and student apps.
- Price: $39 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
- Kartra on the same basis: $59 a month, billed monthly, on Essentials source
- Saving: $20 a month (34%)
- Starter limits: 5 products, 7.5 transaction fee percent source
- Matches Kartra: has all 5 features we verified for Kartra
6 of 8 tracked details verified
- Heartbeat · $49/mo, saves 17%
Community platform that combines discussion channels, courses, events, payments and a branded app for people who sell memberships.
- Price: $49 a month, billed monthly, on Build source
- Kartra on the same basis: $59 a month, billed monthly, on Essentials source
- Saving: $10 a month (17%)
- Build limits: 350 members, 5 transaction fee percent source
- Verified features: Analytics, AI assistant, Public API
4 of 8 tracked details verified
- paidtier · $49/mo, saves 17%
No-code platform for creators to build, sell and deliver courses and subscriptions to members through Telegram, Discord and a web dashboard.
- Price: $49 a month, billed monthly, on Pro source
- Kartra on the same basis: $59 a month, billed monthly, on Essentials source
- Saving: $10 a month (17%)
- Pro limits: 4 transaction fee percent source
- Verified features: Analytics, Team access, AI assistant
4 of 8 tracked details verified
How we picked
- Pool: tools in the same market as the tool on this page (they list its primary category, and their own primary category is one it lists).
- Like for like: a tool's cheapest paid plan billed monthly is compared with the cheapest plan billed monthly; if that is not cheaper, its price per month billed annually is compared with the annual price. Monthly and annual prices are never mixed in one comparison.
- A free plan counts as cheaper only when the tool on this page has no free plan. Usage-priced and "contact sales" plans are left out.
- Saving = the reference price on the same basis minus the alternative's price, per month; the percentage is rounded. Entry plans differ in seats, accounts and limits, so the saving is for the entry plan, not your team.
- Sorted by price per month, then name. The page is built only when the tool has a verified paid price and at least 3 tools qualify.
Every value is read from the vendor's own pages (or GitHub for licences and stars) and shown with the date we checked it. A value we could not verify is shown as a dash, never estimated, and never read as a “no”. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Methodology
Questions, answered from the data
What is the cheapest alternative to Kartra?
sensei: $5 a month billed annually on Interactive Blocks, against $52 for Kartra's Essentials on the same basis.
How much can I save compared with Kartra?
Up to $47 a month (90%) with sensei (billed annually), before any difference in limits or seats.
Is there a free alternative to Kartra?
sensei, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS, classroomio and paidtier have a free plan.
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Prices as published on each vendor's pricing page on the date shown, in USD, for online course platforms. Confirm with the vendor before you buy.