Heights Platform vs Teachery
We give Heights Platform a 2.4 GPA and Teachery a 2.2, out of 4.0. Heights Platform grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Heights Platform
Course, challenge and community platform with built-in AI tools
Teachery
Simple course builder with one flat-price plan and no sales fees
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAHeights PlatformFair | 2.2GPATeacheryFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CChallenge is $19 a month billed yearly but covers 1 challenge course for 100 students. Basic, with unlimited courses and 5,000 students, is $39, and no plan takes a fee on sales, so $2,000 of sales costs $39 a month: the middle of this category. | C$470 a year, about $39 a month, with every feature and no fee on sales, so $2,000 of sales costs $39 a month: the middle of this category. There's also a $950 lifetime deal, about two years of the yearly plan, marked limited time. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 30-day trial with no card needed, as long as any in this category. | CNo free plan, but a 14-day free trial, and the listing doesn't say it needs a card. With one plan, there's nothing cheaper to start on. |
| Features | BCourses and challenges with quizzes, assignments, certificates and badges, community channels, meeting rooms and live streams, email to students, fee-free checkout and Heights AI. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the job; a custom domain waits for Pro. | CLessons with embeds, drip or completion unlocking, hubs for memberships and coaching, deep design control, sales pages with upsells and bundles, and affiliates. It does the course job, but the listing shows no quizzes, no built-in email and only lesson comments for community. |
| Ease of use | CNo App Store rating on record. Heights AI drafts courses, quizzes and pages, which helps, but you're still building a school. | CNo App Store rating on record. The editor autosaves and there are style files and Canva templates, but you're still designing pages and a checkout. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, plus Mac and Windows apps, with Stripe, PayPal, Zapier, Kit, ActiveCampaign, Google Analytics and Dropbox. No iPhone or Android app, which an A needs, and the API is only on Academy. | BWeb, with Zapier, Make, Pabbly Connect, Canva, Kit, Mailchimp, MailerLite and Flodesk. No mobile apps: students take courses in a browser. |
| Best for | fee-free courses and challenges with live lessons | a course that looks like your brand, at one price |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Heights Platform and Teachery. How we grade
Price against what you get
Heights Platform starts at $19 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Teachery starts at $49 a month and scores 2.3.
Heights Platform scores higher and starts $30 a month lower. Of the other course and community platforms on the chart, none scores higher than Heights Platform for less, and 6 score higher than Teachery for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Heights Platform starts at $19 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly). Teachery starts at $49 per month, billed monthly.
- Only Heights Platform lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Heights Platform also covers video calls, email campaigns and community.
- Teachery also covers templates and no-code.
At a glance
| Heights Platform | Teachery | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $19 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly) | $49 per month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial, no credit card required | 14-day free trial |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Made by | Velora Studios, LLC | Teachery Inc. |
| Price read from | heightsplatform.com | teachery.co |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Heights Platform
- Creators starting with a single challenge or small course
- Course sellers who want no platform fee on payments
- Teachers who run live lessons and group calls
Teachery
- Artists, designers and coaches who want a course that looks like their brand
- Creators who want one flat price with no sales fees
- Designers building course or client hubs for several clients
Worth knowing
Heights Platform
- Challenge allows 1 course and 100 active students and has no community.
- A custom domain and removing Heights branding need Pro at $99 a month billed annually.
- API access and custom student roles are only in Academy.
- No iOS or Android app is listed: students use a mobile browser or the Mac and Windows desktop apps.
Teachery
- There is one plan with every feature, so there is no cheaper tier for a first course.
- Teachery 4.0 is due on October 20, 2026; the features page says current plans keep their price and get its features.
- The $950 lifetime deal is marked as limited time, with no end date given.
- No mobile apps are listed; students take courses in a browser.
Key features
Heights Platform
- Courses and challenges
- A lesson builder with drip and unlockable lessons, assignments and quizzes, certificates, badges and points, and unlimited video hosting.
- Community channels
- Free or paid channels tied to courses, with student projects, member messaging, and free channels published as public, indexable pages.
- Meeting rooms and live streams
- Live lessons, group calls in meeting rooms from Basic, and live streams in community channels, with 5 to 30 video hours a month by plan.
- Payments without fees
- One-time, subscription and installment prices through your own Stripe or PayPal account, with coupons, order bumps and cart recovery.
- Heights AI
- Drafts courses, quizzes, emails and website pages, moderates the community, builds reports, and on Pro coaches you weekly.
Teachery
- Course editor
- Lessons and sublessons with embed blocks anywhere in the page, autosave, drip schedules or completion-based unlocking, and lesson comments.
- Hubs and memberships
- Access hubs that group courses and downloads for memberships, coaching programs or client onboarding.
- Design control
- Global fonts and color palettes, a style editor, custom CSS, and copy-and-paste style files and Canva templates.
- Sales pages and checkout
- Landing and payment pages with one-time or recurring prices, upsells, bundles, promo codes and course gifting.
- Affiliates and integrations
- Affiliate management for your own partners, and connections to Zapier, Make, Pabbly, Kit, Mailchimp, MailerLite and Flodesk.
Plans
Heights Platform
Challenge$19
per month for up to 100 students, billed annually ($29 monthly)
1 challenge course, email to 1,000 contacts, live lessons, certificates, gamification and coupons. No community. No transaction fee.
Basic$39
per month for up to 5,000 students, billed annually ($49 monthly)
Unlimited courses and community channels, digital products, meeting rooms, affiliate program, Zapier, email to 5,000 contacts.
Pro$99
per month for up to 10,000 students, billed annually ($119 monthly)
Custom domain, web page builder, live streaming, no Heights branding, 2 admins, weekly AI coaching, email to 10,000 contacts.
Academy$399
per month for unlimited students, billed annually ($499 monthly)
Email to 100,000 contacts, 25 admins, custom student roles, API access, advanced reporting, a setup consultation and priority support.
Teachery
Monthly$49
per month, billed monthly
Every feature, with unlimited courses, customers, admins, hubs and custom domains. No transaction fees. $470 a year if billed annually.
Ways to pay less
Heights Platform
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual plans
Heights Platform's pricing page lists 20% off for annual plans: Challenge $19 a month instead of $29, Basic $39 instead of $49, Pro $99 instead of $119.
Teachery
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
Teachery's annual plan is $470 a year instead of $49 a month, which the pricing page says saves $118 a year.
- Lifetime license
Lifetime access for a one-time $950
The pricing page offers lifetime access for a single $950 payment, with future features included, marked as a limited-time offer.
