The Heights Platform Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Heights Platform in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Heights Platform
The Insider’s Guide
Course, challenge and community platform with built-in AI tools
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among course and community platforms, read from Heights Platform’s own pages.
Made by Velora Studios, LLC · checked Oct 17, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Heights Platform’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Heights Platform’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 17, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.4
GPA, above 8 of the 18 other course and community platforms we grade
Heights Platform is a place to build and sell online courses, challenges, digital products and paid community channels. It includes live lessons, meeting rooms and live streams, email to students, and Heights AI, which drafts courses, emails, quizzes and website pages. No plan takes a transaction fee on sales.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Heights Platform, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Heights AI drafts courses, quizzes and pages, which helps, but you're still building a school.
- 1
Best for fee-free courses and challenges with live lessons
Heights Platform does courses, challenges, community channels and live lessons, takes no fee on sales, and gives you 30 days free with no card.
- 2
Paid plans start at $19 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $19 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly).
- 3
You can try it first
30-day free trial, no credit card required
- 4
It runs on 3 platforms
Web, macOS and Windows.
- 5
Courses and challenges
A lesson builder with drip and unlockable lessons, assignments and quizzes, certificates, badges and points, and unlimited video hosting.
- 6
Community channels
Free or paid channels tied to courses, with student projects, member messaging, and free channels published as public, indexable pages.
- 7
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.
- 8
A 2.4 GPA, above 8 of 18
That is against the other course and community platforms we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace Heights Platform you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Heights Platform at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $19 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- 30-day free trial, no credit card required
- Runs on
- Web, macOS, Windows
- Made by
- Velora Studios, LLC
- Category
- Courses & Communities
- Our grade
- 2.4 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for fee-free courses and challenges with live lessons
Heights Platform does courses, challenges, community channels and live lessons, takes no fee on sales, and gives you 30 days free with no card. Basic at $39 a month billed yearly is the realistic plan for a course. But your own domain, the page builder and live streams need Pro at $99, and there's no phone app for students.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Challenge 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. |
| Free plan and trial | C | No free plan, but a 30-day trial with no card needed, as long as any in this category. |
| Features | B | Courses 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. |
| Ease of use | C | No App Store rating on record. Heights AI drafts courses, quizzes and pages, which helps, but you're still building a school. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web, 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. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Heights Platform is for
- Great if you're starting with one challenge or a small course
- Handy when you teach live lessons and group calls as well as recorded ones
- Good for sellers who want no platform fee on any plan
Who it is not for
- Not for you if your students want a phone app, as there isn't one
- Tight if you want your own domain, which needs Pro at $99 a month
- Skip it if you need API access, which only comes with Academy at $399 a month
Good to know
Good for
- 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
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$19
A month to start
Heights Platform is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $19 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly).
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.
Trying it first
30-day free trial, no credit card required
Read from heightsplatform.com on Oct 17, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on heightsplatform.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
3
Places it runs: Web, macOS and Windows
Course, challenge and community platform with built-in AI tools. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI features, video calls, email campaigns, online courses, community.
Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the job; a custom domain waits for Pro.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
- macOS
- Windows
What it works with
- Stripe
- PayPal
- Zapier
- Kit
- ActiveCampaign
- Google Analytics
- Dropbox
Heights Platform is made by Velora Studios, LLC.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
8/18
Other course and community platforms it is graded above
Heights Platform's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 8 of the 18 other course and community platforms we grade, and level with 6.
It stands best on features (B, above 10 of 18) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $41 for the category: 2 of the 17 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 19 course and community platforms we grade, cut by the letter each got. Heights Platform’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 3 of 18
- CFree plan and trialAbove 3 of 18
- BFeaturesAbove 10 of 18
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 18
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 18
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 19 course and community platforms. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Heights Platform is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Heights Platform you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $228 a year.
What you could make
- Online courses: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.
- Video calls.
- A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to.
- A real app for macOS and Windows. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Stripe, PayPal and Zapier among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- People on the other end: coaches. No app builder makes those.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Heights Platform’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Thinkific, Teachable, Podia, LearnWorlds and Graphy
The 5 tools Heights Platform is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.4GPA
Thinkific
Free trial · from $40/mo
Course, community and membership platform for experts and academies.
- Only Heights Platform lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Heights Platform also covers video calls and email campaigns.
- Thinkific also covers invoicing.
- 2.4GPA
Teachable
Free trial · from $29/mo
Online course, coaching and membership platform with its own checkout.
- Only Heights Platform lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Only Teachable lists iOS and Android apps.
- Heights Platform also covers video calls and community.
- 2.4GPA
Podia
Free trial · from $42/mo
Website, store, courses, community and email for creators in one place.
- Only Heights Platform lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Heights Platform also covers video calls.
- Podia also covers marketing automation.
- 2.4GPA
LearnWorlds
Free trial · from $24/mo
Online academy builder for course creators and training teams.
- Only Heights Platform lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Heights Platform also covers video calls.
- 2.2GPA
Graphy
Free trial · from $49/mo
Course and membership platform with AI agents and branded apps.
- Only Heights Platform lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Only Graphy lists iOS and Android apps.
- Heights Platform also covers video calls and community.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
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Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Heights Platform free?
No, Heights Platform is a paid product, but you can try it first. 30-day free trial, no credit card required.
How much does Heights Platform cost?
Heights Platform lists 4 plans. Challenge: $19 per month for up to 100 students, billed annually ($29 monthly).
What platforms does Heights Platform work on?
Heights Platform is available on Web, macOS and Windows.
Does Heights Platform offer any discounts?
Heights Platform publicly lists the following: Save 20% with annual plans.
Does Heights Platform have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 17, 2026. Heights Platform is listed for Web, macOS and Windows.
Does Heights Platform have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 17, 2026. Heights Platform is listed for Web, macOS and Windows.
Is Heights Platform open source?
Heights Platform is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 17, 2026.
Does Heights Platform have an API?
Yes. Heights Platform offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Heights Platform integrate with?
Heights Platform's listing names Stripe, PayPal, Zapier, Kit, ActiveCampaign, Google Analytics and Dropbox.
Who makes Heights Platform?
Heights Platform is made by Velora Studios, LLC.
What are the alternatives to Heights Platform?
The closest alternatives to Heights Platform in our directory are Thinkific, Teachable, Podia, LearnWorlds and Graphy.
How does Heights Platform compare with other course and community platforms?
Heights Platform's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 8 of the 18 other course and community platforms we grade, and level with 6.
Is Heights Platform good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Heights Platform C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $41 for the category: 2 of the 17 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Heights Platform?
To replace Heights Platform you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Heights Platform’s own pages on Oct 17, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 17, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Heights Platform's own pages on 17 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Velora Studios, LLC. Prices change, so check heightsplatform.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
1,880
Tools graded, in 47 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
1,880
tools graded
47
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Heights Platform, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/heights-platform
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Heights Platform’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; anything paid for is labelled, and no one can pay for a grade. Heights Platform is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Velora Studios, LLC. Prices and plans change: check heightsplatform.com before you buy.