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How much of your course sales do you keep?

Course platforms take money three ways: a subscription, a cut of each sale, and card processing. Enter your sales and see what each one leaves you.

You keep the most on Systeme.io ($3,816 a month). The gap to Gumroad, the least, is $399 a month or $4,788 a year.

You keepPlatform: subscription and feesCard processing

1. Systeme.ioYou keep $3,816 (96.4%)Startup plan: $17 subscription, $0 platform fees, $126.84 card processing. Limits: 5,000 contacts.
2. Stan StoreYou keep $3,804 (96.1%)Creator plan: $29 subscription, $0 platform fees, $126.84 card processing.
3. ThinkificYou keep $3,779 (95.4%)Basic plan: $54 subscription, $0 platform fees, $126.84 card processing. Limits: 10,000 current students.
4. TeachableYou keep $3,744 (94.5%)Builder plan: $89 subscription, $0 platform fees, $126.84 card processing.
5. PodiaYou keep $3,734 (94.3%)Shaker plan: $99 subscription, $0 platform fees, $126.84 card processing.
6. LearnWorldsYou keep $3,734 (94.3%)Pro Trainer plan: $99 subscription, $0 platform fees, $126.84 card processing. Limits: 2,000 active learners a month.
7. SkoolYou keep $3,734 (94.3%)Pro plan: $99 subscription, $126.84 platform fees, $0 card processing.
8. PayhipYou keep $3,734 (94.3%)Pro plan: $99 subscription, $0 platform fees, $126.84 card processing.
9. Mighty NetworksYou keep $3,659 (92.4%)Launch plan: $95 subscription, $79.20 platform fees, $126.84 card processing.
10. CircleYou keep $3,655 (92.3%)Professional plan: $99 subscription, $79.20 platform fees, $126.84 card processing.
11. KajabiYou keep $3,654 (92.3%)Basic plan: $179 subscription, $0 platform fees, $126.84 card processing. Limits: 2,500 contacts.
12. GumroadYou keep $3,417 (86.3%)Direct sales plan: $0 subscription, $416 platform fees, $126.84 card processing.

Each platform's best plan for your numbers. Card processing assumes US cards at 2.9% + $0.30 per sale, except Kajabi's own rates and Skool, whose fee includes processing. International cards cost more. See the methodology.

What the numbers show

• Skool: Fees include card processing. A 30% "Growth Boost" cut on members Skool's own discovery brings you (on by default) isn't included.
• Gumroad: No subscription. Sales through Gumroad's Discover marketplace cost 30% instead, processing included.
• Udemy isn't in the calculator: it sets prices and pays instructors 97% of sales they bring in with their own coupon or link, but 37% of marketplace sales.

Prices checked against each platform's own pricing page on 5 October 2026.