LearnWorlds Pricing: Which Plan Is Really Worth Paying For? (2026)

LearnWorlds has four plans: Starter at $49 a month, Pro Trainer at $99, Learning Center at $299 and custom Corporate pricing. Billed annually, the first three drop to $44, $79 and $249 a month. Starter adds a $5 fee on every paid course enrollment, which Pro Trainer and above remove. Every plan comes with a 30-day free trial and no credit card required. For most paid course businesses, Pro Trainer is the best value.

This guide covers what each plan costs and includes, where the Starter fee stops making sense, the hidden costs to budget for and how LearnWorlds pricing compares with Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi and Skool. Prices were checked on learnworlds.com on November 11, 2026. Older articles list Starter at $29; the live pricing page shows $49.

LearnWorlds Pricing Plans at a Glance

Prices exclude VAT. LearnWorlds displays the toggle as "Save up to 20%" for annual billing.

What Every Plan Includes

Before looking at the differences, it helps to know what you get even on Starter. LearnWorlds lists these on every plan:

• Unlimited paid courses and unlimited video hosting.
• LearnWorlds AI for course building, assessments, emails and images.
• A built-in community and social network with private groups.
• Your school on your own domain, with site templates and SSL.
• Coupons, discounts and order bumps in the checkout.
• Stripe, PayPal and Shopify payments, tax and VAT calculation and invoicing.
• Integrations with email tools such as Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, AWeber, Kit and MailerLite.
• Two-factor authentication, GDPR tools and daily backups.

Starter: $49 a Month

Starter is for launching a first paid course. It includes 1,000 monthly active learners, one admin, 300 AI credits and 24/5 email support. You can build and sell unlimited paid courses, run live one-to-one and group sessions with one connected account, and use the AI course builder and quizzes.

What Starter leaves out matters more than the price:

Starter also limits page customization to the homepage, course catalog and after-login page, and allows two popups.

Pro Trainer: $99 a Month

Pro Trainer is LearnWorlds' plan for solo trainers and small course businesses. It removes the enrollment fee and adds most of the selling tools: subscriptions, memberships, tiered pricing, installments, subscription trials, bundles, free and private courses, learning paths, certificates, up to 20 SCORM packages, landing pages, 15 page funnels, a basic affiliate program and Zapier.

Limits rise to 2,000 active learners, five admins or instructors and 500 AI credits a month, with 2,000 mass email credits and 24/7 email support. Billed annually, Pro Trainer costs $79 a month, which LearnWorlds says saves $240 a year.

Learning Center: $299 a Month

Learning Center targets branded academies and training teams. On top of Pro Trainer it adds:

• Full white-label, with no LearnWorlds logos.
• Training for up to 10 client groups, user groups, managers and custom roles.
• Automations with triggers, conditions and delays, plus AI automations.
• Sales analytics, AI insights and scheduled reports (20 a month).
• API, webhooks, custom SSL and up to three SSO setups.
• Unlimited SCORM packages, LTI 1.3 and auto-generated subtitles.
• 25 collaborators, 1,000 AI credits and 5,000 mass email credits.
• Two hours of setup help with a specialist.

The active-learner limit stays at 2,000 a month, the same as Pro Trainer. Annual billing brings it to $249 a month, a saving LearnWorlds puts at $600 a year.

Corporate: Custom Pricing

Corporate is quoted on request for multi-school operations and high-volume programs. It adds custom learner, admin and client-group limits, a 99.95% uptime commitment, daily backups with optional service-level and data processing agreements, flexible invoicing, a dedicated success manager and 24/7 phone support.

The $5 Enrollment Fee: When Starter Stops Paying Off

Starter's $5 fee applies to each paid course enrollment. Pro Trainer costs $50 more per month on monthly billing ($35 more on annual billing) and has no fee. That gives a simple break-even:

The fee also hits low-priced courses hardest. On a $25 course, $5 is 20% of the sale; on a $200 course it is 2.5%. If you sell a few high-priced programs a month, Starter can stay cheaper. If you sell many low-priced courses, or need any Pro Trainer feature, move up.

Monthly vs Annual Billing

Annual billing makes most sense on Pro Trainer and Learning Center, where the saving is about 20%. LearnWorlds says you can change plans or cancel before your next renewal, so with annual billing you commit to the full year you have paid for.

What LearnWorlds Costs for Different Businesses

These examples use list prices and annual billing where it makes sense. Payment processing and VAT are excluded.

The pattern is clear: Starter only wins for low-volume, single-course sellers. Anyone selling recurring access or multiple products ends up on Pro Trainer, and Learning Center is a business-to-business plan rather than a bigger creator plan.

Where the Learner Cap Bites

Active learners are learner users who access your school during the month. A free course or lead magnet inside LearnWorlds brings learners in, and they count toward the cap just like buyers. Creators who use free courses for lead generation should estimate monthly active users, not just customers, before choosing a plan.

Hidden Costs to Budget For

LearnWorlds says it has no hidden fees, and the plan prices are clear. A realistic budget still includes:

• Payment processing. Stripe, PayPal or Shopify charge their own fees; LearnWorlds cites 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction as a typical example.
• VAT. Prices exclude VAT, which is added for EU customers without a valid VAT number.
• Branded mobile app. A paid add-on from Pro Trainer upward, priced at checkout.
• Extra AI and email credits. Available as add-ons on your checkout page.
• Clone and sync add-ons. Needed on Pro Trainer for syncing content across schools.
• An email marketing tool. LearnWorlds sends mass emails but is not a full automation platform, so many sellers pay for a separate email tool.

Discounts and the Free Trial

LearnWorlds offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, according to its sign-up page; its pricing FAQ says the trial includes the core features and functionality. You buy a plan from your school's billing page when you are ready.

Registered non-profit organizations can ask for a discount on Pro Trainer and above. LearnWorlds also offers a done-for-you migration service on request for schools moving from platforms such as Kajabi, Thinkific, Teachable, Podia and LearnDash.

How to Pay Less for LearnWorlds

• Use the full 30-day trial. Build your course, test checkout and check which features you actually use before choosing a plan.
• Choose annual billing on Pro Trainer or Learning Center once your school is established; the saving is about 20%.
• Bundle courses on Pro Trainer instead of selling them separately on Starter, where each paid enrollment costs $5.
• Ask about non-profit pricing if you are a registered non-profit; LearnWorlds offers discounts from Pro Trainer upward.
• Keep email automation where you already pay for it. If you run an email platform, connect it rather than buying extra LearnWorlds email credits.
• Avoid the branded app add-on at launch. Your school already works in mobile browsers; add the app once learners ask for it.
• Downgrade before renewal, not after. Plan changes and cancellations apply ahead of the next billing term.

LearnWorlds Pricing vs Competitors

LearnWorlds Pro Trainer sits in the middle on price while offering more learning tools than most rivals at that level. Skool is far cheaper to start but charges a percentage on every payment; see our Skool pricing breakdown. For a ranked comparison, see the best online course platform guide.

Which LearnWorlds Plan Should You Choose?

For the full feature breakdown and pros and cons, read our LearnWorlds review.

Our Verdict

LearnWorlds pricing is transparent but plan-gated. Starter's $49 price looks like the obvious place to begin, yet the $5 enrollment fee and missing features (certificates, subscriptions, bundles, landing pages, Zapier) make it a testing plan. Pro Trainer at $99, or $79 billed annually, is the realistic starting point for a course business, and Learning Center earns its $299 price only if you need white-label, automations, the API or client training.

Watch the 2,000 active-learner cap on both mid plans, budget for processing fees and VAT, and use the 30-day trial to confirm which features your offer actually needs.

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