Distinction is a Teachable alternative for experts who want to create and sell online courses. Keep up to 97% of every course sale, generate lessons and video with AI, and launch on a custom domain. Start free — no credit card.
| Compare | Distinction | Teachable | Kajabi | LearnWorlds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course platform take | Keep up to 97% of each course sale (processing separate). | Starter 7.5% platform fee; Builder+ 0% + Stripe. | 0% with Kajabi Payments (surcharge if you bring Stripe). | Starter $5 per paid enrollment. |
| AI course creation | Generates outline, lessons, and video. | Starter curriculum, quizzes, and translate. | Cofounder/agents — marketing-first. | In-school AI for courses, pages, and SEO metadata. |
| Custom domain | Academies on your domain. | From Builder plan. | On paid plans. | On all plans. |
| Time to launch | Outline and lesson map in hours; publish-ready in days. | Course setup plus site and funnel work before first sale. | Full suite to configure before you teach. | School builder with more LMS surface area to learn. |
| Public course catalog | Learners can browse public courses on Distinction. | Creator schools, not a public marketplace. | Creator schools, not a public marketplace. | Creator schools, not a public marketplace. |
Yes. AI drafts your course structure quickly; you customize, add your landing story, and publish. Many solo experts go from topic to live offer in days when they already know their content.
No. The flow is guided: generate structure, edit in plain language, publish. You focus on teaching and positioning; the platform handles the scaffolding.
You need an audience you can reach (email, community, social). Distinction is built for people who already have trust—not for renting traffic from a marketplace.
You set your price. You keep the majority of each sale. We handle payments and delivery so you can focus on content and growth.
Coaching, professional skills, exam prep, compliance-style training, career growth—anything you already teach or advise on. If you have expertise and buyers, you can productize it here.
Yes. AI drafts your course outline, lessons, and even explainer videos from a topic or brief. You review and edit in plain language, then publish — so you go from idea to a structured, sellable course far faster than building it lesson by lesson.
Yes. Distinction is built for experts who want AI course creation, a branded academy on a custom domain, and to keep up to 97% of each sale — a strong alternative to traditional hosted course platforms. See the compare pages for side-by-side breakdowns.
The best fit is a tool that builds the whole course, not just text. Distinction generates your outline, lessons, quizzes, explainer videos, and a landing page with AI, then lets you sell it and keep up to 97% of each sale. You can start free with no card.
Yes. You can start free with no credit card and use AI to draft your outline, lessons, and quizzes. You only move to a paid plan when you need higher limits or advanced features as you scale.
Describe your topic, audience, and the outcome you want learners to reach, and the AI drafts a structured outline with modules and lessons. You then edit any section in plain language before generating the lesson content, quizzes, and videos.
Yes. Beyond lessons, AI helps you shape a clear outline, quizzes, explainer videos, and a landing page so the course is ready to publish and purchase. You set the price, keep up to 97% of each sale, and Distinction handles payments and delivery.
On Distinction, AI turns a topic or brief into course structure, written lessons, quizzes, and explainer videos, and drafts the landing page that sells the course. It removes the blank-page work so experts can focus on teaching and positioning.