Yes — sell courses on Teachable and manage your live 1:1 students in OBRI.

Does OBRI build courses?

No. OBRI is a tutor CRM, not a course platform. It handles everything around live lessons.

Does OBRI host video courses like Teachable?

No. OBRI manages live tutoring. For hosting and selling self-paced courses, Teachable is the right platform.

Can I use Teachable and OBRI together?

Yes. Sell courses on Teachable and run your live students in OBRI — they cover different models.

Head-to-head comparison

OBRI vs Teachable — Live Tutor CRM vs Course Platform

Teachable hosts and sells online courses. OBRI manages live one-to-one tutoring — schedule, homework, notes, and payment tracking.

Best for: Live tutors who teach recurring students and do not need to build and sell recorded courses.

In short

For live tutoring, yes. Teachable sells recorded courses; OBRI manages live recurring students, schedule, homework, and payments.

OBRI

Free up to 3 students. Paid from $9/mo.

Teachable

Free limited; paid plans from ~$39/mo for course creators.

FeatureOBRITeachable

Live 1-to-1 tutor CRM

Online course builder

Homework between live lessonsCourse modules

Payment tracking per studentCourse sales

Lesson scheduling

Parent portalLearner accounts

Quick solo setupCourse production heavy

Recurring weekly studentsAsync-first

Multi-language UI (UA/EN)

No commission on lessonsTransaction fees on sales

Why tutors switch from Teachable to OBRI

You teach live weekly, not recorded courses.
You need scheduling and a payment ledger, not a course storefront.
Teachable is overkill for managing private students.
You want a lighter, tutor-specific tool.

The bottom line

Teachable is a leading platform for creating and selling online courses. It is not designed for live tutoring — there is no recurring lesson schedule, no per-student homework loop, and no parent portal.

OBRI is built for live teaching: weekly lessons, a homework portal, payment tracking, and lesson notes per student. If your business is packaged courses, choose Teachable. If it is live, recurring lessons, choose OBRI — and you can run both if you do each.

How to switch from Teachable in 4 steps

1Decide which revenue is courses (Teachable) and which is live lessons (OBRI).
2Create a free OBRI account and add your live students.
3Set up recurring lessons, homework, and payment tracking.
4Keep Teachable for course sales and manage live students in OBRI.

Who should choose what

Choose OBRI if

Tutors who teach live, recurring lessons and need scheduling, homework, and payment tracking.

Stick with Teachable if

Creators whose product is a self-paced online course rather than live lessons.

Quick answers

Is OBRI a Teachable alternative?: For live tutoring, yes. Teachable sells recorded courses; OBRI manages live recurring students, schedule, homework, and payments.
Can I use both?: Yes — sell courses on Teachable and manage your live 1:1 students in OBRI.
Does OBRI build courses?: No. OBRI is a tutor CRM, not a course platform. It handles everything around live lessons.
Does OBRI host video courses like Teachable?: No. OBRI manages live tutoring. For hosting and selling self-paced courses, Teachable is the right platform.
Can I use Teachable and OBRI together?: Yes. Sell courses on Teachable and run your live students in OBRI — they cover different models.

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