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Compare Alva Courses to other Shopify course apps and standalone LMS platforms

This hub lists twenty comparisons between Alva Courses and other ways to sell online courses. Each comparison covers pricing, video hosting, quizzes, completion certificates, drip scheduling, member management and native Shopify checkout delivery. Apps and platforms covered: Tevello (Courses & Communities), Courses Plus, Inflowkit (Courses & Memberships), Thinkific, Teachable, Kajabi, Skool, Podia, LearnWorlds, LearnDash, LDT Courses & Communities, Skola, Trainn and Coursebox, plus best-of alternatives roundups for Tevello, Courses Plus, Kajabi, Thinkific and Teachable, and a course app pricing comparison.

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Alva Courses vs every Shopify course app.

Alva Courses is the Shopify app for building, selling and delivering online courses natively inside your store. This page links to every head-to-head comparison so merchants can pick the right tool by feature, pricing, video hosting and how courses get delivered — without bouncing between vendor sites.

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14 apps · compared head to head 5.0★ · 10 Shopify reviews 14-day free trial on both plans Plans from $9.99 / $14.99
At a glance

What every course platform has in common.

Every course app and platform on this page does the same baseline job: let you build a course out of lessons, sell access to it, and let students watch it. Alva Courses is the one that runs entirely inside Shopify — students enrol through your checkout and learn in your branded storefront, with quizzes, completion certificates, drip scheduling, native discussions and branded enrolment email included from the $9.99 Unlimited plan, plus Alva Video Hosting on Unlimited Pro.

For exact pricing tiers and Offer schema across plans see the pricing page.

Head to head · 20 comparisons

Pick the comparison that matches your shortlist.

01 Courses & Communities

Tevello

Alva Courses versus Tevello — leaner, native-checkout course delivery with built-in video hosting and certificates, against Tevello's community-first focus.

  • Alva: video hosting, drip & certificates
  • Tevello: community-first feature set
  • Alva: from $9.99/mo, flat
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02 Quizzes & certificates

Courses Plus

Alva Courses versus Courses Plus — comparable quizzes and certificates, plus Alva Video Hosting and a custom email sender domain on a flat monthly plan.

  • Alva: quizzes + custom certificates
  • Alva: Video Hosting on Unlimited Pro
  • Alva: custom email sender domain
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03 Courses & Memberships

Inflowkit

Alva Courses versus Inflowkit — matched simple setup, with richer lesson content blocks and built-in video hosting for course creators on Shopify.

  • Alva: rich lesson content blocks
  • Both: simple, fast setup
  • Alva: built-in video hosting
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04 Standalone LMS

Thinkific

Alva Courses versus Thinkific — keep students inside your Shopify store instead of a separate platform or subdomain, with one checkout and one login.

  • Alva: native Shopify checkout
  • Thinkific: separate platform & login
  • Alva: courses in your storefront
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05 Standalone LMS

Teachable

Alva Courses versus Teachable — no transaction fees on a separate platform, native Shopify checkout and full ownership of your customer data.

  • Alva: no separate-platform fees
  • Teachable: off-Shopify checkout
  • Alva: you own your customer data
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06 All-in-one platform

Kajabi

Alva Courses versus Kajabi — far cheaper, and it leverages your existing Shopify store and theme instead of a separate all-in-one website builder.

  • Alva: from $9.99/mo
  • Kajabi: premium all-in-one pricing
  • Alva: uses your Shopify theme
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07 Shopify course app

LDT Courses & Communities

Alva Courses versus LDT Courses & Communities — two flat paid plans with built-in video hosting, certificates and branded email, against LDT's free tier and storage-based pricing.

  • Alva: two flat plans, $9.99 / $14.99
  • LDT: free tier, storage-based plans
  • Alva: built-in video hosting
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08 Course-selling option

Skola

Alva Courses versus Skola — a course-first workflow with native checkout delivery and dedicated 50 GB video hosting, on two flat plans each with a 14-day free trial.

  • Alva: course-first Shopify workflow
  • Alva: dedicated 50 GB video hosting
  • Alva: 14-day free trial on both plans
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09 Customer-training software

Trainn

Alva Courses versus Trainn — sell paid courses through the Shopify checkout with instant in-store access, where Trainn is standalone customer-training-video software for SaaS teams.

  • Alva: sell courses via Shopify checkout
  • Trainn: customer-training videos
  • Alva: instant in-store access
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10 AI-first LMS

Coursebox

Alva Courses versus Coursebox — students learn inside your Shopify storefront with no second login, instead of on Coursebox's separate AI-first LMS platform.

  • Alva: students stay inside Shopify
  • Coursebox: separate AI-first platform
  • Alva: no second login
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11 Community platform

Skool

Alva Courses versus Skool — courses sold through your Shopify checkout with per-lesson discussions, against Skool's community feed, leaderboards and live calls with per-payment fees.

  • Alva: Shopify checkout, no transaction fee
  • Skool: feed, levels & live calls
  • Alva: courses + physical products in one order
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12 All-in-one platform

Podia

Alva Courses versus Podia — add courses to the Shopify store you already run, instead of moving to an all-in-one creator platform with its own website, checkout and email list.

  • Alva: lives in your Shopify store
  • Podia: website, email & community built in
  • Alva: from $9.99/mo, no transaction fee
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13 Standalone LMS

LearnWorlds

Alva Courses versus LearnWorlds: courses inside your Shopify store with no per-sale fee, or a separate school site with SCORM, interactive video and single sign-on.

  • Alva: Shopify checkout, no per-sale fee
  • LearnWorlds: $5 per enrolment on Starter
  • LearnWorlds leads on SCORM & SSO
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14 WordPress LMS

LearnDash

Alva Courses versus LearnDash: a Shopify app with hosting included, or a WordPress plugin you host and maintain yourself, with a guide for WooCommerce sellers.

  • Alva: nothing to host or update
  • LearnDash: $259–$599 a year licence
  • WooCommerce-to-Shopify mapping
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15 Alternatives roundup

Tevello alternatives

The best Tevello alternatives for Shopify in 2026: Alva Courses (native checkout, video hosting, certificates), plus Courses Plus, Inflowkit and Skola.

  • Alva: native checkout, video hosting
  • Also covered: Courses Plus, Inflowkit
  • Plus Skola compared
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16 Alternatives roundup

Courses Plus alternatives

Best Courses Plus alternatives for Shopify 2026: Alva Courses, Tevello, Inflowkit and Skola compared on delivery, video hosting, certificates and pricing.

  • Alva: delivery, video hosting
  • Also covered: Tevello, Inflowkit
  • Compared on certificates & pricing
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17 Alternatives roundup

Kajabi alternatives

The best Kajabi alternatives for Shopify sellers in 2026: Alva Courses, Tevello, Courses Plus, Inflowkit and LDT, plus Thinkific, Teachable and Podia, with prices checked October 2026.

  • Alva: one Shopify checkout
  • Kajabi's plans and limits explained
  • 8 alternatives compared
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18 Alternatives roundup

Thinkific alternatives

Thinkific alternatives for Shopify sellers after Thinkific's August 2026 price rise: Alva Courses, Courses Plus, LDT and Tevello, plus LearnWorlds, Teachable and Kajabi, priced October 2026.

  • Thinkific's 2026 plans, Stripe fee and caps
  • Where gated Thinkific features go on Shopify
  • 7 alternatives compared
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19 Alternatives roundup

Teachable alternatives

Teachable alternatives for Shopify sellers weighing the 7.5% Starter fee and product caps: Alva Courses, Tevello, Courses Plus and Inflowkit, plus Thinkific, Podia and LearnWorlds.

  • What the 7.5% fee costs at four sales levels
  • Teachable's plans, fees and caps
  • 7 alternatives compared
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20 Pricing comparison

Course app pricing compared

What it costs to sell courses with six Shopify course apps and seven standalone platforms, with fees on each sale worked into monthly totals. Prices checked 9 October 2026.

  • Alva: $9.99/mo, no fee on sales
  • 13 apps and platforms priced
  • Worked totals at $490 and $4,950 a month
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Why most merchants pick Alva Courses

Five reasons the shortlist ends here.

Alva Courses runs natively inside Shopify, so students enrol through your normal checkout and learn in your branded storefront course player — no second login, no separate subdomain. Build courses with a drag-and-drop editor and rich lesson blocks (video, image, PDF, audio, ePub, MS Office, quizzes, Zoom links and buttons), drip lessons after enrolment, and award custom completion certificates automatically. All of this is included from the $9.99 Unlimited plan.

Both plans come with a 14-day free trial, and Unlimited Pro at $14.99 adds Alva Video Hosting with 50 GB and no per-video limits. The app holds a 5.0-star rating across 10 Shopify App Store reviews. No per-course transaction cuts on a separate platform — ever.

  • $9.99 Unlimited plan — unlimited courses, members and comments, with progress tracking and certificates.
  • 50 GB Alva Video Hosting on Unlimited Pro — no Shopify 1 GB / 10-min per-video limits.
  • 14 days Free trial on both plans — set up, test and migrate before you pay a cent.
  • 5.0 ★ Average rating across 10 Shopify App Store reviews — 100% five-star.
  • Native Courses live in your Shopify storefront and customer account — one checkout, one login.
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Pricing

See every plan side by side

Unlimited at $9.99 and Unlimited Pro at $14.99 — flat monthly with full feature lists, AggregateOffer schema and a 14-day free trial.

Pricing →
Use cases

Alva Courses for your niche

Coaches, fitness instructors, online educators, content creators, yoga teachers, language tutors and more — Alva Courses framed around what you actually teach.

Use cases →
Field notes

Guides & tutorials

Deep-dive guides on selling online courses on Shopify — setup walkthroughs, pricing, certificates, drip scheduling and choosing the right app.

Read the blog →
Questions

Answers before you shortlist.

Alva Courses is the right pick for most merchants who want to build and sell online courses natively inside their Shopify store with video hosting, quizzes, certificates, drip scheduling and branded email from $9.99 per month. Tevello suits community-first creators. Courses Plus and Inflowkit cover other Shopify-native niches. Thinkific, Teachable and Kajabi are standalone platforms — see the head-to-head pages below to choose.
Yes. Alva Courses runs natively inside Shopify, so students enrol through your normal checkout and watch lessons in your branded storefront course player and customer account. There is no second login and no separate subdomain. Standalone platforms like Thinkific, Teachable and Kajabi host courses off-Shopify, which splits your checkout, branding and customer data across two systems.
Alva Courses has two flat-monthly plans: Unlimited at $9.99 and Unlimited Pro at $14.99, each with a 14-day free trial and no per-transaction course fees. Standalone platforms such as Thinkific, Teachable and Kajabi typically cost far more per month and may add transaction fees. Tevello, Courses Plus and Inflowkit price differently — see each comparison page and check the vendor's site for exact current numbers.
Alva Courses includes completion certificates on every plan, and Alva Video Hosting with 50 GB and no per-video limits on Unlimited Pro at $14.99 per month. You can also embed YouTube, Vimeo and Loom on any plan. Competing course apps and standalone platforms vary in whether video hosting and certificates are included or gated behind higher tiers; the per-app comparison pages note current capability.
Yes. Install Alva Courses from the Shopify App Store, rebuild your course outline with the drag-and-drop builder, upload or embed your videos and PDFs, and bulk-import your students with CSV. Both plans include a 14-day free trial, so you can set up, test enrolment and certificate emails, and confirm the storefront course player before switching learners over from your old platform.