Best Courses Plus alternatives for Shopify
Looking for the best Courses Plus alternatives for Shopify? This roundup leads with Alva Courses — the Shopify-native pick with native-checkout delivery, no second login, built-in video hosting, certificates, quizzes and drip — then fairly covers Tevello, Inflowkit and Skola. Courses Plus is a Shopify app for selling courses; here's how the leading alternatives compare on delivery, video, features and pricing.
Why look past Courses Plus.
Courses Plus is a Shopify app for building and selling online courses inside a store. It is a reasonable option for many merchants, and its exact feature set and plans live on its own Shopify App Store listing and change over time. Merchants usually shop for alternatives when they want certificates and quizzes without moving up a tier — as of October 2026, Courses Plus lists certificates from its $19.99 Basic plan, quizzes from its $79.99 Professional plan and a 20-lesson cap on Basic — or simpler, more predictable pricing. The four apps below each answer that brief in a different way.
Four alternatives, ranked and explained.
Alva Courses
Shopify-native · 5.0★ · 10 reviewsAlva Courses is a Shopify app that builds, sells and delivers online courses natively through the Shopify checkout. Students enrol the moment an order is paid and watch lessons in a branded storefront player using their normal Shopify customer account — no second login and no separate platform. Each lesson can mix text, images, files (PDF, ePub, MS Office), audio, native video, embeds (YouTube, Vimeo, Loom), Zoom links, quizzes and buttons, with require-completion gating between lessons.
It includes Alva Video Hosting on the Unlimited Pro plan — 50 GB with no per-video limit, so you bypass Shopify's roughly 1 GB / 10-minute native file cap. Completion certificates are auto-awarded (with an optional PDF email), drip scheduling releases lessons by days after enrolment, and enrolment, certificate and comment-notification emails can send from your own verified domain. Members and enrolments support add, remove, CSV import and export, and progress tracking. Pricing is two flat plans — Unlimited at $9.99/mo and Unlimited Pro at $14.99/mo — each with a 14-day free trial and no free plan.
Best for: merchants who want the deepest native Shopify course delivery, built-in video hosting, certificates and quizzes, on simple two-tier pricing.
Tevello
Courses + communityTevello is a popular, well-reviewed Shopify app that pairs course delivery with community and forum features. It runs inside Shopify and is frequently chosen by merchants who want a built-in community space — member discussion and social engagement — alongside their lessons. If belonging is as central to your offer as the course content itself, Tevello's community tooling is a genuine strength.
Best for: community-led offers where a dedicated forum sits at the heart of the product. As of October 2026 it lists a single $29/month plan with a 14-day free trial; check the Tevello app listing for current details.
Inflowkit
Courses + membershipsInflowkit (Courses & Memberships) is a Shopify-native app known for simple setup of courses, memberships and digital products with a clean learner dashboard. It is quick to start and keeps students inside the Shopify checkout and customer account. Merchants who lead with subscription or membership tiers as their core model, or who sell a mix of courses and standalone products, often find Inflowkit a natural fit.
Best for: simple courses-plus-memberships setups led by subscription tiers. Check the Inflowkit app listing for its current pricing.
Skola
Course-selling optionSkola is another option for selling courses. As of October 2026 we could not find it on the Shopify App Store, so confirm its feature set, workflow and plans with its developer to see how building and delivering a course maps to your day-to-day. It can be a fit when its plan structure, pricing or a specific capability matches your needs.
Best for: merchants whose budget or feature requirements line up with what Skola offers. Confirm the details with its developer before deciding.
The alternatives at a glance.
| Feature | Alva Courses | Tevello | Inflowkit | Skola |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $9.99/mo · Pro $14.99/mo · 14-day trial | $29/mo single plan · 14-day trial | Check current listing | Check current listing |
| Primary focus | Course delivery, video hosting, certificates | Courses plus community / forum | Courses plus memberships | Selling courses on Shopify |
| Native Shopify checkout delivery | Checkout · thank-you · order status · account | Runs inside Shopify | Runs inside Shopify | Runs inside Shopify |
| No second login for students | Shopify customer account only | Check current listing | Check current listing | Check current listing |
| Built-in video hosting | Alva Video Hosting: 50 GB, no per-video limit (Pro) | Built in: 100 GB storage, 500 GB/mo bandwidth | Check current listing | Check current listing |
| External video sources | YouTube · Vimeo · Loom | Supports common video sources | Supports embedded video | Check current listing |
| Completion certificates | Custom template, auto-awarded; optional email | Check current listing | Certificates available | Check current listing |
| Quizzes & assessments | Built into lessons | Check current listing | Check current listing | Check current listing |
| Grading & graded certificates | Grade coursework (A–F or your own scale); grade on the certificate | Check current listing | Check current listing | Check current listing |
| Drip scheduling | Drip by days after enrolment + scheduled publish | Check current listing | Drip scheduling supported | Check current listing |
| Community / discussions | Per-lesson discussions with moderation | Broader community & forum tools | Check current listing | Check current listing |
| Branded email + custom domain | Customizable templates, send from your domain | Check current listing | Check current listing | Check current listing |
| Sell products inside lessons | Shopify Product block: live add-to-cart cards | Check current listing | Check current listing | Check current listing |
| Course player languages | 34 languages, follows the storefront language | Check current listing | Check current listing | Check current listing |
| Member & enrolment management | CSV import/export, per-course & global views | Member management included | Student dashboard & progress | Check current listing |
| Access deadlines | Set per course or student; tracked on the member page | Check current listing | Check current listing | Check current listing |
| Shopify Flow automation | 13 triggers, 7 actions, 6 templates · both plans | Works with Shopify Flow | Check current listing | Check current listing |
| Shopify Sidekick | Ask about courses & students; drafts enrolment-email edits | Check current listing | Check current listing | Check current listing |
This page documents what Alva Courses does in detail. Tevello, Inflowkit and Skola each set their own features and pricing, and those change over time — so check the Tevello listing and the Inflowkit listing for their current plan details before deciding; we could not find a Shopify App Store listing for Skola as of October 2026.
Why Alva Courses leads this list.
Each alternative has its place, but most merchants leaving Courses Plus want a focused course platform: clean native delivery, video that isn't capped by Shopify's file limits, certificates students can show off, and email that comes from their own brand. Seven reasons merchants pick Alva Courses:
Courses are delivered the moment an order is paid — on the thank-you page, the order status page, and in the customer account. Students watch in a branded storefront player using their normal Shopify account, with no second platform to sign in to.
Alva Video Hosting on the Pro plan gives you 50 GB of dedicated storage with no per-video limits, so you're not boxed in by Shopify's 1 GB / 10-minute cap. You can also pull in YouTube, Vimeo or Loom on any plan.
Award a custom-designed certificate automatically on completion (students download it, or you switch on a PDF email), test knowledge with in-lesson quizzes, and drip lessons a set number of days after enrolment or schedule them to publish on a date — built in, not bolted on.
Enrolment emails are fully customizable — from-name, subject, message, footer and a "Start Learning Now" CTA — and certificate emails have their own subject, message and issuer name. You can also verify your own sending domain so students hear from your brand, not a third party.
Alva keeps pricing to two flat plans — Unlimited at $9.99 and Unlimited Pro at $14.99 — both with unlimited courses, members and comments and a 14-day free trial. No per-transaction course fees and no tier maze as your catalogue grows.
Turn on evaluation and a course isn't complete until you've reviewed the work: grade it on the recommended A–F scale or your own bands, leave feedback, and print the grade on the certificate. See set up your grade scale.
Ask Shopify Sidekick about your courses, students, progress and completions, and have it draft edits to a course's enrolment email for you to review and save. Course events also start Shopify Flow workflows: 13 triggers, 7 actions and 6 templates. See get started with Shopify Sidekick.
Choose Alva Courses if you…
- Want fully native delivery with no second login for students
- Need video hosting that bypasses Shopify's 1 GB / 10-min cap
- Award completion certificates and run in-lesson quizzes
- Drip content and set access deadlines per course or student
- Send branded enrolment email from your own domain
- Prefer two simple flat plans at $9.99 and $14.99/mo
A different alternative may suit you if…
- A dedicated community/forum is core to your offer — look at Tevello
- You lead with subscription or membership tiers — look at Inflowkit
- A competitor's plan structure or pricing fits your budget better
- An app offers a specific feature you need that Alva does not
Three things that separate the picks.
Native delivery: where students actually sign in
All four alternatives run inside Shopify, which already beats sending students to a separate platform. The day-to-day difference is whether learners ever leave their normal store account. Alva Courses delivers a course the moment an order is paid — on the Shopify thank-you page, the order status page, and in the customer account under "My Courses." Students watch in a branded storefront player with a lesson sidebar, progress bar and completion ticks, signing in with their existing Shopify customer account and no second login.
Tevello, Inflowkit and Skola each handle delivery and the learner sign-in their own way. If "students stay in my store with no extra account" is a priority, confirm how each app handles login before you commit.
- Delivery surfaces
- Checkout · thank-you · order status · account
- Learner login
- Shopify customer account — no second login
- Alternatives
- Confirm each app's login flow on its listing
Video hosting: dedicated storage vs Shopify's file cap
Shopify's native files have a roughly 1 GB and 10-minute limit per file. For a course with long-form lessons, that ceiling is the first thing merchants hit. How Courses Plus, Tevello, Inflowkit and Skola each handle large video varies — so check each vendor's current details before you commit if hosting matters to you.
Alva Courses solves this directly. Alva Video Hosting on the Unlimited Pro plan ($14.99/mo) gives you 50 GB of dedicated storage with no per-video limits, so multi-hour lessons upload and stream without workarounds. On the Unlimited plan ($9.99/mo) you can still host through Shopify within the file cap, and every plan supports YouTube, Vimeo and Loom for hybrid setups.
- Alva video
- 50 GB hosting on Pro, no per-video limit
- External sources
- YouTube · Vimeo · Loom
- Alternatives
- Check each app's listing for video handling
Course-first depth vs community-first breadth
The alternatives split on philosophy. Tevello leans community-first: forums and member discussion bundled with course delivery, which is genuinely valuable when belonging is core to your offer. Inflowkit leans toward courses plus memberships and standalone digital products. Skola is a course-selling option we could not find on the Shopify App Store as of October 2026.
Alva Courses takes the course-first route. The core loop is build, sell, deliver: a drag-and-drop builder, a rich lesson editor with text, video, image, PDF, audio, ePub, MS Office, quiz, Zoom and button blocks, plus sequential gating and drip. Discussion is native but lesson-scoped — students comment on a lesson, you moderate, and email notifications keep you in the loop. Less to set up, fewer moving parts, and a clearer focus on completion.
- Alva model
- Course-first, per-lesson discussion
- Tevello / Inflowkit
- Community-first / memberships-first
- Best for
- Alva: focused course delivery with video hosting
Two flat plans, no surprises.
Alva Courses keeps pricing simple: two flat monthly plans, both with unlimited courses, members and comments, a 14-day free trial and no free plan. Tevello, Inflowkit and Skola each set their own pricing, and those figures change over time — so check each vendor's current pricing rather than relying on a quote here.
| plan | Unlimited $9.99/mo Everything to sell courses | Recommended Unlimited Pro $14.99/mo Adds Alva Video Hosting |
|---|---|---|
| Courses, members & comments | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Quizzes, certificates & drip | ||
| Branded email + custom domain | ||
| Access deadlines | ||
| Alva Video Hosting (50 GB, no per-video limit) | — | |
| 14-day free trial |
Compare the alternatives' tiers directly at the Tevello and Inflowkit listings. Full details on Alva's pricing are on the Alva Courses pricing page.
Moving from Courses Plus to Alva.
- Install Alva Courses from the Shopify App Store and start the 14-day free trial — no separate platform to set up.
- Rebuild your structure in the builder. Create courses, sections and lessons by dragging; use "Create Multiple" for bulk lessons and reorder freely.
- Bring your videos across. Upload to Alva Video Hosting (Pro), or link from YouTube, Vimeo or Loom. Add quizzes, PDFs, audio and certificates per lesson.
- Import your students via CSV. On the Members page, use Bulk Import CSV: one row per student with their email and up to ten exact course titles (course_1 to course_10). The import date becomes the enrolment date, so drip and access deadlines count from it.
- Run a test enrolment, then switch. Place a test order and confirm delivery on the thank-you page, order status page and customer account. You can keep Courses Plus installed during the transition.
Alva Courses fits a wide range of teachers on Shopify — see how it works for coaches & consultants and online educators. Comparing the whole category? Read the guide to the best Shopify course apps in 2026.
Answers before you choose.
Build it, sell it, and deliver it — all inside Shopify.
Install Alva Courses from the Shopify App Store. Build a course in the drag-and-drop editor, add a video lesson, place a test order, and watch it delivered on the thank-you page and in the customer account. Alva can run alongside Courses Plus during your transition, and the 14-day trial means no commitment to start.