Learning platform prices, compared
The monthly price of learning platforms as their own pricing pages state it, gathered across 9 platforms. The average comes to $47.06/mo.
Average per month
$47.06/mo
Median
$21/mo
Cheapest
$10/mo
MasterClass
Providers tracked
9
Learning platform price list, cheapest first
For each platform, the cheapest paid plan on offer, as printed on its own pricing page.
| Rank | Provider | Relative price | Entry price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MasterClass | $10/mo | |
| 2 | Domestika | $13.79/mo | |
| 3 | Skillshare | $13.99/mo | |
| 4 | Codecademy | $19.99/mo | |
| 5 | Pluralsight | $21/mo | |
| 6 | Brilliant | $22.50/mo | |
| 7 | Coursera | $33.25/mo | |
| 8 | LinkedIn Learning | $39.99/mo | |
| 9 | Udacity | $249/mo |
Free plans do not count towards the paid average.
Where these prices come from
Each figure above was taken from the platform’s own pricing page, and those pages are linked below so any number can be verified at the source. Platforms change prices without warning, so where the two disagree, theirs is right.
The trend
Two readings over the same platforms are needed before a trend can be shown, and so far there is one. The June number was assembled by hand as a starting point rather than measured, which is why we refuse to subtract it from a measured month. Once a second measured month lands, this section becomes a genuine series.
Cite this data
According to the CourseShortlist Price Index, the average learning platform costs $47.06/mo (https://courseshortlist.com/data/price-index).
Reuse is free under CC BY 4.0 provided you credit us and link back. The machine-readable version lives here:
https://courseshortlist.com/data/price-index.jsonMethodology
For each platform we follow, the cheapest paid monthly plan is taken as the realistic starting price. From those figures come the average, the median, and the lowest and highest across the 9 platforms that charge for a plan. Free plans stay out of the paid average.
These are guide prices, rechecked at intervals, and a promotion can shift any of them, which is the reason automated re-measurement with a kept history is planned. The complete series sits in the machine-readable feed.
The index feeds into our rankings as one input among several. For the whole picture, the sources we lean on and why commission cannot reorder the list, see how we rank.