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Build an Education App

Courses, video lessons, quizzes, certificates, and learning management — shipped in 2–4 weeks.

Timeline

25 weeks

Starting from

$3,460

Full platform

up to $35,000

What's in a Education / EdTech App MVP

  • Course creation with chapters and video lessons
  • Video hosting and adaptive streaming (Mux)
  • Student progress tracking and completion rates
  • Quizzes with auto-grading
  • Certificate generation on completion
  • Subscription or per-course pricing (Stripe)
  • Instructor dashboard and analytics

Tech Stack

Next.js

LMS platform

Mux

Video hosting and streaming

Supabase

Course data and progress tracking

Stripe

Subscription and one-time purchase

Key Challenges We Handle

Teachable vs custom

If you're an individual creator, use Teachable or Podia. Build custom when you're a multi-instructor marketplace, need white-labeling for B2B clients, have complex certification requirements, or want to avoid 5% platform fees at scale.

Video is expensive at scale

Mux charges $0.08/minute for video encoding and $0.006/min for delivery. For a library of 200 hours of content with 1,000 students, this is ~$1,500/month. Price subscriptions to cover this.

Engagement and completion rates

Average online course completion rates are 3–15%. Gamification (streaks, progress bars, cohort-based deadlines) dramatically improve completion. Build these into v1 — not v3.

Cost Breakdown

Rough estimates per feature. Our fixed-price MVP bundles all of these — see the full Education / EdTech App cost guide.

FeatureTypical range
Course creation and management$500$2,500
Video integration (Mux)$500$2,500
Student progress tracking$400$2,000
Quizzes and assessments$400$2,000
Certificate generation$300$1,500
Stripe subscriptions$400$2,000
Instructor dashboard$300$1,500
Total estimate$2,800$14,000

Ready to build your education / edtech app?

We ship production-ready education / edtech app MVPs in 25 weeks at a fixed price. No hourly billing, no scope creep surprises.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does it cost to build an online course platform?

A basic course platform (courses, video, quizzes, Stripe) costs $10,000–$25,000. A full multi-instructor marketplace with certificates, cohort features, and affiliate tracking costs $40,000–$80,000.

When should I use Teachable vs build custom?

Use Teachable under $100K ARR — the 5% fee is cheaper than custom development. Build custom above $200K ARR, or if you need white-label, multi-tenant, or complex certification workflows.

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