LearnWorlds
Greek platform for building and selling your own branded course business, with interactive video and a real site builder
Quick Overview
| Company | LearnWorlds Ltd |
|---|---|
| Category | E-Learning Platforms |
| Headquarters | Limassol / Athens, Greece |
| Founded | 2014 |
| EU Presence | Yes - Greece and Cyprus (EU) |
| Data Location | EU |
| Open Source | No |
| GDPR Compliant | Yes |
| Self-Hosting | No |
| Main Features | Course builder, interactive video with in-video questions, website and funnel builder, memberships and subscriptions, certificates, SCORM, white-label apps |
| Pricing | From about $29/month / higher tiers remove transaction fees |
| Best For | Creators and training businesses selling their own courses |
| Replaces | Teachable, Kajabi, Thinkific, Udemy marketplace |
Detailed Review
Selling a course on Udemy means Udemy owns the customer, sets the discounts and keeps a large share of the revenue. LearnWorlds is the opposite arrangement: your site, your brand, your pricing, your customer list, on a European platform.
It is built in Greece and Cyprus, and its interactive video is the strongest feature — questions, links and branching embedded directly in the video timeline rather than bolted on afterwards.
Interactive Video
Questions appear inside the video at defined points, with links, downloads and navigation embedded in the timeline. Learners engage rather than watch passively, and completion data tells you exactly where people stop — which is the single most useful signal for improving a course.
A Business, Not Just a Course
The platform includes a site builder, sales funnels, memberships and subscriptions, affiliate management and certificates. The point is that a course business needs marketing and payments as much as content, and assembling those from separate tools is where most creators lose momentum.
White-label mobile apps are available on higher tiers for organisations that want their own branded app.
European Hosting and Compliance
EU hosting and GDPR handling matter here because you are collecting learner data and processing payments. For a European training business selling to European customers, an EU platform simplifies the privacy notice considerably.
Limitations to Consider
LearnWorlds is more complex than the simplest course platforms and takes real time to set up properly. Lower tiers charge transaction fees on sales, so the effective cost is higher than the headline price until you upgrade. And unlike a marketplace, it brings no audience — every student is one you found yourself.
Who Should Use LearnWorlds
Course creators, coaches and training businesses who want to own their brand, pricing and customer relationship rather than renting an audience from a marketplace.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Genuinely interactive video with in-timeline questions
- Site builder, funnels and memberships included
- You own the brand and the customer list
- White-label mobile apps on higher tiers
- EU hosting and GDPR handling
Cons
- Takes real time to set up well
- Transaction fees on lower tiers
- Brings no audience of its own
Alternatives to LearnWorlds
Other European e-learning platforms worth comparing before you decide:
OpenClassrooms
France · Diploma-level online programmes with one-to-one mentoring
FutureLearn
United Kingdom · University courses, microcredentials and full degrees
360Learning
France · Collaborative learning where your own experts build the courses
Lecturio
Germany · Medical and professional education with spaced repetition
See all European e-learning platforms or compare them directly against Teachable on our alternatives page.
Frequently Asked Questions
On Udemy the platform owns the customer, controls discounting and takes a large revenue share. With LearnWorlds you own the brand, the pricing and the student list. The trade is that you also have to find the students.
Questions, links and navigation embedded directly in the video timeline rather than added afterwards. Learners engage during the video, and you see exactly where people drop off.
On lower tiers, yes, which makes the effective cost higher than the headline price. Higher tiers remove them, which is usually worth it once sales volume is meaningful.
Yes, which simplifies the privacy notice for European training businesses collecting learner data and processing payments.