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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Teachable

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/ATeachable in New York offers what they describe as a powerful, easy-to-use online course creation platform, designed to provide course creators everything needed to create, market, and sell their course online. Teachable's platform includes unlimited courses and unlimited students, to site customization and personal branding.

    $39

    per month

    Timely booking & payments system

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ATimely is appointment scheduling and business management software for spas and salons from the New Zealand company of the same name.

    $26

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    TeachableTimely booking & payments system
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $39.00
    per month
    Pro
    $119.00
    per month
    Business
    $299.00
    per month
    Build
    $26
    per month per user
    Elevate
    $39
    per month per user
    Innovate
    $47
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    TeachableTimely booking & payments system
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—All plans available through a monthly plan, with no long-term contract.
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    Features
    TeachableTimely booking & payments system
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Teachable and Timely booking & payments system
    Feature
    Teachable
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Timely booking & payments system
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assignments10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics6.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    TeachableTimely booking & payments system
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    TeachableTimely booking & payments system
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Teachable
    Gets the job done and is easy to use. We've definitely made serious revenue with it, and it's worked well enough with our other systems to enable some handy automations. I'd say if you've got a course or courses you're looking to launch and they are fairly straightforward with up-front payments, Teachable can definitely get the job done. However, if you're running more of a membership model for access to your courses, Teachable by itself may not be the ideal solution, or you may want to use a different platform for the payments and just use Teachable for the actual courses.
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    Timely
    I've researched a lot of salon software, and Timely was the top-of-the-line software that does it all compared to competitors. It has a friendly interface, offers easy ways to communicate with clients via text and emails, and provides insights and reports, so it indeed does everything you need for booking software. On top of that, it's cloud-based, so say goodbye to only accessing your appointment book through your computer at the salon.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Teachable
    • Hosting video-based training
    • Receiving and passing on payments and handling the slaes tax
    • Allowing me to work with affiliates
    Incentivized
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    Timely
    • Integration with Google Calendar allows avoiding double ups
    • Automatic appointment bookings with SMS reminders
    • Xero integration and Automatic Invoicing, Payments and Partial Reconciliation
    • Multiple Staff Members to be booked
    • Facebook Integration, allows people to book from Facebook
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Teachable
    • They FALSELY ADVERTISE their services.
    • They kicked us off their "unlimited" plan b/c we were using serving too many downloads?
    • They were terribly rude, cursing at us, threatening us, deleting our forum questions.
    • They have no unlimited plan and need to be sued in a court of law for their misleadings.
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    Timely
    • UI/UX
    • Cloud based system
    • Has to be more customer friendly
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Teachable
    Because we haven't had any major issues with it. The platform is really simple to use and the content can be uploaded and modified very easily. It has a drag and drop feature that makes everything fast and easy. Their support has always answered our questions or concerns and the cost is affodable. We will keep using it in the future.
    Incentivized
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    Timely
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Teachable
    Because it's easier to use both as administrators and both as user. We have never heard of any users having issues login in or going through the lectures or completing the course
    Incentivized
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    Timely
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Teachable
    We haven't had any issues, it's always available. Even when they schedule a maintanance on their end, students still can access the courses
    Incentivized
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    Timely
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Teachable
    Never had any issues with pages or videos not loading
    Incentivized
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    Timely
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Teachable
    Their support is good overal. There are a couple of things that I would change, like answering faster. Sometimes they take a day to answer a concern and that's kind of annoying considering sometimes there are urgent issues we have to deal with. But the support has been good, they have answered properly.
    Incentivized
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    Timely
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Teachable
    I'd say: learn the system first, try it out and then publish the content with customers. There are a couple of features that will cause issues with customers (especially lazy ones) but I'd say it's easy to implement and modify if needed. People don't need to train much to use Teachable, but they should take their time to know it.
    Incentivized
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    Timely
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Teachable
    It's honestly just worked really well for us in terms of serving the actual course content. Plus, our customers can maintain one profile and use that to access all of the courses and bonuses that they've acquired from us. And the cost of Teachable has been very reasonable in terms of our budget.
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    Timely
    Timely is by far the most user-friendly and fun to use. It's got a great interface, works on iPads, and training is super easy for the team. Other software is clunky and takes too long to set up and train the team to use.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Teachable
    We wouldn't change anything. Everything seemed fine when we purchased
    Incentivized
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    Timely
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Teachable
    We haven't had any issues with it. Their maintanance hours are always at times when we don't have students there, and even then, they still can access the platform
    Incentivized
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    Timely
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Teachable
    All the implementation process was fast and easy.
    Incentivized
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    Timely
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Teachable
    • This is the basis of my business.
    Incentivized
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    Timely
    • Bragging rights, yes. Always cool to tell how automated your business is.
    • ROI, no. In our case, it wasn't worth the time spent in integration into the website, system setup, plus subscription fee. However, take into account, that High-Value Professional Services is a wrong industry for this product.
    • Convenience and confidence that there will be no double booking across G Suite and Timely was tested and were really handy at the times.
    • No ability to use our own SMTP. If your server has Anti-Spoofing DKIM and etc., setting it up with Timely was a nightmare as support had no idea. So a lot of emails were going to Spam on the client's side.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Timely booking & payments system Screenshots

    Screenshot of a view of the Timely calendar.Screenshot of a view of the Timely connected checkout pushing payment to a terminal.Screenshot of A view of a fully booked Timely account on a tablet.Screenshot of A view of Timely's reporting tool.Screenshot of taking in person payments with a Timely terminal.Screenshot of a client testimonial - Shelly Rau, of Nails by Shelly R