Dirassa+ vs Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi and Udemy: an honest comparison for Algerian teachers (2026)

Search for “best platform to sell courses” and you'll always find the same names: Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi, Udemy. They are genuinely strong platforms. But every one of those comparisons is written for a teacher in America or Europe, with a bank account that takes dollars and students who pay by card.

This article answers a different question: which platform suits a teacher who lives in Algeria, teaching students in Algeria? We re-read each platform's official pricing and help pages on 28 September 2026, and we'll be frank even where another platform beats us.

#The question global comparisons skip: how will you get paid?

Before features and design, one question decides everything: can your students pay, and can you receive the money?

• Stripe is not available to businesses based in Algeria. Its official list for Africa is limited to Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa — and most global platforms rely on it.
• Teachable runs its own payments in 95+ countries, not including Algeria. For everyone else: a monthly USD payout via PayPal only, held for at least 30 days.
• Thinkific's payments don't cover Algeria; for unsupported countries its help centre suggests forming a US company through Stripe Atlas.
• Kajabi's payments aren't offered in Algeria, and the alternatives (Stripe, PayPal) don't work without a foreign entity.
• PayPal in Algeria: receiving is conditional (a linked card or bank account) and withdrawing is impractical.
• Udemy pays out via PayPal, Payoneer or Tipalti. For a teacher in Algeria, Payoneer is the realistic route, with known difficulties withdrawing to local banks.

The other side matters even more: no global platform accepts Edahabia, CIB, BaridiMob, CCP or cash on delivery. Most of your Algerian students simply won't be able to pay.

#Pricing, fees and payment methods

To put the dollar in context: at the official rate (about 133 DZD per USD in September 2026), Teachable's entry plan is roughly 5,200 DZD a month and Kajabi's roughly 23,800 DZD. If you have to buy dollars on the parallel market, that nearly doubles — before fees and commissions.

#Arabic: translation isn't support

Writing your lessons in Arabic is one thing; an interface that's fully Arabic and right-to-left, from the course page to checkout, is another:

• Kajabi: Arabic isn't among the official site languages, there's no documented right-to-left support, and its app comes in five European languages only.
• Thinkific: content can be in Arabic, but the site-language settings don't offer Arabic, so the player's interface stays in another language without custom code.
• Teachable: Arabic is supported for students, and right-to-left applies automatically only on newer pages — checkout and older pages stay left-to-right.
• LearnWorlds: right-to-left is available once you ask support to enable it.
• Dirassa+: built Arabic-first, with French and English, across your site, app, dashboard and checkout.

#Video protection

Precision matters here, because this topic is full of false promises. No platform — global or local — can stop someone filming the screen with another phone. The difference is in the layers of deterrence:

• Teachable: blocks right-click downloads and some downloader plugins; no documented watermark.
• Thinkific: no watermarking; expiring links in private mode.
• LearnWorlds: the best documented of the group: a watermark with the user's email or ID, and PDF protection.
• Dirassa+: signed playback links that expire, a moving watermark with the student's name that stays visible in full screen, and an option to block PDF downloads.

#Feature comparison

#Udemy and Google Classroom: two different cases

Udemy is a marketplace, not your platform. Its real strength is a huge audience. But Udemy sets your prices and promotions and keeps 63% of the sales it brings in (you keep 97% only when the buyer arrives through your own link). The students remain Udemy's. Since May 2026, Udemy has been part of Coursera following their merger.

Google Classroom is free and excellent for handing out and collecting assignments within a school or class, but it doesn't sell, doesn't take payments and isn't a site under your name. It's a classroom tool, not an education business.

As for Telegram and Facebook groups: free, yes, but with no automated payments, protection or tracking — we cover their hidden cost and how to move on in our migration guide.

#When a global platform is the better choice

Honestly, in these cases:

• Your audience is international, pays by card, and you have a foreign entity or account to receive payments.
• You want a marketplace that brings you students who don't know you yet (Udemy), and you accept giving up pricing and the relationship with the student.
• You need specific international integrations, or features we don't offer yet, such as discount codes.

On the other hand, if your students are in Algeria, pay by BaridiMob or cash, and learn in Arabic, a platform that won't take their payment method won't sell to them, however beautiful it is.

Sources (as of 28 September 2026)

• Teachable pricing, Teachable languages, Teachable Pay
• Thinkific pricing, Thinkific supported countries
• Kajabi pricing, Kajabi site languages
• LearnWorlds pricing, Podia pricing
• Stripe supported countries, Google Classroom
• Coursera–Udemy merger