Stan Store alternative
The Stan Store alternative
for a real course school, paid for once.
Stan Store is a link-in-bio store. It sells a course, but it has no quizzes or certificates, and upsells need Creator Pro at $99 a month. Stan Creator alone is $348 a year on monthly billing.Keep Stan for your link in bio and put the course on Knola: narrated video lessons, quizzes, certificates and upsells, with no camera needed.Pay once and your course stays online.
One paymentYour course stays online30-day money-back
Stan Store Creator · a year of bills
Every year$348
Knola Studio · your receipt
One payment
$197
Next bill: none
Your course stays online.
The short answer
Knola vs Stan Store in 30 seconds
If you only read one part of this page, read this.
- Knola is an AI course platform that you pay for once: $97 for Solo or $197 for Studio. Stan Store is a monthly subscription: Creator is $29 a month, and Creator Pro is $99 a month.
- Stan is built for selling from social media: a storefront in your bio with downloads, coaching calls and simple video courses. Knola is built for the course itself: it drafts every lesson from your notes, turns each lesson into slides with a speaker script, and narrates them into video lessons, so you never have to film anything. Then it adds quizzes, certificates, a sales page, funnels, order bumps and upsells.
- You do not have to choose. Every Knola licence includes your own school page at yourname.knola.ai that lists your courses, so you can put that one link in your bio. Or keep Stan for your bio and link to the course on Knola.
Knola vs Stan Store, side by side
Start with what each one costs. Then see what each one does.
| Cost | Knola | Stan Store |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | KnolaOne payment. Solo $97, Studio $197. | Stan StoreEvery month. From $29/mo, or $25/mo billed yearly. Creator Pro $99/mo. |
| Keeping your course online | KnolaPay once and your course stays online. No monthly fee to keep it there. | Stan StoreYour plan keeps your products live, month after month. |
| Fees on your sales | Knola0% with your own checkout. 7.5% on Knola checkout, or 0% on Knola Pro ($37/mo). | Stan StoreNo Stan fee. Stripe or PayPal processing, plus Stripe’s payout fee. |
| A link for your bio | KnolaYour own school page at yourname.knola.ai lists your courses. Put that one link in your bio. | Stan StoreA storefront built for your bio, with downloads, coaching-call bookings and auto-DMs. |
| Upsells and funnels | KnolaFunnels, order bumps and upsells with every licence. | Stan StoreOnly on Creator Pro, $99/mo. |
Stan Store prices and fees are from Stan Store’s own pages, checked 24 Sept 2026. See every Stan Store plan.
What you get
Everything a course business needs, and what each platform includes.
| Feature | Knola | Stan Store |
|---|---|---|
| Create your course | ||
| AI course outline | ||
| AI writes every lesson | ||
| AI slides with a speaker script | ||
| Narrated video lessons, nothing to record | ||
| Narration in your own voice | ||
| AI ebooks, worksheets and checklists | ||
| Video hosting | ||
| Sell your course | ||
| No monthly fee | ||
| Sell ebooks and digital downloads | ||
| AI-written sales pages | ||
| Sales funnels | Creator Pro | |
| Checkout | ||
| Order bumps and upsells | Creator Pro | |
| Coupons and payment plans | Creator Pro | |
| Teach your students | ||
| Quizzes | ||
| Completion certificates | ||
| Drip lessons | ||
| Student progress tracking | ||
| Included in full | 18 of 18 | 5 of 18 |
IncludedLimited or higher plans onlyNot included
From Stan Store’s public product and pricing pages, checked 24 Sept 2026. Tell us if something changes.
Stan Store pricing in 2026: what you actually pay
Stan has two plans and no free plan. Both bill every month or every year for as long as your store is live. Prices from Stan’s own help centre.
Stan Store Creator
$29 /month
$25/month billed yearly · $348 a year monthly
Store, courses, downloads, bookings, community
Stan Store Creator Pro
$99 /month
$79/month billed yearly · $1,188 a year monthly
Adds funnels, order bumps, discount codes, payment plans, email
- No Stan transaction fee. Sales run through your own Stripe or PayPal account, which charges card processing (2.9% + 30¢ in the US).
- In the US, Stripe also charges a payout fee of 0.25% + 25¢ per payout, minimum $1. Afterpay costs 6% + 30¢ and Klarna 5.99% + 30¢ per sale.
- Funnels, order bumps, upsells, discount codes, payment plans and email marketing need Creator Pro ($99/mo).
- Checked 24 Sept 2026 on Stan’s help centre: plans.
What Stan Store costs you, against Knola
Move the sliders to match your business. Knola’s own fees are included.
Stan Store Creator
$29 a month
$696
Knola Studio
One payment, your own checkout (0% to Knola)
$197
Knola Studio + Pro
One payment + $37 a month, 0% platform fee
$1,085
Over 24 months, Knola costs you $499 less than Stan Store Creator.
Illustration using public prices checked 24 Sept 2026. Card processing (about 2.9%) applies on every platform and is not included. Per-sale fees assume a $100 average order. Knola prices are today’s prices.
From an idea to a course that sells
On Stan, you record each lesson yourself and upload it. On Knola, you bring the knowledge and review each step.
01
Describe what you teach
Type a few lines, or upload your notes, PDFs or videos. Knola drafts the outline and every lesson.
How the AI course builder works
02
Turn a lesson into slides
One click makes a branded deck with a speaker script for every slide.
See the AI presentation maker
03
Let Knola narrate the video
Review the narration, hear a preview, then Knola makes the video lesson. Nobody records anything.
04
Turn lessons into ebooks
Make an ebook, worksheet or checklist from your lessons. Sell it on its own, or add it to the course.
See the AI ebook creator
05
Get your sales page written
AI writes the sales page from your actual course. Rewrite any section in one click.
See the AI sales page builder
06
Build the funnel
Join your pages, checkout and follow-up offers into one buying journey.
Explore course sales funnels
07
Take payments
A checkout with order bumps, upsells, coupons and payment plans. Buyers get access straight away.
How Knola checkout works
08
Check what stuck
Knola writes quiz questions from each lesson. Students finish with a certificate.
See quizzes and certificates
09
Follow every student
See who is watching, how far each student got and who has finished.
Explore student analytics
The AI is optional
Already made your course? Just host it on Knola.
The AI is there when you want it, never required. Bring the course you built, arrange it your way and sell it, for the same one-time fee, with no monthly Stan Store bill.
- Upload your own videos, PDFs and files
- Write and arrange every lesson yourself in the editor
- Add quizzes, certificates and drip release
- Sell it with a checkout, order bumps and upsells
- Pay once and your course stays online.
Nothing missing
Everything your Stan course does is here too.
Moving your course to Knola does not mean giving up the basics.
- Your school page, for your bioyourname.knola.ai lists your courses, in your logo and colours.Included
- Video lessons with transcriptsHosted video, captions and clickable transcripts.Included
- Ebooks and digital downloadsSell them on their own, or bundle them with a course.Included
- Checkout, bumps and upsellsPlus coupons and payment plans.Included
- Sales funnelsPages, checkout and follow-up offers, joined up.Included
- AI sales pagesWritten from your course, edited by you.Included
- Quizzes and certificatesGraded quizzes and completion certificates.Included
- Student progressSee who is stuck and who has finished.Included
- Sales and funnel analyticsRevenue, conversions and the offers that earn.Included
Stay with Stan Store if…
- you mainly sell simple digital products straight from your social media,
- your link-in-bio storefront is where your audience already buys,
- you run your whole store from your phone and like it that way,
- you book coaching calls or use Instagram auto-DMs through your bio link.
You can keep all of that. Keep Stan for your link in bio, and put the course on Knola, where it has room to grow.
Knola is built for you
Join other creators building & selling courses
People just like you turning what they know into a sellable course they own with Knola.
“I believe Knola is the future platform of online education: powerful, intelligent, accessible, and created with both the teacher and the learner in mind.”
Joy Hauʻoli Sutherland
Co-Founder of LVH Brands
“What I love most about Knola is how easy it makes the course-creation process, but even more importantly, the support. When I have a question or need help figuring something out, I feel like there are real people who want to help, not just a support ticket system.”
Lori Kantor
Universal Educational Services“What sold me wasn’t just the platform, it was the people. I asked a question expecting to wait days and got a real, helpful answer within the hour. You can tell Knola is built by people who actually want you to succeed, not just take your money.”
Sophie Richards
PeaceLoveSerenity
“I’d been sitting on my course idea for nearly two years, convinced I’d get around to it one day. I’d written a couple of books before but never sold an online course. I came across the Knola offer and my experience so far has been great. I wish I had found it sooner.”
Richard A
Business Owner
Moving your course from Stan takes an afternoon.
Most of the work is done for you. Your Stan Store can stay as it is.
- 1
Gather your files
Collect the videos, PDFs and lesson text from your Stan course.
- 2
Upload them to Knola
Knola transcribes each video and drafts the lesson text around it. Or skip the camera: Knola turns each lesson into narrated slides.
- 3
Build the sales page with AI
Knola writes a sales page from your course. Adjust it, then add your checkout, order bumps and upsells.
- 4
Bring your students with you
Paste your students’ emails into Knola. Knola enrols every student in your new course and emails each one an invite, in a couple of clicks.
Got a big course, or questions before you move?
Talk to us first. Tell us what you have on Stan and we will help you plan the move.
Our promise
Pay once and your course stays online.
No monthly fee to keep it there. That is the whole deal.
- One paymentSolo $97 or Studio $197. No monthly bill, whether you sell or not.
- Your course stays onlineWe don’t take courses down from people who paid for a licence.
- Your work is never locked inExport your content as PDF, HTML or Markdown at any time.
- 30-day money-back guaranteeIf Knola is not for you, tell us within 30 days and we refund every penny.
Questions about Knola and Stan Store
How much does Stan Store cost?
Stan has two plans and no free plan. Creator is $29 a month ($300 a year). Creator Pro is $99 a month ($948 a year), and adds funnels, order bumps, upsells, discount codes, payment plans and email marketing. There is a 14-day free trial.
Does Stan Store take a percentage of sales?
No. Stan takes 0% of your sales. Your Stripe or PayPal account charges card processing, and in the US Stripe adds a payout fee of 0.25% + 25¢ per payout.
Is Stan Store good for courses?
For a short video course sold from your bio, yes. Stan gives you modules, lessons, drip and course analytics. For a full course it is light: Stan’s help centre shows no quizzes or certificates, and upsells and funnels need Creator Pro. Knola has all of those, and builds the course with AI.
Can Knola replace my Stan Store link in bio?
For courses, yes. Every Knola licence includes your own school page at yourname.knola.ai that lists your courses, so you can put that one link in your bio. Stan does more for selling from social media: coaching-call bookings, Instagram auto-DMs and a storefront built for your phone. If you use those, keep Stan and link to your course on Knola.
Can I keep my Stan Store and sell my course on Knola?
Yes. Keep Stan for your link in bio. Add your Knola course to your Stan Store as an external link, and buyers go straight to your Knola sales page and checkout.
Is Knola really a one-time payment?
Yes. You pay once for a licence. If you sell through Knola’s checkout, Knola takes 7.5% of each sale. Use your own checkout and Knola takes nothing. Knola Pro ($37/month) is optional and removes the fee.
Can I move my Stan course to Knola?
Yes. Upload your videos and files to Knola, and Knola transcribes the videos and drafts the lessons. Then paste in your students’ emails: Knola enrols every student and emails them an invite. Got a big course? Get in touch through our help page and we will help you plan the move.
Can I sell ebooks and downloads, not just courses?
Yes. Turn your lessons into ebooks, worksheets and checklists with AI, or upload your own files, then sell them on their own, as an order bump, or bundled with a course. Buyers get their download straight after checkout.
Does Knola do email marketing like Stan Creator Pro?
Not yet, but this is on the way and in the final stages of testing.
Do I have to use Knola’s AI?
No. The AI is there when you want it, never required. If you have already made your course, upload your videos, PDFs and files, write and arrange the lessons yourself, add quizzes and certificates, and sell it with Knola’s checkout. It is the same one-time licence, with no monthly Stan Store bill: pay once and your course stays online.
Other Stan Store alternatives worth knowing
Knola is our answer, but it is not the only one. Here is where the others fit.
Knola
One payment. AI builds the course, slides, narrated video lessons, ebooks and sales page.
Kajabi
Courses, email marketing, a community and a mobile app in one plan, from $179 a month.
Knola vs KajabiSkool
Built for paid communities. Course tools are basic, with no sales pages or funnels.
Knola vs SkoolPodia
Simple courses, downloads and email together. Monthly plans, with a 5% fee on Mover.
Knola vs PodiaTeachable
Popular for selling courses with a mobile student app. Starter adds a 7.5% fee on every sale.
Knola vs TeachableThriveCart
A checkout tool with courses included: monthly plans from $47, or $495 lifetime. Its course AI is mostly marked “coming soon”.
Knola vs ThriveCart
Pay once. Build it in days, not weeks.
Bring what you know. Knola builds the course, the slides, the video lessons, the ebooks and the sales page around it. No camera needed.