Starter
₹0
Free forever
Go live today, on your own.
The foundation
5% platform fee, only on sales
- Website on your own domain
- Self-serve setup from the dashboard
- Courses, live classes, tests & UPI checkout
- Hosting, SSL & updates included
Most 'top coaching app' blog posts are sponsored rankings. We built the opposite — a transparent price sheet across every coaching SaaS in India. Subscription, commission, hidden setup fees, and what you actually pay over 3 years for a real coaching business doing ₹10L/year.
Methodology
We took a representative Indian coaching business — a mid-sized coaching doing ₹10 lakh in annual course revenue across 200 students — and computed three-year total platform cost for each vendor. Inputs used:
Pricing on Classplus and AppX is custom-quoted, so we used the midpoint of publicly reported deal sizes for ₹10L-revenue institutes. Your actual quote may vary.
Side-by-side
| Feature | Classplus | Graphy | Exly | Rigi | Teachmint | Igniter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setup / app-publishing fee | ₹20K–50K | ₹0 | ₹0 | ₹0 | ₹0 | ₹0 web · ₹9,999 app |
| Annual subscription | ₹30K–1L | ₹25K–1L | ₹12K–60K | ₹0 | ₹0–24K | ₹0 |
| Revenue share per sale | ~5% | ~5% | Tiered | ~10–15% | ~0–5% | 5% |
| Year-1 total cost | ₹80K–1.5L | ₹75K–1.5L | ₹60K–1.1L | ₹1–1.5L | ₹50K–75K | ₹50K |
| 3-year total cost | ~₹2.5L+ | ~₹2.25L+ | ~₹2L+ | ~₹3–4.5L | ~₹1.5–2L | ₹1.5L |
| Cost when you do ₹0 in sales | ₹30K–1L | ₹25K–1L | ₹12K–60K | ₹0 | ₹0–24K | ₹0 |
The surprising winner
Most “coaching app comparison” articles put Teachmint first on price because its free tier exists. What they don’t say: Teachmint’s paid tier is where real coaching businesses live, and at ₹10L revenue, Teachmint’s effective cost is ₹50K–75K/year — roughly tied with Igniter.
At ₹5L revenue (smaller coaching), Igniter costs ₹25K; Teachmint paid costs ₹50K; Classplus costs ₹60K+. At ₹20L revenue (larger coaching), Igniter costs ₹1L; Classplus costs ₹1.5–2L; Graphy costs ₹1.25–1.75L; Rigi costs ₹2–3L. At every band except “I am doing ₹0 and just want to experiment” — where Rigi, Teachmint-free, and Igniter are all ₹0 — Igniter is among the two cheapest and is cheapest without any compromise on features.
The reason is structural: a platform that charges subscription plus commission double-taxes every rupee you sell. Igniter charges commission only. The gap compounds.
The flat-5% model
Five plans, each built on the one before it. A free website you set up yourself, your own Android app for a single lifetime payment, and AI products on your syllabus when you are ready. Never a monthly fee — only 4–5% when a student pays you.
Starter
₹0
Free forever
Go live today, on your own.
5% platform fee, only on sales
Plus
₹9,999
One-time fee for lifetime
Your academy in every student's pocket.
5% platform fee, only on sales
Pro
₹25,000
One-time fee
Built for you, not from a template.
5% platform fee, only on sales
Ultra
₹50,000
One-time fee
AI that knows your syllabus.
4.5% platform fee, only on sales
Enterprise
₹1L
+ GSTScoped on a call
Scales with whatever you need.
4% platform fee, only on sales
Call +91 91137 82617
Plus, Pro and Ultra prices exclude GST — 18% GST is added when you need a GST invoice. Enterprise is always billed with GST. Questions on any plan? Call +91 91137 82617.
Only 4–5% when a student pays
5% on Starter to Pro, 4.5% on Ultra, 4% on Enterprise. Never a monthly fee; excludes the gateway.
UPI, cards & EMI checkout
Razorpay powered. GST invoices generated for you.
Your own domain
SSL, hosting and bandwidth included on every plan.
Your brand, your students
No marketplace in between. You own the relationship.
Real example · ₹1,000 course sold · Starter to Pro
You keep
₹930
Igniter fee
₹50
Razorpay / UPI
₹20
The cheapest coaching app is the one that charges ₹0 when you're not selling. That's Igniter.
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FAQ
Any platform with a ₹0 entry is tied — Rigi, Teachmint free tier, and Igniter all let you sign up for zero. But Rigi's per-sale take is 10–15%, Teachmint free caps features, and Igniter stays at 5% with full features, so Igniter is cheapest the moment you make your first sale.
Igniter at ₹25,000 (5% of ₹5L). Next cheapest is Teachmint paid at ~₹50K. Classplus lands at ~₹55–70K. Graphy at ~₹50–70K. Rigi at ~₹75K–1L (high per-sale take).
Igniter at ₹1L (5% of ₹20L). Classplus at ~₹1.5–2L. Graphy at ~₹1.25–1.75L. Rigi at ~₹2–3L. Exly at ~₹1–1.5L.
At very high revenue (~₹2 crore+/year), Classplus enterprise contracts can negotiate rates below 5%. Below ₹2 crore, Igniter wins on price every time.
For a tiny home tutor using Teachmint's free tier with limited features, yes — both are ₹0. The moment you need a branded app, DRM video, live classes, or actual business features, Teachmint requires a paid plan that is roughly the same cost as Igniter's 5%, without Igniter's flat-fee simplicity.
An agency-built coaching app costs ₹2–10 lakh upfront plus ₹30K–1L/year in maintenance. At 3-year TCO, even at high volume, SaaS on Igniter (5% of 3 × ₹10L = ₹1.5L) is cheaper than agency (₹2L+ upfront alone).
No. 5% on course sales + pass-through Razorpay fee (~2%). GST is charged on top per Indian regulation. No storage overage, no student cap, no tier gate, no SMS surcharge.
Public listings on SaaSWorthy, Techjockey, G2, SoftwareSuggest as of April 2026, combined with coaching-owner interviews. Custom-quoted platforms (Classplus, AppX) use midpoint of publicly reported ₹10L-revenue deals.
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