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Forento
by Forento
What Forento is
Forento is a web platform for creating an online academy and selling courses, downloads, memberships, coaching sessions, events, and webinars. Course lessons can combine video, audio, text, images, and downloadable resources in chapters, with support for YouTube, Vimeo, Loom, embeds, quizzes, inputs, and custom formats. Stripe and PayPal connections provide integrated payments, although available methods depend on country and provider. Basic and higher plans support custom domains, while Start and Scale add a website builder. Academies can be presented in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, or Swedish. Every plan includes chat support. Forento says its privacy practices follow GDPR and Swedish data-protection laws and that it does not store full card details. The Free plan includes one admin account but charges a 20% sales commission. Basic is $15.00 per month billed annually, Start $39.00, and Scale $119.00, each with a 30-day trial.
Who it suits
Forento is aimed at coaches, consultants, educators, and other experts selling knowledge online. It suits creators who need courses, memberships, coaching, events, or webinars in one academy.
What it does well
- Supports video, audio, text, quizzes, and downloads
- Stripe and PayPal payment connections
- Custom domain on Basic and higher
- Six academy language options
- Chat support on every plan
What to know first
- Free plan takes a 20% sales commission
- Payment processor fees apply on every plan
- Free-plan video storage follows fair use
- Service does not guarantee uninterrupted access
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 20% sales commission · 1 admin account | Free |
| Basic | Billed annually · 0% sales commission · custom domain · no Forento watermark · 1 admin account | $15 a month |
| Start | Billed annually · 0% sales commission · website · blog · community · customer chat · 3 admin accounts | $39 a month |
| Scale | Billed annually · 0% sales commission · product bundles · course-content dripping · multiple community channels · certificates · Zapier integration · unlimited admin accounts | $119 a month |
As forento.io lists them, read 11 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Forento provides a multilingual academy platform with varied course formats, payments, custom domains, and support. A Free plan is available, while paid plans billed annually start at $15.00 per month and remove the sales commission on Basic and above.
Facts from Forento's own pages
- Academy branding
- Basic and higher plans include a custom domain, while Start and Scale include a website builder. · forento.io, 11 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Forento says it is built for coaches, consultants, educators, and other experts who want to sell their knowledge. · forento.io, 11 Oct 2026
- Company history
- Forento says its team started in 2018 as Förento and turned its academy into forento.io about two years later. · forento.io, 11 Oct 2026
- Course content
- Courses can combine video, audio, written lessons, images, and downloadable resources organized into chapters and lessons. · forento.io, 11 Oct 2026
- Course formats
- text,audio,video,YouTube,Vimeo,Loom,embed,quiz,input,custom · forento.io, 20 Sept 2026
- Custom domain
- Yes · forento.io, 20 Sept 2026
- Data roles
- Forento describes itself as data controller for information it collects directly and as processor when customers use the platform to deliver their own services. · forento.io, 11 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2018 · forento.io, 28 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · forento.io, 20 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The Scale plan includes Zapier integration, and the pricing page lists Stripe and PayPal payments across plans. · forento.io, 11 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The academy is available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish. · forento.io, 11 Oct 2026
- Payment options
- integrated · forento.io, 20 Sept 2026
- Payments
- Creators can connect Stripe or PayPal to accept payments, with provider availability and payment methods depending on country and provider. · forento.io, 11 Oct 2026
- Plan limit
- The Free plan has a 20% sales commission, and payment processor fees apply on every plan. · forento.io, 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Forento lets creators build an online academy to create, sell, and deliver courses, downloads, memberships, coaching sessions, events, and webinars. · forento.io, 11 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- Forento says its privacy practices follow GDPR and applicable Swedish data-protection laws, and that it does not store or process full payment-card details. · forento.io, 11 Oct 2026
- Service availability
- Forento says it aims for 99% monthly uptime but does not guarantee uninterrupted access. · forento.io, 11 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 15 · forento.io, 20 Sept 2026
- Support
- Every plan includes chat support, and Forento recommends Start or Scale for more comprehensive onboarding and setup assistance. · forento.io, 11 Oct 2026
- Video storage limit
- Forento's terms say video storage and bandwidth on the Free plan are subject to fair use and may be restricted if usage is high relative to sales activity. · forento.io, 11 Oct 2026
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