Prolaud

Prolaud is a course-selling and teaching platform for solo educators, coaches and institutions that want a storefront, course delivery and live classes in one workspace. It is strongest for businesses serving learners in India, but Starter’s strict caps and the absence of native-app delivery make it less suitable for teams that need room to grow or app-store distribution.

Overview

Prolaud brings a public portal, storefront, community feed, Docs and certificates together with course delivery and live teaching. Sellers can offer self-paced courses, cohorts, memberships, 1:1 sessions, webinars, downloads, license keys and bundles, using video, text, PDFs, quizzes, embedded documents or slide decks. That range is useful for educators whose business extends beyond recorded courses; it may be more platform than a creator who only needs a simple course page.

Workspaces support custom domains, white-label controls, multilingual portals, SEO settings and a blog. Prolaud takes no platform commission on sales, while payment-gateway fees are charged at cost. Indian checkout supports UPI, cards, NetBanking and no-cost EMI through Razorpay; Stripe can charge international students in USD. This makes the payment setup particularly relevant to India-focused sellers without excluding international sales.

Key features

The built-in classroom includes live rooms, multiplayer whiteboards, polls, recordings, auto-chapters and transcripts. Automatic recording and teaching tools keep cohort delivery alongside sales and course management, which is a practical advantage for educators running regular live classes. Certificates include a QR code that leads to a public verification page, useful when learners need to demonstrate completion.

Content controls include per-student watermarks, expiring signed links, copy and print controls, image-rendered PDFs and device limits. These measures can add friction to casual copying, but they are not strong DRM: Prolaud does not support Widevine, FairPlay or PlayReady and cannot block screenshots. Businesses whose content value depends on robust playback protection should account for that limitation.

The platform offers REST API access with scoped keys and webhooks, plus integrations including Razorpay, Stripe, WhatsApp Business and Zapier access on Institute. Prolaud also includes one-click workspace export on every plan. Customers can cancel from the dashboard and export students, content, orders and revenue history for 30 days after cancellation, a useful safeguard when changing platforms.

Pricing

Starter is free forever, requires no card and has no trial countdown. It allows up to 5 products, 5 students, 1 community batch, 2 live classes per week of up to 60 minutes, 1 teacher seat and 2 published courses. The broader free-plan limits are solo operation, 2 GB storage and 30-day recording retention. This is enough to establish a small teaching offer, but the five-student ceiling makes it a short runway for a course business with active enrollment.

Pro costs ₹1,249/mo, billed ₹14,990 billed yearly, with a 30-day full money-back guarantee. It raises capacity to 50 products and 1,000 students, includes 5 batches, 2 teacher or TA seats and 25 courses, and allows live classes up to 4 hours. This is the practical step up for a growing solo educator or small teaching partnership; the two-seat limit still rules out a larger instructional team.

Studio costs ₹2,833.34/mo, billed ₹33,990 billed yearly, with the same 30-day full money-back guarantee. It removes product, course, batch and student caps, adds 5 teacher or TA seats, and includes 1 TB of recording storage with one-year retention. It suits established operations that need room for a larger catalog and student base, though its five-seat ceiling may still be restrictive for schools with many instructors.

Institute has custom pricing, a custom contract and sales-led onboarding. It includes unlimited products, courses, batches, students, teacher or TA seats and recording storage. SSO, role-based access control and multi-campus support make it the tier aimed at larger organizations that need centralized administration rather than a creator setup.

No plan charges platform commission on course sales. Prolaud says gateway fees are charged at cost. Starter includes community email support; paid plans include priority email, while Studio and Institute add priority chat.

Platforms

Prolaud supports Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, web and API access. Its mobile option is a branded app offering, not a shipped native mobile app, so organizations seeking an already-published native app should not assume this replaces one. Data is hosted in India by default in the Mumbai region; Institute can use EU or US hosting or customer-provided S3/R2 recording storage. Prolaud publishes a GDPR representation and says EEA-to-India transfers rely on European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses.

Who it's for

Prolaud is a strong fit for teachers, coaches and India-based schools or institutes that want to sell several kinds of learning products, run live classes and keep student operations together. Its no-commission model and Indian payment methods suit businesses with local learners, while Stripe offers a route to USD sales. It is a weaker fit for very small sellers who will quickly exceed Starter’s five students, teams needing more than five seats outside Institute, or creators who require native apps or stronger DRM.

Pros and cons

• Pro: No platform commission on any plan keeps Prolaud’s own sales charge out of the way; payment-gateway fees still apply at cost.
• Pro: Storefront, multiple product types, live classroom, community and certificates share one workspace, reducing the need to separate course sales from teaching.
• Pro: Razorpay checkout supports common Indian payment methods, while Stripe can serve international students in USD.
• Con: Starter caps the account at 5 students and 5 products, so it is a test-sized tier rather than a durable home for a growing audience.
• Con: Prolaud does not provide major streaming DRM or screenshot blocking, limiting its protection for high-value content.
• Con: A branded mobile-app option does not mean a native app ships with the platform.

Alternatives

Consider online course platforms if you want to compare the broader category before choosing a service. FreshLearn is worth comparing if its free plan’s 1 product and 25 manual enrollments, or its free trial, better match a small initial launch. TrainerCentral may suit a solo trainer who wants 3 free courses and unlimited learner accounts, while accepting a 10-active-learner limit. Tutor LMS is an alternative for web-only use where its free tier’s unlimited courses, learners and instructors are the key requirement.

Coursebox may be a better fit for a creator who values AI course-building allowances: its free tier includes 3 courses, unlimited learners and 150 AI page credits. Klasio is another option for a small storefront, with a free tier of 1 site, 1 course and 50 students and no commission. Masteriyo LMS is worth considering when self-hosting matters; its free plan supports unlimited courses, lessons and quizzes.

TagMango offers a free Basic plan with 200 students and 20 GB media upload, but charges 10% commissions including Indian payment gateway fees. Ruzuku may suit a small course launch centered on live meetings and community: its free tier is capped at 5 students and includes unlimited courses.

Verdict

Choose Prolaud if you are an educator or institution that wants course commerce, live teaching and student management together, especially for an India-focused business that values zero platform commission. The main reasons to look elsewhere are equally clear: Starter has little enrollment headroom, content protection is not full DRM, and the branded app option is not a shipped native app.