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Education & E-Learning
Custom LMSCourse PlatformsE-Learning

Online Course Platform Development

Your Course Revenue Bleeds 10% To A Platform You Don't Own

10K+
Concurrent Learners
Architecture tested
99.9%
Uptime SLA
Edge-delivered globally
95+
Lighthouse Score
Performance target
<2s
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Adaptive streaming
What Custom LMS Development Actually Fixes — And What It Won't

Your course goes live, students enroll, and somewhere between checkout and certification a SaaS platform is quietly taking 5–10% of every transaction—forever. Online course platform development builds you a custom LMS your business actually owns: video delivery that doesn't spike hosting bills when enrollment doubles, progress tracking that fits your pedagogy instead of forcing linear modules, payment rails that route straight to your Stripe account. Your brand, your data, your margin. This isn't about cloning Teachable's UI. It's about architecting a platform that scales with your student base without bleeding revenue or forcing you into cookie-cutter course structures. We ship in 12 weeks, not six months—because your next cohort launch date doesn't wait.

Waar projecten falen

SaaS platforms take 5-10% of every transaction on top of monthly fees At scale, you're handing over $50K+/year for features you could simply own.
Off-the-shelf LMS platforms look identical to your competitors' platforms Learners can't tell you apart, and that hurts retention and referrals more than most course creators realize.
Video hosting bills spike unpredictably as your student base grows Your margins shrink as you succeed — which is exactly backwards from how a healthy business should work.
Cookie-cutter course structures can't support your pedagogy You get shoehorned into linear modules when your content actually needs branching paths or cohort-based delivery.
Meaningful analytics stop at basic completion rates You can't pinpoint where learners are dropping off or struggling, so there's no real path to improving course quality.
Platform migrations are painful — you risk losing student data and progress history Vendor lock-in keeps you stuck even when the platform's clearly stopped working for you.

Compliance

Adaptive Video Streaming

HLS-powered video delivery with adaptive bitrate streaming via Mux. Students get buffer-free playback on any device, at any connection speed.

Progress Tracking & Certificates

Granular lesson-level progress tracking with automated certificate generation. xAPI/SCORM support is there when enterprise integrations require it.

Payment & Subscription Logic

Stripe-powered checkout that handles one-time purchases, subscriptions, payment plans, and cohort-based pricing. You keep 100% minus processing fees.

Role-Based Access Control

Instructor, admin, student, and team manager roles with fine-grained permissions. Enterprise clients get SSO integration and team provisioning on top of that.

Course Builder Interface

A drag-and-drop curriculum editor your team can actually use. It supports video, text, quizzes, assignments, downloads, and embedded code exercises.

SEO-Optimized Course Pages

Server-rendered landing pages for every course and module. Structured data markup drives organic discovery and rich snippets directly in search results.

Wat we bouwen

Stop hemorrhaging 5–10% transaction fees to platforms that cap your upside

Own your revenue stream—zero SaaS fees means every dollar after hosting costs is yours

Break free from identical templates that make your courses indistinguishable from competitors

Deploy time-gated drips, peer threads, and group assignments that push completion 2x higher

Eliminate unpredictable video hosting bills that punish growth

White-label multi-tenant portals so B2B clients get branded dashboards under your roof

Escape linear module structures that can't support cohort-based or branching pedagogy

Layer automated grading, code challenges, and peer review into assessment workflows

Fix blind spots in analytics that hide where learners actually drop off

Serve 60% mobile learners with offline caching and touch-optimized navigation

Cut vendor lock-in before migrating becomes a data loss nightmare

Track engagement funnels, revenue per cohort, and behavior heatmaps in real time

Ons proces

01

Platform Strategy & Architecture

We map your course structure, monetization model, and learner journey first. Then we design the database schema, API architecture, and video delivery pipeline before anyone writes a line of code.
Week 1-2
02

Core Platform Build

Authentication, course player, progress tracking, and payment integration all go in during this phase. By the end of it, you'll have a working prototype with real video playback and a live checkout flow.
Week 3-5
03

Admin & Course Builder

Next comes the instructor dashboard and drag-and-drop course builder. Your team can create, edit, and publish courses without touching code.
Week 6-7
04

Polish, Test & Optimize

Load testing for concurrent video streams, Lighthouse optimization, an accessibility audit, and cross-device QA. We simulate real learner loads before anything goes near production.
Week 8-9
05

Launch & Growth Support

Deployment to production with CDN-backed video delivery. Thirty days of post-launch support plus an analytics review to sharpen early learner engagement.
Week 10
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Veelgestelde vragen

Hoe lang duurt het om een custom online course platform te bouwen?

De meeste course platforms gaan van kickoff naar launch in 8-12 weken. Een single-instructor platform met video delivery, progress tracking en payments kan in 8 weken live gaan. Multi-tenant platforms met white-labeling, advanced analytics en community features duwen door naar 12-14 weken. We scopen elk project voordat we een timeline vast stellen — geen uitzonderingen.

Hoeveel kost custom LMS development vergeleken met Teachable of Thinkific?

Een custom LMS begint rond €12.000 als eenmalige investering. Teachable en Thinkific kosten €99-399/maand plus 5-10% transactiekosten. Als je 500+ studenten hebt die €10K/maand aan inkomsten genereren, terug je doorgaans de bouwkosten binnen 12-18 maanden — en elke euro daarna groeit exponentieel in je voordeel. Je bezit ook de codebase en de data volledig.

Kunt u mijn bestaande courses van Teachable of Kajabi migreren?

Ja. We pullen je course content, studentenaccounts, progress data en enrollment history van de meeste grote platforms via hun APIs of data exports. Video files gaan naar Mux voor adaptive streaming. We regelen de migratie als onderdeel van de build, dus je studenten merken niets tijdens de switch.

Ondersteunen custom course platforms SCORM en xAPI?

Absoluut. We implementeren SCORM 1.2/2004 en xAPI (Tin Can) compliance voor enterprise clients die moeten aansluiten op bestaande HR systemen of learning records in een LRS moeten tracken. Voor de meeste independent course creators is onze native progress tracking echter simpeler en flexibeler dan SCORMs stijve packaging vereisten — we voegen het dus alleen toe wanneer er een echt reden voor is.

Hoe hanteren jullie video hosting en streaming kosten?

We gebruiken Mux voor adaptive bitrate streaming met per-minute pricing die voorspelbaar schaalt. In tegenstelling tot Vimeo OTT of Wistia, rekent Mux alleen af voor daadwerkelijke encoding en delivery — doorgaans €0,02-0,05 per stream uur. Voor een platform met 1.000 maandelijks actieve studenten die elk 10 uur kijken, ben je op ongeveer €200-500/maand aan hosting kosten uit.

Kunnen studenten courses op mobiele apparaten raadplegen?

Elk platform dat we bouwen is mobile-first. Met 60% van studenten in sleutelmarkten die via smartphone aankomen, ontwerpen we de course player, navigatie en assessments eerst voor touch interfaces, daarna bouwen we de desktop experience erop. We kunnen ook progressive web app features toevoegen voor offline toegang en push notificaties wanneer dat logisch is voor jouw audience.

Course Platform Development from $12,000
Fixed-fee. 30-day post-launch support included.
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