Short courses at volume, priced for volume
If you push thousands of learners a year through short courses, per-enrolment pricing makes the best tools unaffordable, so providers settle for a compromise. Billing here is on the students you enrol in a year, not enrolment count, and the per-student rate falls as you grow.
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Per-enrolment pricing punishes exactly what you do best
High-volume short-course providers get the worst deal in RTO software: fees that multiply with every enrolment, and platforms that treat non-accredited delivery as an afterthought.
5,000 learners × a per-enrolment clip: At volume, a per-enrolment fee stops being a rounding error and becomes one of your biggest costs, scaling faster than your margin.
Settling for a compromise: So providers pick the affordable-but-limited tool and describe it, in their own words, as a good compromise. Nobody wins on compromise.
Two platforms if you also run accredited: One system for the funded quals, another for the commercial short courses, twice the admin, split student histories.
What high-volume short-course delivery needs
Sell, deliver and certify at volume
Build the course once, sell it continuously, and let enrolment, payment, delivery and certificates run without per-learner admin.
- 1Build or upload the course
- 2Sell it continuously
- 3Deliver without touching each learner
- 4Certificates on completion
Quick answers.
What would 1,000 learners a year actually cost?
It costs the same whether they arrive throughout the year or in one rush, because a student counts once, when their first enrolment starts in your contract year. 1,000 students a year fits the Grow plan (2,000 students a year, $1,200 a month), with 10% headroom before you would need to move up, and no per-enrolment fees on top of the subscription. Online card payments carry a 2% platform margin on Lite, Starter, Launch and Grow; none on Scale and Enterprise.
Is there a per-enrolment fee?
No. One person doing five short courses in your contract year is one student, counted once. Compare that with per-enrolment pricing, where the same person is five fees.
Can I upload SCORM packages I already own?
Yes, SCORM 1.2 packages upload as course content, students launch them in-platform, and completion plus scores record automatically. SCORM 2004 is not currently supported, so check your package version.
Do non-accredited enrolments mess up my AVETMISS reporting?
No. Non-accredited enrolments are captured in full but flagged non-reportable, and the AVETMISS exporter filters them out automatically.
Can learners self-enrol and pay?
Yes, public course pages with Stripe checkout, or session booking for scheduled workshops. Payment lands on the student record with no re-keying.
What if I run accredited training too?
Same platform. Accredited courses get USI verification, AVETMISS and the full evidence trail; your short courses run alongside without the compliance overhead.
Do the maths on your own numbers
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