What makes Prentora different?
Prentora is a curated learning platform for creative disciplines. A few principles set it apart from other places you might learn online, and they shape every course we publish.
Curated for quality
Every instructor is an experienced creator we have personally invited, and their course is developed with input and feedback towards meeting a high standard. Prentora courses are developed with a focus on the theory of learning and expertise. Our courses are not just a set of steps to follow like you might see in a tutorial video, they are designed to enable you to ask the right questions of your own work to steer self-feedback and growth. Every course teaches a complete professional workflow in depth, from first brief to finished work.
Global expertise
The best experts in a field can be found all over the world, but most learning platforms focus on a single region and treat translation as an afterthought. We hold localisation to a high bar of quality, translating our courses into all of the major languages we support using a proprietary multi-layered approach which goes well beyond normal machine translation. Not only do we provide subtitles and dubbed audio for each language, but printed and handwritten text that appears on screen or in downloadable resources is also translated.
Fair to instructors
Instructors on Prentora earn 70% to 85% of the proceeds from every sale. We do not use a subscription model, because this forces instructors to compete for minutes watched, which in turn incentivizes the wrong kind of content rather than high quality learning materials. In addition, instructors retain full ownership of all of their content and we never use exclusivity agreements, because we want to be as fair and friendly as possible.
Honest pricing
The price you see is the price you pay, with no fake sales on an endless loop and no huge discounts that only suggest a course was never worth its list price. We set a high quality bar and price our courses to reflect it. Because there is no subscription, every course you buy remains yours. We do not put DRM around our videos, meaning you can download them for personal use. We would rather give paying customers a quality product at a fair price than make the experience worse for everyone in an attempt to fight piracy.
If you want to learn a creative skill and you've been looking for an alternative to Coloso, Domestika, Skillshare or Udemy, the pages below compare Prentora with other platforms, honestly and in detail.
| Prentora | Coloso | Domestika | Skillshare | Udemy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price you see is the price you pay | |||||
| Eligible refunds processed automatically | |||||
| Invited, curated instructors | |||||
| Translated subtitles in additional languages | |||||
| Translations of on-screen text | |||||
| Translated downloadable content | |||||
| Natural-sounding dubbing on all courses | |||||
| Download and watch videos offline (no DRM) | |||||
| Takes a stand against generative AI for creative work |
Detailed platform comparisons
Honest pricing, fully translated courses including on-screen text, and natural dubbing.
No subscription, dubbing in every course, and fair pay for instructors.
No subscription, courses you keep, and dubbing in every course.
Honest pricing, curated instructors, and fair pay for creators.
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