Why to inventory exports before you choose a destination
Moving off a hosted course platform is mainly a data problem. Lesson text can be copied and videos re-uploaded, but student accounts, completion records, quiz answers and payment history only survive if the platform lets you export them in a usable form. Anything that cannot be exported has to be rebuilt by hand or kept as an archive.
The table below is built from each platform's own help centre on 30 October 2026. "Not documented" means the help article we read did not mention an export; it does not prove one is impossible, so ask support before you plan around it.
What each platform documents as exportable
| Data | Teachable | Thinkific | Kajabi | Podia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students or contacts | Users list, Export CSV (emailed) | User table CSV on Basic and above; includes displayed columns and custom sign-up fields | Contacts CSV (emailed); capped at your plan's contact limit; link expires after 3 days | Contacts CSV with sign-up date, name, email, address, start date, subscription status; no tags column |
| Course progress | Lesson completion report CSV | Progress report CSV with start, completion and last sign-in dates | Product Progress report CSV: name, email, progress percentage, logins, start date, last activity | Not documented; viewable per customer in the admin panel |
| Quiz data | Quiz scores and open-ended answer reports as CSV | No direct export of quiz questions; copy and paste them | Assessment results sent to Google Sheets via Zapier; assessments inside courses have been sunset | Not documented; attempts and answers viewable per customer |
| Videos and files | Download each file from its block; no bulk download | Download videos from the Asset Library; PDFs and audio from lessons | Download Video from each lesson's Video Actions menu | Not covered in the articles we read |
| Payments | Transactions CSV (emailed) | Orders and transactions CSV with product, coupon, payment method and provider | Purchase report CSV per offer | Sales CSV with invoice, customer, items, discount, Podia fee, revenue, currency, coupon and tax fields |
| Whole course as one file | Not available | Not available | Course Template export documented; format and use outside Kajabi not stated | Not documented |
| Video watch statistics | Not exportable | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
Teachable and Thinkific: good reports, no course package
Teachable's export article says it has no native feature to export a course as a single unit and does not support bulk downloading all course files at once. Videos, PDFs, audio and images are downloaded block by block from the curriculum editor, and lesson text is copied into a word processor. Its course reporting article says lesson completion, quiz scores, leaderboards and open-ended answers can be downloaded as CSV, while video stats reports cannot.
Thinkific's help centre likewise says there is no option to export an entire course as one file and recommends keeping your own copies of course content. Videos come from the Asset Library. Quiz questions, answers and explanations have no direct export and must be copied by hand. Its progress, user and orders reports all export as CSV, and the orders export includes coupon code, promotion name and payment method.
For a 40-lesson course with a 10-question quiz in every module, plan time for copying quiz text by hand on Thinkific, and for downloading each media block individually on Teachable.
Kajabi and Podia: contacts and sales export cleanly, learning data less so
Kajabi exports contacts as CSV, emailed to the account address, but its help article says the export is limited to your plan's contact limit and the download link expires after 3 days. The Product Progress report exports name, email, progress percentage, logins, start date and last activity. Assessment results go to Google Sheets through a Zapier trigger; Kajabi notes that assessments inside courses have been sunset. Videos are downloaded one lesson at a time.
Podia's contacts export covers sign-up date, name, email, address, start date and subscription status, but no tags column; to see who bought what, Podia suggests filtering the sales export's Items column. The sales export is the richest of the four, with tax amount, tax rate and tax ID per invoice. Podia's progress and quiz articles show the data per customer in the admin panel and do not describe an export.
What happens if you cancel first
Podia says that when an account is cancelled the site goes offline immediately, customers lose access to purchased content, and subscriptions and payment plans cannot be reinstated. Content is stored for 180 days and can be recovered only by reactivating a paid plan, and once the account is cancelled you cannot reach the dashboard to export anything.
Thinkific says the site stays up and students keep access after cancellation, but at the end of the billing cycle you lose the admin dashboard and the order, transaction and user tables, and custom domains stop working. In both cases the safe order is: export, verify the files open, migrate, then cancel.
Export checklist before you leave
- Export students or contacts and open the CSV to check the row count against the platform dashboard.
- Export progress per course; you will need it to grant equivalent completion on the new platform or to honour certificates.
- Export or copy every quiz, including answer keys and explanations.
- Export the full sales or transactions history for tax records, not just the current year.
- Download every video, PDF and audio file and name them by course and lesson so they map back to the curriculum.
- List active subscriptions and payment plans separately; exports record them, but billing does not move with the CSV.
- Keep the exports in two places before you cancel the platform account.
Questions before you decide
Can I export a whole course from Teachable or Thinkific and import it elsewhere?
No. Both help centres say there is no native way to export a course as a single file. You download media file by file, copy text, and rebuild the course structure on the new platform.
Which platforms export student progress?
Teachable (lesson completion CSV), Thinkific (progress report CSV) and Kajabi (Product Progress CSV with progress percentage and last activity). Podia's help article shows progress per customer in the admin panel but does not describe an export.
Do quiz questions come with the export?
Usually not. Thinkific says there is no direct way to export quiz questions, and Kajabi sends assessment results to Google Sheets only via Zapier. Teachable exports quiz scores and open-ended answers as CSV, not the question bank itself.
Sources & verification
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- Teachable: how to export school content and data Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Teachable: course reporting tools Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Thinkific: can I export my course Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Thinkific: can I export quiz questions Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Thinkific: progress reports Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Thinkific: user table, user report and filters Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Thinkific: orders report Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Thinkific: cancel your subscription Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Kajabi: export contacts Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Kajabi: report, product progress Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Kajabi: can I export a digital course for analysis Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Kajabi: send assessment results to Google Sheets Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Kajabi: export purchase reports for individual offers Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Kajabi: download videos from courses or pages Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Podia: exporting your contacts Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Podia: viewing and exporting your sales Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Podia: viewing your customer's progress in an online course Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Podia: setting up quizzes for your online course Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Podia: what happens when I cancel my account Accessed 30 Oct 2026
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