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We analyzed every course page, enrollment flow, and learning portal built on Syllabus in Q1 2026 — comparing build time, enrollment conversion, and student retention across 9 competing platforms.
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Avg. enrollment lift
+312%
after switching builders
Median build time
47 min
from blank to live enrollment page
Platforms analyzed
9
including Teachable, Kajabi, Canvas
Finding #02 · Build Time
Median time from blank project to a published enrollment page with payment enabled.
Finding #03 · Speed vs. Competition
Than Kajabi. 15.3× faster than a custom-built solution.
Finding #04 · Time-to-Publish Comparison (minutes)
* Median observed build time for a course page with enrollment + payment · Q1 2026
Finding #05 · Where Students Click
Aggregate click density across 14,200 course pages. Yellow = highest engagement zones.
"We went from emailing IT every time we needed to update enrollment dates, to pushing changes live ourselves at 11pm on a Sunday. That's the actual difference."
Sandra Okonkwo
Department Head, Digital Learning
Lakewood Unified School District
6 hrs → 11 min
average update time
Finding #06
of pages go live within 2 hours of starting a new project.
Finding #07 · Who's Building (Role Breakdown)
Independent Creators
K-12 Educators
Corporate L&D
Higher Ed / Uni
Finding #08 · Retention
Higher student course completion vs. pages built on general CMS tools.
"Monday morning I told my manager we needed a training hub live by Friday. By Wednesday afternoon it was done, tested, and the first cohort had already enrolled. I didn't write a single line of code."
Marcus Delgado
·Senior L&D Manager, Vantage Financial Group
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