The best teaching platform for a teacher in Egypt in 2026: how to choose
No single platform is best for every teacher; the right one depends on how your students pay and how you teach. If you teach in Egypt, want a platform under your own name, your students pay in EGP by Fawry and mobile wallets, and you run groups or a centre, Snatr is built for exactly that, from 999 EGP a month. If your situation is different, this guide tells you when another platform fits better.
Ask any platform 12 questions before paying. The most important: how do students pay, and how does the money reach you?
The platforms Egyptian teachers meet fall into 8 types, each charging differently: a subscription, a cut of every sale, or a one-off licence.
Published prices let you compare from home, before any sales call.
Video protection should be measured, and nothing stops someone filming the screen with another phone.
Snatr is not the right choice for everyone: if you need an app in the stores or a marketplace that brings students, other platforms fit better.
How to choose your platform in 5 steps
1
Work out how your students pay
If your students are in Egypt and pay in EGP, cross off any platform without Fawry and mobile wallets. If you have students abroad, check that the platform takes international cards. If you need to charge a global audience in dollars, the global platforms become a real option.
2
Write down what you actually need
Do you sell recorded courses only, or groups by the month or by the session? Do you run a centre and take attendance? Do you need live classes? Do parents need to follow along? That list decides, not the length of a platform's feature list.
3
Cost it against your student numbers
Multiply a platform's cut by your expected monthly sales and compare it with a fixed subscription. Check how many students a plan covers and what each extra one costs.
4
Ask about protection and money in numbers
How was the protection measured? How many days is money held? What is the minimum withdrawal? Can you withdraw to Vodafone Cash, InstaPay or a bank? A written answer beats a promise on a call.
5
Try it before you pay
Upload one lesson, create a test student, and try paying and unlocking from a phone yourself. On Snatr: There is no free-forever plan, but there is a 7-day trial with no card.
What should you ask before choosing a platform?
These are the questions that actually matter for a teacher in Egypt. Ask them of any platform you are considering, and get the answers in writing. The third column has Snatr's answer, so you have something to measure against.
What to ask
Snatr's answer
Paying in EGP
Can students pay by Fawry, wallets and card, or do they transfer and send a screenshot?
They pay on your site through Fawaterak, by methods such as card, Fawry, Aman and wallets, and the course unlocks by itself
Withdrawing your money
Where does the money go, after how long, and what is the minimum withdrawal?
To Vodafone Cash, InstaPay or a bank account, after a 7-day holding period at present, with a 100 EGP minimum at present
Commission
Do you take a cut of my price?
No. Any commission is added on top for the student, and your price reaches you in full
Video protection
How was the protection measured, and what exactly does it stop?
Encrypted and measured: 10.6 dB of noise without the key, 59.9 dB with it. Screen recording is not blocked
Live classes
Is the class inside the platform, or a Zoom link posted in a group?
Inside your platform on the Pro plan, with attendance recorded automatically
Centre
Are there branches, groups and attendance, or do I need other software?
Branches, groups and QR-card attendance on every plan
Parents
How does a parent follow their child?
A portal on your site with attendance and grades, without WhatsApp messages
Pricing model
A fixed subscription or a cut of each sale?
A monthly subscription from 999 EGP; a student beyond the plan is billed once, when added
Prices
Are prices published, or do I have to call?
Published on the pricing page
Your name
Is the platform under my name or a page inside your site? Can I use my own domain?
A site in your name, and your own domain on the Pro plan
Mobile app
Is there an app in the stores?
No. The platform runs in the phone's browser
Support
Is support in Arabic, and when does it answer?
In Arabic on WhatsApp and at support@snatr.com, around the clock
What are the teaching platforms in Egypt, and who does each type suit?
The platforms an Egyptian teacher runs into are not all the same thing. Some give you a platform under your name for a subscription, some are marketplaces that list you next to other teachers, some are companies that build you an app, and some are software for the centre only. This table sorts them into types, with named examples.
The figures in the table come from our comparison pages, each of which cites the competitor's own site for every number and the date it was checked (October 2026). Prices change, so check the platform's own site before you decide.
Examples
How you pay
Who it suits
A platform under your name, monthly in EGP
Snatr, Madar, Zentos, Teachers EG, Ta3leemy
A fixed monthly subscription. For example Teachers EG from 600 EGP and Ta3leemy from 299 EGP, per their published prices
A teacher who wants their own platform, with students paying in EGP
A platform that starts free or cheap
Basata, Soohola
Basata is free and takes 5% of each sale; Soohola has a free plan for 5 students and a 99 EGP plan for up to 300
A teacher just starting, with small sales
A company that builds you a platform and app
EduLoad, TGO, Prime E
EduLoad and Prime E do not publish prices; you get them on a call or on WhatsApp
A teacher who needs an app under their name and a team to set everything up
A one-off licence
Web Academy
From 25,000 EGP once, with hosting and updates paid separately
An academy with many teachers that wants to own its platform
A global course marketplace
Udemy
Free to publish, then a cut: you keep 37% of the net sale when Udemy brings the student
A trainer teaching an adult skill who wants to reach new students
Global platforms priced in dollars
Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi
A dollar subscription: Teachable from $39 plus a 7.5% fee, Thinkific from $54, Kajabi from $179
Someone selling in English to an audience outside Egypt
Centre-only management software
Koshoof, Smart Center, Shater, KIRA
Smart Center and Shater from 500 EGP; Koshoof and KIRA do not publish prices
A centre that does not sell online at all
Free general tools
Moodle, Google Classroom, YouTube and Telegram
Free, but Moodle needs hosting and a developer, and Google Classroom is not built for selling
A school or university, or a teacher who is not selling anything
A monthly subscription or a cut of every sale: which costs you less?
A percentage is cheaper while you are starting out; a subscription is cheaper once sales grow. The sum is simple: multiply the percentage by your expected monthly sales and compare the result with the subscription.
For example, 5% of 20,000 EGP in monthly sales is 1,000 EGP going to the platform. If your sales are well below that, a free platform that takes a cut is probably cheaper for you. If they are above it, a fixed subscription works out cheaper, and every extra pound you sell stays with you.
Snatr is a fixed monthly subscription. Current plans: Starter at 999 EGP a month for up to 100 students; Basic at 1,999 EGP a month for up to 200 students; Pro at 2,999 EGP a month for up to 400 students. A student beyond your plan's limit still registers and is billed once, when added, at your plan's extra-student price, not every month.
There is a second question too: are the prices published? A platform that says 'contact us' is not doing anything wrong, but you will not know the price until after the call, and you cannot compare from home. All of Snatr's prices are on the pricing page.
How will students pay, and how will the money reach you?
This is the most important question for a teacher in Egypt: an excellent platform your students cannot pay on is no use. Make sure students can pay in EGP in a way they are used to, and that your money reaches you somewhere you actually use.
Global platforms such as Teachable and Kajabi have payment gateways that are not available in Egypt, according to our comparison pages, and Thinkific pays a teacher in Egypt through PayPal in dollars from a $219 plan. That is not a fault; they are built for another market.
On Snatr, students pay on your site through the Fawaterak gateway, by methods such as card, Fawry and Aman codes, and wallets like Vodafone Cash, and the course or group unlocks for them automatically. A student abroad pays with an international card; the amount is charged in Egyptian pounds and their bank converts it. The money goes into your Snatr wallet, and you withdraw it to Vodafone Cash, InstaPay or your bank account.
Some platforms have the student transfer money and upload a screenshot, and you or an assistant check every transfer by hand. That works with a few students, but it eats your time as numbers grow.
Ask any platform how its protection was tested and what exactly it stops. The word 'protected' on its own is not an answer.
Encryption stops downloading with browser extensions, paste-your-link sites and tools like yt-dlp. Ask whether the platform has measured that encryption in numbers.
A watermark with the student's name does not stop recording, but it makes posting awkward for them. It deters rather than proves, and someone technical can remove it.
If a platform says it blocks screen recording, ask on which devices exactly. Nothing stops someone filming the screen with another phone.
On Snatr, uploaded video is encrypted and the measurement is published: 10.6 dB of noise without the key, 59.9 dB with it. A moving watermark shows the student's name, a short code and your logo, and each student can be signed in on one device at a time.
Screen recording is not blocked on Snatr, and we say so before you subscribe.
Live classes, a centre and parents: do you need them?
If you sell recorded courses only, these will not matter much, and a simpler platform may do. If you run groups and a centre, they are the difference between a platform that works with you and one that sits beside you.
Ask about live classes: are they inside the platform, or a Zoom link posted in a group? A class inside the platform admits paying students only and records attendance by itself. On Snatr, live classes are on the Pro plan only.
Ask about the centre: are there branches, timetabled groups and QR-card attendance, or will you need centre software next to the platform? On Snatr that is on every plan.
Ask about parents: do they log in and see for themselves, or receive messages? Platforms such as Manasatna and EduLoad send WhatsApp messages to parents. Snatr has a parent portal on your site, and no WhatsApp or SMS messages.
Ask about assistants: does each one see only the screens you allow, or does everyone see everything?
Is the platform under your name? Is there a mobile app?
A platform under your name builds your name, not the platform's. Ask: does the student open a site with my name, or a page inside a marketplace full of other teachers?
On Snatr you get a site in your name, with your logo and colours, in one of 30 ready-made designs. Your own domain such as mybrand.com comes with the Pro plan once the subscription is paid: the Snatr team buys and connects it, and the first year is free with the plan.
An app matters to a lot of people. Snatr has no app in the stores, for teachers or students; the platform runs in the phone's browser. If an app is a must for you, platforms such as TGO and EduLoad build one under the teacher's name, and Teachers EG has a site-plus-app plan at 850 EGP a month, per its published prices.
Snatr is built for a teacher in Egypt selling to students who pay in EGP, in Egypt or abroad by international card, with groups or a centre. If your situation is different, there is a better choice, and we say so plainly:
If you want new students to find you and you have no audience yet, Udemy is a large marketplace that brings students, but you keep only 37% of the net sale when it brings the student, and it sets the price during its promotions.
If you sell in English to an audience outside Egypt paying in dollars, Teachable or Thinkific are built for that market.
If you are just starting, sales are small and you do not want to pay a subscription before your first sale, Basata starts free and takes 5% of each sale.
If an app under your name in the stores is a must, TGO and EduLoad build apps under the teacher's name.
If automatic WhatsApp messages to parents matter most, Manasatna sends them from your own number, and EduLoad sends WhatsApp and SMS.
If you need centre software only, working offline, Koshoof is a Windows program built for that.
If you are a school or university with a technical team, Moodle is free, open source and fully under your control.
If your main need is the centre's accounts and expenses, accounting software will suit you better than Snatr.
There is no app in the stores, under your name or Snatr's. The platform runs in the browser on phones and computers.
There is no marketplace that brings you students. Marketing your platform is up to you.
There are no WhatsApp or SMS messages to parents. They follow along through a portal on your site.
There are no instalments for students, and no AI question generation.
Live classes and your own domain are on the Pro plan only.
There is no free-forever plan, but there is a 7-day trial with no card.
Questions about choosing a platform
What is the best teaching platform for teachers in Egypt?
No single platform is best for every teacher. If your students pay in EGP and you run groups or a centre, Snatr is built for that. If you want a marketplace that brings students, an app in the stores, or a free start, other platforms fit better, and all of them are compared in numbers on our comparison pages.
What teaching platforms are there for teachers in Egypt?
Platforms that give a teacher a platform under their own name include Snatr, Madar, Zentos, Teachers EG, Ta3leemy, Manasatna, Basata and Soohola. Companies that build a platform and app include EduLoad and TGO. Centre management software includes Koshoof, Smart Center, Shater and KIRA.
Should I choose a platform that takes a cut or one with a subscription?
Work out the cut on your expected monthly sales. If it comes to less than the subscription, the cut is cheaper while you start. If it is more, the subscription is cheaper, and every extra pound stays with you.
Do global platforms like Teachable work for a teacher in Egypt?
They work if you sell in English to an audience outside Egypt. But Teachable's payment gateway is not available in Egypt, and an Egyptian student cannot pay there by Fawry or a mobile wallet.
Is there a free teaching platform for teachers?
There are free tools such as Google Classroom, Moodle and YouTube, and platforms that start free and take a cut of each sale, such as Basata. As for Snatr: There is no free-forever plan, but there is a 7-day trial with no card.
Does Snatr have a mobile app?
No. Snatr runs in the browser on phones and computers, and there is no app in the stores. If an app is a must for you, platforms such as TGO and EduLoad build one under the teacher's name.
How do I know a platform's video protection is real?
Ask how it was tested and what exactly it stops. On Snatr, uploaded video is encrypted and the measurement is published: 10.6 dB of noise without the key and 59.9 dB with it. Screen recording is not blocked, and that is stated plainly.
Does Snatr take a cut of my sales?
No. Your price reaches you in full, and any commission on online payments is added on top for the student. You pay a monthly subscription starting from 999 EGP.