Empyria vs. Tiendup
A Tiendup alternative for having an academy, not just a course store.
Tiendup is a good store for selling courses in pesos. Empyria is the complete academy: unlimited courses, live classes with Zoom, attendance, assessments, certificates with QR, month-by-month memberships and marketing, with your brand.
The difference in a nutshell
Tiendup is an online store that also sells courses: it charges in pesos with Mercado Pago and other gateways, with no commission. Its plans range from ARS 24,900 to 123,200 per month, with a limit of 3 to 30 courses.
Empyria is a campus for teaching and selling: unlimited courses, students and teachers, live classes with Zoom inside the campus, attendance, assessments and certificates with QR, plus your website and payments with no commission.
And if you already have your courses on Tiendup, we bring them over with your students and their access.
Empyria and Tiendup, point by point
| What you need | Empyria | Tiendup |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Subscription from USD 99 per month, no commission per sale. | From ARS 24,900 to 123,200 per month, no commission per sale. |
| Courses | Unlimited on all plans. | From 3 to 30 depending on the plan. |
| Teachers | Unlimited, each with their own panel. | 1 on the Personal plan, 4 on Negocio and unlimited on Empresa. |
| Payments | Mercado Pago, PayPal or the gateway you use, one-time payment or subscription, no commission. | Mercado Pago, PayPal, Stripe, Payu, Mobbex, bank transfer and cash, no commission. |
| Your website | Included, with 15 designs, block editor and blog. | Editable site with your logo, colors and typography. |
| Assessments | On all plans, with automatic grading and opening time. | Quizzes from the Negocio plan. |
| Certificates | With a QR and a public page to verify them. | On all plans. It does not publish verification. |
| Live classes and attendance | Zoom inside the campus and attendance, also automatic. | It does not publish live classes or attendance. |
| Memberships | Month by month, with a library and editions that release on their own on their date. | Subscriptions with recurring billing. |
| Community | Forum per course with stars and ranking, chat and private messages. | It does not publish a forum or community. |
| Marketing | CRM, automations, emails and private replies to Instagram comments. | It does not publish marketing tools. |
| App with your brand | On the Full plan: your app on the App Store and Play Store. | No app: you log in from the browser. |
| Language | In Spanish, with direct support. | In Spanish. |
Tiendup details taken from its public website and documentation, reviewed in October 2026. They may change: if something is out of date, let us know and we will fix it.
Which one is right for you?
It depends on how you work. We will tell you straight, even when the answer is not Empyria.
Choose Empyria if…
- You have more than a few courses or several teachers.
- You teach live classes and take attendance.
- You want certificates that can be verified.
- You sell month-by-month memberships.
- You want marketing and an app without adding other tools.
Choose Tiendup if…
- You sell a few recorded courses and do not need more.
- You want to pay in pesos and start with the smallest plan.
- Besides courses, you sell physical products in the same store.
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