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Access control beyond a link
OpenMirai ties course access to enrolled learners, products, subscriptions, and protected sessions instead of relying on copied video URLs
Private links are not an academy.
Protect, sell, and track learning.
OpenMirai wraps your videos in a branded course experience with access control, payments, learner progress, analytics, certificates, and content protection
Academy
OpenMirai
38/43
Features matched
- AI-assisted course studio
- 0% transaction fees
- Branded mobile-friendly academy
- Per-lesson and revenue analytics
- Bundles, memberships, subscriptions
- Built-in invoicing + PromptPay
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PRIVATE VIDEO SHARING
YouTube Private Link
9/43
Features matched
- Free video hosting
- Private and unlisted visibility
- Shareable video links
- Playlists
- Video-level analytics
- Comments on unlisted videos
What you actually get with OpenMirai
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Video becomes curriculum
OpenMirai turns videos into structured modules with learner progress, resources, certificates, and academy analytics
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Course sales without manual links
OpenMirai connects checkout, receipts, access, and subscriptions so buyers automatically receive the right course experience
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Protected academy experience
OpenMirai is built for premium education workflows with branding, local payments, analytics, and protections around every lesson
Every feature, side by side
Feature
OpenMirai
YouTube Private Link
Branded academy & website
Academy-first platform
Build your own branded academy website
No-code academy website builder
Custom domain for academy
Remove platform branding
Full white-label academy positioning
AI website generation
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AI Brand Kit / brand identity matching
Course building
Online course creation
Video lessons
Text/article lessons
File resources/attachments
Course modules/chaptersPlaylists can sequence videos, but they are not course modules with learner state
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Quizzes
Assignments and grading
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Automated certificates
Learner experience
Learner management systemPrivate video sharing can invite specific emails, but it is not learner management
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Learner progress / insight dataYouTube Analytics reports video/channel performance, not per-student course progress
Learner-instructor Q&AComments are available on unlisted videos, not private videos
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Mobile-friendly learner experience
Community features
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Pricing & commerce
Permanent free plan
Integrated course payments
Automated receipts / invoice workflow
PromptPay / SEA payment workflow
0% platform fee / no revenue sharePrivate links do not charge a course platform fee because they are not a course checkout
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0% fee without upgrading to high tier
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Direct pricing control
Block-based pay-as-you-grow cost control
Unlimited learners / studentsUnlisted links can spread widely; private sharing is not a learner roster or enrollment system
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No learner-seat growth anxiety
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Block add-ons instead of forced tier jumps
Revenue margin stays strong on entry tierRevenue depends on external checkout or YouTube monetization, not private-link course sales
Analytics & operations
Sales analytics for academy owners
Multi-language UI / cultural support
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Enterprise customization
API / custom integrations
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Specialized onboarding / support
Live, AI & protection
Advanced watermarking / anti-leak protectionPrivacy settings are not dynamic learner watermarking or academy-grade leak deterrence
Live class / hybrid class management
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AI assistant for instructors
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AI assistant for learners
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Course marketplace discoveryPrivate and unlisted videos do not appear in normal YouTube discovery surfaces
YouTube Private Link is a trademark of its respective owner. OpenMirai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube Private Link. Comparison based on publicly available information as of May 11, 2026. Please verify details directly with YouTube Private Link before making a decision
What you'll actually pay
Plan
OpenMirai
YouTube Private Link
Free / starter plan
Free forever (80 blocks, unlimited learners)
Free video upload and sharing
Mid tier monthly
Lite $27/mo (200 blocks, no watermark)
No standalone paid academy tier
Pro tier monthly
Pro $126/mo (1,000 blocks, custom domain)
External course checkout required
Enterprise / scale
From $194/mo (custom blocks + support)
YouTube Studio / channel tooling
Transaction / revenue cut
0% platform fee positioning
No native course checkout; YouTube monetization is separate
Don't take our word for it. Take theirs
“I've never seen a course-selling platform this complete and end-to-end. Highly recommend”
Migrating from WordPress used to mean fighting plugins, PHP updates, and slow support. With OpenMirai I customize what I need, ship fast, and the platform handles payments and security for me, so I can focus on the product
+20%course sales efficiency
+30%easier student learning
15-20%less admin and ops work
1 dayto launch a new course
Built and launched on OpenMiraiEvery page below is a live Pixelmath surface running on OpenMirai's website builder
“OpenMirai is the sweet spot, fair monthly fee, zero commission, and the platform takes care of everything I'd normally have to babysit”
I spent weeks wrestling with WordPress, and Google Classroom still did not fit. With OpenMirai, I can focus fully on the product and content.
3 daysfrom signup to first published course
0%platform commission on every sale
From WordPress headaches to the course-selling sweet spot
Both teams moved from messy LMS stacks to one OpenMirai plan, and keep every baht.
- AI website editor
- Automated payments
- Content protection
- Built-in analytics
Common questions about switching to OpenMirai
See OpenMirai side by side with YouTube Private Link
Spin up a free OpenMirai workspace, import a sample course from YouTube Private Link, and run the same lesson on both platforms in an afternoon
