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title: How to pick the right plan based on Cohorts  you plan to offer
description: In Season I, we released Cohorts on every plan. This guide includes everything you need to pick the right plan.
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# How to pick the right plan based on Cohorts  you plan to offer

With the launch of Season 1: Cohort, we now include Cohorts on every Pathwright Plan (previously, they were generally available only on the Complete or Enterprise plans).

Now that we're opening up Cohorts for everyone, there's a more apparent distinction between a Cohort and a Course:

- **Courses** are the guided step-by-step path filled with actionable learning *content*. They're best viewed as a template or playbook that supports a real-life learning experience.
- **Cohorts** are a unique group of people on a learning path together. In Cohorts, *at* *least* half of the learning experience comes from discussion and feedback, not content. A Cohort may start on the same path as everyone else, but their path adapts to their unique set of interests as they make progress.

[Our plan features and prices](https://grow.pathwright.com/pricing/plan/) remain the same as before, except that each plan now includes one or more in-progress Cohorts per course:

- **Starter** includes **1** in-progress Cohort per course
- **Essentials** includes **3** in-progress Cohorts per course
- **Complete** & **Enterprise** include **unlimited** in-progress Cohort per course

## Wait, what's an in-progress Cohort?

An "in-progress Cohort" is precisely what it sounds like - it's a Cohort where teachers and learners are actively completing steps, sharing feedback, engaging in discussion, and more.

Once a Cohort is finished, you [can mark it as complete](https://app.intercom.com/a/apps/5txzvi2k/articles/articles/5180927/show).

Here's the important thing to keep in mind as you plan your budget: plans only account for *in-progress* Cohorts. It doesn't matter how many completed Cohorts a course has.

Also, **in-progress Cohorts are counted on a per-course basis.** So if you're on the Essentials plan with 3 Cohorts per course, you could have 7 or 23 or 285 or any number of courses with up to 3 Cohorts *each*.

## The Starter Plan is a good choice when you only have one Cohort in progress at a time.

For instance, if you teach a Spring and Fall Semester of a course, only one needs to be in progress at a time. This plan is also a good choice if you offer your course via a Cohort that's available for people to take at their own pace and don't offer any private or scheduled versions of the same course via other Cohorts.

## The Essentials Plan is a good choice when you have 2-3 Cohorts in progress simultaneously.

For example, if you offer the same course to 2-3 different study groups or teams simultaneously, each with a unique set of members.

Or, perhaps you offer a self-paced version of your course in one Cohort and a scheduled version with feedback as another higher value Cohort. (This is quite effective and recommended.)

## If you need to have 4+ Cohorts in progress or to [enable people to create their own private Cohorts](./member-created-cohorts-allow-anyone-to-lead-a-private-group.help.md), then the Complete Plan is the right fit.

On the Complete Plan or Enterprise Plan, there's no limit to how many Cohorts can be in progress for a given course at any one time. Some educators have had *thousands of* Cohorts in progress for just one course!

*If you have any questions about what plan is right for your scenario just use the chat bubble to ask a question or email hello@pathwright.com.*