Who Uses Thinkific?
Everyone from small businesses, consultants, coaches, authors, speakers, and trainers to professional associations, larger companies and universities use Thinkific today.
What Is Thinkific?
Thinkific is an all-in-one online course platform that empowers anyone to quickly create and deliver stunning courses on their own branded site. Whether your goal is to educate your customers, to sell courses to earn revenue or to simply grow your brand and engage your audience, Thinkific makes it easy.
Join thousands of consultants, experts, authors, speakers, trainers, teachers, coaches, professional associations, and companies, and start selling courses on Thinkific today.
Thinkific Details
Thinkific
http://www.thinkific.com
Founded 2012
Thinkific pricing overview
See pricing plansThinkific has a free version and offers a free trial. Thinkific paid version starts at USD 49.00/month.
Starting Price
USD 49.00/month See pricing details
Free Version
Yes
Free Trial
Yes, get a free trial
Thinkific deployment and support
Support
- Business Hours
- Online
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web
Training
- Live Online
- Webinars
- Documentation
Thinkific Features
Classroom Management Software
Vendor has not completed this information.
Course Authoring Software
- Audio/Video Recording
- Gamification
- Interactive Learning
- SCORM Compliance
- Storyboarding
- Template Management
- Tests/Assessments
Employee Engagement Software
Vendor has not completed this information.
Learning Experience Platform (LXP) Software
- Built-in Course Authoring
- Content Sharing
- Employee Portal
- Gamification
- Microlearning
- Mobile Learning
- Multi-User Collaboration
- Recommendations
- Reporting/Analytics
- Self-Service Content Curation
- Social Learning
- Third Party Course Library
View full list of Learning Experience Platform (LXP) Software
Learning Management Systems
- Academic/Education
- Asynchronous Learning
- Blended Learning
- Built-in Course Authoring
- Corporate/Business
- Gamification
- Learner Portal
- Mobile Learning
- SCORM Compliance
- Synchronous Learning
- Video Conferencing
- eCommerce
- eLearning Companies
Student Engagement Software
Vendor has not completed this information.
Training Software
- Academic/Education
- Asynchronous Learning
- Blended Learning
- Built-in Course Authoring
- Built-in LMS
- Certification Management
- Corporate/Business
- Learner Portal
- Mobile Learning
- Simulation
- Synchronous Learning
- Training Companies
- eCommerce
eLearning Authoring Tools
- Content Import / Export
- Course Publishing
- Gamification
- Instructor-Led Courses
- Interactive Content
- PowerPoint Conversion
- Self-Paced Courses
- Storyboarding
- Template Management
- Test / Quiz Creation
- Video Management
Thinkific Alternatives
More Thinkific alternatives
Thinkific Reviews
Read all reviewsOverall rating
Average score
Pamela K.
-
Overall Rating5 /5
-
Ease of Use5 /5
-
Features & Functionality5 /5
-
Customer Support5 /5
-
Value for Money5 /5
-
Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 21/04/2020
"This is where I have my courses"
Comments: Anytime I have a problem their tech support is great. And I haven't had any tech problems with the platform - my students are happy and use it easily.
Pros: When I was researching all the different software for course hosting, I liked that this had a place to upload documents in the discussions. That might be really important for people teaching code or other products. Then I'm glad I choose this one because others take a % of income AND you have to wait longer for money.
Cons: The layout isn't as clean and modern as others - I'm hoping that will be updated at some point. It's a little ugly.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 21/04/2020
Verified Reviewer
-
Overall Rating5 /5
-
Ease of Use4 /5
-
Features & Functionality4 /5
-
Customer SupportUnrated
-
Value for Money5 /5
-
Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 10/12/2019
"Fills a gap in this space with enthusiasm!"
Comments: Blackboard Course sites, Moodle, and Instructure Canvas are great products, but you have to invest in additional solutions to collect payments, etc. for selling the online courses. Thinkific does all this in 1 system with more options for site design than the big education players do. Some of the features could be more well-thought-out, but for a non-LMS company, it is incredibly easy to set up and allows you to design instructional sound materials.
Pros: I liked that you could design the access portal, the courses, and the payment methods all in 1 interface without any needs for additional products. I particularly enjoy how easy it is to set the courses up if you have your curriculum designed.
Cons: I wish there was an option to be able to have access to all the course features without fees. We are a startup and just are not in a position to charge for courses yet, meaning this would be a huge investment for us that we are not willing to make. It would be great if you could get a 6month burn-in period to test and market before going live.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 10/12/2019
Jessie L.
-
Overall Rating5 /5
-
Ease of Use5 /5
-
Features & Functionality5 /5
-
Customer Support5 /5
-
Value for Money5 /5
-
Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 09/01/2021
"Launched my first course!"
Comments: Overall I'm super happy with my experience. I've spent the last few months editing my course based on feedback from the beta and am almost done setting up my first official launch. Excited to keep growing here!
Pros: I spent last year writing my first professional training course and was looking for a platform to use for the beta run. I wanted something that could handle the multi-media aspect of the delivery of my course, but that was also easy to set up for a non-techy beginner as I didn't have an assistant to set it up for me. Thinkific fit this need perfectly.
Cons: If anything the aesthetic of the platform could be a bit better (personal preference). While it is easy to follow it's just not as sleek as I'd like. And as a non-web-designer, I'd like to be able to customize the course landing pages to fit my brand with a bit more DIY ease.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 09/01/2021
Korinne L.
-
Overall Rating3 /5
-
Ease of Use1 /5
-
Features & Functionality2 /5
-
Customer Support1 /5
-
Value for Money1 /5
-
Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 22/10/2019
"Customer Service Very Disappointing"
Comments: Very frustrating! Not a customer-friendly service. While they are friendly and say they hope you are having a nice day, they do not answer questions (or apparently read email chains). There is no support for European customers I fed this back to them when I first signed up around 2 years ago and nothing has changed. I have given them all of the feed back given here but they do not take any action. Waiting at least a day for an answer is totally unacceptable. What makes it even more frustrating is that, after waiting for a reply, they ask for information that was already included in your original email (and then you have to wait another day for a response). It just seems as though they work at their convenience, not the customer's. And yet they are happy to take the subscriptions when they are not providing an adequate service.
Pros: I was so excited to find this product and thought it would be ideal for my needs
Cons: The software is not user-friendly. I was hoping that it would be more straightforward and my staff have also commented that is it not user-friendly. There is nobody to call when you have a query and can only email. It takes them a day to get back to you. And we are based in the UK and with the time difference, we have to wait at least a day for an answer. What makes it even more frustrating is that, after waiting for a reply, they ask for information that was already included in your original email (and then you have to wait another day for a response). I sent a query on Monday asking how to do something and the reply said 'see instructions below' and there were no instructions there. In the same email, they asked me to confirm the email address (which I had emailed them on and they had clearly not tried this). I responded right away and just got an email asking how they could help me! (They clearly had not read the email chain). It is now 9pm at night on Tuesday and will be at least Wednesday afternoon with the time difference until I may get a reply and actually proceed.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 22/10/2019
Sharon H.
-
Overall Rating4 /5
-
Ease of Use4 /5
-
Features & Functionality4 /5
-
Customer Support4 /5
-
Value for Money4 /5
-
Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 02/12/2020
"Feel Confident in the Basics"
Comments: Thinkific is a strong performer for the price. It covers a lot of ground for course management needs from the all sides: student, teacher and administrative. You get many capabilities for video, text, downloads, discussions that serve different learning styles. The login, registration and payment system works well. Support can get you through even non-standard apps connections though it takes time and back/forth on email and phone.
Pros: Thinkific covers course the basics very well. It also provides strong administrative functions to support the student and teacher. Payment works well too.
Cons: The question import and question change functions need to be improved. Currently, they are unwieldy and time consuming. Support could be easier to connect to. But, as seems to be everywhere, you have to start with an email or chat.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 02/12/2020
