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Create, market and sell online courses with Thinkific
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Platforms supported
Support options
Training options
Value for money
4.3
/5
164
Starting from
49
Per month
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Functionality
4.3
/5
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Total features
88
15 categories
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Overall Rating
4.5
/5
164
Positive reviews
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10
5
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Jonathan T.
Co-Founder
E-Learning, 1-10 employees
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Jonathan T.: I'm Jonathan. We teach personal finance online and I give Thinkific four out of five stars....
Shawn B.
Coach
Health, Wellness and Fitness, self-employed
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Shawn B.: Hey, my name is Shawn. I'm a professional life coach. I give think Thinkific a 4 out of 5....
Michelle G.
Marketing and Advertising, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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Overall the experience has been excellent over the past four years. I have to add that the Thinkific Helpdesk is genuinely helpful, and their response time is lightning fast. They have an option for "how urgent is your issue?" when you submit your help ticket, and if you select "urgent," they actually get back to you very quickly, as in, within a few hours. This is essential when your income comes from your course website and you need help updating or fixing something!
I love that Thinkific is comprehensive so I get to focus on content creation and student outreach. Thinkific manages the payment portal and moves students smoothly through the course experience. In a lot of ways, it's set-it-and-forget-it, meaning - once you have a course set up the way you want inside Thinkific, students move through it beautifully and all you have to worry about is getting new students!
My only suggestion for Thinkific would be to provide a few more options for testimonials layouts on the sales/landing pages. I'd like more flexibility and options to showcase or emphasize certain student experiences... but otherwise, I wouldn't change anything.
Karen C.
Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
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Amazing! I highly recommend the software and the team. For the money, you cannot do any better!
I love the customer support and training. I was able to launch my program in two hours with no assistance. The Quick Start program is an amazing example of what we should all aspire to in our online training videos. The software is easy to navigate and has some beautiful templates to help jumpstart user progress.
I was a little limited with the amount and layout of content on the course sales pages. Wish options here were more flexible. Also, the reporting at my subscription level is a little time-consuming requiring exports to Excel to confirm actual totals each time. It's easy enough to work around, however, and I have found customer support to be exceptional at helping me with some of my more creative workarounds.
Korinne L.
Education Management, 1-10 employees
Used weekly for 1-2 years
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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...
I was so excited to find this product and thought it would be ideal for my needs
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,...
Ana M.
E-Learning, self-employed
Used daily for less than 6 months
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Building the sales page was ridiculously simple. The templates kept the process streamlined and allowed for simple edits as needed. Love the opportunity to build my course with so many options for various types of learners and delivering content in different ways to keep students engaged.
In the course management page, I would love the ability to map out the various elements within each section, even if I don’t have the content ready to upload yet (ie, I want a video to go here and a worksheet to go there, but they aren’t complete yet)
Anne Z.
Used weekly for 6-12 months
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It allows a person to publish an online course and customize everything, including the price you sell it for. Thinkific has everything you need to be successful. AND they offer lots of webinars and training as you need! I look forward to using it more as I grow my online publishing business!
I like that it is customizable. I like that Thinkific offers lots of webinars and help with all aspects of publishing online courses. It allows a couple ways to collect money for your courses. They spell out exactly what to do! For a newbie like me, I began setting things up months ago while I was working on my course. As I completed it, I began uploading the lectures and made some changes to my text...
As expected the free version is basic, so in order to get to some of the good stuff, you have to upgrade. Not a big deal really, since I am producing my first course and need to go slowly.
How does Thinkific work?
How much is Thinkific?
Thinkific offers a free plan, which supports limited courses and unlimited students. The basic plan costs $49 per month and includes unlimited courses, students, and content plus one site admin account. The pro plan costs $99 per month and includes unlimited courses, students, and content plus two site admin accounts. The premier plan costs $499 per month and supports unlimited courses, students, and content plus five site admin accounts. Each plan can be paid annually for a 20% discount.
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