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Thinkific

Thinkific

Courses, communities, and digital products

88/100Scorecommunity

Price

$54/mo

Used by

35,000+ businesses www.thinkific.com

Model

paid

Best for

Course creators

Quick Verdict — Score: 88/100

A mature course platform that now bundles communities alongside its strong commerce tools, so creators can sell courses and run member spaces in one place.

Who Is This For

Experts and businesses selling online courses who want community as an add-on to a proven course-selling engine.

Who Is This NOT For

Teams wanting a community-first product where discussion, not courses, is the core experience.

Pros

  • +Deep course-building and eCommerce feature set
  • +Community included from the Basic plan up
  • +White-label and API access on higher tiers
  • +Low 2.9% processing via Thinkific Payments

—Cons

  • -No free tier, only a 30-day trial
  • -Community capped by plan (1 to 3 spaces)
  • -Branded mobile app is a paid add-on
  • -Advanced analytics and SSO reserved for Plus

Key Features

Unlimited courses: Build and sell unlimited courses on every paid plan.
Communities: Run member spaces alongside courses (1 on Basic, 3 on Grow).
eCommerce essentials: Checkout, order bumps, gifting, coupons, and abandoned-cart recovery.
Memberships and subscriptions: Sell payment plans, bundles, and recurring memberships from the Start plan.
Live Zoom sessions and coaching: Host unlimited live sessions and coaching from the Start plan.
White-label: Remove Thinkific branding and use custom domains on Grow and up.
API and webhooks: Programmatic access and integrations available on Grow.
AI teaching assistant: AI-assisted teaching features included on the Plus plan.

Pricing Breakdown

  • Basic: ($54/mo ($40/mo annual)): Unlimited courses, 1 community, up to 5 digital products, custom domain.. Start: ($109/mo ($82/mo annual)): Adds live Zoom, certificates, quizzes, payment plans, memberships, HTML/CSS editor.. Grow: ($219/mo ($164/mo annual)): Adds white-label, 3 communities, B2B/group orders, API, priority support.. Plus: (Custom): Enterprise: dedicated support, AI assistant, SSO, SCORM, CRM integrations.

Starting Price

$54/mo

Pricing Model

paid

Free Tier

No

Quick Setup Guide

  1. Start the 30-day free trial and pick a plan.
  2. Connect a custom domain and set up branding.
  3. Build your first course with the course builder.
  4. Create a community space for members.
  5. Configure Thinkific Payments or a third-party processor.
  6. Set up checkout, pricing, and any memberships.

Bottom Line

Thinkific is a safe, scalable pick if courses are your core product and community is a valuable add-on rather than the whole platform.

What Users Say

Genuine reviews from public platforms. Each linked to its source. How our reviews work →

D

Daniel Doornink (@daniel_doornink)

via Product Hunt
Source

BE AWARE: Horrible platform, immediately forces you to enter credit card information before you can even check out the platform.

B

Becky M. (Accountability Coach, Professional Training)

via Capterra
Source

It's a platform built for courses, and does that incredibly well, but it can't handle digital downloads, memberships, or coaching programs.

J

Joe G. (VP of Marketing, Financial Services)

via Capterra
Source

It made it easy to create and host our digital course, though the WYSIWYG editor could produce prettier text layouts.

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