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1 Million+

courses published

$1.9 Billion

earned by creators on Thinkific

378 Million+

course enrollments

Trusted by 800,000+ creators, including:
Later
Hootsuite
Shopify
Keap
CFI

Thinkific vs. Podia

Top FeaturesPodia
Create courses with any content type
Host Coaching sessions or Webinars (free and paid)

On Mover or Shaker plan

Build and deliver Digital Downloads
Learning Communities
Easy to use landing pages, powered by AI
Email and chat support

Email and Live chat only

Student course reviews
Automated tax collection
App integrations

90+ in the Thinkific App Store

Publish Courses

Need to upgrade to paid plan to publish

Why Thinkific? Watch Diamond's Story.

"I started selling courses two years ago and have tried many platforms - LearnWorlds, Kajabi, Kartra - but when I found Thinkific, it completely transformed my entire business.  

The day I signed up for Thinkific, I reached out to support and received a response in less than 30 minutes - something I never experienced with other platforms.

The Bulk Import feature made transitioning from Kartra a breeze. With just a click, I was able to upload all my content seamlessly, saving me time and hassle."

What’s important to education and training businesses?

The right tool can help you build, market, and sell an unforgettable course experience worth paying for. Let’s take a look at some of the differences between Thinkific and Podia.

An easy-to-use course builder is the most important part of any course platform. It should allow you to create an engaging and memorable learning experience for your students.

Podia offers features for solopreneurs and teams of one to build a standard course. Creators looking for deeper learning tools may quickly run into limitations when it comes to building and launching an engaging learning experience that will keep students coming back.

Thinkific offers a course builder designed for growing education businesses and corporate teams. It’s simple and offers the ability to build, launch, and sell an entire course without a big learning curve. Simply put, we offer a design and build experience that is approachable for everyone, and that will drive student engagement and retention.

A great learning experience is vital to your success as an education business. It will help your students learn more effectively and make them want to share it with their friends — helping you grow your business.

Podia offers a no-frills learning experience. Students are brought into an experience that is expected out of any online course platform.

Thinkific offers an unmatched suite of functionality that extends beyond what’s capable in most course platforms. These features help turn a student’s experience from educational to extraordinary. Afterwards, your students have the option to leave reviews that you can share publicly; helping more buyers find your learning offering.

After publishing your course, you need to get it in front of the right audience. Sales and marketing tools enable education and training businesses to gain visibility and earn revenue.

Podia provides a number of sales tools needed and a few basic marketing features to help you earn revenue from your course.

On Thinkific, you can build high-performing landing pages for your digital learning products leveraging AI tools to help you personalize and optimize your content. You can also grow your email list, and roll out automated email flows, with Thinkific's email automation tools. If that's not enough, Thinkific has 90+ integrations in the Thinkific App Store. Gain the extensibility and flexibility of apps like ActiveCampaign, Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Shopify, Salesforce, and many more. These apps are created by developers for Thinkific and can be downloaded, installed, and implemented without any coding required for all Thinkific users.

Thinkific also provides access to an expert marketplace where you can hire marketing consultants who are experts on the Thinkific platform to help you launch your course and generate more sales.

A course platform is a big investment. Not only do you want a tool that fits your budget, but it should also satisfy your needs now and into the future.

Podia offers four pricing tiers specifically for solopreneurs and teams of one. The low entry point gives you access to tools that fit those just starting out.

Thinkific offers tiers for growing education businesses and corporate teams. And with add-on features like a Branded Mobile app ($199/mo) and more, no matter what stage you’re in, you have access to the functionality you need without paying for things you don’t need.

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  • Unlimited Students

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  • Branded Mobile (Add on)

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FAQs

Thinkific is an all-in-one platform allowing anyone to create, market and sell their digital learning products. Whether you're a coach, podcaster, author, consultant, influencer, musician, instructor, or entrepreneur! Share your unique genius.

Thinkific is unique in a few key ways:
1. It's easy to set up and make your own without any coding experience. You get out-of-the-box templates and integrations, plus full ownership over your site so you can customize it according to your brand.
2. It creates an incredible experience for your students at every step, from arriving at your website to completing your course and achieving their goals.
3. You have an entire Support team backing you through your entire journey, plus access to an extensive knowledge base and partner network.
Feel free to take a closer look at how our features compare to other platforms like Teachable, Kajabi, LearnWorlds.

Absolutely! You can find a quick 15 min demo of Thinkific here. It will cover everything from building out your course and customizing your website, to integrating with the business tools you already use and love. We recommend that you sign up so you can follow along with the demo and start building your course right away.

A Thinkific Community is an online learning environment where students can engage in an interactive, communal learning experience. It shifts learning from a 'one-sided' experience to a collaborative, 'two-way' exchange.

Thinkific Communities allow you and your audience to connect globally, build trust and loyalty, and collaborate socially. You can build a community around your existing content to add even more value to your online courses, or create a community as a stand-alone, sellable product!

You can create a dedicated space for students to share knowledge and foster relationships while keeping the focus on your brand. Each community is a dedicated page on your Thinkific site where students and instructors can interact through posts and comments.

Build a new lead and revenue stream with Digital Downloads! Drive leads or launch a new revenue stream by showcasing your unique genius and expertise. Upload or repurpose existing content - common digital downloads include eBooks, PDFs, templates, workbooks, guides, and spreadsheets.

Digital Downloads can also help you get started and earn more, faster. Whether you are just starting with Thinkific or already have existing products, setting up digital downloads is quick and easy - upload your file, price your product, and create a beautiful landing page using AI within minutes, not hours or days.

Forge deeper connections and drive leads and revenue with Coaching & Webinars! Elevate engagement with your audience while boosting your bottom line.

With Coaching & Webinars, you can create and offer access for your 1:1 or 1:many live offerings for your leads and existing customers. Coaching sessions, webinars, or office hours - it can be just about anything you can think of!

Whether you're moving to Thinkific from another learning management system (LMS) or a custom built site, we ensure a seamless transition for you and your students. We'll answer all your questions around content migration and support you with bulk student enrollment so nothing falls through the cracks. Our Support team is committed to ensuring that items like student progress, enrollment dates, and logins are completely transitioned onto our platform.

Curious how Thinkific compares to other platforms?

We've broken down key differences and features below, to help guide your research.

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“We all have a gift that someone needs. Don’t let technology, imposter syndrome, or other limiting beliefs scare you. Just put yourself out there and get started.”

Amanda Schoenberg, Baking for Business
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Produced 7 courses which attracted over 5,000 students

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It’s something that I never thought would happen. My husband and I went from having full-time, stressful jobs to being able to work around our family and earn more money.”

Ellen Daly, Sundown Lines

“When I researched and compared Thinkific to other platforms, it completely blew me away.”

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I chose to use Thinkific because it was very user-friendly, both for me as a course creator and for my students.

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