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Thinkific pricing
Thinkific publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- $36/month
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Thinkific plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $36/month | 6 | Entry tier |
| Start | $74/month | 5 | +$38/month, 5 more features |
| Grow | $149/month | 6 | +$75/month, 6 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Basic
$36/monthThe entry tier. It covers 1 course, up to 500 students, thinkific payments (0% fees), third-party payment (5% fees), basic customization, email delivery.
Start
$74/monthOver Basic, this tier adds:
- Up to 3 courses
- Up to 2,000 students
- Third-party payment (3% fees)
- Knowledge base
- Email templates
Grow
$149/monthOver Start, this tier adds:
- Unlimited courses
- Unlimited students
- Third-party payment (0% fees)
- PayPal support
- Advanced customization
- Priority support
What the product covers
The full Thinkific feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Course builder
- Website builder
- Quizzes
- Certificates
- Communities
- Memberships
- Marketing tools
- Analytics
Integrations
- Zapier
- Mailchimp
- ConvertKit
- Stripe
- PayPal
Platform
- Web support
- IOS support
- Android support
People bring Thinkific in for course creation, membership sites, coaching programs, corporate training. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Thinkific are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Learning Management
Too few learning management tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thinkific (this page) | $36/month | - | - | |
| Docebo | On request | subscription | - | vs Thinkific |
| Cornerstone OnDemand | On request | quote | - | vs Thinkific |
| Canvas | $5/student-year | - | - | vs Thinkific |
| Cornerstone Learning | On request | subscription | - | vs Thinkific |
| Coursera | Free, then $59/month | - | - | vs Thinkific |
| Absorb LMS | On request | subscription | - | vs Thinkific |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Thinkific badges page.
Before you pay for Thinkific
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $36/month and $149/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Thinkific against the tools that do have one before committing.
Thinkific runs on web, mobile, and is published by Thinkific Labs Inc of Vancouver, Canada. The full record is on the Thinkific review, and the rest of the category is under best learning management tools.
Thinkific pricing questions
- How much does Thinkific cost?
- Thinkific publishes 3 tiers, from $36/month for Basic up to $149/month for Grow. The cheapest paid tier is $36/month.
- Does Thinkific have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Basic and Start on Thinkific?
- Start costs $74/month against $36/month, and adds up to 3 courses, up to 2,000 students, third-party payment (3% fees), knowledge base.
- Is the Grow plan on Thinkific worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is unlimited courses, unlimited students, third-party payment (0% fees), paypal support. It costs $149/month against $36/month for Basic. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which learning management tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 8 learning management tools listed alongside Thinkific have a free tier: Coursera, ClassDojo.
- What am I actually paying for with Thinkific?
- The record lists 16 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for course creation, membership sites, coaching programs.
- Does Thinkific charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Thinkific prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Thinkific against before paying?
- The closest learning management tools in this directory are Docebo, Cornerstone OnDemand, Canvas, Cornerstone Learning. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Thinkific covering price, platforms and features.