Thinkific
An all-in-one platform for creating, marketing, and selling online courses, with a drag-and-drop builder, memberships, communities, and built-in payments.
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Description
Turning what you know into a paid course used to mean assembling video hosting, a payment processor, and a separate community tool yourself, like building furniture from parts bought at three different stores. Thinkific bundles the course builder, payments, and community into one kit.
Thinkific offers a drag-and-drop course builder, membership and community features, and integrated payment processing, priced across four tiers: Basic (€53/mo), Start (€107/mo), Grow (€213/mo), and Plus (custom), all with a 30-day free trial and 25% savings on annual billing; a branded mobile app is a €199/month add-on. It's aimed at entrepreneurs and content creators selling expertise, educational institutions, and businesses expanding revenue through online or customer education.
💬 Our review
The short version: Thinkific is a safe, mature choice if you want to turn expertise into a sellable course without stitching together separate tools for hosting, payments, and community — the tradeoff is a real monthly cost starting around €53, not a free-forever plan.
Against Teachable (a close, similarly priced direct competitor), Thinkific is typically seen as offering more flexibility in course structure and better community/membership features. Against Kajabi (which bundles broader marketing tools like email and funnels at a higher price point), Thinkific is more focused specifically on course delivery and correspondingly cheaper at the entry tier. If your core need is purely hosting a course with payments, Thinkific's Basic tier is likely enough; if you need integrated email marketing and sales funnels too, Kajabi may save you from paying for multiple tools. <!-- ai-generated -->
💰 Pricing
📊 Global score
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Basic 53€/mois · Start 107€/mois · Grow 213€/mois · Plus sur devis · -25% en annuel
Pros
Constructeur de cours drag-and-drop complet
Fonctions de communauté et d'adhésion intégrées
Paiements intégrés
Cons
Pas de palier gratuit permanent, à partir de 53€/mois
App mobile en marque blanche facturée en supplément