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Über Thinkific
Thinkific ist ein cloudbasiertes LMS (Learning Management System), mit dem Nutzer Online-Kurse erstellen, vermarkten und verkaufen können. Zu den wichtigsten Funktionen gehören die Erstellung von Kursen, Marketing und Vertrieb...
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- Branche: Finanzdienstleistungen
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 2 Jahre genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
The best online course platform for those who are starting out.
Excellent, it has helped us get more clients and earn more money without having to set up a website from scratch.
Vorteile
The number of options available and the affordable price.
Nachteile
Poor HTML editor. I hope they can improve this.
- Branche: Informationstechnologie & -dienste
- Unternehmensgröße: 11–50 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Fills a gap in this space with enthusiasm!
Blackboard Course sites, Moodle, and Instructure Canvas are great products, but you have to invest in additional solutions to collect payments, etc. for selling the online courses. Thinkific does all this in 1 system with more options for site design than the big education players do. Some of the features could be more well-thought-out, but for a non-LMS company, it is incredibly easy to set up and allows you to design instructional sound materials.
Vorteile
I liked that you could design the access portal, the courses, and the payment methods all in 1 interface without any needs for additional products. I particularly enjoy how easy it is to set the courses up if you have your curriculum designed.
Nachteile
I wish there was an option to be able to have access to all the course features without fees. We are a startup and just are not in a position to charge for courses yet, meaning this would be a huge investment for us that we are not willing to make. It would be great if you could get a 6month burn-in period to test and market before going live.
Warum Thinkific gewählt wurde
Easier to configure and set up and did not require additional setup or management.Zuvor genutzte Software
MoodleGründe für den Wechsel zu Thinkific
Payment portal and customization features.- Branche: E-Learning
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Stick with wordpress
We just moved our members to Thinkific. I like some features but mostly it was a big mistake. But we're kind of stuck here now. I'm not changing again since we're looking to sell soon.
This was part of the reason for the move, when we sell we wanted to make it an easier transition than a whole bunch of wordpress logins everywhere.
But ultimately, I got caught up in the hype around these course platforms. I have tested pretty much all of them, and they make the UI look and feel great. But then once you start working in there you become super limited in what's achievable.
I've had another reality check now. Honestly, I just don't understand why people use them. It's like going back 10 years in time for the page builders.
Wordpress is far superior than anything else out there. Even though it can be a little clunky at times too. And the UI & UX is nowhere near as good. But it costs a fraction of the price of every other platform and you can do 10x more. Even when using the best plugins.
Ultimately, the benefits of this platform definitely do not outweigh the limitations it has. And definitely not when you are paying 5-10x the price tag.
Mostly I am writing this here to keep myself accountable moving forward lol. You would think that after 8 years I'd be smarter than this by now. But nope 🙄😂
Vorteile
Easy login process for members and easier to upgrade into other courses, easier to use coupon codes, etc
Single dashboard for partners, users and affiliates. This is the main issue we are trying to solve in the best way possible.
Easier to display the courses on the site like an education company. Less design needed which is good for our VA's.
A mobile app included, but it's super basic and not at all impressive
Nachteile
We had to manually import every student and bulk enroll them into every course individually. The bulk enroll will only run 1 import at a time. So it took about 2-days to import them for every course
We had to individually add every single affiliate because they don't have bulk enroll. It's taken my VA 3 days to do since we have over 300 affiliates. We're also going to have to manually pay them each month.
The only way Thinkific is useful is if you buy a bunch of plugins so you can build a proper website. That then causes caching issues.
The video player is old an outdated. We have to now go back and manually add every SRT file. It doesn't auto-generate like most players do these days. This will take a VA about a week to do.
They also don't have an inbuilt API that when a subscription member cancels to remove a tag from your CRM. This blows my mind. It's simple, standard practice for any membership platform. So we have to use Zapier instead which adds another unneccesary cost.
Support team is fairly unhelpful. All they do is send you to a document. They don't every help in any other way. For example, we just wanted to change the font size for the header menu. It had to be done in code. Would have taken someone on their team with develper knowledge 30 seconds to do or point us in the right direction. They wouldn't do it.
Die besten Alternativen zu Thinkific
- Branche: E-Learning
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
I Think Not
Its a good software with friendly support, but if you're a small business launching its first course there are better value products in the market.
Vorteile
Interface is modern and is easy to navigate. Easy to remove and add content. No lagging with video and other features which provide an excellent end user experience.
Is a proven learning system used by millions globally.
It is easy to move away from Thinkific.
Nachteile
Have to use a lot of 3rd party vendors due to product limitations. So you can not add a blog page, have to use Thinkifics recommended providers, they are very expensive.
Recently Thinkific announced Stripe and other payment terminals can not be used, again you have you their providers.
Setting up meta tags for social media marketing was easy, and support couldnt help. So I had pay someone to sort this out.
They need more custom options building website, currently too basic.
In Betracht gezogene Alternativen
TeachableGründe für den Wechsel zu Thinkific
Price and end user experience- Branche: Unterhaltung
- Unternehmensgröße: Selbstständig
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
This is where I have my courses
Anytime I have a problem their tech support is great. And I haven't had any tech problems with the platform - my students are happy and use it easily.
Vorteile
When I was researching all the different software for course hosting, I liked that this had a place to upload documents in the discussions. That might be really important for people teaching code or other products. Then I'm glad I choose this one because others take a % of income AND you have to wait longer for money.
Nachteile
The layout isn't as clean and modern as others - I'm hoping that will be updated at some point. It's a little ugly.
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TeachableGründe für den Wechsel zu Thinkific
Thinkific had the ability to upload docs in the discussion area of courses. And doesn't charge a transaction fee.- Branche: Marketing & Werbung
- Unternehmensgröße: Selbstständig
- Wöchentlich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Great Course Platform
Thinkific is much better than trying to remember to share Google Drive links with people to watch courses. It also looks much more professional.
Vorteile
Thinkfic integrates well with CRM systems which is so important to manage leads and data. It works well with Zapier as well which gives numerous possibilities.
Nachteile
I wish some things were a bit more clear. It provides the ability to have courses that renew or memberships but doesn't do great on the backend of highlighting pros and cons of each.
- Branche: Marketing & Werbung
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 2 Jahre genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Using Thinkific has helped me grow my business!
LOVE thinkific!
Vorteile
It's so easy to use, has great tutorials and their support is amazing.
Nachteile
It's gotten more technical over the years and really now a designer is needed to create beautiful landing pages unless you have time to figure it out.
In Betracht gezogene Alternativen
Udemy BusinessGründe für den Wechsel zu Thinkific
Easier to use and no one critiqued my course to allow it to be on the platform- Branche: Professionelles Training & Coaching
- Unternehmensgröße: Selbstständig
- Wöchentlich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
A great platform, but not as robust as others
Thinkific was fine for when I started selling courses, but ultimately it wasn't the right tool for my business and needs.
Vorteile
This is a platform built for courses, and as such, it does that incredibly well. If you are only looking for somewhere to sell courses and are most concerned with those looking great and being well built for your customers, then this is a great program.
Nachteile
I really wanted a platform that could handle more than just courses (ie, also selling digital downloads, memberships, and 1:1 coaching programs). Thinkific isn't made to do everything because they focus on doing one thing really well. If you're looking for a jack of all trades rather than a master of one, this probably isn't for you.
In Betracht gezogene Alternativen
TeachableGründe für den Wechsel zu Thinkific
I chose Thinkific because I had heard good reviews from some of my peers using it and it was easy to set up for someone who wasn't well versed in course management platforms.- Branche: Finanzdienstleistungen
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Weitere für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
The Best Online Course Creator
We started with an idea to help colleagues and turned it into a course. Thinkific allowed us to get our idea out of our heads and into reality, and a usable product people could buy & use.
Vorteile
Thinkific made it easy to create & host our digital course for financial advisors. With any platform there is a learning curve at the beginning. Thinkific's support team was always quick to reply and help us learn the ropes.
Nachteile
I don't really have any complaints. It would be nice if the WYSIWYG editor were as good as Apple Pages, and turned out prettier text layouts in the templates. But, it's good enough.
- Branche: Medienproduktion
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Wöchentlich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Fun and Flexible Course Platform
I found Thinkific to be very satisfying. I had everything I needed to launch a single course on the free plan (one free single course), but I was looking for a fully-integrate funnel solution, so I went with a competitor that had that feature. But this will be very good for most users.
Vorteile
It is very easy to get up and running with Thinkific. The course templates are a breeze to edit; users can easily see how to add and edit content, and the presentation is slick and professional.
Nachteile
Thinkific does not have an integrated email marketing feature, but users can connect MailChimp, et al., with Zapier. The design templates look okay until the user starts to change fonts and adds more content, then they start to look like a Wordpress template. Not bad, but not slick.
In Betracht gezogene Alternativen
TeachableGründe für den Wechsel zu Thinkific
Teachable takes too big a cut from sales, while Kajabi is very expensive.- Branche: Computer-Software
- Unternehmensgröße: Selbstständig
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Terrible Experience - DO NOT USE
Absolutely terrible. They bait and switched me to take my initial month's fee. Let me launch my course, then deactivated my course without warning. Had to really look bad in front of my students and wasted a bunch of time and money. DO NOT USE!
Vorteile
My experience getting onboarded onto the product looked great and was easy. I am getting ready to sell a digital course and Thinkific checked all the boxes.
Setting up a course and landing page was simple enough on the free trial. Eventually, I upgraded to the paid version so that I could offer coupon codes as well.
Nachteile
I had everything ready to go on my course. All my content was uploaded and the landing page was set. I got ready to offer pre-sales for my course to gauge interest and check my pricing (which is a standard practice in the course world). I sent an email to my mailing list with the link to the course landing page and things started off well. A few people started to pre-order then... after an hour it just stopped.
I started getting emails from people that the link to my course was broken. I tried to login into the site and I could not. Trying to recover my password didn't work. It was as if my site had been deleted with no notice. I tried to chat with support, but was directed to an AI bot that was useless and even though I was a paying customer, the phone support refused to help me because I could not login to my account.
I had to send an email to someone which took several days to respond that apparently my account was suspended for "risk" whatever that means and that I would no longer be able to use the site. They could not explain what that meant and didn't seem to care.
In Betracht gezogene Alternativen
Teachable- Branche: Bildungsmanagement
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Wöchentlich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Customer Service Very Disappointing
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 at least a day for an answer is totally unacceptable. What makes it even more frustrating is that, after waiting for a reply, they ask for information that was already included in your original email (and then you have to wait another day for a response).
It just seems as though they work at their convenience, not the customer's. And yet they are happy to take the subscriptions when they are not providing an adequate service.
Vorteile
I was so excited to find this product and thought it would be ideal for my needs
Nachteile
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, after waiting for a reply, they ask for information that was already included in your original email (and then you have to wait another day for a response).
I sent a query on Monday asking how to do something and the reply said 'see instructions below' and there were no instructions there. In the same email, they asked me to confirm the email address (which I had emailed them on and they had clearly not tried this). I responded right away and just got an email asking how they could help me! (They clearly had not read the email chain).
It is now 9pm at night on Tuesday and will be at least Wednesday afternoon with the time difference until I may get a reply and actually proceed.
- Branche: E-Learning
- Unternehmensgröße: 51–200 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 2 Jahre genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Only use if you never want to close account
Ended very badly, we are having our reputation damaged
Vorteile
Easy to set up. Seems reasonably priced
Nachteile
Only use if you never (and I mean never) want to close accountI have been trying to close our thinkific account for a year, it is impossible! It will let you downgrade to a free account but there you are stuck! You might think, that’s ok, they’re now charging you. Well, the problem is that every time you disable a course another one is reactivated. I have just had to refund a load of learners who have managed to sign up and pay for courses that we no longer run.. Not good for business!!!! There are other, better and more cost effective platforms out there.Impossible to speak to a person, Help pages are a joke
- Branche: Marketing & Werbung
- Unternehmensgröße: 201–500 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Good for small, basic needs
Value for the money, attractive front end with little effort.
Vorteile
The way Thinkific presents content, from landing page to course completion page, is beautiful and appealing to the user. There are ample ways to connect with the user through various integrations if desired. It's also useful that you can customize the branding and even your own site theme if you have the available resources to do so! After switching from a sub-par LMS, our users are more engaged and more excited about signing in to consume our courses.
Nachteile
Reporting leaves much to be desired - best count on using Zapier to pull data into a 3rd party for analyzing user progress and completion rates. It's also frustrating that I have to wait for some reports to be emailed to me after requesting them. Perhaps the most frustrating part is that the front-end is designed using Liquid, which is difficult for a novice with basic CSS / HTML knowledge to navigate in order to make small text changes across the site.
- Branche: E-Learning
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Wöchentlich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Think Simple Online Course Creation
Vorteile
I like Thinkific because it offers a simplified way to create, market, and sell online courses all in one platform. Thinkific have many content creation resources to design multimedia online courses or trainings. For example, there's an intuitive drag and drop feature that allows you to create classes, videos, and other digital tools for content with easy placement onto the platform. What makes this platform unique is the Thinkific Academy that is full of resources to walk you through creating, marketing, and selling your content, especially if you are new to this concept. What is great about Thinkific is the ability to customize and brand your online platform using low code development.
Nachteile
Although the interface is simple with a basic look and the ability to use low code development to customize the layout, it does not offer flexibility in making changes to fit your brand. Also, if you are not skilled in frontend development the visual elements of the platform, you will have to pay for additional fees.
- Branche: Religiöse Einrichtungen
- Unternehmensgröße: Selbstständig
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Love it!
I got leads into students who enjoyed this platform. I really loved setting up courses and I think this is a great product.
Vorteile
I really like how easy this system is; they have done a lot to make their platform easy to use. The free plan is good.
Pro's:
Easy to use & navigate
Helpful tutorials
Helpful webinars and manuals to help you get the most and market your courses
Clean crisp look
Responsive for mobile, tablet, and pc's
Nachteile
Pricing for me was the only con; I had purchased a lifetime subscription to another course building platform and decided to switch to that otherwise i'd still be using thinkific.
- Branche: Krankenhausversorgung & Gesundheitswesen
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Wöchentlich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Incredible course creation platform!
A++
Vorteile
I love using Thinkific and wish I'd found it sooner! If I have any questions, their customer service response is outstanding and they even follow up with an email covering the details discussed. The training videos and course guidelines are so helpful. It's so easy to make edits and update course content any time. Stripe is a good company that allows us to sell courses in many other countries, bonus! I'm not tech savy so this program fit like a glove. Thank you so much for your committment to helping others by creating an incredibly user friendly and highly functional program.
Nachteile
I would like to be able to add a course instructors signature to the certificates and better options in the certificate blocks.
- Branche: Finanzdienstleistungen
- Unternehmensgröße: Selbstständig
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Hansomekelly
Covers literally all of my needs and services
Vorteile
The different type of quizzes that I can offer
Nachteile
The growth package monthly payment per student
- Täglich für Mehr als 2 Jahre genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
The best eLearning platform for beginners and experts
Vorteile
I have produced more than 200 online courses and used several platforms. Thinkific is my favorite. I have three schools there. It's easy to use, clean design, and the upgrades are customer-centered.
Nachteile
I don't like the new admin organization. It's text heavy and not intuitive. I prefer simple headers like courses, users, admin, etc.
- Unternehmensgröße: 11–50 Mitarbeiter
- Monatlich für Mehr als 2 Jahre genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
For the non-developer who wants to create great online courses - go with Thinkific
It's just a great piece of software to deploy an online course without having to rely on a expensive developer (like myself.)
Vorteile
I deploy Thinkific to my clients who need to an online course, but don't have the expertise or resources to recruit someone with technology skills. It's really easy with a short learning curve. If building a website with drag/drop tools is easy to you - this is even easier.
Their support is fantastic! Their response time is quick, their team is helpful, and their reply is always clear and coherent. I've spoken to them as both a user, and a developer - and they were always willing to find a way to help me solve things.
Nachteile
For the scenario of building a training program - Thinkific is great - no issues. If I had to say something, like anything - the only thing I can think of is, as a developer - I wish I can build add-ons to extend Thinkific's features. I'm probably in the 1% who wants it, which shows how much Thinkific really thought things
- Branche: Non-Profit-Organisation Management
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Budget Friendly Software for developing your program
Overall I am very happy with this software for my program and it's been a very helpful tool.
Vorteile
I love that it is one of the most budget-friendly software that I know to create an online program on.
Nachteile
I do believe that the software has the potential to grow more and be a little bit more professional looking, I would recommend adding more features and better design options.
- Unternehmensgröße: 11–50 Mitarbeiter
- Wöchentlich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Thinkific is easy to use, the interface is friendly both for the administrator and for the...
I get to sell my courses to students directly and receive a hire percentage than I would on Udemy and Skillshare.
Vorteile
I needed to create online courses to sell directly to students rather than putting all my eggs in one basket... in this case 2 baskets; Udemy and Skillshare. I began looking for cheap or free LMS system, and after vetting my options I was down to two choices Thinkific and Teachable. Thinkific isn't as popular as Teachable so I was already partial, expecting less from it than Teachable. I was surprised that Thinkific was the better option.
Thinkific is easy to use, intuitive and very user-friendly, they have lots of resources on how to create courses. I hit a snag in the video production phase of my courses and I was surprised when they reached out to me, I explained that I hadn't been online as I was still creating my course and they sent links to resources that would help. That was a biggy for me, as I really needed that.
The staff and the software itself has been amazing.
Nachteile
Non really, at least for now. I'm on the free plan which has limited features, I'd need to upgrade to fully explore its capabilities but for now, I'm content
- Branche: Professionelles Training & Coaching
- Unternehmensgröße: Selbstständig
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
A great platform for the less technical
A really great platform that is easy to tailor to my business needs. Where I was unable to make a change to the system defaults, the customer service team made them with out any issues.
Vorteile
Very easy to use and has excellent customer support
Nachteile
For the plan I am on it is a shame there certificate functionality is not available
Gründe für den Wechsel zu Thinkific
Price and functionality- Branche: Bekleidung & Mode
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Not as I expected
Dissapointed
Vorteile
Branded and look profesional, easy to use for startup
Nachteile
All the suscribtion not allowed another admin , I can’t invite freelancer to do the job. And the suscription exeoensive to allow another admin, compare to other platform thinkific is expensive with less feature
- Branche: E-Learning
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Great service
My overall experience with Thinkific has been fantastic and it is currently the cornerstone of our e-learning delivery.
Vorteile
Thinkific is so easy to set-up and has a wealth of customisation options. I like being able to rely on the platform to provide a good experience for users, even at scale.
Nachteile
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