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Teachable vs Thinkific
Priced at four sizes on whatever each one charges by, the features checked against both pricing pages, and my own verdict on each.
Take Teachable if you want the least admin to get a course on sale and a mature platform with a large creator base. Take Thinkific if you want a mature platform with a large creator base and keeping every dollar of your sales. Teachable charges by products and Thinkific by students, so there is no single crossover. At a typical setup Thinkific is $35 a month cheaper ($54 at 500 students against $89 at 10 products).
What each one actually costs
The real monthly figure at four sizes with the add-ons each platform forces on you included, from the same engine the shortlist quiz uses. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row. Teachable charges by products and Thinkific by students, so each column is priced at its own sizes, smallest to largest.
| Teachable | Thinkific | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size 1 of 4 | $89 at 3 products | $54 at 100 students | $35 |
| Size 2 of 4 | $89 at 10 products | $54 at 500 students | $35 |
| Size 3 of 4 | $189 at 25 products | $54 at 2,000 students | $135 |
| Size 4 of 4 | $189 at 100 products | $54 at 10,000 students | $135 |
What is actually different
- Thinkific lists building the course with AI and a community where Teachable does not, which is their own wording rather than something we verified.
What I found
Condensed from my own reviews. Every line links to the second I said it, so you can check any of it. Prices in the table above are from this week; the videos are older and the figures in them are not.
Teachable
Teachable is a robust, affordable platform with good AI features that's really easy to get up and running for individual course creators.
- It's really set up for individual course creators looking for an easy platform to get started with. 17:47
- You can get started on the cheapest plan, which was the cheapest option I had covered at that point. 18:30
- The AI generates course outlines for you, giving you the structure so you can then add videos and images. 21:29
- On the cheapest plan you pay a transaction fee if you take payments through it. 18:22
From my review, March 2025. Watch it
Thinkific
I have not used Thinkific, so there is no verdict from me on this one. Everything else on this page still applies.
Before you sign up to either
| Teachable | Thinkific | |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | 7 days | 30 days |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Contract | Monthly, or annual; 30-day money-back guarantee | Monthly, or annual |
| Payment fee | None on top | None on top |
Reading further
The full price ladder, every plan and the add-ons charged on top are on each platform's own page. If neither of these two is quite it, each page also has the alternatives ranked against it.
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Neither, or not sure?
A head to head only helps once you have picked the two. The shortlist asks 8 questions about what you sell and how many students you have, and gives you four picks priced at your own numbers, from all 19.
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