Thinkific or Teachable – Where should you host your online courses?

​Hola Grumers!

I’ve been hosting and selling all my courses on Thinkific for a few years now at Grumo School.

The other main alternative is Teachable, but after trying both, I decided to go for Thinkific. 

There are 6 reasons why I chose Thinkific:

1. Innovation: they keep bringing new features almost every week. Recently, they upgraded their checkout pages to increase conversions, and I’ve already seen an increase in sales after the change.
2. Great support: Thinkific has grown a lot in just a few short years. They have close to 100 employees now, and many of them are dedicated to providing fast and efficient support.
3. Customization: their new landing page builder is extremely powerful and easy to use. You can create high converting pages with a few clicks that include testimonials, call to actions, FAQ’s, logos, and even count down timers for upcoming launches.
4. Integrations: they have integrations with most email marketing providers, Stripe, PayPal, and Zapier for automations. These integrations help you send messages automatically based on student behaviour and provide better support.
5. Free Plan: Unlike Teachable, Thinkific offers a free plan that allows you to publish up to 3 courses for free. It’s a great way to test the platform at no risk and start making sales.
6. Canadian based: Living in Canada, it feels great to support a local startup here in Vancouver. I’ve been to their headquarters a couple of times and even met Greg Smith, their super friendly CEO.

​Teachable is a great alternative and offers many similar features, however recently, they got acquired by Hotmart, a Brazilian edtech platform, which makes their future uncertain as now they are under different management.

Now, I know many of you are looking for a robust place to host your courses. The other alternative is using WordPress and a plugin to manage courses. I used to do that, but after a few years I became very frustrated trying to maintain my own hosting infrastructure (continuous updates, failing plugins, unreliable payment integration, security issues, etc.)

Ok, I’m completely biased when it comes to making a fair comparison between Thinkific and Teachable. I’ve tried both, and I personally like more Thinkific. I’m also an affiliate for both and have promoted both on previous posts. However, it’s hard to ignore the fact Thinkific offers a free plan which includes tons of features you would have to pay a lot for on other platforms.

If you want to test Thinkific for free you can use my affiliate link here → https://grumo.com/thinkific

If you decide to upgrade, you can use this link to get a free month of their Pro account → HERE

Also, last week, I created a full tutorial showing how to create your first course on Thinkific that you can watch below ↓

Which hosting platform do you prefer?

Let me know in the comments!

Peace, Love, Cookies.

Miguel @ Grumo.com

P.S: For a more detailed comparison between Thinkific and Teachable check this article.

P.2: More free tutorials? I’m trying to publish tutorials more often on Youtube. If you don’t want to miss them, make sure to subscribe to my channel → HERE

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