Teachery vs Thinkific
We give Teachery a 2.2 GPA and Thinkific a 2.4, out of 4.0. Thinkific grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Teachery
Simple course builder with one flat-price plan and no sales fees
Thinkific
Course, community and membership platform for experts and academies
How we grade them
| 2.2GPATeacheryFair | 2.4GPAThinkificFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$470 a year, about $39 a month, with every feature and no fee on sales, so $2,000 of sales costs $39 a month: the middle of this category. There's also a $950 lifetime deal, about two years of the yearly plan, marked limited time. | CBasic is $40 a month billed yearly with unlimited courses, and Thinkific takes no fee on sales through Thinkific Payments, whose 2.9% is card processing. So $2,000 of sales costs $40 a month, the middle of this category. Stripe or PayPal can add a gateway fee in some countries. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 14-day free trial, and the listing doesn't say it needs a card. With one plan, there's nothing cheaper to start on. | CNo free plan, but a 30-day trial of the whole platform, as long as any in this category. The listing doesn't say it needs a card. |
| Features | CLessons with embeds, drip or completion unlocking, hubs for memberships and coaching, deep design control, sales pages with upsells and bundles, and affiliates. It does the course job, but the listing shows no quizzes, no built-in email and only lesson comments for community. | BDrag-and-drop courses with quizzes and drip, a community with spaces and events, a site builder, email automation, checkout with order bumps and sales tax, and B2B group orders on Grow. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job. |
| Ease of use | CNo App Store rating on record. The editor autosaves and there are style files and Canva templates, but you're still designing pages and a checkout. | CNo App Store rating on record. It's drag-and-drop, but you're building a course, a site and a checkout, so there's some setting up before you sell. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with Zapier, Make, Pabbly Connect, Canva, Kit, Mailchimp, MailerLite and Flodesk. No mobile apps: students take courses in a browser. | BWeb, with Zoom, Stripe, PayPal, Zapier, HubSpot and Salesforce, and an API on Grow. Students get no app unless you buy the branded one for $199 a month. |
| Best for | a course that looks like your brand, at one price | a full course business with a long free trial |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Teachery and Thinkific. How we grade
Price against what you get
Teachery starts at $49 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Thinkific starts at $40 a month and scores 2.7.
Thinkific scores higher and starts $9 a month lower. Of the other course and community platforms on the chart, 6 score higher than Teachery for less, and none scores higher than Thinkific for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Teachery starts at $49 per month, billed monthly. Thinkific starts at $40 per month, billed annually ($54 billed monthly).
- Teachery also covers templates and no-code.
- Thinkific also covers invoicing and community.
At a glance
| Teachery | Thinkific | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $49 per month, billed monthly | $40 per month, billed annually ($54 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial | 30-day free trial of the whole platform |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Teachery Inc. | Thinkific |
| Price read from | teachery.co | thinkific.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Teachery
- Artists, designers and coaches who want a course that looks like their brand
- Creators who want one flat price with no sales fees
- Designers building course or client hubs for several clients
Thinkific
- Experts selling courses who want a long free trial before paying
- Academies selling seats to companies as well as to individuals
- Course businesses that already run a website elsewhere
Worth knowing
Teachery
- There is one plan with every feature, so there is no cheaper tier for a first course.
- Teachery 4.0 is due on October 20, 2026; the features page says current plans keep their price and get its features.
- The $950 lifetime deal is marked as limited time, with no end date given.
- No mobile apps are listed; students take courses in a browser.
Thinkific
- There is no free plan; the 30-day trial is the only way to try it.
- Stripe and PayPal carry an extra Thinkific gateway fee in some countries that varies by plan; Thinkific Payments charges 2.9%.
- Basic, Start and Grow cap current students at 10,000, and Basic allows 1 admin and 5 digital downloads.
- SSO, SCORM and the AI teaching assistant are only in the Plus plan, which is priced through sales.
Key features
Teachery
- Course editor
- Lessons and sublessons with embed blocks anywhere in the page, autosave, drip schedules or completion-based unlocking, and lesson comments.
- Hubs and memberships
- Access hubs that group courses and downloads for memberships, coaching programs or client onboarding.
- Design control
- Global fonts and color palettes, a style editor, custom CSS, and copy-and-paste style files and Canva templates.
- Sales pages and checkout
- Landing and payment pages with one-time or recurring prices, upsells, bundles, promo codes and course gifting.
- Affiliates and integrations
- Affiliate management for your own partners, and connections to Zapier, Make, Pabbly, Kit, Mailchimp, MailerLite and Flodesk.
Thinkific
- Course builder
- Drag-and-drop courses with video, quizzes, drip schedules, discussions and compliance rules; assignments and certificates start on Start.
- Communities
- Standalone communities with topic spaces, live events and paid memberships: 1 community on Basic and Start, 3 on Grow.
- TCommerce checkout
- Thinkific Payments with order bumps, gifting, buy now pay later, payment plans, abandoned cart reminders and automated sales tax.
- Site builder and email
- Branded websites and landing pages on a custom domain, members-only pages, and email automation with pre-built sequences.
- B2B selling
- Grow adds group orders so companies can buy bulk seats, and invoicing to bill and collect from business buyers.
- Branded mobile app
- Your own iOS and Android app with push notifications, sold as a $199 a month add-on and included on some Plus contracts.
Plans
Teachery
Monthly$49
per month, billed monthly
Every feature, with unlimited courses, customers, admins, hubs and custom domains. No transaction fees. $470 a year if billed annually.
Thinkific
Basic$40
per month, billed annually ($54 billed monthly)
Unlimited courses, 1 community with 5 spaces, 5 digital downloads, 1 admin, 100 GB of video a month, coupons and order bumps.
Start$82
per month, billed annually ($109 billed monthly)
Live cohorts with Zoom, certificates, assignments, memberships, bundles, upsells, payment plans, an HTML and CSS editor, 2 admins.
Grow$164
per month, billed annually ($219 billed monthly)
No Thinkific branding, 3 communities, group orders and invoicing for B2B buyers, API and webhooks, phone support, 6 admins.
PlusCustom
AI teaching assistant, SSO, SCORM and learning paths, HubSpot and Salesforce integrations, 10,000+ user seats and a dedicated success team.
Ways to pay less
Teachery
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
Teachery's annual plan is $470 a year instead of $49 a month, which the pricing page says saves $118 a year.
- Lifetime license
Lifetime access for a one-time $950
The pricing page offers lifetime access for a single $950 payment, with future features included, marked as a limited-time offer.
Thinkific
- Annual discount
Save 25% with annual billing
Thinkific's pricing page lists 25% off for annual billing: Basic $40 a month instead of $54, Start $82 instead of $109, Grow $164 instead of $219.
