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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Livestorm

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AFrench company Livestorm offers their webinar platform which integrates with many other enterprise applications via Zapier and features polling, session recording and sharing, and webinar data collection and tracking.

    $0

    A free plan to discover Livestorm. All features included, such as unlimited webinars and instant meetings. Up to 20 minutes per webinar and up to 10 registrants per webinar.

    Thinkific

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AThinkific Plus is a scalable learning platform that’s designed to be easy to use for teams and customers. Thinkific Plus offers enterprise-grade features that scale with the needs of enterprises, and the service includes a people seriously dedicated to helping users to reach their goals.N/A
    Pricing
    LivestormThinkific
    Editions & Modules
    Webinar Basic
    $0.00
    A free plan to discover Livestorm. All features included, such as unlimited webinars and instant meetings. Up to 20 minutes per webinar and up to 10 registrants per webinar.
    Meet Basic
    $0.00
    Limited Instant and Scheduled Meetings for up to four participants
    Meet Premium
    $31.00
    Full features for Instant and Scheduled Meetings.
    Webinar Premium
    $99.00
    A premium experience with removed limitations to get the full benefits of Livestorm for up to 100 seats. + $99 to add 250 seats, + $209 to add 1,000 seats.
    Enterprise
    Contact sales
    An enterprise-grade experience with premium service.
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LivestormThinkific
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    LivestormThinkific
    Considered Both Products
    Livestorm
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    Thinkific
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Would buy again
    46 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    49 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    40 Answers
    Features
    LivestormThinkific
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Livestorm and Thinkific
    Feature
    Livestorm
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Thinkific
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data exportability10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Livestorm and Thinkific
    Feature
    Livestorm
    9.5
    3 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Thinkific
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Livestorm and Thinkific
    Feature
    Livestorm
    9.4
    3 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Thinkific
    -
    Ratings
    Calendar integration10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Slideshows10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event registration10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Livestorm and Thinkific
    Feature
    Livestorm
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Thinkific
    -
    Ratings
    Audience polling10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Q&A10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Livestorm and Thinkific
    Feature
    Livestorm
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Thinkific
    -
    Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Livestorm and Thinkific
    Feature
    Livestorm
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Thinkific
    -
    Ratings
    Branding options10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    LivestormThinkific
    Small Businesses
    GoTo Webinar
    Score8.6 out of 10
    iSpring Suite
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Webex Webinars
    Score9 out of 10
    Articulate 360
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)
    Score2.5 out of 10
    Articulate 360
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LivestormThinkific
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    9.2
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (44 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LivestormThinkific
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Livestorm
    Livestorm is well suited to use when you need to reach a group of more than ten people. It wouldn't be a good solution if you wanted interaction from the audience in more than the form of chat.
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    Thinkific
    I think Thinkific is very well suited if you want more control and not a ton of competition. It is very well suited if you want to create courses because it does an amazing job with providing course outline examples for you to stay organized and so forth. The only thing I would say where the courses might be less appropriate is if someone is expecting it to be like an udemy where people can see a ton of different course creators all in one place with course recommendations. Thinkific is not that type of platform and I LOVE that. On Thinkific, it almost feels like our site is our own ya know. I tried out other platforms and it just felt like you were competing with so many other people and could see other courses. Felt like being on a platter served with others. Thinkific just feels more unique in the sense it feels like when people come to your page, they are only seeing your page.
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    Pros
    Livestorm
    • Very intuitive to use and easy to customize.
    • Excellent customer service.
    • Lots of good data for analytics.
    • Participants do not need to download anything.
    • Feedback and recommendations are acted on.
    • Easy to logistical information on registrants and attendees.
    • Supports integrations.
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    Thinkific
    • Enables course creators to deliver high quality courses very fast
    • Offers unlimited hosting for videos included in the subscription price
    • Provides an easy to use administration interface that's powerful and accessible
    • Easy to scale subscription tiers on B2C plans, cost effective highly scaleable B2B plans (Thinkific Plus) ideal for companies who want to start a customer education program
    • Amazing support and account management team - great mindset and people in the teams.
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    Cons
    Livestorm
    • It would be helpful to have higher quality replays
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    Thinkific
    • auto formatting of some course building content, does not format well on phone vs desktop
    • filter by group functionality for website based content, it's mostly filter by enrollments
    • the plug and play web building is convenient but really we need a UX/UI designer to build a super good looking website. Plug and play builder works but doesnt look SUPER sharp if done by someone with no dev skills or coding ability
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Livestorm
    No answers on this topic
    Thinkific
    I'm very likely to renewal as long as Thinkific stays focused on helping small businesses like myself to stay in the know of new and more effective ways to use digital learning tools to help our students get better success. I will also stay with Thinkific if they do not intend to hike up the prices and keep the different price plans suit all businesses regardless of the size.
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    Usability
    Livestorm
    Making sure the permission settings for your camera, microphone or browser can sometimes be tricky. If we have a guest, we always have to double-check these. It's also not super intuitive that you need to "Get on Stage" from the webinar page.
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    Thinkific
    Under Site Builder, when trying to add a new section, so many templates appear; however, preview is not shown, which makes it super difficult and time consuming to identify a template that suits the purpose. Customization of certification designs is a bit difficult too. There are limitations to the type of quiz questions I can create - for example, there's no option to have fill in the blank questions.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Livestorm
    No answers on this topic
    Thinkific
    I've never had any issues with accessing Thinkific but I can see when it has been a problem for others. When I get updates on when they are doing maintenance to their platform I tend to make sure that is not the day I plan to be working on my school so as not to get frustrated
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    Performance
    Livestorm
    No answers on this topic
    Thinkific
    When it comes to the performance of Thinkific for me I find that it's good but could be better. I tend to think that the larger the files and videos you upload on your courses may add to the impact of it's uploading (not sure if that's actually true or not). But overall the performance of Thinkific via my tablet and desktop is very good when I have a fast speed broadband speed
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    Support Rating
    Livestorm
    The customer service representatives are extremely attentive. They do an excellent job of trying to understand the scope of the issue and follow it through until it has been resolved. When I have provided them with recommendations for improvement they have taken them to heart and many times implemented them. I trust that if I ever have a problem they will be there to help
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    Thinkific
    I rate Thinkific a ten because of its excellent customer service, ease of use, high-quality product, fair price with excellent ROI, and because they keep making improvements. Using Thinkific solved the problems of piecing together our course with various WordPress plugins, iframes, and payment processing software. It's easy to create a course website for people who can't write code.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Livestorm
    No answers on this topic
    Thinkific
    It was good and easy to understand
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Livestorm
    No answers on this topic
    Thinkific
    I highly recommend utilizing the bulk importer for video content early on, as it saves a massive amount of time during the initial setup phase. Another insight is to set up your custom domain and email integrations (like Mailchimp or HubSpot) at the very beginning of the implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    Livestorm
    No answers on this topic
    Thinkific
    ClickFunnels is great for funnels, but as of now, it does not do well with e-learning. Maybe they'll change that in ClickFunnels 2.0. But for now, I use Thinkific because I need a place where the students can come into their own dashboard, find all the courses they have purchased on a single place and be able to track their progress.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Livestorm
    No answers on this topic
    Thinkific
    Great use easy and simple
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    Scalability
    Livestorm
    No answers on this topic
    Thinkific
    The opportunities to scale your online course business with Thinkific is endless. They provide a great range of plans with features, integrations and support to suit the needs of any business as different levels. The key here is knowing where to start with the budget you have and then knowing when it's time to scale up and the tools and resources it will require.
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    Return on Investment
    Livestorm
    • It's been great! It's the very bottom of the funnel for us so it helps accelerate leads and create opportunities.
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    Thinkific
    • No email marketing makes it more difficult to collect leads.
    • Price can be a barrier at time for small businesses who don't have revenue.
    • Easy to use and helps with my business needs vs platforms like Squarespace.
    • Community building through workshops and webinars Thinkific host.
    • Access to educational resources and mobile app.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Livestorm Screenshots

    Screenshot of Access complete analytics in a built-in dashboard.Screenshot of Learn more about attendees with detailed participation reports.Screenshot of Engage with your audience in real-time with questions, chats, and polls.