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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Totara LMS

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ATotara Learning, headquartered in Wellington offers the Totara workforce learning management system with core LMS (Totara Learn) integratable social platform (Totara Social), support for instructor led learning, and cloud storage for learning materials, available on cloud.N/A
    Pricing
    ThinkificTotara LMS
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ThinkificTotara LMS
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ThinkificTotara LMS
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    Thinkific
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    46 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    49 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    40 Answers
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    Features
    ThinkificTotara LMS
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Thinkific and Totara LMS
    Feature
    Thinkific
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    Ratings
    Totara LMS
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Course authoring00 Ratings8.13 Ratings
    Course catalog or library00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Player/Portal00 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    Learning content00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Mobile friendly00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Assignments00 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    Compliance management00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Learning administration00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Social learning00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ThinkificTotara LMS
    Small Businesses
    iSpring Suite
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Tovuti LMS
    Score6.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Articulate 360
    Score9.2 out of 10
    iSpring LMS
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Articulate 360
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management
    Score7.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ThinkificTotara LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (54 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (8 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.7
    (44 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    5.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    5.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    6.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    5.5
    (2 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    ThinkificTotara LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Totara Learning
    As a real estate services company with properties (& employees) in six states, Totara LMS is well suited for implementing and our employee learning platform to our many team members that work remotely and cannot benefit from regular in-person learning courses. Totara LMS's comprehensive and customizable reporting system also allows us to accurately review and tell the story of employee performance and talent development, while tailoring this reporting to the needs of different internal stakeholders.
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    Pros
    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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    Totara Learning
    • Distribute elearning
    • run exams
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    Cons
    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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    Totara Learning
    • Reporting can be a little inflexible - sometimes, the report cannot be customized to have all the columns you need as they are not available from that area of the LMS.
    • Graphic reporting needs some more work to be a bit more professional looking.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Totara Learning
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    Usability
    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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    Totara Learning
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Totara Learning
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    Performance
    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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    Totara Learning
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    Support Rating
    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.
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    Totara Learning
    Easy to access both local support and support/advice from other Totara LMS users as we keep in regular contact as a part of the totara government users group. Our vendor also keeps in touch with this group and a lot of knowledge is shared. It's easy to access the Totara LMS users academy, and one of my administrators has also set up a local forum where they ask each other questions and share knowledge as well. Our vendor is easy to access via our support plan and we have monthly catch-ups with our account manager where we hear about anything new coming up.
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    Online Training
    Thinkific
    It was good and easy to understand
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    Totara Learning
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    Totara Learning
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Totara Learning
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Thinkific
    Great use easy and simple
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    Totara Learning
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    Scalability
    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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    Totara Learning
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    Return on Investment
    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.
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    Totara Learning
    • Totara LMS has helped increase our employee retention by 15%.
    • Totara LMS has drastically improved our employee learning and development processes that weren't in place prior to having this system.
    • Totara LMS has decreased the time the onboarding process takes by 1 day.
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    ScreenShots

    Totara LMS Screenshots

    Screenshot of Ensure compliance with programs and pathways to improve safety and reduce business risks.Screenshot of Cater to multiple groups, partners and customers from a single instance of your LMS.Screenshot of The learning management system, trusted by thousands of customers, upskills your workforce the way you want, with the power and flexibility to deliver transformational learning.Screenshot of The Totara Mobile app is developed by Totara for Totara users. Our native app is available for both Android and iOS devices and offers a number of authentication options, including support for both single sign-on and manual login users. Your app login screen can be customized and branded to match your Totara Learn site so learners are offered a familiar and intuitive user experience.