Thinkific a Great Product for Service Based Businesses
April 30, 2025

Thinkific a Great Product for Service Based Businesses

Pat Council | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Thinkific Plus

Overall Satisfaction with Thinkific

I use Thinkific to teach masterclasses that are combined with a course. It helps me save time by doing group coaching or teaching several people at once. Because I can record the courses, I only have to teach the class once or modify the videos and update the downloadable handouts without starting from scratch. I am also able to offer the same course or masterclass as a recording over and over each year.

Pros

  • Makes it easier to set up course
  • Makes it easy to schedule events through Zoom
  • Offer very good training on ways to use the Thinkific product

Cons

  • It's not as easy to set up a pre-order course. Titles can't be published without information added.
  • It's hard to figure out how to setup a landing page to test interest before spending time building a course.
  • It's hard to figure out how to customize the landing page with colors, etc.
  • I have to work harder to insure I get a monthly return on my investment.
  • A positive is once I create a course, I market it over and over each year.
  • Being able to mix hosting a live masterclass with course modules allows me to offer more value to my customers, which is good for my business.
Setting up pre-order or figuring out how to create a "waitlist" landing page is not very easy. Trying to figure it out is time consuming. Being able to find the features to create a waitlist landing page seems hard to find since the AI feature has been added. It seems to have take away some of the control when looking to set up a page to capture names.

Do you think Thinkific delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Thinkific's feature set?

Yes

Did Thinkific live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Thinkific go as expected?

No

Would you buy Thinkific again?

Yes

Thinkific is well suited for helping service oriented customers that I coach on ways to create passive income products. As well as, recording training courses for their employees, sales staff and in some cases providing information for customers. It can be used for training and teaching.
I may be less appropriate for product based businesses.

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