Which choice is right for you? Thinkific or Kartra?

An easy-to-use course builder is the most important part of any course platform. It should allow you to create an engaging and memorable learning experiences for your students.

Kartra is a sales automation tool and isn't built for creating and sharing impactful learning experiences. While it does offer templates, these are designed for website creation and does not deliver a compelling learning experience or course offering. Kartra offers third party integrations and alternative course authoring tools, but it does not provide course creation functionality natively.

Thinkific offers a course builder designed for creators. It’s simple and gives creators the ability to build their entire course without a big learning curve. Simply put, we offer a design and build experience that is approachable for everyone, and that will drive student engagement and retention.

A great learning experience is vital to your success as a course creator. It will help your students learn more effectively and make them want to share it with their friends — helping you grow your business.

Kartra offers a clean experience to help drive leads through the door but once they arrive they are lacking in tools to support the learning experience. Gamification, social sharing, and interactive community or learning experiences are not offered through the platform. Third party integrations are required to enable any kind of learning experience for your students.

Thinkific offers an unmatched suite of functionality that extends beyond what’s capable in most course platforms. These features help turn a student’s experience from educational to extraordinary. Afterwards, your students have the option to leave reviews that you can share publicly; helping more students find your course.

After publishing your course, you need to get it in front of the right audience. Sales and marketing tools enable creators to gain visibility and earn revenue.

Kartra provides a number of sales tools needed and marketing features to help you earn revenue from your course. Built as an automation tool, they have site templates and sales features that support your basic needs.

Thinkific offers sales and marketing features to enable any course creator to get started. With 90+ integrations in the Thinkific App Store; use the best tools in the business for marketing and email automation, increasing sales, and enhancing the learning experience through gamification. Gain the extensibility and flexibility of apps like ActiveCampaign, Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Shopify, Salesforce, and many more. These apps are created by developers for Thinkific and can be downloaded, installed, and implemented without any coding required for all Thinkific users.

Thinkific also provides access to an expert marketplace where you can hire marketing consultants who are experts on the Thinkific platform to help you launch your course and generate more sales. With Thinkific funnels features, you can seamlessly drive leads, nurture your audience, and streamline your sales.

It’s important to choose a course platform that you can trust. Getting the answers to your questions should be easy and your data should be secure.

Kartra support is limited to chat and asynchronous email support. They have a robust knowledge base and online Facebook community for additional resources.

Whether you’re looking for a network of experts, a community of peers, or a responsive support team; Thinkific has you covered. In addition, as your business grows and your learning platform becomes mission-critical, Thinkific offers more security and support options to ensure your success.

A course platform is a big investment. Not only do you want a tool that fits your budget, but it should also satisfy your needs now and into the future.

Kartra offers four pricing plans starting at $99 per month with a maximum of 2,500 students, which is limiting on both ends – without an ability to try it for free, and putting a ceiling on your growth with a cap on students.

Thinkific offers tiers for early-stage businesses all the way to enterprise. With add-on features like a Branded Mobile app ($199/mo) and more, no matter what stage you’re in, you have access to the functionality you need. Thinkific provides the tools that are trusted by many growing learning business.