Which choice is right for you? Thinkific or Skillshare?

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 experience for your students.

Skillshare offers the features necessary to build a standard course. Creators have all the basic functionality such as uploading videos and linking worksheets, but the course building and content uploading process is quite manual. Creators looking for deeper learning tools may quickly run into limitations when it comes to building an engaging learning experience that will keep students coming back.

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.

Skillshare offers a no-frills learning experience. Students are brought into an experience that is expected out of any online course platform, with primarily on-demand video lessons, but lacking in dynamic learning experiences such as live lessons or learning communities.

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.

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.

Skillshare support for creators is almost entirely self serve through articles on their Help Center. A support email address is available for creators and teachers who have questions beyond what they can find themselves on the Help Center.

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.

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.

Skillshare provides a very limited set of sales and marketing tools for helping you promote your course. Additionally, creators on their platform are all paid out from the same Skillshare Teacher Fund, and what you earn is based on the number of minutes of your content that gets watched and the level of student engagement. Creators on Skillshare are very limited when it comes to earning a predictable, steady income.

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.

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.

Skillshare offers teaching programs on an application basis. While there is no cost for publishing a course on Skillshare, creators and teachers on Skillshare are paid out from a Skillshare Teacher Fund, based on the number of minutes watched and engagement with your content, making revenue generation on their platform challenging and not entirely in your control.

Thinkific offers tiers for early-stage businesses all the way to enterprise. And 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.