Thinkific vs. UpGrad

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Thinkific
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Thinkific 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
UpGrad
Score 7.5 out of 10
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UpGrad is an online platform that offers educational services to its clients. UpGradâ's range of programs consists of digital marketing, product management, entrepreneurship, data analytics, data-driven management, and digital technology management. It offers industry insights and student support services.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Thinkific
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Ratings
UpGrad
7.4
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11% below category average
Course authoring00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Course catalog or library00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Player/Portal00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Learning content00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Mobile friendly00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Assignments00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Compliance management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Learning administration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Social learning00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Gamification00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
ThinkificUpGrad
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(16 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.3
(2 ratings)
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Usability
7.8
(6 ratings)
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Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
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Support Rating
9.3
(7 ratings)
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Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
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Product Scalability
8.0
(1 ratings)
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Vendor post-sale
9.0
(1 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
9.0
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User Testimonials
ThinkificUpGrad
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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UpGrad
  1. Gives you holistic learning with a combination of lectures and assignments
  2. Can be accessed via website and mobile application
  3. You can download videos and watch them later
  4. Overall it is a cost-effective tool
  5. Their video player needs a lot of improvement. It keeps on buffering a lot and use a lot of data. Some additional features could be provided like fast-forwarding videos by 5 or 10 seconds
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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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UpGrad
  • The courses library is too exhaustive
  • It has partnerships with few of the most reputed universities in India and Globally
  • Its a cost effective tool
  • Provides the feature to download courses and watch later
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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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UpGrad
  • The video player needs improvement
  • Their mobile application gets stuck and can be made intutive
  • Some courses can still be made cheaper
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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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UpGrad
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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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UpGrad
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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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UpGrad
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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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UpGrad
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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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UpGrad
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Implementation Rating
Thinkific
The implementation period took time like it would in earning and using any new tool. It was more about being organised, having better time management processes in place and having people you were able to reach out to if you were every able stuck. The other key ting with the implementation period was giving yourself a realistic time scale to get the job completed.
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UpGrad
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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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UpGrad
  1. It is relatively cheaper than Bjyu's which was a major deciding factor for going ahead with upGrad
  2. UpGrad has partnerships with better universities in India and Globally as well
  3. Their marketing team is better than Bjyu's
  4. The mentor support provided during the course helps complete the courses faster and understand them better
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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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UpGrad
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Return on Investment
Thinkific
  • 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.
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UpGrad
  • The cost per session is good, justifies the ROI
  • The progress report and reminders keeps us on your toes
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