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Comparison · updated August 2026
Thinkific is a serious learning platform — genuinely good at courses. It is also only a learning platform: no email marketing, no funnels, no CRM on any plan, and a 2.9% fee through Thinkific Payments.
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Price
Thinkific doesn't include email marketing or landing pages on any plan — not Basic, not Grow, not Plus. Whatever you pay them, you're still buying those elsewhere. That's the real cost comparison.
| Plan level | Thinkific | OpusFunnel |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Basic $54 · 1 admin · no certificates or quizzes | Free |
| Mid | Start $109 · 2 admins · no invoicing or API | Launch $79 |
| Main | Grow $219 · 6 admins · 3 communities | Launch $79 · same plan |
| Email marketing | Not included on any plan | Included from Launch |
| Funnels & landing pages | Not included on any plan | Included on every plan |
| Transaction fee | 2.9% via Thinkific Payments | 0% platform fee on paid plans (2% on Free) |
Add a mid-range email tool (~$49) and a page builder (~$27) to Thinkific Start and you're at roughly $185 a month across three logins, before the 2.9%. OpusFunnel Launch is $79 with all of it in one place.
Feature by feature
| Capability | Thinkific | OpusFunnel |
|---|---|---|
| Online courses | ✓ | ✓ |
| Memberships | Not on Basic | ✓ |
| Communities | 1 to 3 depending on plan | ✓ |
| Video hosting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Student progress tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| SCORM compliance | ✓ | – |
| Branded mobile app | Plus plan | – |
| Email marketing | – | ✓ |
| Marketing automation | – | ✓ |
| Landing pages & funnels | – | ✓ |
| Website builder & blog | – | ✓ |
| CRM & pipelines | – | ✓ |
| Unified inbox (IG, Messenger, chat) | – | ✓ |
| Booking calendar | – | ✓ |
| Contracts with e-signature | – | ✓ |
| Invoicing | Not on Start | ✓ |
| Completion certificates | Not on Basic | ✓ |
| Quizzes & assignments | Not on Basic | ✓ |
| Affiliate programme | Higher plans | ✓ |
| Transaction fee | 2.9% | 0% on paid plans |
| Cheapest way in | $54/mo | $0/mo |
Compiled from published pricing and feature pages, August 2026. Both products change often — check current details before deciding, and tell us if anything here is out of date.
Thinkific is a better course platform than we are in some specific ways, and if teaching is genuinely all you do, that matters.
If you're an education business selling into companies, Thinkific is built for you and we're not. If you're running a business that happens to include courses, you'll spend more assembling the rest around it than you'd spend with us.
Questions
Correct — on any plan, including Plus. You'd connect an external tool such as ActiveCampaign or Mailchimp, which is another subscription and another integration to maintain. Email is included with OpusFunnel from Launch up.
No funnels or landing pages on any Thinkific plan. You get course pages and a basic site. Sales pages are built elsewhere. OpusFunnel includes a full website builder and unlimited funnels on every plan, including the free one.
That's Thinkific Payments' processing rate — broadly comparable to Stripe. The difference is that with OpusFunnel you connect your own Stripe and, on paid plans, we add nothing on top, so you keep your existing rate and your existing relationship.
No. If SCORM or formal learning standards are a requirement, Thinkific is the right tool and we'd tell you so rather than sell you something that won't work.
Email, funnels, CRM and checkout included — from $79 a month.
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