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Head-to-head · Customer Education Software

Thinkific vs Skilljar

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 5 checks side by side
Higher score Thinkific #1 in Customer Education Software 9.4/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 6 features Visit Thinkific
Skilljar #2 in Customer Education Software 9.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 6 features Visit Skilljar

Thinkific leads on 0 checks, Skilljar on 0, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 5 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreThinkific · 9.4/10
  • Free trialonly Thinkific
  • Most featuresSkilljar · 3 of 6

Thinkific scores higher on our rubric for customer education software: 9.4 against 9.2 out of 10; our editors rank them #1 and #2.

Thinkific is the better fit for course businesses adding customer education. Skilljar is the better fit for customer academies with monetization needs.

  • Thinkific fits best

    Course businesses adding customer education

  • Skilljar fits best

    Customer academies with monetization needs

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Side by side

Feature Thinkific 9.4/10 Visit ↗ Skilljar 9.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.4 9.2
Ranking #1 in Customer Education Software #2 in Customer Education Software
Best for Course businesses adding customer education Customer academies with monetization needs
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price — —
Free plan — —
Free trial 30 days —
Deployment Cloud, Mobile Cloud
Platforms Web, iOS, Android Web
Support Email, Live chat, Phone, Docs Tickets, Docs
Compliance SOC 2, GDPR SOC 2, GDPR, SSO/SAML
Integrations 10 integrations 80+ integrations
Built for Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Thinkific 1/6 · Skilljar 3/6
Course authoring Not checked yet Not checked yet
Certificates Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Assessments Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Custom branding Not checked yet Not checked yet
Custom domain ✓ (best) Not checked yet
API access Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Specs
Learner limit Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Supports courses, communities, memberships, coaching, and digital downloads
  • Includes commerce tools, email automation, analytics, and payment plans
  • Offers native web and mobile access plus broad integrations
  • Branded Academy sites with courses, paths, assessments, and certifications
  • Monetization supports payments, subscriptions, credits, and promo codes
  • REST API, webhooks, SSO, reporting, and broad business integrations
Cons
  • There is no free plan
  • SCORM support is available on the Plus plan
  • A branded mobile app is limited to the Plus plan
  • Pricing requires contacting sales and includes an active-user fee
  • No free plan is available
  • Web-only platform with tiered Academy Site limits
Our verdict

Thinkific is a learning commerce platform for experts, academies, companies, and course businesses adding customer education. It supports course creation, communities, memberships, coaching, webinars, digital downloads, branded course…

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Skilljar is a cloud-based learning management system for companies delivering customer, partner, or other external training. It combines branded Academy sites with courses, learning paths, personalized learner journeys, quizzes, knowledge…

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  1. ThinkificCustomer Education Software 9.430-day trial
  2. SkilljarCustomer Education Software 9.2Pricing on request

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Thinkific — where it wins

    • Supports courses, communities, memberships, coaching, and digital downloads
    • Includes commerce tools, email automation, analytics, and payment plans
    • Offers native web and mobile access plus broad integrations

    Where it doesn't

    • There is no free plan
    • SCORM support is available on the Plus plan
    • A branded mobile app is limited to the Plus plan

  • Skilljar — where it wins

    • Branded Academy sites with courses, paths, assessments, and certifications
    • Monetization supports payments, subscriptions, credits, and promo codes
    • REST API, webhooks, SSO, reporting, and broad business integrations

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing requires contacting sales and includes an active-user fee
    • No free plan is available
    • Web-only platform with tiered Academy Site limits
  • Thinkific9.4/10 · 30-day trial

    A broad course and commerce platform for businesses adding customer education.

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  • Skilljar9.2/10 · Pricing on request

    A customer education LMS with academies, monetization, certifications, and enterprise integrations.

    Visit SkilljarFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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