Thinkific vs Podia: The Best Online Course Platform & Why I Moved 🧳 🌳

[@danhanrahan3292]

Really helpful, concise and not annoying. Your fruit trees must be happy!

[@Orchardpeople]

You are so kind. Thanks for the lovely feedback!

[@alexferrara5975]

Excellent video comparison. I appreciated someone who has used both programs extensively and has better insight. Most of the reviews on Podia are from marketers looking for affiliate sales. Your review was valuable.

[@SusanPoizner]

Hi Alex, I’m so glad it was helpful! It took time for me to get to know the pros and cons of each system and moving for one system to another is a lot of work. I hope the video helps you make the right decision for your needs. I appreciate your nice feedback!

[@FreeRangeTesters]

I'm finding this really helpful as I'm researching where to move my courses from Udemy and Podia and Thinkific are the top options I find everywhere. Thanks!

[@Orchardpeople]

She glad it was helpful!

[@WhatSezSays]

Thank you so much for this video Susan! So many other comparison videos are super salesy, but you have a true content creator perspective and you have absolutely sold me on Podia!

[@SusanPoizner]

Thanks for your feedback! It’s been 6 months now and I have no regrets still. Good luck with your project!

[@intromaster]

excellent video. great comparison. best video of the day❤ 😊

[@Orchardpeople]

Thank you! Glad it helped!

[@strauss7151]

Thanks for the comparison. I like thinkific better because of their quiz marking feature.

[@Orchardpeople]

I agree! I miss that feature a lot!

[@dietitianrobert5460]

Thank you for your very helpful review. I'm planning to start a dietetic course. In addition, we've been gifted a couple of fruit tree's so found your examples sparked my interest!

[@Orchardpeople]

Glad it helped and enjoy your fruit trees!

[@TheNettforce]

Thanks for sharing your experience. Do you know ifPodia has plans to integrate quiz grading in the future for the certifications?

[@Orchardpeople]

Great question. I don’t know but I’m not holding my breath! Flexiquiz is working for me for now for the finals. I use podias quizzes for the mini quizzes

[@JenniferMitchellEarley]

Great video; thanks for sharing your insight!

[@Orchardpeople]

Thanks! Glad it’s helpful! I’ll do a follow up at some point.

[@LifeinGlow]

Susan thank you for the video! 🌻 I am still deciding on the platform. Good point and tip about quizzes and certificates, credits. Q1: how are these platforms similar or different in terms of comments to each lesson? Is there a setting putting comments on or off and a way ti delete some comment (filter like on youtube)? And can a student attach a file with the comment e.g. feedback and homework? Q2: in communities in some Podia reviews what I see missing is a way to create a specific community for example for a speficic course and then have a few topics like in forums there. For example if I have courses for different avatars (I am planning to create wellness / self-development / astrology courses and trainings and a few on creative topics which would also look wierd all on the same page. So brainstorming how to keep things simple and concise and clear. I have different websites however they are outdated and I am tured of tech things. Think it can help to have simpler systems in business. Ability to sell products like pdfs, meditations, webinars and coaching services is an asset in Podia.

[@Orchardpeople]

These are great questions! At some point I’ll do a follow up vid on podia. For both systems, students can submit comments in each lesson including photos, videos and pdf uploads. With thinkific you can toggle comments off. Not sure if that’s possible in podia. I think you can manually delete comments in both. . Re communities, lemme do a quick video on that and I’ll upload it later. I’ll explain how I do communities. It took me ages to figure this out. So give me a bit and I’ll comment here again when I’ve done the vid on communities!

[@Orchardpeople]

Hi "Life in Glow Wellness" I made a video for you answering your question. Have a look: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIOVeYiwo9ahj5I Be happy. Susan

[@ashishgup]

This was so helpful. thank you for making it

[@Orchardpeople]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@ShirazGaieb]

thank you so much ! I am on thinkific and I am planning to go on Podia, so it took your video as a sign :)))

[@Orchardpeople]

So glad! It’s been a year and I still am so happy I moved. They are not perfect, but always improving and the help team is lovely. No regrets! At some point I might do another vid on how I use their community feature.😊

[@ShirazGaieb]

@@Orchardpeople yeay 🤩 thank you !

[@courselit]

We offer marked quizzes and that too for free.

[@Orchardpeople]

Glad to hear it!

[@SoundBathMeditationOnline]

Thank you!! This was extremely helpful!

[@Orchardpeople]

Glad it helped! Thanks for the feedback!

[@almabach5195]

Great suggestions! Although, I personally use CourseFunnels. It helps me to create courses in various languages and themes and its profit boosting plugins helps me to sell courses on profits. Also, this one is very convenient as it includes email automation and is SEO friendly too.

[@Orchardpeople]

That’s great to know! I’ll investigate coursefunnels. Never heard of it!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Thankyou Susan, this is just what I needed to know now that I'm ready to resume course creating after taking a few years to build an audience. I was very concerned about the Thinkific facebook group doing down in flames after their abortive attempt to jack up the prices and chop down the features. They backed down but only for twelve months and I can't risk the threat and so I went looking for the subject matter you've just covered. One question if I may, how limited is Podia's $33 option? I think it would allow me to get up and running at a good price. Thanks for the video and by the way, your production qualities are first class. I've made a note to emulate your sensible transitions and picture in picture layout.

[@Orchardpeople]

Hi Arnold thanks for the wonderful feedback! It looks like the 33$ plan would be good for you. All it lacks I think is affiliates so if you aren’t ready for that, you’ll be good! I’m thinking of doing another vid soon with some more differences snd podia tips and tricks I have discovered. It’s an easy platform to use but strategizing calls for some thought. Thanks for the question snd the feedback!

[@henriettatan]

Excellent info! Thx

[@Orchardpeople]

Glad it was helpful!

[@j.singer8461]

I agree. Customer service is a dealmaker or deal breaker

[@Orchardpeople]

Absolutely!