Pathwright vs Thinkific

Pathwright helps organizations and teachers build online courses as ordered learning Paths. A drag-and-drop designer lets course creators arrange Steps and add interactive Blocks, such as video, quizzes, reflections, checklists, flashcards, project uploads, and surveys. Courses can be organized into Cohorts with their own teachers, schedules, discussions, pricing, and custom Steps. A Mentor feature is designed to give learners personal guidance. Pathwright supports live sessions, community spaces, assignment workflows, and progress tracking, and connects with Stripe for learner payments; the company says it takes no fee from course sales. Integrations also include Zapier, Intercom, SSO, and its GraphQL API. Courses can be built for free indefinitely, with a 30-day trial available on paid plans. The Starter plan is $99/mo, or $89/mo when billed annually; it allows up to 1,000 members, one administrator, and one Cohort per course. Apps and access are listed for Android, iOS, web, and API.

Thinkific is a learning commerce platform for experts and teams offering courses, communities, memberships, downloads, coaching, webinars, and other digital learning products. A drag-and-drop builder, quizzes, assignments, certificates, learning paths, and video and slide import support course creation. Course formats include video, text, audio, PDFs, quizzes, assignments, surveys, downloadable files, and SCORM; SCORM is available on Plus. Communities can include discussions, profiles, live events, moderation, and weekly email digests. Selling tools cover checkout, subscriptions, payment plans, coupons, bundles, upsells, multi-currency checkout, tax and VAT automation, and B2B invoicing. The platform supports a custom domain, integrated payments, email marketing, and a native mobile app. It runs on web, iOS, Android, and through an API. Basic, Start, and Grow list capacity for 10,000 current students; Plus has custom student capacity. There is no free plan, and a 30-day trial is available. Basic costs €39 a year or €53 a month. Start costs €79 a year or €107 a month. Thinkific was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.