Decision matrix

Prices are USD publication snapshots under the billing conditions shown, not purchase quotes. Confirm monthly pricing, taxes, payment processing, platform or gateway fees, add-ons, annual commitments, country eligibility, and exact plan limits before buying.

Decision dimensionThinkificMighty Networks
Published plans and pricingVERIFIED FACT

Basic is $54/month ($40/month equivalent billed annually), Start is $109 ($82 annual equivalent), Grow is $219 ($164 annual equivalent), and Expand remains $499/month.

Scope: Published USD prices effective August 13, 2026; taxes and optional add-ons excluded.

VERIFIED FACT

Mighty Networks lists Explore at $35/month or $350/year. Its annual-billing views show Launch at $79/month, Scale at $179/month, and Growth at $354/month; Mighty Pro is custom priced.

Scope: Published USD prices and annual-billing equivalents; taxes, payment processing, platform fees, boosts, and optional services are separate.

Published gateway and web-payment feesVERIFIED FACT

Thinkific Payments has payment-processing fees but no third-party payment gateway fee. For covered creators who instead use a third-party gateway, Thinkific publishes additional fees of 5% on Basic, 2% on Start, 1% on Grow, and 0.5% on Expand; country, availability, and revenue-cap rules apply.

Scope: Thinkific platform gateway fees versus processor fees; verify creator country, processor availability, payment method, and current terms before purchase.

VERIFIED FACT

Mighty Networks publishes web-payment platform transaction fees of 5% on Explore, 2% on Launch, 1% on Scale, and 0.5% on Growth, in addition to Stripe processing fees.

Scope: Web payments through Mighty Networks; Apple in-app purchases use a separate fee model, and taxes or currency costs may also apply.

Published learning, community, and membership capabilitiesVERIFIED FACT

Basic includes unlimited courses, quizzes, student discussions, and one community. Start adds certificates, assignments, live cohorts, and memberships; Grow adds more communities, analytics, group orders, API, and webhooks; enterprise SSO is a Plus capability.

Scope: Published plan comparison; exact limits and eligibility can change.

VERIFIED FACT

Explore is the entry core-community tier. Launch adds course and event creation, gamification, and basic automations. Scale adds more automation plus API and MCP access. Growth adds higher operating limits, advanced automations, Admin and Headless API access, and optional SSO; branded apps are a Mighty Pro capability.

Scope: Published plan comparison; plan limits and optional services can change.

Documented export evidenceVERIFIED FACT

Course progress and group progress can be exported as CSV, including completion and learner activity fields documented by Thinkific.

Scope: Progress records only; this is not a claim that every page, media asset, or configuration has a one-click export.

VERIFIED FACT

Network Hosts on Launch and higher plans can download member data for the network, hosted spaces, and paid plans; course-space exports include completion and recent-lesson fields.

Scope: Documented member and progress data; not a claim of one-click export for every content asset or configuration.

Documented cancellation behaviorVERIFIED FACT

Canceling the creator plan ends paid access on the documented schedule, but creator cancellation does not by itself stop all learner recurring charges; exports and learner subscriptions require separate attention before exit.

Scope: Operational summary of Thinkific's cancellation guide, not legal advice.

VERIFIED FACT

Canceling downgrades the network after the billing period; deactivation can preserve it for return, while deletion requires paid-plan cleanup and permanently removes content, data, and activity.

Scope: Published cancellation workflow, not legal advice.

Where the choice turns

INFERENCE

Decide whether completion or participation leads

Thinkific is the clearer starting point when customers buy a curriculum and the business organizes lessons, assignments, certificates, cohorts, progress, and course sales. Mighty Networks is the clearer starting point when customers buy continuing participation and courses or events should live inside a broader community and gamification model.

Scope: Pairwise operating-model inference under the published comparison conditions; not a claim that Thinkific lacks community or Mighty Networks lacks structured courses.

INFERENCE

Use the first qualifying tier in the cost model

Mighty Explore at $350 per year is the cheaper core-community entry tier. When course creation is required, Thinkific Basic at $40 per month equivalent is lower than Mighty Launch at $79 per month equivalent. Thinkific Start is the documented boundary for assignments, certificates, cohorts, and memberships, while Grow adds API and webhooks. Mighty Scale adds API and MCP access, and Growth adds higher limits, advanced automation, Admin and Headless APIs, and optional SSO.

Scope: Annual-billing comparison of published USD prices and documented course or integration boundaries; taxes, processors, gateway or web-payment fees, optional services, and negotiated terms are excluded.

INFERENCE

Model the operational exit before choosing convenience

Neither documented export proves complete reconstruction elsewhere. Thinkific documents progress CSVs and requires attention to learner recurring charges when the creator plan is canceled. Mighty Networks documents member and course-progress exports, while deactivation can preserve a network for return and deletion permanently removes content, data, and activity. Test representative exports before purchase.

Scope: Operational exit inference from published export and cancellation records; not a claim that either vendor cannot provide additional migration assistance.

A six-question trial plan

A feature checklist cannot establish operational fit. Use internal test accounts and one representative workflow to answer these questions before purchase.

  1. Do customers measure success through course completion or continuing participation?
  2. Which required learning, community, automation, API, or SSO feature determines the real tier?
  3. What is the total cost after payment processing, platform or gateway fees, and add-ons?
  4. Can the team operate the representative workflow with appropriately limited roles?
  5. Can the business export the member, progress, content, media, and payment records required to leave?
  6. What manual work remains after cancellation, deactivation, or deletion?
Thinkific research briefMighty Networks research briefCompare all three operating modelsCourse-first vs community-first selection guide

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Change log

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— First publication.

Sources and access notes

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  1. Thinkific's 2026 Plan Pricing Update — Thinkific
    official pricingCaptured 2026-08-20

    USD Basic, Start, Grow, and Expand prices effective August 13, 2026

    Open source page
  2. Third-Party Payment Gateway Fee FAQ — Thinkific
    official helpCaptured 2026-08-20

    Thinkific Payments exclusion, third-party gateway fee rates, country scope, and revenue cap

    Open source page
  3. Thinkific Pricing — Thinkific
    official pricingCaptured 2026-08-20

    Current plan features and plan boundaries

    Open source page
  4. Communities: Live Events — Thinkific
    official helpCaptured 2026-08-20

    Community event workflow and conferencing dependency

    Open source page
  5. Thinkific Progress Reports — Thinkific
    official helpCaptured 2026-08-20

    Learner progress visibility and CSV exports

    Open source page
  6. Cancel Your Thinkific Subscription — Thinkific
    official helpCaptured 2026-08-20

    Creator-plan cancellation and operational precautions

    Open source page
  7. Mighty Networks Pricing — Mighty Networks
    official pricingCaptured 2026-08-20

    Annual-billing equivalent Launch and Scale prices, capabilities, and plan boundaries

    Open source page
  8. Explore Plan Pricing — Mighty Networks
    official pricingCaptured 2026-08-20

    Current Explore plan availability, annual price, and entry-level positioning

    Open source page
  9. What's Included in the Mighty Networks Growth Plan? — Mighty Networks
    official helpCaptured 2026-08-20

    Growth price, higher limits, API access, SSO option, and boundary below Mighty Pro

    Open source page
  10. Does Mighty Networks Charge a Transaction Fee? — Mighty Networks
    official helpCaptured 2026-08-20

    Web-payment platform transaction fees and separate Stripe processing fees

    Open source page
  11. Which Mighty Network Plan Is Right for You? — Mighty Networks
    official helpCaptured 2026-08-20

    Current Explore, Launch, Scale, and Growth hierarchy and capability boundaries

    Open source page
  12. Can I Download My Member Data? — Mighty Networks
    official helpCaptured 2026-08-20

    Member, space, plan, and course-progress export availability

    Open source page
  13. How Do I Downgrade or Cancel My Plan? — Mighty Networks
    official helpCaptured 2026-08-20

    Downgrade, cancellation, deactivation, and deletion behavior

    Open source page
  14. Wave A requirements-to-fit matrix v1 — ChoiceMosaic
    calculationCaptured 2026-08-20

    Conditional fit synthesis for course-first, community-first, and blended membership operating models

    Internal reproducible calculation