Thinkific starts at $99/month but your Egyptian students can't pay easily.
Mentevo was built in Egypt, for Egypt — with the payment methods your students already use.
Mentevo vs Thinkific
An honest comparison. No claims — just facts.
| Feature | Mentevo | Thinkific |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic RTL interface | Native | |
| Egyptian payment gateways | Kashier, Paymob | |
| EGP pricing | ||
| Vodafone Cash / mobile wallets | ||
| WhatsApp automation | ||
| AI course builder | 27 tools | Basic |
| Sales page builder | Limited | |
| Course bundles | Limited | |
| 1:1 Consultation booking | ||
| Bilingual certificates | ||
| Custom domain | Growth+ | |
| 14-day free trial | ||
| Starting price (USD) | $49/mo | $99/mo |
What Mentevo adds that Thinkific doesn't
Essential features for anyone selling to an Arabic-speaking audience.
Arabic RTL interface
A full Arabic UI with right-to-left layout. Thinkific has none.
Egyptian payment gateways
Kashier, Paymob, and Alex Bank built in for local card and instalment payments.
Vodafone Cash and Orange Money
The mobile-wallet methods most Egyptian students actually pay with.
WhatsApp automation
Drip messages, course reminders, and one-click student outreach over WhatsApp.
Bilingual certificates
Beautiful Arabic typography on every certificate — not a Latin-only fallback.
AI tools in Arabic (27 modules)
Course outlines, quiz generation, video transcription — all in Arabic.
Sales page templates in Arabic
Ready-to-customise Arabic landing pages that read and convert correctly.
1:1 consultation booking
Built-in calendar with Arabic dates so coaches can sell time alongside courses.
Pricing in EGP
List and charge in Egyptian Pounds — no forced USD conversion fees for your students.
What Thinkific does well
Let's be fair — not everything is bad.
Well thought-out course structure
Chapters, prerequisites, and drip content work well.
Solid engagement tools
Student engagement and community features are reliable.
Good app ecosystem
Integrations for marketing and analytics tools are plentiful.
Where Thinkific falls short for MENA trainers
These aren't minor gaps — they're fundamental things your students need that the platform doesn't offer.
No Arabic interface
Every menu, button, and notification is English-only. Arabic-first students churn fast.
With Mentevo
Mentevo ships with a fully translated Arabic UI — every screen, every email, every error message.
No RTL layout
Arabic text displays left-to-right, which looks broken and unprofessional to your students.
With Mentevo
Mentevo is RTL-native: layouts, icons, animations all flip correctly so Arabic content reads as intended.
No Egyptian payment gateways
No Kashier, no Paymob, no Egypt e-wallets. Card-only checkout that many Egyptian buyers can't complete.
With Mentevo
Kashier and Paymob are first-class. Add Egypt e-wallets, instalments, and bank transfer with one click.
No EGP pricing
Students must pay in USD and absorb 3-5% conversion fees on top of the course price.
With Mentevo
List in EGP, charge in EGP, settle in EGP — no surprise FX surcharges for your students.
No mobile wallet support
Vodafone Cash and Orange Money — the most common payment methods in Egypt — are unavailable.
With Mentevo
Mentevo accepts Vodafone Cash, Orange Money, and other MENA mobile wallets out of the box.
No WhatsApp integration
The main communication channel in MENA is completely ignored. Email open rates here are low.
With Mentevo
Built-in WhatsApp automation: enrolment confirmations, lesson reminders, marketing drips, support.
Limited sales tools
Limited sales page builder and no 1:1 consultation booking — key revenue tools are missing.
With Mentevo
Full-featured sales pages, course bundles, AND 1:1 consultation booking with Arabic calendar — all included.
How to migrate from Thinkific
Export your content
Export your courses and content from Thinkific (CSV, video files, PDFs).
Create a Mentevo account
Create a Mentevo account — you get 14 days free, no credit card required.
Move content over
Use our import tools or contact support to move your content over.
Point your custom domain
Point your custom domain to Mentevo (takes 5 minutes).
Notify your students
Send your students a quick email with the new login link.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Thinkific lets you export course and student data, and our team imports it and rebuilds your curriculum, quizzes, and certificates on Mentevo. Most catalogs are live within a few days.
Thinkific is a solid global platform, but it is built for English and USD audiences. There is no Arabic RTL, and checkout is limited to cards and PayPal. If you teach Arabic-speaking learners or sell in EGP or SAR, you are forcing students through a foreign-currency, left-to-right flow. Mentevo is built MENA-first.
Thinkific paid plans start around 49 USD per month and the higher tier is about 99 USD per month. Mentevo Starter is 49 USD per month with local pricing from EGP 1,500 per month and no per-sale fees, so you are not paying a US-market premium to reach a MENA audience.
You gain Arabic RTL, Egyptian gateways (Kashier, Paymob, Fawry), WhatsApp automation, and bilingual certificates. Thinkific communities and course builder are comparable, so the deciding factor is local payments and Arabic, which Thinkific does not offer at any tier.
Yes. Set up Mentevo fully, keep Thinkific live, then switch your domain and notify students. No downtime and no lost enrollments.
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