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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    A Cloud Guru (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AA Cloud Guru (ACG) was a cloud learning resource that offered access to updated courses, labs, and learning paths. In 2021 the company was acquired by Pluralsight, and its training is no longer available.N/A

    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AGrovo's product included instructional videos and assessments, and the SaaS platform that they live on top of. The videos follow a microlearning methodology which increases learner retention. Grovo is now fully integrated into CornerStone's LMS.

    $149

    per month

    Pricing
    A Cloud Guru (discontinued)Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
    Editions & Modules
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    Light Academy
    $149.00
    per month
    Professional Academy
    $249.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    A Cloud Guru (discontinued)Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Consulting and integration services are part of the product, not an additional feature.
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    Community Pulse
    A Cloud Guru (discontinued)Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
    Considered Both Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    26 Answers
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    23 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    A Cloud Guru (discontinued)Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of A Cloud Guru (discontinued) and Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
    Feature
    A Cloud Guru (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
    7.6
    2 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Course authoring00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Course catalog or library00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Player/Portal00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Learning content00 Ratings6.62 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Social learning00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    A Cloud Guru (discontinued)Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (26 ratings)
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    A Cloud Guru (discontinued)Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    If your organization is technical-based and offers its employees different online courses to enhance their knowledge, then A Cloud Guru will be perfect for you. There are multiple courses available from different cloud platforms. The platform is easy to use and navigate and does not require much knowledge. Even if you do not have basic technical knowledge, the courses available in A Cloud Guru are designed in such a manner that a non-technical person will understand the concept easily.
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    Grovo is fantastic for bringing a team of people up to speed and for teaching a few things to a large audience. We found Grovo to be lacking when specific training is required or when the training required a certain level of skill. Grovo is fantastic for broad training, less so for specific depth training
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    Pros
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    • The team at A Cloud Guru is excellent at responding to user feedback that is submitted through their website.
    • The content created is well organized and aligns to certification paths.
    • The content is accessible on mobile and web platforms, which is great for learning on the go.
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    • Ease to create trainings.
    • Ability to insert GIFs and photos to help with visual aids.
    • Ability to allow others to create trainings.
    • Ability to track trainings (who has done it and who hasn't).
    • Ease of tracking all training done.
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    Cons
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    • More material on other cloud providers GCP, Azure, Huawei.
    • Extend the sandboxes to other cloud providers not only AWS.
    • Include more material for non-technical people, sometimes the sales teams are completely lost in the platform but they would like to learn about it.
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    • Some videos/lessons leave a lot to be desired and could use more detail.
    • There's always more room for some more advanced skills.
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    Support Rating
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    The support team of A Cloud Guru is quite quick. There are scenarios where A Cloud Guru was not working in my organization. We reached out to their support team and they quickly resolved the issue. Also, if any individual is facing issues accessing A Cloud Guru, their support team is quick to resolve the issue.
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    When we have had issues with Grovo not working or a problem with report we have always gotten an answer quickly. We have a rep that we speak to often to make sure we are satisfied with the system and is just a quick email away. It nice to know we have support that will get back to you in a quick manner as we rely on this software.
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    Alternatives Considered
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    The main differentiator was the contents as we were interested in a cloud platform other similar platforms did not have the below: it is very good to establish cloud learning development plans and then track them and manage them for the team. The platform supports learning tracks, exams, and sandboxes with all major cloud providers guarantees that you don't get an accidental charge as a result of [the] testing and exploring the cloud
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    The elephant in the room for me, would be TreeHouse. Grovo is very similar to TreeHouse in the fact that they're both programs with lesson tracks, simple and short videos, as well as progress trackers. I would have to say that I enjoyed learning coding on TreeHouse over Grovo, based on the wide variety of native coding languages they have implemented. Grovo, although extremely similar and easy to use as well, doesn't stack up to TreeHouse in my opinion. Grove does, however, beat out Lynda in my humble opinion
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    Return on Investment
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    • Engagement scores around investment in L&D have increased.
    • There's excitement around upcoming changes to our technology instead of fear we have seen in the past.
    • We feel confident we will be able to deliver these new technologies - although we are at the start of our journey.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Zero impact. When we determined they were not a good fit for us, we decided to go another direction. I would certainly try them again however if they addressed my concerns as their service was excellent.
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    Screenshot of The primary admin dashboardScreenshot of The library of Grovo contentScreenshot of The course building toolScreenshot of Assignment optionsScreenshot of Choosing an assignment