TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Contact about Absorb

Please fill out the form below to get in touch.

Absorb Software Inc.

Connect with Absorb Software Inc.

What are you interested in?

Already have an account?

You hereby consent to have TrustRadius share the information supplied on this form with Absorb Software Inc. so that Absorb Software Inc. and TrustRadius may contact you in regard to the information requested.

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Absorb

    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Absorb LMS aims to empower organizations to train employees with the skills needed to stay modern and relevant in today's fast-paced world. The LMS software focuses on aligning learning needs with business demands.N/A

    Adobe Learning Manager

    Score7.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Adobe Learning Manager is a Learning Management System developed by Adobe Inc. that offers personalized learning at scale to employees, partners and customers alike. Compliant with GDPR guidelines, SOC2 TYPE 2 and FedRAMP Certifications, Adobe Learning Manager integrates with Adobe Experience Manager Sites, Adobe Commerce, Marketo Engage with out-of-the-box components and any other application through Open APIs, offering hybrid learning programs and detailed analytics.…N/A

    Open LMS

    Score5.9 out of 10
    N/AOpen LMS (formerly Moodlerooms) is an open source learning management system for educational institutions, formerly supported by Blackboard, and now part of the Learning Technologies Group.

    $999

    per year

    Pricing
    AbsorbAdobe Learning ManagerOpen LMS
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Innovator
    $999
    per year
    Professional
    4,599
    per year
    Enterprise
    Contact for custom quote
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AbsorbAdobe Learning ManagerOpen LMS
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details———
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    AbsorbAdobe Learning ManagerOpen LMS
    Considered Multiple Products
    Absorb Software Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Learning Manager
    We considered Absorb LMS and Saba Cloud but found that Adobe Captivate Prime had better service and support but was also easier to integrate and deploy with our other services. The fact that we had a team member familiar with the platform also made it easy for us to pick Adobe …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Learning Manager
    It is one-stop solution for all LMS needs. To train the employee on a regular basis we need something reliable, and good reputation.
    1. The cost is effective as compared to other
    2. The UI and software stability is nice.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Learning Manager
    We chose it to replace Absorb. I think it’s better overall and has more features.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Learning Manager
    We've considered alternatives only because the support and documentation of Adobe Captivate Prime is lacking. We have not made any purchase decisions yet but might switch to an alternative solution soon. This market space is growing faster during COVID and there are a lot of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Learning Manager
    Adobe Captivate Prime has clear license and data security politics and doesn't need special engineering resources and knowledges to install.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Learning Manager
    When we were looking for different Learning Management system we searched around for a long time, we tried to book a demonstration with Absorb Anywhere but they seemed to be very lax on there with replying and giving the information of what the system included before we had the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Learning Manager
    I believe that Adobe was much more complicated in the integrate of our employees’ information. However, the easy-to-use architecture made this program unique in that we could offer more content and create more courses for our employees than the other learning management …
    Incentivized
    Learning Technologies Group
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    170 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    55 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    144 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    43 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    170 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    55 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    117 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    126 Answers
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    AbsorbAdobe Learning ManagerOpen LMS
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Absorb and Adobe Learning Manager and Open LMS
    Feature
    Absorb
    8.6
    171 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Adobe Learning Manager
    7.6
    144 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Open LMS
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Course authoring9.0134 Ratings8.1126 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.3150 Ratings8.0139 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.6153 Ratings7.8134 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Learning content8.5127 Ratings7.0127 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.0124 Ratings6.8117 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.4163 Ratings6.0135 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Assignments9.7141 Ratings7.8125 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Compliance management9.5136 Ratings8.0107 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Learning administration8.8167 Ratings7.0132 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.5164 Ratings7.0133 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Social learning6.391 Ratings8.0114 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Gamification6.085 Ratings8.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.7128 Ratings9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AbsorbAdobe Learning ManagerOpen LMS
    Small Businesses
    Tovuti LMS
    Score6.6 out of 10
    Tovuti LMS
    Score6.6 out of 10
    Google Classroom
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    iSpring LMS
    Score9.6 out of 10
    iSpring LMS
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Schoology Learning
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management
    Score7.4 out of 10
    D2L Brightspace
    Score7.8 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    AbsorbAdobe Learning ManagerOpen LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (174 ratings)
    7.0
    (149 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (10 ratings)
    6.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (79 ratings)
    7.0
    (45 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.2
    (6 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (160 ratings)
    3.4
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    1.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    8.5
    (30 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    5.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AbsorbAdobe Learning ManagerOpen LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Absorb Software Inc.
    Absorb is highly intuitive for end users. The resources feature allows for uploads of materials that are not marked as part of any training but rather available for users to review at their convenience. Scheduling reports so they are sent to users via email has been a pain. Reports are duplicated and there is also no start and end date, which causes the portal to continuously push the reports unless they are manually cancelled
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Adobe
    It's good if you have a good use case for that feed. I do know that you have to incorporate it in a process in isolation. It's not you don't realize the full value, so you have to incorporate it into an overall improvement process. I would say the pro cases are marketing optimization with respect to campaigns. And I would say that the areas it's not well suited is in distilling attribution. So if you were to take all of the improvements that it suggested, the numbers exceed revenue, which isn't real, but that's a hard problem to solve. Nobody's really solved that problem well. So distilling the attribution piece would be good. And it is well suited for marketing campaigns in the ideation phase of so
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Learning Technologies Group
    I currently use, talk about and promote all educators using Moodlerooms. The functionality that Moodlerooms provides is unmatched in most software. It is well suited in all educational realms. Teachers that teach all online electronic courses could use this to post assignments online, separate the classes and post a variety of assignments, tasks, and activities. Additionally, in blended situations where some students are face to face and sometimes working at home, the Moodlerooms makes it easy to education and be a hands-on teacher and a hands-on learner. Less appropriately, I find using Moodlerooms in some of the private sector industries could be tougher. Moodlerooms provides people and content management, and to use it in advertising or marketing and accounting, it could be difficult to find an easy use and function for it.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    Absorb Software Inc.
    • Overall, Absorb LMS is pretty easy to use for learners and especially for admins. It's practical to create and manage course content - it provides the most crucial options and yet is lean enough not to overcomplicate the admin's life. The consistent and customizable "table-view" in most of the admin-areas is very helpful and easy to follow.
    • Using Enrollment Rules, Absorb LMS let you define who a course applies to and how they get enrolled. You can build rules based on learner attributes, such as department, location job role, group, to include or exclude specific audiences. The way Absorb LMS is using enrollment attributes, no other LMS actually can fulfill our requirements easier. Enrollment rules are mainly embedded in individual course options (you can also create scheduled enrollments outside of the courses).
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Adobe
    • Rich and engaging learning experiences that capture employees' attention.
    • Is multi-device capable so our teams can take classes where it's most convenient for them during the day, especially if they don't have an assigned static workstation?
    • Allows us to personalize compliance training based on where our employees are at in the organizational chart, competencies, and requirements.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Learning Technologies Group
    • Something that Moddlerooms does very well is that it allows teachers to structure their online classroom as one focused curriculum.
    • Moodlerooms also allows for customization of the layout. Being able to add and remove certain functions that Moodlerooms can perform definitely helps.
    • Moodlerooms is able to add different types of activities to the rooms for increased interaction.
    • Moodlerooms provides large chat opportunities to all students that are online at the same time.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    Absorb Software Inc.
    • The "And" and "Or" rules for self + automatic enrollment could be spelled out more to clarify who we're enrolling into courses
    • The thumbnail and poster "Upload photo" section is confusing. There should be a "Favorites" folder where we can easily find most commonly used posters and thumbnails
    • more education around Absorb analyze essentials
    • How the Featured courses section ranks courses is confusing on the back-end. I need to switch the primary one to second place to feature the new one first. But if the previous one now becomes second place, what happens to the old course that was in second place? I've noticed the order you select on the back-end for this isn't always reflected on user side
    • Same comment as Featured Courses but for appearance of billboards. Hard to position each in the right order
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Adobe
    • High initial set-up cost and licensing fees for all employees at one go
    • Once a courses been enrolled by employee, there's no function to remove those courses by themselves.
    • Mobile version not working very well and some contents not able to load, e.g. Leaderboard, Level.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Learning Technologies Group
    • Easier to change permissions.
    • Adding the ability to tweet.
    • Decrease bandwidth to improve back end loading times.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Absorb Software Inc.
    We love the ability to have a user-friendly system that integrates well with our different HR interfaces (we have 3 systems that feed data/employees into the system). It makes it easy to track course completions and report out on metrics enterprise-wide. In addition, the ability to provide consistent education to staff who are geographically dispersed is a huge incentive for us, and Absorb LMS does this seamlessly.
    Read full review
    Adobe
    Currently, our company uses this program and another competitor for our learning management software. We like the adaptability of this program and appreciate the customer service that Adobe provides, however the other program is starting to turn out to be a better value for our company as they improve their compatibility.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Learning Technologies Group
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Absorb Software Inc.
    Our company has performed many software implementations over the last few years. Getting Absorb LMS up and running was one of the easiest and most pleasant by far. The process is fairly straightforward, but you are also given excellent support in instances when it is needed.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Adobe
    In general, the user experience in Adobe Learning Manager is very satisfactory. The layout of the interface, the structure and the order of the available functionalities make it very intuitive and usable. The adaptation to mobile devices is very convenient since most of the participants connect through these electronic devices.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Learning Technologies Group
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Absorb Software Inc.
    We have never had any major issue with Absorb's availability. Any outages that have occurred have been planned an communicated. Any small issues that occur within the Absorb platform have been addressed efficiently and quickly by support and the development team
    Read full review
    Adobe
    On a few occasions, I've logged in to issue a test to a staff member and my course would just spin. I've had to reschedule several test attempts due to this. In my opinion, the issue was not resolved by Adobe
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Learning Technologies Group
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Absorb Software Inc.
    We have experienced infrequent issues with things like load times on reporting, or pages timing out, but for the large majority of our time within the system things have worked as they should
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Adobe
    The performance of Adobe Captivate Prime is also extremely good. The user interface is fast and easy to load. The complexity is not nearly as bad as some of the other programs on the market. Speed was not impacted.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Learning Technologies Group
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Absorb Software Inc.
    My client success manager had to reach out once for our company once. Although it was not an Absorb issue (it was an issue on the course vendor side), Absorb offered a resolution while the vendor was fixing the issue. We were very happy with the resolution and feel like Absorb went above and beyond for us.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Adobe
    I think they have a competent, friendly and "resolving" team. I have only ever been met with a willingness to assist any and every query I have come across. Roy who is one of the technical people is amazing, and so is my Customer Success Manager, Hema! I do not know what I would do without them.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Learning Technologies Group
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Absorb Software Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    Training by my staff was quick. Could have been a bit longer. Had to pick up on things myself
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Learning Technologies Group
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Absorb Software Inc.
    The training was comprehensive - there were existing modules to learn functionality but working with Absorb staff, and receiving recordings of those walk-throughs, made a rapid understanding of the LMS achievable and covered the necessary material that was needed and allowed for specific questions to be addressed.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Learning Technologies Group
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Absorb Software Inc.
    The implementation of Absorb went very seamlessly. We previously had the Oracle LMS and importing user data and getting the new system up to speed was painless. The smooth transition helped leaders and staff gain confidence early in the application/company and we have had a successful partnership with Absorb since.
    Read full review
    Adobe
    Trial period was great, and It let me plenty of time to try the different feature of the platform. However, when we decided to move forward, the ADOBE team was slow and not reactive at all. Actually after 2 years, I am still waiting for answers which is quite unacceptable.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Learning Technologies Group
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Absorb Software Inc.
    Absorb offers a more flexible and robust experience for managing learning ecosystems. The user interface is more modern and provides a stronger user-centric learning experience. Absorb is at parity for social learning, which most learning platforms struggle with. The admin capabilities within Absorb are stronger than those of each of these providers. The notifications are strong, too.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Adobe
    360 keeps up the Adobe learning manager. It even outclasses it in certain parts, but with a huge stalwart tech giant like Adobe, it is hard to keep up. Many of the features are present, but there's always that final touch missing. And it is always trying to play catchup.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Learning Technologies Group
    I would select Moodlerooms over many competitors as a result of what it offers in terms of functionality and control. Google classrooms has a definite place in education; however, Moodlerooms provides significantly more control for authors. As the owner and manager of the content, and as someone familiar with technology, I can incorporate a lot more functions and create different layouts with functionality boxes
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Absorb Software Inc.
    Clear and easy to understand. Of course, I would love to have seen these costs during my research of different LMSs, but I understand why they don't share this information.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Learning Technologies Group
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Absorb Software Inc.
    We have already scaled our LMS from a couple hundred users to 1000 users and have plans to scale even larger. We use the LMS across multiple internal departments. countries and user types. Absorb has made it easy to integrate and scale and we will continue to scale in the near future.
    Read full review
    Adobe
    The product's overall scalability and flexibility is extremely good. I wish that the other products our company uses were this flexible! The product is easy to deploy across multiple departments and teams as needed.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Learning Technologies Group
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Absorb Software Inc.
    We work directly with Kirsten Spak, who has continuously
    provided timely and quality help for myself as the lead and our organization.
    Kirsten has helped us ensure that we are going about things as efficiently and
    is always willing to walk through things to demonstrate suggestions and
    functions. As we look to expand our offerings further, Kirsten has helped
    strategize for the best approach, which has helped our workflow and the
    end-user experience. As we are still relatively new users, but using the LMS
    every day, Kirsten has been very patient and provided clear instruction on
    processes when we were unsure of what to do and has been able to troubleshoot,
    with her team, functions that were desired but not availability at the time, to
    provide us with solutions.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Learning Technologies Group
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Absorb Software Inc.
    • We used Absorb LMS to track Annual Safety Training to ensure compliance with inspectors and ensure our teammates understand the risks and how to mitigate them safely. We were never able to track this before and thus, we simply didn't have mandatory annual training.
    • A huge drawback prior to implementation of Absorb LMS was our inability to offer more than our 40 purchased e-courses to our employees. These were mostly safety and equipment based courses, so we didn't have any soft skill development happening. Now we have hundreds of courses available from the Absorb library that cover the safety aspects, but we also have dozens of leadership courses, communication and influence courses, etc. It has been a huge gamechanger for our employees and their development opportunities! When I look at our course library, there are 400 courses, which over 300 being available through Absorb library (the other 80+ were made using Absorb Create).
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Adobe
    • We are a small organization, so for now, we aren't quite sure if our ROI is working. But are confident in how this system will help us grow.
    • Our consumers have been truly delighted about the LMS and view us at a much more professional level now.
    • High level of security is very positive.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Learning Technologies Group
    • Moodlerooms has given classes of mine a positive ROI because it improves the educational experience for all students. It has helped all of our students, and with this, we can even help students who can not get to the classroom for some reason.
    • It helps to improve student scores, GPAs, and college attendance.
    • The positive impact can be directly correlated with the improvement of grades for students. Being able to access work in person and via Moodlerooms helps students to learn anywhere and any time. Grades have improved, and that is due to Moodlerooms.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    Absorb Screenshots

    Screenshot of Absorb's course details page, accessible from the course catalog dashboard, used to give learners an understanding of the course material.Screenshot of course creation with Create AI Beta.Product screenshotProduct screenshotProduct screenshotProduct screenshot

    Adobe Learning Manager Screenshots

    Screenshot of the platform for all learning needs.Screenshot of guided learning journeys.Screenshot of gamification.Screenshot of actionable insight from analytics.Screenshot of learning that’s engaging.Screenshot of measurable analytics.