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Absorb LMS vs Relias Learning Management System

Absorb LMS
22 Ratings
Relias Learning Management System
30 Ratings

Absorb LMS

22 Ratings
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Score 8.6 out of 100

Based on 22 reviews and ratings

Relias Learning Management System

30 Ratings
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Score 7.6 out of 100

Based on 30 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

  • Absorb LMS ranks higher in 1 feature set: Learning Management

Learning Management

8.7

Absorb LMS

87%
7.1

Relias Learning Management System

71%
Absorb LMS ranks higher in 13/13 features
Absorb LMS ranks higher in 13/13 features

Course authoring

9.0
90%
4 Ratings
7.4
74%
9 Ratings

Course catalog or library

9.0
90%
3 Ratings
8.6
86%
9 Ratings

Player/Portal

9.0
90%
4 Ratings
5.8
58%
6 Ratings

Learning content

9.3
93%
3 Ratings
8.3
83%
9 Ratings

Mobile friendly

8.0
80%
4 Ratings
5.2
52%
7 Ratings

Progress tracking & certifications

8.4
84%
4 Ratings
7.0
70%
9 Ratings

Assignments

9.0
90%
4 Ratings
7.9
79%
9 Ratings

Compliance management

7.4
74%
4 Ratings
7.2
72%
8 Ratings

Learning administration

8.7
87%
4 Ratings
7.8
78%
8 Ratings

Learning reporting & analytics

8.4
84%
4 Ratings
5.9
59%
9 Ratings

Social learning

9.0
90%
3 Ratings
7.1
71%
5 Ratings

Gamification

10.0
100%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings

Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning

8.0
80%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

  • Absorb LMS is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating

Likelihood to Recommend

8.3

Absorb LMS

83%
5 Ratings
7.1

Relias Learning Management System

71%
11 Ratings

Likelihood to Renew

Absorb LMS

N/A
0 Ratings
2.0

Relias Learning Management System

20%
3 Ratings

Usability

Absorb LMS

N/A
0 Ratings
10.0

Relias Learning Management System

100%
1 Rating

Support Rating

9.0

Absorb LMS

90%
4 Ratings
8.5

Relias Learning Management System

85%
8 Ratings

Implementation Rating

Absorb LMS

N/A
0 Ratings
10.0

Relias Learning Management System

100%
2 Ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

Absorb LMS

Absorb LMS is a very easy-to-use, intuitive solution to your LMS requirements. The platform comes loaded with features and is completely plug-and-play. It has been developed for mid-size to large organizations. It helps to organize your learning content in a way that you will see a boost in the learning engagement right from the start. The platform can help organizations reach their learning and development goals regardless of whom training is being training are provided. It may not be very suitable for very small organizations or startups due to its pricing and what I feel is that it has been designed keeping the requirements of the mid-size to large organizations.

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Ankit Hasija | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Relias Learning Management System

Good for an organization who are in health care and in ABA. Not so good everyone else. There are courses specific to the industry, however, the glitches and the lack of support from the customer service staff makes it hard to recommend the product.

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Pros

Absorb LMS

  • Ease of use
  • Simple interface
  • High degree of customization
  • Ability to offer paid for content

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Jason Davitsky | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Relias Learning Management System

  • The gamification elements are fun, and our staff enjoys decorating their crests.
  • The ability to personalize our reminders ensures that compliance stays top-of-mind.
  • User-friendly doesn't do it justice - zero training is needed on how to use the system because it's so intuitive!

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Cons

Absorb LMS

  • Automated creation of manager groups.
  • Easier way of seeing who employees report to so we can create manager groups.

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Drew Randles CSSR, CSMR, CIR | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Relias Learning Management System

  • Reporting is abominable, hasn't been updated in over 4 years.
  • Organization of courses, modules, training plans, skills checklists, manuals, and tests— a lot of options and very challenging to differentiate
  • Their mobile application is not user-friendly, it crashes, doesn't load certain courses, doesn't play audio on other ones, and has very poor performance.

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Lauren Love | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Pricing Details

Absorb LMS

General

Free Trial
—
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

—

Relias Learning Management System

General

Free Trial
—
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

—

Likelihood to Renew

Absorb LMS

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Relias Learning Management System

Relias Learning Management System 2.0
Based on 3 answers
RMLS have become an important component of our agency's support systems. It provides consistent context for education and trainings as well as being flexible to allow staff to access it on their time. We have found many of the content sessions to be very useful for staff development and supportive of our overall agency goals and strategies.

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Usability

Absorb LMS

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Relias Learning Management System

Relias Learning Management System 10.0
Based on 1 answer
It's super easy to use.

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Tami Lewis-Ahrendt, PHR, SHRM-PC | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tami Lewis-Ahrendt, PHR, SHRM-PC
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Support Rating

Absorb LMS

Absorb LMS 9.0
Based on 4 answers
Poor response time and generally poor responses.

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Ron Massicotte | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ron Massicotte
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Relias Learning Management System

Relias Learning Management System 8.5
Based on 8 answers
Relias staff has been accommodating whenever support is needed. When Relias staff are at booths at conferences, they also engage very positively and are available for support. It seems as if the Relias staff really care about the work they do and the product they offer.

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Michael Burt | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Implementation Rating

Absorb LMS

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Relias Learning Management System

Relias Learning Management System 10.0
Based on 2 answers
It was very easy to implement. It's cloud based, so the most difficult part was getting users loaded.

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Tami Lewis-Ahrendt, PHR, SHRM-PC | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tami Lewis-Ahrendt, PHR, SHRM-PC
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Alternatives Considered

Absorb LMS

Absorb LMS is certainly better than most of the platforms out in the market due as it's far more intuitive and offers far more templates and customizations, while the other two platforms are also good in their respective specialties, Absorb LMS completely nails it in the number of features and functionality it offers. The customizations that Absorb LMS is offering are not available on the other platforms which have been very much beneficial to our company.

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Ankit Hasija | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Relias Learning Management System

Relias has significantly more and higher quality training courses and video offerings than any competitor in the space. At the end of the day, it's about the caregivers receiving as much information they can to be successful.

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Lauren Love | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Return on Investment

Absorb LMS

  • Honestly, I can't really say that Absorb [LMS] has had a positive or negative impact on the business
  • Some features are better than the last program we used, but nothing earth shaking
  • Some features are less than ideal, but it's nothing we really feel the need to complain about

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Marquis C. Brantley | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Relias Learning Management System

  • We have been able to manage a large amount of training for a diverse work force more efficiently.
  • We are adding functionality to be able to use the system to circulate materials to our workforce where documentation of knowledge/understanding is needed,

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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