Absorb LMS vs. Tessello

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Absorb LMS
Score 8.8 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
Tessello
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Tessello is a corporate-focused learning management software solution offered by Brightwave. Tessello features include content discovery, usage analytics, tailored pathways, user-generated content, recommendations and incentives, focus on knowledge retention, and system integrations .N/A
Pricing
Absorb LMSTessello
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Absorb LMSTessello
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Absorb LMSTessello
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
8.6
48 Ratings
5% above category average
Tessello
9.5
2 Ratings
15% above category average
Course authoring9.236 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Course catalog or library9.242 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Player/Portal9.243 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Learning content8.132 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Mobile friendly7.929 Ratings9.62 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications9.244 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Assignments8.538 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Compliance management9.035 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Learning administration9.646 Ratings9.62 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics9.143 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Social learning6.916 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Gamification6.716 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning8.528 Ratings00 Ratings
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Absorb LMSTessello
Small Businesses
Tovuti LMS
Tovuti LMS
Score 9.4 out of 10
Tovuti LMS
Tovuti LMS
Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Tovuti LMS
Tovuti LMS
Score 9.4 out of 10
Tovuti LMS
Tovuti LMS
Score 9.4 out of 10
Enterprises
Intellum
Intellum
Score 9.1 out of 10
Pluralsight Skills
Pluralsight Skills
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Absorb LMSTessello
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(50 ratings)
9.4
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(5 ratings)
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Usability
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Support Rating
8.9
(37 ratings)
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Online Training
8.2
(1 ratings)
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Implementation Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.2
(1 ratings)
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Product Scalability
8.2
(1 ratings)
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Vendor post-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
8.2
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User Testimonials
Absorb LMSTessello
Likelihood to Recommend
Absorb Software Inc.
For our organization, Absorb is a fantastic choice. We are able to offer comprehensive learning opportunities for users and to do so in a system that is user-friendly, attractive, modern, and robust in its reporting capabilities. The fact that Absorb has the capability to manage communication with users surrounding expiry dates and outstanding elements to be completed is life-changing for our team.
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Brightwave
I can recommend tessello to any organization for better learning programs. It has intuitive user interface that promotes effective organization of events. It ensures that there is no data leakage to unauthorized parties for each learner. Our documents and performance list is always secure with individual portals. It has contributed to teamwork in our company during joint task collaboration and project implementation.
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Pros
Absorb Software Inc.
  • Usability - Both the User and Admin Experience is so simple and intuitive. The admin tools are clearly defined and laid out, yet the functionality makes it still powerful.
  • Integration - We used the Scheduled Data Imports and Exports to connect with our HRIS tool. After the initial configuration, it has worked reliably and gives me all the custom data I need to make assignments and reporting a breeze.
  • Design - I know it's covered a little bit in the Usability above, but the site just looks fantastic. There are a lot of options to customize and fit your branding requirements and all of the thumbnails/posters/billboards/etc give a very visual and appealing look to the LMS. Much better than I've seen in other products.
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Brightwave
  • Enhancement of collaboration across among team members
  • Provision of business analytics
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Cons
Absorb Software Inc.
  • The manager experience needs further development, including how access the manager experience from the user experience
  • There needs to be an easier search feature to find a course without having to use the filter option.
  • There seems to be a slight delay when completing a course before it shows as completed in the transcript.
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Brightwave
  • The current features performance have been awesome.
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Likelihood to Renew
Absorb Software Inc.
We have no plans to move away from Absorb at this time. It has all of the functionality we are looking for in a learning management system and we have a lot of info stored in our LMS system for trainings including all of our current and past employee transcripts. It is also getting easier to manager with being able to connect the LMS to ADP to update employee reporting/department/location/etc. We don't have a need or reason to move away from Absorb at this time.
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Brightwave
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Usability
Absorb Software Inc.
It's a great place to house our trainings and keep things interesting for our associates.
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Brightwave
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Support Rating
Absorb Software Inc.
We cannot speak highly enough for the Elite Support service. Having a dedicated partner to help us through multiple projects, multiple upgrades, and multiple custom configurations has been absolutely key. Our CSM really has been like an extra team member and we know we can rely on him for anything we need. His product expertise and friendly professionalism is unrivaled!
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Brightwave
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Online Training
Absorb Software Inc.
I meet and do training with my absorb support every week. and I have all my questions answered! it's great
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Brightwave
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Alternatives Considered
Absorb Software Inc.
We were very disappointed with D2L and Workday's ability to customize what or how content is shown to users. The platforms can be robust but the onboarding time for new administrators is much longer than Absorb. Workday's current offering (2023) for external learners is unacceptable for our use case and much more manual then Absorb's solutions. Workday does not have the ability to create engaging content or notifications to the user and the UI is pulled directly from the HCM with very little flexibility between the modules on look, feel or layout. While Thinkific was good for external users and monetization, it also lacked flexibility for multiple different demographics. EdApp while having a good mobile presence and quick turnaround for course creation, it's offerings for other engagement factors fell short of Absorb. Moodle can be a great LMS, but all of the features require you to plan and (potentially)code your requirements into the platform. This required time that we didn't have and to administrate the platform required additional personnel and resources for any changes we wanted to have after go live. We didn't have the time nor other organization resources available when launching so it couldn't be considered.
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Brightwave
We switched to tessello from its great features that support our learning system. The deployment process took us very minimal time and started running immediately. This product ensures that each employee performance is well monitored and when there is need for skill advancement it notifies our managers. The support team is always available when there is a problem and can easily guide via live chat.
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Return on Investment
Absorb Software Inc.
  • Course enrollments and completions have increased by 500% since implementation
  • Employee visits to our learning centre have increased by 300% since implementation
  • Cost saving from a time perspective as we can automate a lot of the admin work we used to do.
  • Pre Absorb we had about 3 or 4 e-learnings that were available. We now have over 100 that are accessible to all employees
  • Ability to seamlessly integrate with Workday and Udemy allowing all learning to be in one place, people data to be imported from WD, and very comprehensive reporting
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Brightwave
  • It has contributed positive and faster ROI since we deployed it.
  • It has highly achieved our set goals from effective and reliable performance.
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ScreenShots

Absorb LMS Screenshots

Screenshot of a company's unique identity with a training interface that is custom-designed for the brand.Screenshot of A company's image and values with a training interface that is tailored to the brand's specific needs.Screenshot of Assembling courses that offer a diverse set of formats, including instructional videos, quizzes, and assessments.Screenshot of Gives Learners a thorough understanding of the course material using Absorb's rich course details page, accessible from the course catalog dashboard.Screenshot of Learners' progress insights to make data-driven decisions with the advanced reporting capabilities of Absorb LMS.