Acorn PLMS vs. Adobe Learning Manager

Acorn PLMS

Adobe Learning Manager

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Acorn PLMS	Score 7.0 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	Acorn Performance LMS (PLMS) is a dynamic AI-powered platform for Learning and Development experiences synchronized to business performance. The Acorn corporate learning solution guides learners step by step to master the specific capabilities of their roles that will accelerate organizational performance.	N/A
Adobe Learning Manager	Score 8.8 out of 10	Enterprise companies (1,001+ 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

Pricing

Acorn PLMS

Adobe Learning Manager

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Acorn PLMS	Adobe Learning Manager
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

Optional

No setup fee

Additional Details

Transparent Performance LMS Pricing - Volume discounts, No mandatory platform pricing, Pro-rated deployment pricing, and our Learn4Good NFP pricing.

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Community Pulse
	Acorn PLMS	Adobe Learning Manager
Considered Both Products	Acorn PLMS No answer on this topic	Adobe Learning Manager Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Learning Manager I don't know that there's been another product. They were already using it like in beta or something when I started. So it predates my experience. I've been there for one year. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Learning Manager Even though we didn't get to utilize Captivate to its fullest potential, I have found nothing that comes close in comparison. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Learning Manager It directly helps us with commerce. Incentivized Helpful? Hugo Carrion Academic Director Chose Adobe Learning Manager We have long used open source learning management platforms, such as Moodle. However, the "free" cost ends up being misleading, since the costs of installation, customization, and web hosting are often difficult to calculate. A SaaS scheme is more controllable and allows you to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Learning Manager Adobe Learning Manager stacked up very well against the other major LMS system we had considered, which was Vision by Grace Hill. Adobe offered a more dynamic, visual learning experience that Grace Hill could not. Grace Hill, however, was less costly and did offer similar … Incentivized Helpful? CC chirag chhatbar Senior Advisor Chose Adobe Learning Manager In initial trailing the product we had experience with canvas LMS and Adobe Learning Manager stood out in terms of integration of the different connectors it was offering across the portfolio when trying to select the best and also making the learning easy for the internal … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Learning Manager The user experience of Adobe Learning Manager is more complete. I have no experience with other LMS software. However, some colleagues have clarified to me that Adobe Learning Management provides a more inclusive experience compared to similar software. The graphical interface … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Learning Manager Adobe Learning Manager does provide an Intuitive user experience which is the most important thing for corporate learners. Centralized content management, sharing the content across groups, tracking the course progress, and the power of handling different types of course … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Learning Manager The free trial, the competitive price point, and the sales rep were the main determinators in choosing this software. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Learning Manager 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 Helpful? PW Paul Wilson eLearning Designer, Developer Chose Adobe Learning Manager One of my prior employers used SumTotal's LMS solution. It was extremely expensive to implement and required a great deal of customization. It was a lengthy implementation, and by comparison, Adobe Learning Manager was a breeze to set up and get up and running. Incentivized Helpful? Amanda Brueschke (she/her) E-Learning and Multimedia Specialist Chose Adobe Learning Manager In a lot of ways, ALM has a very different feel from other LMS's, and has more of an internal training feel than a class feel. I would definitely recommend this for skills and compliance training, it is less well suited to a classroom feel. For a licensing course, it has its … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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. The cost is effective as compared to other The UI and software stability is nice. Incentivized Helpful? Scott Ford Manager Training and Dvelopment Chose Adobe Learning Manager There is no comparison. ALM is in a class all by itself. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Learning Manager We chose it to replace Absorb. I think it’s better overall and has more features. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Learning Manager Adobe Learning Manager is more business focused than Canvas and Blackboard. It is also more user friendly than SuccessFactors and Cornerstone. iSpring is the only other LMS that is comparable. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Learning Manager Top of the line Incentivized Helpful? AR April Reed CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Chose Adobe Learning Manager Adobe Captivate Incentivized Helpful? Kay A. Lawyer Learning Director Chose Adobe Learning Manager It has better features. Incentivized Helpful? Ilyssa Russ Learning & Development Program Manager Chose Adobe Learning Manager Rippling is mostly an HRIS that now has an LMS component. It's truly meant for one-a-year compliance training as learners cannot return to the courses and review them unless they are re-assigned. It has good features like automatic enrollment, but it doesn't give us the ability … Incentivized Helpful? SR Sharath Ramaswamy learning consultant Chose Adobe Learning Manager I prefer Adobe Learning Manager to Cornerstone OnDemand as the latter is mostly focused on performance management and does not support the needs of small and medium businesses. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Learning Manager Creating content has been easier in articulate. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Learning Manager Comparable, but Adobe Learning Manager is double the price. Incentivized Helpful? BW Bob Wynn Sr Instructional Content Designer Chose Adobe Learning Manager Adobe Captivate Prime is on par with the other LMS products that I have used. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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 Helpful?

Features

Acorn PLMS

Adobe Learning Manager

Learning Management

Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
	Acorn PLMS - Ratings	Adobe Learning Manager 7.6 Ratings 8% below category average
Course authoring	00 Ratings	8.10 Ratings
Course catalog or library	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Player/Portal	00 Ratings	7.80 Ratings
Learning content	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Mobile friendly	00 Ratings	6.80 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Assignments	00 Ratings	7.80 Ratings
Compliance management	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Learning administration	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Social learning	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Gamification	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

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	Acorn PLMS	Adobe Learning Manager
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User Ratings
	Acorn PLMS	Adobe Learning Manager
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	6.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	7.3 (0 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	8.1 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	3.4 (0 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	6.4 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	1.0 (0 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	7.3 (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	8.5 (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	8.5 (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	8.7 (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	5.2 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Acorn PLMS	Adobe Learning Manager
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	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 Andy Wong Wing Cho Senior Information Technology Manager Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	It wasn't user friendly enough for me. I had a difficult time navigating it and didn't want to waste too much time trying to figure it all out. If it were more clear cut and to the point I think it would be more worthwhile for someone like me. Incentivized Victoria Davis Owner Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	For shorter learning courses it is probably very capable and gets the job done very nicely. It can be engaging while keeping the users motivated with the gamification features. There are some technical challenges while doing longer courses. But they can be fixed with further updates to the platform and is a promising front. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Reliability and Availability	No answers on this topic	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Performance	No answers on this topic	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
In-Person Training	No answers on this topic	Training by my staff was quick. Could have been a bit longer. Had to pick up on things myself Incentivized LB Louis Brindisi Recruiter Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	We have long used open source learning management platforms, such as Moodle. However, the "free" cost ends up being misleading, since the costs of installation, customization, and web hosting are often difficult to calculate. A SaaS scheme is more controllable and allows you to forget about all the technical problems and focus on what is important: training Incentivized Hugo Carrion Academic Director Read full review
Scalability	No answers on this topic	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	Apple built its own LMS (The Grove) on top of the Adobe Learning Manager with Saba, so overall it was a great experiment. Adobe Learning Manager is really useful for bringing learners together in one place, under a unified solution. Customer satisfaction equals more learners with an appetite to learn. Incentivized Ilyssa Russ Learning & Development Program Manager Read full review
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