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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Captivate

    Score5.9 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Captivate is an elearning authoring and course design tool (or LCMS). It supports mobile HTML5 content. Captivate’s users are commonly midsized businesses to enterprises. Adobe Captivate includes some prebuilt assets as well as customizable workflows.

    $33.99

    per month

    Wayground

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AWayground is a K-12 Online Learning platform for creating and delivering digital curriculum activities, assignments, assessments, presentations, interactive videos, and flashcards. The platform supports classroom instruction, homework, intervention, formative assessment, and district-wide assessment coordination.N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe CaptivateWayground
    Editions & Modules
    Subscription
    $33.99
    per month
    Student & Teacher Edition
    $399
    one-time fee
    Upgrade
    $499
    one-time fee
    Pereptual License
    1,299
    one-time fee
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe CaptivateWayground
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe CaptivateWayground
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    Adobe
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
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    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    69 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    84%
    Happy with the feature set
    72 Answers
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    48 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    Adobe CaptivateWayground
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Adobe Captivate and Wayground
    Feature
    Adobe Captivate
    9.1
    31 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Wayground
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    Ratings
    Course authoring8.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning10.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gamification8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    eLearning Content
    Comparison of eLearning Content features of Adobe Captivate and Wayground
    Feature
    Adobe Captivate
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Wayground
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    Ratings
    Multi-Lingual Support7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Structured Learning10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical Metrics8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud-Based Content10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation & Integration7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Adobe CaptivateWayground
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    Coursera
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Pluralsight
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe CaptivateWayground
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (128 ratings)
    9.2
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    1.8
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.8
    (18 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    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
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe CaptivateWayground
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Captivate is well suited for instruction designers who want to build attractive, personalized, interactive, energetic lessons. It's also a good choice for someone who wants to build something innovative because Captivate gives the developer so much control over so many aspects.
    But if someone wanted something built quickly, generically and didn't care about holding the viewer's attention, then Captivate might be an expensive tool. That person might be more satisfied with a cheaper and easier to learn authoring tool.
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    Quizizz Inc.
    Quizizz is very well suited for my elementary and middle school-aged students. It is fast-paced, competitive, and keeps their attention. I would not think it would be as well implemented in lower (k-2) grades. I love the fact that it is aligned with Generation Genius, which is another site I use for instruction.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • Quickly adding in graphics, text, and interactive buttons.
    • Has extensive variables and branching for additional customization, beyond the competition.
    • Has 360 degree capability which competitors don't offer (I have not used this feature).
    • High degree of customization and personalization.
    • True responsive screen display on all devices, viewable as you are creating the training. This is different than some competitors - some just shrink the screen, but Adobe Captivate allows actually removing or moving or changing items at different screen sizes.
    • If you like Flash, it has Flash output, although it's going away in 2020. Personally, I think this is an outdated technology.
    • Many advanced capabilities. I chose this product due to the capabilities.
    • Comes with assets, templates, people, head shots, and full body—excellent.
    • Adobe Captivate is the authoring tool. It integrates with Adobe Captivate Prime - which I highly recommend if you want to truly take advantage of all of its features in reporting, administration, compliance, and social learning. (I didn't use Prime because you essentially need 100+ students to affordably use Prime.) If you look at my chart of what Captivate is capable of, I can't say that Captivate has a lot of the reporting features because they are part of Prime/SCORM, although, with Captivate's customization, you might be able to do most of them if you are up to it, but I did not.
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    Quizizz Inc.
    • It has a large library of already-made quizzes that can be searched fairly easily.
    • It has side-by-side views of what the students see and what the teacher sees.
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • Clunky interface, it takes a lot of extra clicks to get places compared to other Adobe apps and competitor's eLearning software.
    • Would be nice if it was part of creative cloud, or at least in the group of apps you can add through Creative Cloud.
    • More regular and meaningful updates. Compared to flagship apps like Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. Captivate is like the read headed step child. Competitors excel at providing regular updates with clear change documentation. How are we still using Captivate 2019 in 2022?
    • The interface feels like it is still stuck in the 90s, would be nice if it was more modern and better in-line with flagship adobe offerings.
    • Variables and associated menus are a nuisance to work with vs some of the clever drop down and content-sensitive options in Articulate Storyline.
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    Quizizz Inc.
    • Modifying existing quizzes often simply does not work: the system looks up when I try to add new items.
    • Quizizz has no easily discovered way to change titles of quizzes.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    We have hundreds of courses that were created in Adobe Captivate. It will take us a while to convert to Articulate. We'll need a license for another year and/or until Adobe comes out with a true update to the software.
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    Quizizz Inc.
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    Usability
    Adobe
    Adobe Captivate does take some getting used to. There are features that are much more convoluted than they need to be, but overall it is a great product with a some excellent features. Being in a pretty small market, Adobe Captivate and Articulate Storyline dominate the space. They are not the same software, but allow for eLearning authoring. Each has their benefit and their downside, but, for me, Adobe Captivate edges out Storyline.
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    Quizizz Inc.
    All reports are very informative and you can analyze the data by student, by class, or by question. The ease of sharing the assignments via Google Classroom is seamless! Teachers can input their own media and questions for anything (quiz, test, survey, emotional check in, etc)
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    It is difficult to get in touch with Adobe Captivate support. With a seemingly limited number of resources, mostly outsourced, getting in contact with someone to help troubleshoot an issue is challenging. Typically wait times are long, and the desired path to resolution is to use an existing knowledge base or a self-help guide. It is certainly not a user-friendly experience.
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    Quizizz Inc.
    We switched out Google domain, and their support people transferred everthing
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    I'm only aware of the problems Adobe Captivate had with SumTotal LMS and Upside LMS, requiring extensive contact with both internal and external support staff to fix the problems. We had no problems at all with Articulate.
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    Quizizz Inc.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    I think that Articulate360 is more user-friendly and has a cleaner, more updated look. If you can edit a PDF, then you can use Articulate 360. Adobe Captivate may be more challenging for the designer, but it has more features. We chose Adobe Captivate because we want the option to create interactive learning environments. Adobe Captivate plays well with the other Adobe design products including Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premier. Additionally, Adoe Captivate is highly compatible with Cornerstone, our preferred Learning Management Systems.
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    Quizizz Inc.
    Since many online fun checks are not available in the market, we choose Quizziz because it is easier to use than the others, it has a user icon to use ( which is fun to choose), the site is easy to find. No lag and crash of website.
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Adobe Captivate has allowed our instructors to engage students in ways we never have before.
    • Instructors who have used Adobe Captivate in our organization have reported higher levels of engagement with their courses and their students, theoretically leading to improved assessment of student performance.
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    Quizizz Inc.
    • Fewer meetings necessary - can check via poll or quiz
    • Presentations made available at any time
    • Reusable resources frees up HR personnel time
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