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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Articulate 360

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AArticulate 360 is an e-learning platform for creating workplace training. Users can build engaging courses with AI-enhanced authoring, simplify collaboration, and quickly share content. A subscription includes robust onboarding resources and access to a community of 1.5M pros.

    $1,449

    per year per user

    Bigtincan Readiness

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ABigtincan Readiness, formerly Brainshark, is a platform for data-driven sales enablement and readiness. It helps companies prepare their client-facing teams with knowledge, skills and insights to perform at the highest level.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
    Articulate 360 AI - Personal Plan
    $1,449
    per year
    Articulate 360 AI - Teams Plan
    $1,749
    per year
    Frontline
    Starting at $500
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    Pricing Offerings
    Articulate 360Bigtincan Readiness
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIf you’re new to Articulate 360, you can try it out free of charge. After the trial period is over, you can subscribe to one of the following packages: Articulate 360 AI Teams plan: $1,749 per user per year Rise: Build beautiful training that automatically adapts to every screen Storyline: Create deeply custom, interactive courses AI generation: Guide AI to draft complete courses and other formats from source material Collaboration: Get stakeholder input, share for review, and finalize faster Integrations: Stay in your flow of work with connections to Google Drive, OneDrive, Claude, ChatGPT, and more Flexible distribution: Share trackable links, export to your LMS, use our native LMS—Reach—or download in more formats AI tutor: Give learners personalized, in-context guidance and coaching Analytics: Track engagement and completion, with insights to improve effectiveness Advanced workflows available with credits (purchased separately) Personal plan: $1,449 per user per year Rise: Build beautiful training that automatically adapts to every screen Storyline: Create deeply custom, interactive courses AI generation: Guide AI to draft complete courses and other formats from source material Review: Get stakeholder input, share for review, and finalize faster Integrations: Stay in your flow of work with connections to Google Drive, OneDrive, Claude, ChatGPT, and more Flexible distribution: Share trackable links, export to your LMS, use our native LMS—Reach—or download in more formats AI tutor: Give learners personalized, in-context guidance and coaching Analytics: Track engagement and completion, with insights to improve effectiveness Advanced workflows available with credits (purchased separately) Frontline: Starting at $500 Complete training kits: Turn source content into a connected set of training assets, with the right mix of formats chosen for what you're trying to teach Formats that fit the job: Create training decks, guides, scenarios, interactive videos, and quick references, each built for a different training need Quick updates and editing: Use AI to quickly update a whole kit, individual format, or specific sections Insights and analytics: Gather data from surveys, track engagement and completion, and see what questions your team has to improve effectiveness Easy distribution: Share trackable links anywhere your team already works: Slack, Microsoft Teams, email, or text Integrations: Stay in your flow of work with connections to Google Drive, OneDrive, Claude, ChatGPT, and more AI avatars: Create presenter-led videos, no filming required Multi-format translation: Translate each output into 80+ languages in a click AI tutor: Give learners personalized, in-context guidance and coaching
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    Considered Both Products
    Articulate Global Inc.
    Chose Articulate 360
    Articulate 360 provided a better experience than any of the other software programs out there that offered similar functionality. It was far easier to use than something like Captivate, while being similarly feature-rich. At the same time, it didn't lack the features of …
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    Bigtincan
    Chose Bigtincan Readiness
    Much easier to learn, use, publish content. It does not have many advanced capabilities or support for HTML5 or VR
    Incentivized
    Chose Bigtincan Readiness
    Brainshark met all of our current needs, had an impressive roadmap for future integrations that aligned with ours and pricing was a good fit.
    Incentivized
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    User Ratings
    Articulate 360Bigtincan Readiness
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (684 ratings)
    9.0
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.7
    (34 ratings)
    8.2
    (39 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (539 ratings)
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    Availability
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.7
    (36 ratings)
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.7
    (13 ratings)
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
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    Professional Services
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    7.9
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    User Testimonials
    Articulate 360Bigtincan Readiness
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Articulate Global Inc.
    It is pretty well suited for information sharing. Where it lacks is training that requires discussions or a lot of complex thinking or decision-making. For content like that, we will usually host live sessions so we can facilitate discussions and actually hear from the learners on how they are using the material that they may have learned in a Rise course
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    Bigtincan
    Brainshark is very user-friendly and it’s very easy to create learning content, even a beginner could walk through it fairly easily. They also have a great support team and help site that can pretty much answer any question with video tutorials.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Articulate Global Inc.
    • Each time I think of an idea for making the course more visually appealing or creative, Articulate 360 has already prepared the functionality.
    • The translation/localization feature is intuitive, fits our work flow, and works great.
    • The UI for Storyline and Rise are clear and intuitive.
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    Bigtincan
    • I love how easy creating a Brainshark and their formal learning is to use. Upload an animated Power Point, record audio, add music, or use videos etc.
    • Their formal learning also keeps track of people in classes, allows us to invite people to a curricula, send notifications when classes are added, and update on the fly without having to resubmit all new classes.
    • I also love that people in classes can run their own transcript and see where they are in a program, and if graded how they scored.
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    Cons
    Articulate Global Inc.
    • I would like to see features like video creating software within the tool.
    • Triggers could be made easier for new users. This may be solved with AI (i.e., tell AI what you want, and AI will create the trigger for you).
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    Bigtincan
    • Brainshark has addressed a number of feature enhancements over the past two years...it really performs at a high level on a consistent basis...
    • Ocassionally we run into a large video file >500mb that we have to address directly with support but it does not happen very often...
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Articulate Global Inc.
    This has been a huge time saver with all the new features. It has become a trusted platform for ease of use and reliability. Cost per license continues to stay at a good point for renewal. Using it to think outside of our current needs and innovate in a timely manner.
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    Bigtincan
    Our customers (internal employees) have expressed desired for online learning and we have received positive feedback on the Brainshark modules used in eLearning and communications. We are also increasing usage at the project level as the word spreads about the benefits of using Brainshark.
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    Usability
    Articulate Global Inc.
    I love the tool and while I do use others, this is my go to for Rise and Storyline. While Rise is very easy to use, Storyline is a learned platform. I do not have anyone on my team, yet, and will need to catch new ID up to speed which is why I rated 9
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    Bigtincan
    From the user side, it is great. Easy to see assigned courses and what's been completed. The admin side has a longer learning curve, and takes some playing around to understand well. There are still some times when I have to think, "how do I do x again?" With that there are probably features we are not taking advantage of
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    Reliability and Availability
    Articulate Global Inc.
    No issues here
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    Bigtincan
    I'm always able to access Brainshark, whether it is to upload, record, share, download, or view presentations. Whenever I do need to contact someone at Brainshark, there is always someone there. I have never had a problem accessing a presentation and any updates to presentations are viewable immediately.
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    Performance
    Articulate Global Inc.
    Pages load fast, the videos play normally, and I haven't seen any delays in the system
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    Bigtincan
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    Support Rating
    Articulate Global Inc.
    I rate the overall support for Articulate 360 ​​with a 9. On the one hand because of the smooth and accurate support from Articulate's support team (usually within 24 hours) and on the other because of the commitment / use of a community (e-learning Heroes) where I have all kinds of insights from other helpful users.
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    Bigtincan
    We've found a few glitches and needed some branding updated. Each time we've called, they were super responsive and cared about my issue as much as I did! They've even helped me (and another vendor) figure out how to have this other outside software integrate with theirs to achieve an even greater presentation. I'm super impressed with their Customer Service people.
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    In-Person Training
    Articulate Global Inc.
    The instructors don't know how to use it.
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    Bigtincan
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    Online Training
    Articulate Global Inc.
    The online training options given by the online tutorials, forums, and "E-Learning Heroes" community are simply awesome. Examples galore, easy to understand descriptions including step-by-step guides, images, occasionally videos, and the "Articulate Insiders" sub-community give you more materials to learn about Storyline than you are likely to be able to read.
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    Bigtincan
    The training is easy to use. You can take as little or as much as you need. The instructions are clear and easy to follow. There is a variety of training you can take. There are mini lessons, courses, and webinars. The folks at Brainshark truly want to help you have the best presentation possible.
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    Implementation Rating
    Articulate Global Inc.
    Outside of having to dedicate a powerful enough PC for the installation and having to update Flash in our browsers there really isn't much pain involved in using Articulate. For the most part this is an easy to implement and roll-out product. The installation occurs quickly and smoothly with no additional steps needed.
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    Bigtincan
    Their ongoing support after implementation is excellent and easy to access...
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    Alternatives Considered
    Articulate Global Inc.
    In my opinion, Articulate 360 offers what all of these provided to me in one place. I love that I can create my own graphics, my own VOs, my own touch, all while also using form fillable templates. I love that I can work with my team on my design in real time. And zipping and posting my packages on our platforms is so easy! To me, these other programs, they all have the LEGO pieces individually , but Articulate 360 has built the whole LEGO castle.
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    Bigtincan
    There are a lot of sites that allow you to host/share content in the loud. What won for me was their tracking, analytics, and reporting. At the time there was nobody even close to Brainshark and I have not seen anything since that would make me want to switch. I look forward to many years working with them.
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    Scalability
    Articulate Global Inc.
    Easy to use. Cheap. It has a lot of features.
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    Bigtincan
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    Return on Investment
    Articulate Global Inc.
    • The immersive 360 image activities allowed us to train our field engineers on dangerous topics and environments like electrical safety and on-site safety without even putting a hard hat on.
    • The new AI outline features have decreased our time-to-product by at least 30%
    • The use of a single suite of tools, (along with the creative cloud) led to decreased annual costs over alternative piecemeal solutions.
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    Bigtincan
    • Client satisfaction - we send out summaries of our big webcasts/conference calls via Brainshark. We've received lots of replies stating they love the format because they can consume the information on their own time.
    • Time to market - before Brainshark, it took several days, if not weeks to work with a design team to get professional-looking summaries available. Now, we have the process down to a day or two.
    Incentivized
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