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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

    MadCap Xyleme

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AXyleme is a robust Component and Learning Content Management Solution dedicated to providing users with an easy and safe way to create and disseminate learning materials and other business-related content. It comes equipped with several features that focus on creating a central, single source of truth for an organization’s content.N/A
    Pricing
    Articulate 360MadCap Xyleme
    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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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Articulate 360MadCap Xyleme
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    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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    Articulate 360MadCap Xyleme
    Considered Both Products
    Articulate Global Inc.
    Chose Articulate 360
    The main reasons we went with Articulate 360, ease of capturing software for demos and sims, ease of learning the tool, and it is an industry standard tool.
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    Beats it hands down no question. Xylene was way to cumbersome to learn and develop in.
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    MadCap Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    633 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    545 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    622 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    394 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Articulate 360MadCap Xyleme
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (685 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.7
    (34 ratings)
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    Usability
    8.9
    (540 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.6
    (36 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.7
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    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
    (4 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Articulate 360MadCap Xyleme
    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
    Incentivized
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    MadCap Software
    Well-suited:
    1. Building and keeping up to date modular content (blocks).
    2. Maintaining and updating large content library where meaning team members might be working on the same content but using the content in different context (e.g. learning and internal comms).
    3. Creating learning content by new/recently onboarded team members.
    4. Create simple learning courses with some level of interactively, medium interactivity (tabs, image maps, slider reveal images), create different types of knowledge checks/assessments from multiple choice to drag and drop activities); embed videos and other HTML elements .
    5. Integrate with LMS, apply SCORM rules etc
    6. Better to use in combination with other media creation tools like Vyond, Storyline. Some things can get tricky (compatibility).
    Less appropriate: 1. If you need to build highly interactive learning experience 2. When you don't have a team member you can dedicate specifically to customize templates in Xyleme for your organizational needs (looks, functionality etc.) or and to train team members on this software. You'd need someone on your team to collaborate with Xyleme closely to customize functions for your organization's needs. 3. When #2 and you want a modern/in trend looking output and not willing to compromise on what it looks and feels.
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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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    MadCap Software
    • content reuse (linked content modules). Update content block in one place and it updates in all the other places where this block is used (linked)
    • easy to train on and onboard new team members
    • flexibility of output templates
    • web-based tool - easy to develop directly from browser
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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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    MadCap Software
    • several features advertised as device agnostic or mobile friendly do not work properly on mobile
    • finicky in many ways, sometimes you need to tinker with details for to long to make things work properly
    • many UI solutions/elements that are not intuitive at all (even using the tool almost every day you need to make effort to remember how things are done)
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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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    MadCap Software
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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
    Incentivized
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    MadCap Software
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    Reliability and Availability
    Articulate Global Inc.
    No issues here
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    MadCap Software
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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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    MadCap Software
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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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    MadCap Software
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    In-Person Training
    Articulate Global Inc.
    The instructors don't know how to use it.
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    MadCap Software
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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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    MadCap Software
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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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    MadCap Software
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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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    MadCap Software
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    Scalability
    Articulate Global Inc.
    Easy to use. Cheap. It has a lot of features.
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    MadCap Software
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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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    MadCap Software
    • train and onboard new learning developers on the team quickly and get them started to create courses
    • ROI - don't have access to this information
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