Articulate 360 vs SmarterU.com

Likelihood to Recommend

Articulate 360 is a great authoring tool for beginners. It has a very clean user interface and makes creating courses a breeze. You don't need to have much experience as an instructional designer to create a great and professional-looking course. I would recommend it for instructors who want to create intuitive courses available on many different platforms.

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Jonathan Delgado

HS Teacher

The Village SchoolEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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I think that SmarterU can be implemented in any organization in any industry. Especially in industries with more complex training requirements. The administration of the system is simple and the usability of the system to end users is even more simple

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David Moore

Manager, Maintenance Training and Electronic Business Systems

Morningstar Air Express Inc.Airlines/Aviation, 201-500 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Articulate 360

SmarterU.com

Course authoring

Course catalog or library

Player/Portal

Learning content

Mobile friendly

Progress tracking & certifications

Assignments

Compliance management

Learning administration

Learning reporting & analytics

Social learning

Pros

Ease of use/ability to learn how to use features
Clean and simple design output makes it easy for learners to navigate through courses
Freedom to create what your imagination can dream up
Community Support from e-learning heroes is great! Any issues are normally resolved with the community within a day and articulate staff still follows up.
360 is always being upgraded and improved with character bundles, image/video content, and new feature roll-outs.

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Verified User

Employee in Customer Service

Hospitality Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Software works on multiple devices: computer, iPad, iPhone, Chromebook, etc.
Easy to navigate

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C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

More flexibility to customize the look and feel of Articulate Rise templates (think of position of corporate logo and colors in quizzes)
A functionality that I would love to see is A morph transition
The JavaScript trigger can’t be used in preview mode. This really slows down the workflow when working with JavaScript

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Paul Alders

Owner/Founder

EyeSpirationsE-Learning, 1-10 employees

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Reporting System can be improved.

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David Moore

Manager, Maintenance Training and Electronic Business Systems

Morningstar Air Express Inc.Airlines/Aviation, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Articulate 360 9.1

Based on 1 answer

Articulate 360 is now an integral part of our offering

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Phil Mayor

Director

Elearning LaboratoryComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Usability

Articulate 360 8.4

Based on 8 answers

Overall I can't fault Articulate 360. Sure, there are always enhancements that an individual user would like to see introduced, but generally speaking the usability is second to none.

Articulate 360 offers something for users of all levels. It can be friendly enough not to turn off novices, but has enough about it to keep the professional coming back for more.

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David Tait

Director | E-Learning Design and Development

4pt Ltd.E-Learning, 1-10 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Support Rating

Articulate 360 8.5

Based on 23 answers

It took forever to get someone to respond--either by email or by phone--directly to a pricing and licensing question. It is unfortunate that a company that has such potential as a streamlined course building/authoring tool not only missed the boat with service but also proves itself to be all fluff and no substance.

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Verified User

Professional in Other

E-Learning Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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SmarterU.com 8.0

Based on 1 answer

Really good support initially, now support is OK but we have fewer needs.

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C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Articulate 360 has the total package vs the other tools. If you just wanted to do video, you can use tools like Camtasia. Another elearning tool I have tried is called Viewlet Builder. It was a very stripped down version of a Storyline type software where you could create and produce elearning modules as well. Articulate 360 has pretty much all of the capabilities of the other kinds of elearning development tools, so you pretty much only need one suite instead of compiling a toolkit of mixed software

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Pharmaceuticals Company, 201-500 employees

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Most online LMS systems work really well to track and manage training that the system is delivering. However, most systems are not very good at managing training requirements which are delivered outside of the system. For example, First Aid training, or license requirements are accomplished through third party. SmarterU was the only system we evaluation that was able to track these items with the ability to monitor the renew dates properly.

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David Moore

Manager, Maintenance Training and Electronic Business Systems

Morningstar Air Express Inc.Airlines/Aviation, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

So far we have been able to implement a host of interactive eLearnings that have received a widely positive reception from our learner base! It has some glitches but everyone is mostly happy with it and seem to learn a lot.
Rise is so easy to use that I can whip up a course as easily as I can whip up an outline, so usually, I just dive into course creation and share that as my "outline." This helps me get work done faster.
Being able to review my work with the 'Review' tool has allowed us to collaborate much more quickly, which has DEEPLY benefitted one of our big revenue-generating projects last year.

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Rebecca Mogollón

Content Developer

BirkmanHuman Resources, 11-50 employees

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It has helped us to make sure our training is consistent across multiple locations and trainers and ensured less drift.
The course tracking and certification allows us to manage new hires and make sure they complete all required training to later achieve an RBT certification.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Articulate 360 Editions & Modules

Edition

Teams	$1,299.00¹

Per Year

Additional Pricing Details

Articulate 360 is available on the Articulate website and through Articulate Authorized Resellers. The Articulate 360 Teams plan is available for $1,299 per user, per year, and individual subscriptions perfect for freelancers are available for $999 per user, per year (all prices USD). Eligible educational customers receive a 50% discount on list prices.

General

Free Trial

—

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

SmarterU.com Editions & Modules

—

Additional Pricing Details

—

Rating Summary

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SmarterU.com

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Articulate 360

SmarterU.com

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Articulate 360

SmarterU.com

Likelihood to Recommend

Articulate 360

SmarterU.com

Feature Rating Comparison

Course authoring

Course catalog or library

Player/Portal

Learning content

Mobile friendly

Progress tracking & certifications

Assignments

Compliance management

Learning administration

Learning reporting & analytics

Social learning

Pros

Articulate 360

SmarterU.com

Cons

Articulate 360

SmarterU.com

Likelihood to Renew

Articulate 360

SmarterU.com

Usability

Articulate 360

SmarterU.com

Support Rating

Articulate 360

SmarterU.com

Alternatives Considered

Articulate 360

SmarterU.com

Return on Investment

Articulate 360

SmarterU.com

Screenshots

Articulate 360

SmarterU.com

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Articulate 360 Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

SmarterU.com Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

Rating Summary

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