Rise vs. HubSpot Academy

We have utilized Articulate Rise for our primary curriculum design platform for multiple years. Although it can look pricey compared with other free options, they do a great job of supporting nonprofit use and more cost-effective. By doing so, they continue to be the best in the industry when it comes to value relative to cost with a nice suite of content creation tools that can easily create an out-of-the-box online curriculum while still being easy to navigate for traditional teachers who may be extremely knowledgeable about curriculum development but not tech-savvy. The product could benefit from more content formats and activity types (doesn't seem to have been updated in years) and more authority and control over color/visual palettes and style.

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[HubSpot Academy is] just a great tool for everyone who wants to grow at their Marketing, Sales, or customer success career. Their courses are very detailed in information, their teachers are the best in the industry, and it's just easy to take some time and learn. I have enjoyed it a lot.

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• Mobile compatibility
• Rapid eLearning design
• Online collaboration

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• Marketing and sales tips that can be implemented right away
• Virtual learning environment that offers flexibility
• Certified training respected in the sales vertical
• Free to those who use HubSpot CRM
• Clear, concise courses
• Expanded library of sales and marketing courses

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• I think it struggles a little being screen-reader friendly
• Image sizes are challenging sometimes to get right
• Storyline blocks mean you need to make sure you don't delete them from Articulate Rise

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• PDFS of lecture.
• More specific use cases.
• How to track paid ads.

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We chose Articulate Rise because it was the best balance of offering multiple design tools and embeddable content without being obnoxiously priced. Because the course design also ensures SCORM-compliance, whatever we create can easily be embedded in learning management systems later on. We looked at some more robust platforms but the type of tools they offered required a level of coding and technical expertise that would have left those same tools unused by staff. Meanwhile, many free services have some features but make it hard to create a truly cohesive, unified course experience (as opposed to disjointed activities and readings that essentially just get "collated" online). In this case, you really can build a great, linear, holistic course without spending an arm and a leg.

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Digital Marketer is another one I've used, and it's more for detailed courses with examples and worksheets. You take the knowledge and apply it for actionable results right away, where as HubSpot Academy are more high-level courses to refresh you on various topics, but don't go into too much detail on actionable ideas and examples to try.

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• Has made the development of truly mobile eLearning possible
• Saves our developers time with rapid design tools
• Allows for the development of eLearning on any computer with a modern browser
• Allows for collaboration across our team without files sharing

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• It has helped me get more knowledge to apply at my company and grow in my own career.

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