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Likelihood to Recommend
Articulate Studio
Articulate Studio is constantly surprising in terms of what it can do. It is like a "Swiss Army Knife" of functionality. I've used it to build portfolios, whole interactive websites, authoring videos and I often discover novel ways to make it useful on a pretty regular basis. What would be a situation where you would not want to use Articulate Studio? Well, even though you can use it to author video and to publish websites, it's not a replacement for a video editing package or a web platform like WordPress, but there are times when it will do certain things in an astoundingly simple way superior to other tools.
E-Learning and Instructional Designer
Beachhead CommunicationsEducation Management, 1-10 employees
iSpring Suite
iSpring is well suited for beginners and advanced users. iSpring simplifies the user's ability to develop training, take screen recordings, and combine them into a well put together training that can be published in multiple formats. Uploading the SCORM format to an LMS is easy and works well without a hitch each time
Director of Human Resources
Butler and Associates, P.A.Law Practice, 51-200 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
Learning Management
Articulate Studio
8.1
iSpring Suite
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Course authoring
Articulate Studio
9.0
iSpring Suite
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Course catalog or library
Articulate Studio
9.1
iSpring Suite
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Player/Portal
Articulate Studio
7.9
iSpring Suite
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Learning content
Articulate Studio
9.1
iSpring Suite
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Mobile friendly
Articulate Studio
8.8
iSpring Suite
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Progress tracking & certifications
Articulate Studio
7.6
iSpring Suite
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Assignments
Articulate Studio
7.7
iSpring Suite
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Compliance management
Articulate Studio
9.0
iSpring Suite
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Learning administration
Articulate Studio
8.1
iSpring Suite
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Learning reporting & analytics
Articulate Studio
6.5
iSpring Suite
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Social learning
Articulate Studio
6.4
iSpring Suite
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Pros
Articulate Studio
- They made it very easy to understand how to add new content to the courses, including images, videos or audio, of course, you are still able to do text-based content as well.
- Creating quizzes has never been easier. The ability to add controls to each question and what actions each answer creates, whether an additional question or passing to the next section. Customizing these actions are very easy to learn and add to your course.
- Being able to use your own scoring mechanism is awesome! I like SCORM but there are many options to use including a custom one of your own. This ability allows you to pass your students over to a proprietary system that enrolls them in the next course, or use the built-in utilities to provide the next course or quiz, the choice is yours!
IT Manager
Travel Planners InternationalLeisure, Travel & Tourism, 1001-5000 employees
iSpring Suite
- Screen recording is great. Very simple to use and delivers exactly what is expected by us in terms of quality.
- Powerpoint conversion is a simple process. In fact, it is possible to add a lot of additional resources to make it more compelling and engaging. It may generate a lot of benefits for companies that already have many PPT files.
- Quizzes and interactive assessments are also a great feature, with multiple types of questions. It can be mixed with learning content to create a process based on continuous learning and testing.
- It exports the project in different publishing formats, so it makes much easier for non-technical users to create and export any content and then publish it on LMS platforms.
Account Executive
Clarity SolutionsE-Learning, 11-50 employees
Cons
Articulate Studio
- The audio editor is awful. Sometimes when you cut a section, it actually takes a different section that you selected. Especially when in zoom mode. You have to then undo the action, and re-do. Also, scrubbing through the audio is difficult. If you're exporting audio, it can glitch during the process. I avoid using the audio editor whenever I can.
- After all these years, it's still a buggy program. You can be doing your recordings, and a sudden message appears saying that something went wrong and needs to close. I've done re-installs, contacted support, and I constantly clear the temp folder. Still happens. Also, it's a good idea to export your audio, and there have been times the program freezes up on me, and the audio file (in the .ppta file) gets corrupted and all audio is permanently lost.
- The program can get slow when publishing, previewing or opening the audio editor.
- The included Engage program is pretty good, but it needs more customization options. And I think they can add more modules that provide a little more engagement.
Enablement Training Program Manager
Constant ContactComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees
iSpring Suite
- Not certain if their continuous YouTube posted Webinars do equity as a component of their abilities increase. The introduction style is normal, with regards to Webinar compose preparing program.
- The main change as of now that I might want to see is with the following usefulness. I find that I regularly time out when endeavoring to discover the quantity of perspectives and one of a kind perspectives of specific records that I have transferred.
- Concerning iSpring Quizzes, I might want to be able to design the pages in an all the more simple way and furthermore, when the tests are seen on a cell phone, the real page that we have set up can be seen. We have put pictures on the page for the understudies to answer inquiries concerning just to discover on the cell phone they can't see the pictures.

Verified User
Manager in Social Media
Events Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesLikelihood to Renew
Articulate Studio
Articulate Studio 10.0
Based on 1 answer
There is very little chance that this software wold not be renewed. It has become an integral part of our standard software for elearning development.
e-Learning Analyst
Interior Health AuthorityHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees
iSpring Suite
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Usability
Articulate Studio
Articulate Studio 10.0
Based on 1 answer
This is very useable software even for novice eLearning authoring users. People with some PowerPoint experience should be fine with this software and even Excel!
e-Learning Analyst
Interior Health AuthorityHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees
iSpring Suite
iSpring Suite 9.0
Based on 2 answers
The software integration was appealing to our department--particularly to the faculty who had not, prior to the pandemic, taught online--because it integrates with an already known entity: PowerPoint. Furthermore, iSpring's assessment builder with its wide variety of questions is extremely easy to use--basically plug and play--for any level of comfort that a faculty member has in terms of online teaching.
Online Course Designer and Content Manager
University of ConnecticutE-Learning, 5001-10,000 employees
Support Rating
Articulate Studio
Articulate Studio 8.4
Based on 4 answers
I've never really had any major issues with the product (Other than the registration loop error)and my ten out of ten rating is based on the assistance I got when we initially set up the extension in Power Point. I found the support folks to be professional, helpful and friendly
FSO
Constellation WestComputer & Network Security, 51-200 employees
iSpring Suite
iSpring Suite 8.3
Based on 16 answers
We haven't had an issue with iSpring support in the time we have been using the application. The few times we have reached out for advice, we have been sent replies within a day. This is only due to the time zone difference. There have been times when troubleshooting has resulted in a message that the function we were looking for or the content we were looking to create is not possible, but in every case, our request has been passed onto the development team for follow up and possible integration with future patches.
Learning and Development Officer
Wellington Shire CouncilGovernment Administration, 501-1000 employees
Alternatives Considered
Articulate Studio
We look at Captivate first, which Adobe oddly leaves out of its Creative Cloud suite, and I can see why it seems to be completely foreign in term of UI vs other Adobe products. The familiar PPT structure Captivate leverages is completely absent and the tools are much more rigid. Exporting was also more difficult - it's pretty night and day different. Captivate is AWFUL, especially for an Adobe product.
Sr. IT Consultant
The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business SchoolEducation Management, 10,001+ employees
iSpring Suite
We are management consultants, so, of course, we conducted an evaluation process of several vendors. We chose iSpringSuite and iSpringLearn due to its ability to work with PowerPoint, rich feature set, ease of use, reasonable prices, and integration from Suite to Learn. We have not been disappointed.
Principal
SchellingPointManagement Consulting, 1-10 employees
Return on Investment
Articulate Studio
- I only see positive impact since it is a very easy to use tool for rapid learning. The only point is to know what is possible to develop using this tool to avoid any kind of frustration afterwards.
- Another positive impact is that we don't need a diversified development team. There is no need of technical professionals, and a creative instructional designer is enough to develop effective learning content using Studio.
- The third positive impact is that Studio makes possible to realize short-term projects, mainly when there's already a PowerPoint presentation.
Account Executive
Clarity SolutionsE-Learning, 11-50 employees
iSpring Suite
- We have been able to standardize training, making a positive impact on our ROI because we are giving employees the same information at the same time. Before our organization used iSpring to create simple awareness training, we would rely on communication flow from managers to employees. This was like a game of telephone and we never had the uniformity of information like we get when we use eLearning.
- We have been able to provide our customers with a quick and cheap form of training on the equipment that we produce for them. Customers love this, and we have a much better utilization rate using iSpring versus other content authoring software.
- Our organization has started to utilize eLearning created by iSpring as a way to introduce topics and prepare employees for instructor-led trainings. We have cut the time instructors are in class by a quarter.
- We have used iSpring to reduce the amount of instructor-led classes. We have eliminated more than one-third of our instructor-led classes that we converted to eLearning. This frees up a lot of time and allows our employees to take the training as needed.
Training Coordinator
JR AutomationMachinery, 1001-5000 employees
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Articulate Studio
—Pricing Details
Articulate Studio
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Articulate Studio Editions & Modules
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Additional Pricing Details
—iSpring Suite
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
iSpring Suite Editions & Modules
Edition
iSpring Suite | $770.001 |
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iSpring Suite Max | $970.001 |
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