Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management vs. LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)

Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management

LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management	Score 7.4 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	Bridge is an integrated talent management platform that combines learning management, performance management, career development, and engagement measurement into one platform. Bridge enables companies to develop their people with live, virtual, on-demand and experience based training, manager/employees 1:1s, and career development plans. Used by more than 1000 companies worldwide, Bridge helps companies achieve their strategic people development goals by facilitating connection, alignment, and…	N/A
LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)	Score 8.1 out of 10	N/A	Lynda.com (now offered as part of LinkedIn Learning) is an elearning course library acquired and now supported by LinkedIn in May 2015.	N/A

Pricing

Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management

LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)

Editions & Modules

Learn (LMS): Contact Sales
Talent Suite (LMS and Skills): Contact Sales
Full Suite (LMS, Skills and Performance): Contact Sales

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Pricing Offerings
Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management	LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee

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No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management	LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
Considered Both Products	Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management April Yates Corporate HR Business Partner Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management Bridge Learning Platform integrates smoothly into our HRIS system. I have used Bridge with both Ceridian Dayforce and UKG and the integration is seamless with both programs. There is a high level of customizability with regards to the data import/export capabilities of Bridge. … Incentivized Helpful? Gavin Scott-Miller Project Manager Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management I have not used many competing software to Bridge. Most other companies use and manage this training manually. This can cause a lot of headache. BirdDogHR is a software with a similar goal to Bridge, I found the user interface to be very hard to navigate and there is basically … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management Bridge was more intuitive, flexible, user-friendly, aesthetically pleasing. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management Bridge is more open and more compliant with modern technologies than other systems we looked into. Some of them wouldn't run SCORM 2004 (only 1.2). Others wouldn't give back the SCORM data we fed to the system. Bridge also had the simplest interface out of any of the systems we … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management I didn't have any hand in selecting Bridge; I just use it at work. But I find that it works well for my team's purposes. We have a private space to work, as well as public (to our organization) areas where forms can be filled out, etc, by other employees and departments who … Incentivized Helpful? KD Kelsey DeBruin Training Team Manager Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management We haven't used any other products like Bridge. It is working well for us though! Incentivized Helpful? Bronson Pasko Director of Training Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management Bridge provides a much simpler user experience. Bridge Learn has remained true to its user focus...even at the expense or frustration of the administrator. Our high user adoption rate is proof that Bridge Learn is working for our organization. Incentivized Helpful? GS Glenna Stricklett Training Coordinator Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management Easier to use and didn't have all the bells and whistles that we didn't need. Incentivized Helpful? Emily Stokes Global Recruitment Training Manager Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management Bridge is much more modern and intuitive. It is easy to use as an author and even easier as a user. The system looks clean and concise. Incentivized Helpful? Jane Frank National Training Coach Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management Our previous LMS was Symphony. Hands down, there is no comparison. Switching to Bridge was the best decision made by our management team. All we used Symphony for was for our monthly compliance training. Many times people would complain that they would need to retake their … Incentivized Helpful? MG Melanie Gaiotti Investigator Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management We selected Bridge because of the ease of use and the user support. Incentivized Helpful? Kerry Floyd Senior formation specialist Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management We love having better insight on our data at every level! Incentivized Helpful? Greggory Wright, Ph.D. Sr. eLearning Specialist Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management The open API is great Incentivized Helpful? GH Greg Harper Manager Training Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management The API capabilities puts you way ahead of the others we have evaluated. You did not have on your list CourseMill LMS or NetExam LMS which are the two LMS systems we have used over the past 11 years. Bridge is so much more interactive and user friendly. Your on-boarding … Incentivized Helpful? Laurel Duncan Sponsored Projects Officer Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management Bridge was the obvious choice. I started exploring Canvas and discovered that the university was testing Bridge for possible acquisition. I became an early adopter and user. The single sign-on and integration with PeopleSoft data were huge. Incentivized Helpful? Zach Sullivan, CHST, OHST, CET Health and Safety Training Manager Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management We have not used any other systems. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management Customer service is much more responsive. Incentivized Helpful? Rick Tobin President & CEO Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management We vetted over 20 LMS providers 3 years ago when we looked to partner with Bridge. I can attest that there is not a better solution on the market that is built with the end user at the center of design and implementation. Incentivized Helpful? Charles Hall Marketing Manager Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management Easy to use from start to finish - all of the features are already there. Incentivized Helpful? Arlin Peebles Online Professional Development Director Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management Bridge is the first LMS we have used that solves all of our business needs. It has a much better UX than Topyx. More flexible authoring tool than Brainshark. And better admin features than Higher Logic. Incentivized Helpful? EZ Edward R Zacholl Manager of Training and Educational Programs Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management I really like their offerings, very cutting edge and almost too far out to convince Leadership to adapt to, but it's where we should be going. Incentivized Helpful? Joseph Kamemia Director Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management Bridge is our first Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management None Incentivized Helpful? Larry Laskowski Executive Director Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management We looked at Ruzuku and Lightspeed VT also. Ruzuku lacked some features we considered 'must haves'. Lightspeed VT is a very powerful program but too expensive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management I've used Learnwise, Bridge is more friendly and fast. Incentivized Helpful?	LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) Verified User Anonymous Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) We like LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) for its large content library and variety of content. Go1 is good for the Australian content. Litmos is good for the compliance training. They each have their purpose. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) I like LinkedIn Learning much better than Alison. It is more in-depth, while Alison seems to discuss topics with a much broader scope. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) SAP Enterprise Portal Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) I personally think that LinkedIn Learning is a better educational eContent platform in comparison to the other solutions I have used. The catalog is more expansive, offers more in depth tutorials and trainings, has educated instructors, and offers a path to become an expert of … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) Well compared to other competitors the payment method is far more streamlined for Indian audiences, especially against Coursera. The courses provided are very business oriented and keep in mind the limited time availability with working professionals. It keeps the content short … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) As compare to Pluralsight LinkedIn has much more short duration courses. Incentivized Helpful? AS Andréa Sousa Senior Manager Digital and Social Media Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) have used internal tools, from the companies where I spent, I think bringing a little more modernity to the way the courses are presented can be an advantage Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) Linkedin Learning is more up to date than Mineral. Mineral's content is a little older and training isn't as engaging Incentivized Helpful? Arthur Kegerreis Multimedia Web Design Consultant and Contractor Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) Again, this corporate form is trying to force me to choose from products with slightly different names while not offering common options. Udemy seems similar in many respects, but my recollection is that their subscription model was less appealing. I didn't find they offered … Incentivized Helpful? Cedric Allen Founder/Principle(Videographer) Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) I have looked at Google's training courses along with other free online vendors/in-person course and no one comes close to LinkedIn Learning. They make it easy, fun, and retainable. Incentivized Helpful? Jaymason Gallien Network Engineer Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) LinkedIn Learning wasn't our first choice; what it came down to for the organization was the cost for the value of the product. The other services provided better training, better metrics, and better reporting. LinkedIn Learning (or Lynda.com) provided the most affordable … Incentivized Helpful? Matt LeMaire, B.A., M.A. Vice President, People & Operations Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) We didn't get too deep into the comparison outside of a surface review of the other options. LinkedIn Learning reps were responsive and quick to put something together to meet our needs. Moreover, initial cost fit within our budget and the integration between LinkedIn and … Incentivized Helpful? Viveka von Rosen Co-Founder and Chief Visibility Officer Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) The quality of Udemy courses ranges from meh to blah to OK.LinkedIn Learning has better quality, the content seems more vetted, and the platform is better. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) Hubspot Academy offers more specific video training on a variety of marketing and sales topics, which is also good, but LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) offers a much broader variety of videos that accommodate needs in different areas of business from more technological to sales … Incentivized Helpful? Jason White Sr. End User Supt. Analyst Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) We used an internal training solution prior to the switch, and LinkedIn Learning was leaps and bounds better than that system. I cannot speak to why it was selected, as I was not involved in the selection process. Incentivized Helpful? Sara Rogers Senior Marketing Operations Manager Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) I haven't evaluated any other learning platforms but I have really enjoyed my subscription to LinkedIN Learning/Lynda. It's allowed me to figure out how to do things on my own when I needed to. I love that it's there and I don't have to wait until a training or conference to … Incentivized Helpful? Irina Danilova Marketing email coordinator Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) I preferred Lynda.com because it provided me with better choice of classes I am interested in. I also like the interface better and the overall experience, from quality of material presented to the complexity of exercises. Also, Lynda.com is integrated with LinkedIn and I feel … Incentivized Helpful? Rocky Kev Founder/Developer Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) Udemy for Business is a crapshoot. The consistency is non-existent. Some courses go incredibly deep, while other courses don't go deep enough. Even when we got a few free months of access to Udemy - I still couldn't find why I would use Udemy over LinkedIn Learning. Pluralsight … Incentivized Helpful? JB Jenna Boodram CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) With Udemy you pay per course whereas with Lynda you pay a monthly fee for unlimited courses. For people looking for a long term learning tool, Lynda is the better choice as you get more value for your money. Incentivized Helpful? Mitchell Clements UX Freelancer Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) Coursea offers more credible certifications, while Udemy offers individual courses that don't require a monthly subscription. Ultimately, all 3 platforms provide quality content and a wide range of courses. However, some may specialize in different areas than others. My … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) Lynda.com and Coursera and so similar. I believe Coursera has more statistical programming courses than Lynda.com Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) Udemy for Business and Coursera Incentivized Helpful? MaryAnn Jackson, MA Community Director Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) Lynda has a better user interface for operation and again can be used in a group setting which Coursera is not ideal for. Incentivized Helpful? Joshua Henke Senior Netsuite Admin / Analyst / Developer Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) O'reilly Safari - it's a good tool, but more focused on reading; sorry, I just don't enjoy that! It's also not as polished in the areas of interface and navigation. Incentivized Helpful? Chris Salles Director, Learning and Knowledge Management Chose LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) While ease of use is better with Udemy or Coursera, nothing compares to lynda.com's catalog and pricing model (other than Khan Academy re: the latter). Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management

LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)

Learning Management

Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
	Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management 7.6 Ratings 8% below category average	LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) 7.6 Ratings 13% below category average
Course authoring	8.00 Ratings	6.30 Ratings
Course catalog or library	8.00 Ratings	8.50 Ratings
Player/Portal	5.00 Ratings	8.80 Ratings
Learning content	8.00 Ratings	9.30 Ratings
Mobile friendly	3.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications	10.00 Ratings	8.60 Ratings
Assignments	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Compliance management	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Learning administration	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics	10.00 Ratings	7.70 Ratings
Social learning	2.00 Ratings	5.30 Ratings
Gamification	00 Ratings	6.40 Ratings

eLearning Content

Comparison of eLearning Content features of Product A and Product B
	Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management - Ratings	LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) 6.6 Ratings 26% below category average
Multi-Lingual Support	00 Ratings	5.20 Ratings
Structured Learning	00 Ratings	7.80 Ratings
Course Searches	00 Ratings	7.20 Ratings
Historical Metrics	00 Ratings	5.00 Ratings
Cloud-Based Content	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Automation & Integration	00 Ratings	7.30 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management	LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
Small Businesses	iSpring LMS Score 9.6 out of 10	iSpring LMS Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	iSpring LMS Score 9.6 out of 10	Infosec Skills Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises	AITalent LMS Score 9.3 out of 10	Infosec Skills Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management	LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (0 ratings)	8.2 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.8 (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	9.1 (0 ratings)	8.4 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.1 (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.2 (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management	LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
Likelihood to Recommend	Bridge is suited for scenarios where you need ppl to complete steps in order or test that they received the correct amount of knowledge after watching a video. I do think Bridge is less appropriate for companies that use it in external training scenarios as there is some key functionality missing. We gotten very good at brainstorming and finding solutions/ways to get Bridge to work the way that we need it to Incentivized KD Kelsey DeBruin Training Team Manager Read full review	lynda.com is well-suited for an individual OR an enterprise. You can take learning on-the-go via mobile phone or tablet. Instructors are well-known industry experts. There is a tremendous amount of courses. Ideal self-directed learning library to supplement anyone's ILT-heavy learning strategy. Incentivized Chris Salles Director, Learning and Knowledge Management Read full review
Pros	Superb Customer Support: Getting help from Bridge is so accessible; whether it's via our customer relations rep, the chat or email option. I know I can always get immediate help when I need it. Events: The Bridge annual conference is a wonderful way to connect with Bridge and other companies who use it to get inspired and share ideas. Constantly improving: Every Bridge comes out with additions and improvements to make the user experience better. Incentivized Emily Stokes Global Recruitment Training Manager Read full review	An in-depth tutorial, training, and reviews. An influx of information and specialists/experts available to help. Online courses for a multitude of topics—we're talking hundreds of videos. Able to take this on the go. Don't have to be in a desk at work to use lynda.com. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	There is a 'language' that is used by Bridge staff which takes some getting used to. So many terms are 'tech speak' and it does take some extra time to learn those terms. The menus and links to reports, etc. are not as intuitive as they could be. I find myself frustrated at times trying to navigate. I don't automatically relate terms like 'insights' and 'instance' in the way they are used by Bridge. I've asked for a notification via email when a user completes the program. I recognize that this has been a work in progress but it seems like it should be a relatively simple fix. Initially, Bridge provided sessions which were designed to educate a new user on every aspect of everything Bridge has to offer. Much of this was a waste of time in our case. The training sessions should have asked first what we intended to do and provided only the information needed to get us going. We needed only a push in the right direction, not an overview of every possibility we may encounter. Incentivized Larry Laskowski Executive Director Read full review	When they were acquired by LinkedIn, the next invoice barely noted the invoice was for Lynda.com. I at first thought it was a phishing attempt using LinkedIn as a front. The invoice should be from the lynda.com domain and NOT from LinkedIn. Account administrators should be able to change passwords, and see passwords, for the license entities they manage. Also, all email notices to users should be duplicated to account administrators. Incentivized Rocky Banks IT Operations Manager Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	It has been very useful to our organization in getting compliance training complete. We have a 24/7/365 organization with some folks only working 2 days a week during the summer only, many work full-time jobs elsewhere and can't make weekday programs and facilities don't have to alter schedules to get mass numbers of people through training like you have to do with live training.. Incentivized GS Glenna Stricklett Training Coordinator Read full review	It can help all employees learn to strengthen current skills or to learn new skills and then can learn to excel in their current department or they learn a new skills in a new department creating interconnection and cross-departmental value in a company. Incentivized Erika Schaefer Executive Coordinator Read full review
Usability	Even our folks who fought using it realized how easy it was once they took their first course. Incentivized GS Glenna Stricklett Training Coordinator Read full review	The platform is very easy to use and navigate, the content is clearly itemised via the Contents section and the video playback speed can be adjusted. It's also useful to have optional captions (I always use them) and a transcript for accessibility purposes. Incentivized AS Ash Shenker General Manager Read full review
Support Rating	Always timely and knowledgeable assistance. Very patient explaining answers to novice users. Incentivized GS Glenna Stricklett Training Coordinator Read full review	The technical team behind LinkedIn Learning (or Lynda.com) knows their job, and they usually solve problems very quickly. While I haven't had many run-ins with them (thus the low rating), I do find that when we call them, the problem gets resolved in a reasonable amount of time. The flip-side of this comment is that we never have needed to call them with a high-priority issue. Incentivized Jaymason Gallien Network Engineer Read full review
Implementation Rating	Our challenges were internal - nothing with Bridge. We had regular, productive meetings with our implementation representative. Incentivized GS Glenna Stricklett Training Coordinator Read full review	By implementation we are able to achieve 1.Skill improvement 2.Reduced burden on training staff 3.Learning new market leading technologies like Generative AI. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Our previous LMS was Symphony. Hands down, there is no comparison. Switching to Bridge was the best decision made by our management team. All we used Symphony for was for our monthly compliance training. Many times people would complain that they would need to retake their compliance course as Symphony would lose records. It became a hassle having to retake a course because you didn't save a copy of the completion certificate. Bridge allows for more than just compliance training AND we are able to see if learners didn't complete their courses via the reports. Incentivized Jane Frank National Training Coach Read full review	Udemy for Business is a crapshoot. The consistency is non-existent. Some courses go incredibly deep, while other courses don't go deep enough. Even when we got a few free months of access to Udemy - I still couldn't find why I would use Udemy over LinkedIn Learning. Pluralsight is superior to LinkedIn Learning in programming/coding. They have a better library of content and more tests. What Pluralsight lacks is for non-developer skillsets. Buy Pluralsight for your devs. Coursera is not at all an option for the business environment. It follows the college model of delivering content slowly and without reason. Its focus is more on high-level possibilities, not real-world things you want to solve. Incentivized Rocky Kev Founder/Developer Read full review
Return on Investment	Bridge has allowed us to centralize our compliance training allowing for easy tracking. Bridge Learn has also made it easy for managers to track employee up-skilling from a learning perspective. Bridge Learn's native authoring tool makes it easy for SMEs to enter content directly into Bridge. One of the unexpected results of using Bridge Learn has been the high demand for professional development material. Employees want to use Bridge to learn more about the careers that they aspire to. This has increased learner engagement significantly on the platform. Incentivized Bronson Pasko Director of Training Read full review	I can't think of a negative impact that Lynda.com has when it relates to the extensive library of training software that is available to subscribers. I'm lucky that my job provides a free subscription for instructors. I use Lynda.com to hone in on my technical skills. Incentivized Ai Ashe Adjunct Instructor Read full review
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