Coursera vs LMS365 | TrustRadius

What users are saying about

Score 9.2 out of 10

Based on 71 reviews and ratings

Score 7.8 out of 10

Based on 18 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

Learning Management

Coursera

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

9.0

LMS365

90%

LMS365 ranks higher in 10/10 features

LMS365 ranks higher in 10/10 features

Course authoring

N/A

0 Ratings

10.0

100%

1 Rating

Course catalog or library

N/A

0 Ratings

10.0

100%

2 Ratings

Player/Portal

N/A

0 Ratings

10.0

100%

2 Ratings

Learning content

N/A

0 Ratings

10.0

100%

2 Ratings

Progress tracking & certifications

N/A

0 Ratings

10.0

100%

2 Ratings

Assignments

N/A

0 Ratings

5.2

52%

2 Ratings

Compliance management

N/A

0 Ratings

10.0

100%

2 Ratings

Learning administration

N/A

0 Ratings

10.0

100%

2 Ratings

Learning reporting & analytics

N/A

0 Ratings

5.2

52%

2 Ratings

Social learning

N/A

0 Ratings

10.0

100%

1 Rating

Attribute Ratings

Coursera is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew
LMS365 is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating

Likelihood to Recommend

9.3

Coursera

93%

17 Ratings

8.1

LMS365

81%

4 Ratings

Likelihood to Renew

10.0

Coursera

100%

2 Ratings

8.2

LMS365

82%

2 Ratings

Usability

10.0

Coursera

100%

1 Rating

LMS365

N/A

0 Ratings

Support Rating

9.0

Coursera

90%

4 Ratings

10.0

LMS365

100%

2 Ratings

Implementation Rating

10.0

Coursera

100%

2 Ratings

LMS365

N/A

0 Ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

The Coursera platform can be a useful part of your overall learning content portfolio if utilized correctly. It's fantastic for asynchronous courses that don't necessarily need a dedicated faculty member (though I'd highly recommend at least having some discussion moderators/student workers) and for offering MOOCs. The ability for the learners to contribute translations really makes it ideal for the international learning community - I am always amazed to see a course we launched with 2-3 languages to quickly have 10-12 more added. This feature really helps expand the audience reach and Coursera has such a large following already that it can grow seemingly overnight.

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 10,001+ employees

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If a customer does not have SharePoint the entry in that kind of solution is a bit harder as the use of SharePoint can be so broad. It does not mean it is not the right solution as a company can use SharePoint LMS to start with and then expand to other functions and features. I strongly recommend to use SharePoint Standard or Enterprise and forgo the "free" SharePoint version as a) SharePoint's core functions and features are greatly enhanced in these two premium versions and b) more and more SharePoint LMS functions make use of these core Standard and Enterprise features in the future, like taxonomy, user profiles, etc.In general with all project it is as well recommended to have the full buy in by upper management and that the project initiative is fully supported. Adding such a solution (SharePoint LMS or any other LMS solution) will require the team not only to have a good plan on how the requirements can be achieved from a technical point of view, but how a training program can be rolled out to an organization of 5, 500, 5.000 or 50.000. The technical deployment of SharePoint LMS is measurable (I would say between 1-4 weeks based on the complexity, scale of the environment). 1-2 weeks of training (depending on the base knowledge of SharePoint in the company and the need to add knowledge of SharePoint LMS). That's it. Technically you are ready. If needed, any custom work, integration and development work comes on top. Where customer struggle is the availability and dedication of their own teams. Course content needs to be created, how should a course look like, what are the parameters, what are top ten things needed moving a course which was taught in a class room, but now to be delivered online. Buying the licenses is one thing, getting the solution up and running form a technical point of view is another, making it YOURS is the challenge!

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CEO and President of MedXForce

MedXForceEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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Pros

Interaction: the student learns by doing. For programming courses, this means programming!
Assessments: the courses I'd taken ask students to grade each others work with a rubric. This is hugely effective and permits tests and quizzes to be other than multiple choice.
Creativity and enthusiasm of the instructors. Some of the approaches demonstrated real out-of-the-box thinking by the instructors. For example, the Rice Python course was a self-contained website requiring no installation of IDE on one's computer, and the final project was a working version of Asteroids.
Low cost of entry: most of the course I enrolled in were free, with an optional fee for certifications. This really gives people the freedom to explore learning. It's almost like a Public Library of Learning.
Coursera forces a weekly discipline on the user with lectures and assignments and this really motivates one to put in the effort.

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Rei Shinozuka, CFA®, FRM®

Director Asset Liability Modeling & Strategy, Office of CFO

Federal Home Loan Bank of New YorkBanking, 201-500 employees

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Course library is highly intuitive
Completed courses are obviously graded
The video player is embedded properly.

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Client Retention Specialist

WellSkyInformation Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Some of the courses (very few) have some old information (more than 2 years), and in some areas like technology the information has to be very new and updated.
Some professors or people doing videos are not good in front of the camera, they should train their people a little bit more for those things.

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Alejandro Matheu, MD, MBA, MSc in Digital Marketing

Chairman of the School Organizational Team at Paradise Professional Delelopment School and Digital Marketing Manager at Hospital Herrera Llerandi

Paradise Professional Delelopment SchoolHospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees

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Nothing comes to mind as it covered everything we needed and much that we did not use.

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SVP Technology

Logicease Solutions IncFinancial Services, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$0

Coursera Editions & Modules

Edition

Enterprise	Contact Sales
Team	400.00²

none
Per User Per Year

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

—

LMS365 Editions & Modules

—

Additional Pricing Details

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Likelihood to Renew

Coursera 10.0

Based on 2 answers

Constantly renewing already. One of my favourite MOOC platforms.

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Andrew Starodubtsev

Freelance Web Developer

Freelance/Contract Graphic Design and Web DevelopmentInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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LMS365 8.2

Based on 2 answers

This product is great.

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Srikanth Vasamsetty

Senior Software Engineer

CESComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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Usability

Coursera 10.0

Based on 1 answer

User-friendly and developer-friendly Web UI.

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Andrew Starodubtsev

Freelance Web Developer

Freelance/Contract Graphic Design and Web DevelopmentInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Support Rating

Coursera 9.0

Based on 4 answers

I’ve used it a couple of times and... that did great. They take their time, but in the end they solve your issues.

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Alejandro Matheu, MD, MBA, MSc in Digital Marketing

Chairman of the School Organizational Team at Paradise Professional Delelopment School and Digital Marketing Manager at Hospital Herrera Llerandi

Paradise Professional Delelopment SchoolHospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees

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LMS365 10.0

Based on 2 answers

The few times we actually needed support generally were during major upgrades of the system and getting a quick handle on how the configuration changed were the primary reasons.

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SVP Technology

Logicease Solutions IncFinancial Services, 51-200 employees

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Implementation Rating

Coursera 10.0

Based on 2 answers

Coursera is familiar, intuitive, compatible and easy to use and implement.

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Andrew Starodubtsev

Freelance Web Developer

Freelance/Contract Graphic Design and Web DevelopmentInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Alternatives Considered

I think Coursera has the best overall interface. I think you will find that different platforms go in different directions, and have different specialities. For the most part the differences are more in the types of courses they offer than one being particularly better than the other, so it comes down to content for me.

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DevOps Engineer

DexcomBiotechnology, 1001-5000 employees

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Throughout my career I came across many different solutions for Knowledge and Collaboration and LMS systems. This includes Lotus Notes, Documentum, Live Link, LMS solutions from Oracle, ADP, another SharePoint based solution. Many years back, with the intro of Microsoft SharePoint, I was drawn to that product and solutions based on SharePoint. SharePoint is very powerful and in it current version, 2013, it is the without a doubt the most feature rich and broad solution platform out there. SharePoint LMS is in my eyes a killer application and if a company, institution or educational entity looks to create, expand, change up their training efforts for employees, customer, partners, students, SharePoint LMS is the tool to look at. If you have SharePoint already installed, it is a must look at, period. SharePoint LMS became the tool of choice, I recommended when I was a consultant, when I worked as a Director for Learning Management Systems at a local University. I am now part of a team which not only sells, but as well consults around SharePoint LMS.

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CEO and President of MedXForce

MedXForceEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

The greatest benefit of Coursera is access to quality courses on various subjects that you can either browse or dive in deeply. Customizable, flexible and accessible.
Helps our department to recommend trainees courses on this website and gain important knowledge. Also, the courses are provided by big-name universities which helps students in their careers
Developing and exploring professional skills.

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Architectural Consultant

dormakabaBuilding Materials, 10,001+ employees

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Employees cannot work until they are Hippaa certified, LMS 365 makes it possible for us to expedite the process of certifying many employees at once.
LMS 365 Does not easily support any training for software such as Excel or SharePoint despite the course catalog offering classes for these subjects.
LMS 365 could stand user interface redesign if nothing else to update it to a more modern appearance

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Client Retention Specialist

WellSkyInformation Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees

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