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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DigitalChalk, by Sciolytix

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AThe DigitalChalk LMS, from Sciolytix gives users the tools and control to launch engaging, interactive, online courses. Users can create courses featuring animated PowerPoint, SCORM content, HD videos, audio, quizzes, exams and more.

    $35

    per month

    iSpring LMS

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AiSpring LMS is an LMS developed by iSpring Solutions. iSpring LMS automates corporate training and helps to improve employee retention through quality onboarding, on-the-job training, gamification and engagement mechanics. With iSpring LMS, training and development professionals can launch eLearning fast, without any technical skills. Also, account owners can customize or white-label the learner portal to reflect their corporate branding. iSpring LMS's features…

    $16,050

    per year for 300 users (minimum)

    Pricing
    DigitalChalk, by SciolytixiSpring LMS
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $35.00
    per month
    Professional
    $79.00
    per month
    Premier
    $189.00
    per month
    Business - 300 users
    $16,050.00
    per year
    Business - 500 users
    $23,790.00
    per year
    Business - 1000 users
    $42,930.00
    per year
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DigitalChalk, by SciolytixiSpring LMS
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$399Optional
    Additional Details—No fees for storage or bandwidth.
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    Community Pulse
    DigitalChalk, by SciolytixiSpring LMS
    Considered Both Products
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    No answer on this topic
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Would buy again
    31 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    30 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    Features
    DigitalChalk, by SciolytixiSpring LMS
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of DigitalChalk, by Sciolytix and iSpring LMS
    Feature
    DigitalChalk, by Sciolytix
    9.5
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    iSpring LMS
    8.6
    37 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Course authoring8.01 Ratings9.036 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.01 Ratings9.228 Ratings
    Player/Portal10.01 Ratings9.333 Ratings
    Learning content10.01 Ratings6.726 Ratings
    Mobile friendly10.01 Ratings8.927 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications10.01 Ratings8.734 Ratings
    Assignments10.01 Ratings9.331 Ratings
    Compliance management9.01 Ratings7.228 Ratings
    Learning administration10.01 Ratings10.034 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics9.01 Ratings8.935 Ratings
    Social learning00 Ratings8.522 Ratings
    Gamification00 Ratings7.824 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning00 Ratings8.317 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    DigitalChalk, by SciolytixiSpring LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.6
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (30 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DigitalChalk, by SciolytixiSpring LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    Digital Chalk is perfect for organizations who are looking for an easy to use Learning Management System and don't need all the bells, whistles, and bulk of the LMS giants, like Cornerstone or SuccessFactors. Digital Chalk doesn't require an administrative specialist to learn a whole new language and environment with endless options and settings. It's very easy to use for both learners and administrators, and yet at the same time provides the exact functions you need.
    Incentivized
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
    My specific scenario is, that I need to deliver courses in two languages to multiple departments, so iSpring helps me with that from beginning and creating courses, to translating, and then enrolling people. What could be better is how reports works. Right now you can check report either by course or by department/person, but I would need to see everything on one page, like every single enrolment.
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    Pros
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    • While I used the platform, it improved its integrations with PowerPoint, making it easy to convert slides to the DigitalChalk format.
    • The editing layers for audio underneath the slides is very user-friendly and easy to use.
    • While we didn't use the quiz randomization, I liked how there was a structure built to it so that those who had more robust usage situations than ours would be able to improve engagement and assess learning at a higher level.
    Incentivized
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
    • Automatically re-enrolling employees when a certificate expires. Set it and forget it!
    • If set up properly from the beginning, you don't have to do much, with the roles and groups settings, you can automate a large portion of the course management.
    • I can provide visibility to anyone about any employee necessary, allowing me to put more responsibility on my managers, instead of doing it all myself.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    • The administration of Digital Chalk is very easy. The function I think may be missing is an easy way to add revisions and assign them to the students who need them. For example, when you update a piece of a course it would have an indication that it is version xxx and would ask who would like to assign it to - everyone who has taken it before or just new students.
    • It would nice to have the system recognize when a student has already completed an element of a course that may be used in another course. For example, if video A is part of courses 1 and 2, and the student already watched it in course 1, it would ask the administrator if they should get automated credit for it in course 2, as well.
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
    • Some limitations where you can't create exactly what you want either in the design of interactions or lack of varied interactions
    • Images cannot be moved to where you want them on the interaction slides
    • Layout of interactions can't be adjusted and overides your powerpoint background
    • If you have to edit a course and delete it off iSpring Learn then the records of all the people associated to that course are swiped and there's not a way of retrieving the information.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    No answers on this topic
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    In the past I could not encourage my students to take online training. The results and the questions were hard to be given. When I used the iSpring Suite along with iSpring Learn, my dreams came through and most of the time my students are online and take good training with my programme.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    No answers on this topic
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    Sometimes, things just aren't intuitive enough. For example, burying the catalog in the settings area makes no sense at all. The same goes for permissions and year reviews. It was a massive oversight that really caused a lot of confusion for all of our managers. It caused distrust in the LMS simply because someone who designed and developed it did not think that an employee review should be private to them, their direct supervisor, or the supervisor above. Instead, ANY manager could read ANY employee review. I have mentioned this several times throughout these questionnaires, and as you can see, I still find it incomprehensible that a company that wants to promote its software as a multifaceted solution could be so blind to something so critical, especially in terms of privacy.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    No answers on this topic
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    I never experienced any unavailability
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    No answers on this topic
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    Everything runs smoothly.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    As I mentioned previously, Digital Chalk's customer support is excellent. I also got a reply back within an hour, and it was usually the same person. So, they were familiar with our needs and how we were using the system. Honestly, most of the time we had to contact their support, it was an issue on the user's side, not in the software. Yet, they still helped identify the issue and consulted on how to fix it.
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
    iSpring Learn’s customer support receives high praise for responsiveness. Live chat and tutorials are noted as highly effective in promptly resolving technical issues. iSpring Learn is a strong LMS for organizations focused on efficiency, engagement, and ease of use, with excellent support to ensure adoption success. iSpring Learn is a strong LMS for organizations focused on efficiency, engagement, and ease of use, with excellent support to ensure adoption success.
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    In-Person Training
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    No answers on this topic
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    We can say that most of my students attend my classes twice a week and that's not enough for someone to learn. I put some training for them to do at home and they really enjoy doing them. The kind of progress they make is really satisfying for them and they are always learning.
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    Online Training
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    No answers on this topic
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    As a teacher, I used to spend a lot of time correcting my students' papers. Now with iSpring Learn, my time has been saved and everything is done automatically. All the time I can check my students' progress and I know which exams they have taken or they should take. On the whole, online training has really helped a lot of teachers
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    Implementation Rating
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    No answers on this topic
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    When I talked to my colleagues or informed them to search for a programme before iSpring Learn, they were not successful in designing and implementing a programme like this. I am sure they have done a lot to implement it in the best and educational way. That was not that easy as we thought.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    DigitalChalk gave the organization the hands-on ownership of content creation and delivery while meeting our usage case of hands-off course management on a daily basis and extending the reach of the course content and certificate to as many people as possible. It's easy to use, very cost-effective to implement, and the overall experience means that the course participants get what they need out of the course without a lot of effort on their part.
    Incentivized
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
    iSpring is a more entry level LMS. It does not have the same level of features and benefits. For example, it does not have the same level of communication capability. It does not have the same level of reporting functionality. It does not have the same ability to build reporting. It also does not have the same level of communication capabilities
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    No answers on this topic
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    Awesome. We have 10+ department, around 10 to 100 people in each and it is still very manageable
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Sciolytix (DigitalChalk + Selleration)
    • DigtialChalk's ROI is positive - the cost model of low up-front costs to get started, then paying a small amount per course participant means that organizations implementing DigitalChalk as their platform get more than their money's worth from it. It returns profit quickly and on a consistent basis.
    • The asynchronous nature of the platform, combined with the targeted usage situation of hands-off course delivery and management, means that resources to create, deliver, and maintain courses can be held with either one person (like an instructional designer) or even an outside contractor. This means that there's little impact to the fixed operating costs involved with hiring someone else to manage it.
    Incentivized
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
    • iSpring has enabled me to deliver professional education to very high-level learners.
    • Due to the reviews of my users, many more learners have purchased my courses.
    • Several professional colleagues have inquired about my experience setting up online courses on iSpring Learn. I told them it was easy, logical, and no hassle; they will love the level of support.
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