edX for Business vs. Udacity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
edX for Business
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
edX headquartered in Cambridge provides elearning content covering a wide range of courses, including edX for Business, an on-demand elearning platform for upskilling, reskilling, and general workforce training.
$349
per learner/per year
Udacity
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Udacity aims to change lives, businesses, and nations by creating job-ready digital talent. With over a decade of experience creating digital talent at scale, Udacity addresses the global talent shortages impacting growth, productivity, and innovation. Udacity's curriculum, personalized mentor support, and measurable outcomes strive to create expertise with a focus on the in‑demand competencies that ensure workplace relevance.
$399
per month
Pricing
edX for BusinessUdacity
Editions & Modules
For Groups
$349.00
per learner/per year
For Enterprise
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Starting Price
$399.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
edX for BusinessUdacity
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
edX for BusinessUdacity
Considered Both Products
edX for Business
Chose edX for Business
The very strong point of edX is that it is so much professional and it is specialized in organizational training and upskilling. It is one of the reasons why edX is a bit ahead of other e-learning platforms.
Udacity
Chose Udacity
I combined my learning from various platforms and did on exclusively reply on any one. However, the free courses in Udacity lacks the comprehensiveness as Coursera.
Features
edX for BusinessUdacity
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
edX for Business
8.2
2 Ratings
4% below category average
Udacity
-
Ratings
Course authoring8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Course catalog or library8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Player/Portal8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning content8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Social learning7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Gamification7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
eLearning Content
Comparison of eLearning Content features of Product A and Product B
edX for Business
8.3
2 Ratings
1% below category average
Udacity
6.0
1 Ratings
33% below category average
Multi-Lingual Support7.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Structured Learning9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Course Searches9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical Metrics8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud-Based Content8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Automation & Integration8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
Infosec Skills
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Score 9.9 out of 10
Infosec Skills
Infosec Skills
Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
edX for BusinessUdacity
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(10 ratings)
10.0
(10 ratings)
Usability
7.6
(2 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(8 ratings)
User Testimonials
edX for BusinessUdacity
Likelihood to Recommend
edX
edx is really helpful for learning and growing your skills in both personal and professional aspects. It helped us learn all the business concepts which were required for our company. We chose certification after auditing a number of courses. It was definitely a terrific tool for professionals who were self-learning.
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Udacity
It's suited well to support on developing a project and following a set curriculum to get things and material in order. Also it has the idea of a nano-degree as the mini-certification to focus on working through a program over a course of a few months. It's more of an interactive course and best for having access for a set period of time. It helps to prepare well for exams but less beneficial when it comes to more applications I find, and should not be used to supplant any resource, but to use in conjunction with.
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Pros
edX
  • Provides certification after completion of course
  • Provides eLearning from home
  • They have a broad variety of courses for all business owners
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Udacity
  • Courses are very high quality and updated regularly.
  • Instructors and Mentors are available for live tutoring.
  • Relevant projects are assigned in order to keep learning material fresh and top of mind.
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Cons
edX
  • Following forum posts when there are thousands of participants is clunky
  • The feature that is supposed to bookmark your progress and start you up back where you left off is rarely accurate
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Udacity
  • Quiz questions in some cases could be made clearer. I didn't feel the questions were always phrased in a way that I could easily understand what was being asked.
  • Requests for support can sometimes take a very long time to get resolved.
  • Cost structure changed from a fixed-price model to a subscription-only model, and prices are significantly increased as such.
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Usability
edX
It is an excellent tool for remote setup team. The universities are well respected, and the course depth adds a lot of value. The upskilling has become convenient. Progress can be tracked easily, and it offers customized corporate training needs fulfilled. The compliance training courses are helpful in particular as they meet growing demand.
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Udacity
They are already very good. But, would be great if Udacity improves the area of standardizing offline projects and exercises so that people could attempt to work offline. Including documentation on how to do it. More practical or real-world projects to choose and work on after course completion. Maybe a community can do it.
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Support Rating
edX
No answers on this topic
Udacity
I didn't personally have any issues with the program, but scheduling time to review the final project was easy, and the assistant was pleasant to work with.
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Alternatives Considered
edX
edX for Business seemed to be quite similiar to other competitors in terms of methodology and formats. In our case, courses themes availability were very important, because the challenge was to find relevant content to support pre-defined learning tracks. We found most of them on edX for Business catalog. The posibility to integrate them into other platforms was also an important decision factor.
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Udacity
I combined my learning from various platforms and did on exclusively reply on any one. However, the free courses in Udacity lacks the comprehensiveness as Coursera.
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Return on Investment
edX
  • There is no way to try the course for free to check if the content is interesting
  • Valuable certificates for the cv and linkdln
  • Well renamed certifications in the job market
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Udacity
  • I am already in a great position as a CTO with a great company. I hope to be able to build some new technology with what I am learning, but I haven't applied any of it yet to my own real-world problems. I will though.
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