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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    eFront Learning

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AeFront is a flexible LMS platform for enterprises that need advanced security measures and extensive customization to train masses of employees, partners, and customers. According to the vendor, eFront is designed to be an adaptable enterprise LMS, and gives users complete control over their virtual training environment and data. Additionally, the vendor says it blends well with any other infrastructure. The vendor’s value proposition is that eFront helps the user’s business grow…

    $1,000

    per month

    MadCap Xyleme

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AXyleme is a robust Component and Learning Content Management Solution dedicated to providing users with an easy and safe way to create and disseminate learning materials and other business-related content. It comes equipped with several features that focus on creating a central, single source of truth for an organization’s content.N/A
    Pricing
    eFront LearningMadCap Xyleme
    Editions & Modules
    Business
    $1,000.00
    per month
    Enterprise
    $1,500.00
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    eFront LearningMadCap Xyleme
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    eFront LearningMadCap Xyleme
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of eFront Learning and MadCap Xyleme
    Feature
    eFront Learning
    8.7
    3 Ratings
    5% above category average
    MadCap Xyleme
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly7.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications8.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assignments8.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance management9.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score6.7 out of 10
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    iSpring LMS
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management
    Score7.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    eFront LearningMadCap Xyleme
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    eFront LearningMadCap Xyleme
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Epignosis
    You must have an IT staff with knowledge of PHP in order to install and maintain the system. This is not a plug and play solution by any means. If you have that staff, this is the greatest thing since sliced bread. It's a very robust system. Once we solved initial bugs caused by our own errors during installation, the support desk requests have dropped to almost zero, with nearly 2,000 users online every day. That's a good, solid program.
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    MadCap Software
    Well-suited:
    1. Building and keeping up to date modular content (blocks).
    2. Maintaining and updating large content library where meaning team members might be working on the same content but using the content in different context (e.g. learning and internal comms).
    3. Creating learning content by new/recently onboarded team members.
    4. Create simple learning courses with some level of interactively, medium interactivity (tabs, image maps, slider reveal images), create different types of knowledge checks/assessments from multiple choice to drag and drop activities); embed videos and other HTML elements .
    5. Integrate with LMS, apply SCORM rules etc
    6. Better to use in combination with other media creation tools like Vyond, Storyline. Some things can get tricky (compatibility).
    Less appropriate: 1. If you need to build highly interactive learning experience 2. When you don't have a team member you can dedicate specifically to customize templates in Xyleme for your organizational needs (looks, functionality etc.) or and to train team members on this software. You'd need someone on your team to collaborate with Xyleme closely to customize functions for your organization's needs. 3. When #2 and you want a modern/in trend looking output and not willing to compromise on what it looks and feels.
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    Pros
    Epignosis
    • courses management
    • quizes management
    • variety of addons
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    MadCap Software
    • content reuse (linked content modules). Update content block in one place and it updates in all the other places where this block is used (linked)
    • easy to train on and onboard new team members
    • flexibility of output templates
    • web-based tool - easy to develop directly from browser
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    Cons
    Epignosis
    • Merging this software may be difficult and cumbersome at times
    • Reporting features can be worked on for better and easier usability
    • Not very easy to organize files/folders in the system
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    MadCap Software
    • several features advertised as device agnostic or mobile friendly do not work properly on mobile
    • finicky in many ways, sometimes you need to tinker with details for to long to make things work properly
    • many UI solutions/elements that are not intuitive at all (even using the tool almost every day you need to make effort to remember how things are done)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Epignosis
    I'm not sure what else is out there that has the ability to do what our organization needs. We've come across things we didn't like about it, but due to costs of switching and possibly lack of other options, we'd probably renew with eFront. Also, we've invested a lot of time in the software and it seems to be satisfactory at this point.
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    MadCap Software
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    Usability
    Epignosis
    For most situations, it is extremely easy to learn and use. There are ergonomic issues that seem a bit tedious, but overall, we are seeing a very high success rate with new registrants. They are learning the material and earning their certificates at a rapid pace. This is a good program once it is properly installed by a knowledgeable systems architect.
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    MadCap Software
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    Support Rating
    Epignosis
    Two disadvantages: 1. Many staffers who respond don't know how to solve the problem using the User Interface - they want to work from the back end, to which I have no access. 2. The support staff are in Europe and I am in California, so there is an overnight delay in getting a response.
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    MadCap Software
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    Online Training
    Epignosis
    I'm not the most technical person, so some of the training didn't make sense to me. It wasn't a complete training - it was more topical. The people working at EFront were happy to answer my questions later when I resorted to learning it by doing. This was very valuable to me.
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    MadCap Software
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    Implementation Rating
    Epignosis
    It's important to have a robust course catalog before launching. Courses should be QC'ed to be sure there are no errors or other problems. Don't let engineers write quiz questions! Remember that well-formed quiz questions are not designed to trick or fool the user - they are used to reinforce learning through repetition of important concepts. The "grade" isn't as important as the assurance the information has stuck.
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    MadCap Software
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    Alternatives Considered
    Epignosis
    Unfortunately I have not had the chance to try other products, however I would think eFront would stack up fairly well against competitors and it provides all the necessary tools to stay compliant and excel at having efficient KICs.
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    MadCap Software
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    Return on Investment
    Epignosis
    • We decided not to continue the trial because it will be either very expensive or impossible to modify the system to our requirements
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    MadCap Software
    • train and onboard new learning developers on the team quickly and get them started to create courses
    • ROI - don't have access to this information
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    ScreenShots

    eFront Learning Screenshots

    Product screenshotScreenshot of ReportsScreenshot of CourseScreenshot of View of eFront administrator dashboard, including key actions and a summary of courses, users, completions and sign-ins.Screenshot of View of eFront administrator course catalog view with functionality to manage courses and change view mode.Screenshot of eFront Administrator system reporting includes users, courses, tests, certificates and all other reporting functions.

    MadCap Xyleme Screenshots

    Screenshot of A snapshot of how Xyleme users can create content in a single location and publish it to multiple locations