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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    TalentLMS

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    TalentLMS is an LMS built for training success, presented as fully customizable and easy to manage, so that teams embrace training while feeling right at home. It is used to provide the right training to any team and every use, while giving expert guidance and support every step of the way.

    $149

    per month 1-40 users

    Google Classroom

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $0

    per month

    Seismic Learning

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/ASeismic Learning (formerly Lessonly, acquired by Seismic in August 2021), is a learning management system (LMS). The vendor emphasizes eLearning for client-facing skills, as well as a drag-and-drop interface. Lessonly supports customizable learning paths and corporate onboarding processes.N/A
    Pricing
    TalentLMSGoogle ClassroomSeismic Learning
    Editions & Modules
    Core
    $149
    per month 1-40 users
    Grow
    $299
    per month 1-70 users
    Pro
    $579
    per month 1-100 users
    Enterprise (Custom plan)
    Custom
    annual plan Starts at 1000 users
    Education Fundamentals
    $0
    per license/per month
    Google Workspace for Education Standard
    $3
    per student/per year
    Teaching and Learning Upgrade
    $4
    per license/per month
    Google Workspace for Education Plus
    $5
    per student/per year
    Pro
    Contact sales team
    Pro + Coaching
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    Enterprise Learning for Global Teams
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    TalentLMSGoogle ClassroomSeismic Learning
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsUsers can stay on the Forever Free plan and upgrade, or downgrade or cancel at any time. Higher volume plans available at additional cost. Discount available for annual billing, and for nonprofits.Education Fundamentals Version - 30-day free trial for qualifying institutions.
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    Community Pulse
    TalentLMSGoogle ClassroomSeismic Learning
    Considered Multiple Products
    Epignosis
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    Google
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    Seismic
    Chose Seismic Learning
    Not Applicable. I had to choose a platform in order to move forward. I have not used any products like Lessonly. I have always trained staff the old fashioned way: spending several days to a week showing the new hires the ropes, getting them settled, sitting with them while …
    Incentivized
    Chose Seismic Learning
    We looked at several other big LMS platforms but found them too bloated and compliance-based. We didn't want an LMS so we could check compliance boxes and say, "See! We trained this person, so it's their fault they didn't follow our training!" We wanted a platform to help our …
    Incentivized
    Chose Seismic Learning
    Lessonly was by far the best LMS for our needs that we evaluated. We also use other tools to enhance it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Seismic Learning
    The builder that is built directly into Lessonly is what makes it so much better on the admin side. On the user side, it really easy to use and keep up with.
    Incentivized
    Chose Seismic Learning
    Lesson.ly is ahead of the competition in terms of ease of use, ease of setup, quality of support, and in features. One thing it could have is the course marketplace and 3rd party integrations, which it is currently lacking. Its social learning aspects are still uncovered and …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    Features
    TalentLMSGoogle ClassroomSeismic Learning
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of TalentLMS and Google Classroom and Seismic Learning
    Feature
    TalentLMS
    8.5
    50 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Google Classroom
    7.4
    60 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Seismic Learning
    6.7
    110 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Course authoring8.634 Ratings8.752 Ratings9.7108 Ratings
    Course catalog or library8.334 Ratings7.639 Ratings9.6106 Ratings
    Learning content8.231 Ratings8.141 Ratings3.0104 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.744 Ratings7.757 Ratings9.058 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.049 Ratings7.244 Ratings9.996 Ratings
    Assignments8.546 Ratings7.158 Ratings2.2107 Ratings
    Compliance management8.842 Ratings6.934 Ratings9.763 Ratings
    Learning administration8.949 Ratings7.346 Ratings7.1100 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.847 Ratings6.842 Ratings6.495 Ratings
    Social learning7.322 Ratings8.751 Ratings2.072 Ratings
    Gamification7.624 Ratings3.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning8.826 Ratings9.812 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal00 Ratings6.538 Ratings5.485 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    iSpring LMS
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Schoology Learning
    Score8 out of 10
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    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management
    Score7.4 out of 10
    D2L Brightspace
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    TalentLMSGoogle ClassroomSeismic Learning
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (51 ratings)
    8.1
    (80 ratings)
    6.3
    (114 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (11 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (44 ratings)
    1.9
    (14 ratings)
    9.7
    (97 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.3
    (28 ratings)
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    TalentLMSGoogle ClassroomSeismic Learning
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Epignosis
    TalentLMS is user-friendly enough for someone new to LMS management can get a site up and running in a relatively quick manner. It is rather intuitive to operate. My needs have been a rather small scale of 400 learners and TalentLMS more than meets the need to produce a professional-looking and operational website to send customers and staff. The point here is that although I do not know how well it can be up-scaled, it certainly delivers for small to medium organizations to need to get content online
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    Google
    Google Classroom allows teachers to post for daily lessons and assignments. It also allows teachers to be able to communicate with students easily outside of class. Students are able to stay connected and know where to find all information and resources easily in a streamlined manner for all of their classes.
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    Seismic
    If you are onboarding new employees or consultants and you have a complex product, solution, or your business is layered and complex, this can help distill down the layers into basics so that new team or partners can build their knowledge base up the right way. This ensures they are learning what needs to be learned, and not what they surmise or assume, which can be incorrect and cause issues down the road - this is especially sensitive in our field. Training of all kinds can be done easily with this tool.
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    Pros
    Epignosis
    • Report creation and distribution
    • Course creation, launch, and individual assignments
    • End user friendly for people with little computer skills
    • API integration with such platforms as ADP, Microsoft.
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    Google
    • Student-teacher communication - I love using Classroom for this because my students can always go back and check what was on Classroom by looking through the stream. This way they don't have to go dig through emails to find what they're looking for.
    • Posting to multiple classes - I can post the same announcement or assignment to multiple classes at once without having to repeat the process or send separate emails.
    • Streamlining grading - when students turn work in on Classroom, it all goes to one place and then when I'm grading I can open their documents directly from Classroom or my Drive folder. This way, I'm not looking through emails and Google Doc shared files for their assignment.
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    Seismic
    • Open to feedback and ideas and constantly innovating and iterating on their product to serve new needs that arise
    • Making me feel like more than just a customer: They aren't transactional and focus on building the relationship and making me feel heard.
    • Extremely easy to use product so building content takes little time, and I can leverage other subject matter experts to build content as well.
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    Cons
    Epignosis
    • Email notifications have arbitrary limits on what information can be included. For example, you cannot include the user password in any notification email regarding course enrollment, group enrollment, etc.
    • Notification emails are not sent out in a reasonable time frame. Sometimes, it takes over 20 minutes for a new user to get their registration email.
    • It would be nice to get reports in the base domain containing customer user fields from various branches.
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    Google
    • The content management of the Classroom is not that good. The sub-section for notes, syllabus, or discussion is missing.
    • It doesn't have parental control feature.
    • It converts the excel output into a normal file. All the formulas and pivots got changed into plain text.
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    Seismic
    • Media import (audio, video) are still in infancy. Reliability of uploaded content isn't 100%.
    • The Events function lacks some features that are more built out in other platforms.
    • Reporting interface has a bit of a learning curve, but overall isn't bad.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Epignosis
    The ease of use, the robustness of the offering, and familiarity. It does everything we need and probably more. We likley don't utilize all the functionality it has as it does what we want it to without having to dig that deep into its tools. Their course library also has saved us some time in terms of saving time from creating some basic courses.
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    Google
    Testing is particularly important in online learning, and Google Classroom falls far short of other learning management systems in this regard. Security is also a concern: while account control is reasonable for the account used with Google Classroom, the person controlling a particular account is often able to, for example, forward or download proprietary materials.
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    Seismic
    Worried about its acquisition by Seismic and hope that they don't change the product or the terms drastically.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Epignosis
    The system is intuitive. It does not have a lot of features that are hidden behind secret menus or elsewhere. There are often multiple ways to get to the same place through different menus without having to go back to the home or root menu. It makes things pretty easy. Additionally, if there is something I can't figure out, there is documentation available to help with that.
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    Google
    Simple design and seamless integration with Google tools and drive, but missing some key features. However, since it is limited in overall functions and ability to truly personalize / customize, it is quite user friendly and easy to set up and get going, other than sending out the code to your course or dropping students in via their gmail account. Users of Google Forms and sites will find the layout similar in design.
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    Seismic
    It's completely simple and intuitive, anyone can pick it up. The hardest part is looking for a save button and finally figuring out you don't need one. We don't provide training for users and never have complaints. For creators, we provide best practices, but using Lessonly itself requires nothing .
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    Reliability and Availability
    Epignosis
    I have never run into an issue with downtime in 5 plus years.
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    Google
    We have had very little trouble in accessing Google Classroom. Our issues, if any, have risen from our server and not the Google servers.
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    Seismic
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Epignosis
    It loads fast. Screen transitions are quick. Nothing seems to ever lag.
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Seismic
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Epignosis
    Quick answer, comprehensive, and customized. I sent an email with multiple questions and feedback about their new UI, and the agent addressed all of them directly and honestly no sugar-coating and no call center lingo. Most questions can also be addressed directly in their UI with a really good help center widget.
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    Google
    Since this platform is provided by Google, the technical support is better than any others, and we are not required to bother about the space constraints for adding the contents. If we have a good uninterrupted internet facility we can access Google Classroom without any delay or lag. They have app support in both Android and iPhone.
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    Seismic
    The support team is very friendly and eager to help you learn the ins and outs of Lessonly. They can set up training for large groups or send links in a chat for individual help. They are quick to respond and if one person doesn't have the answer, they will collaborate with others to help find the answer.
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    Implementation Rating
    Epignosis
    Implementation was relatively easy. When we set up a second branch, we needed a little help. But the support area is well-detailed. My clients had no experience with an LMS and their digital skills were limited. We had a long way to go. Nevertheless, it was relatively easy. It was rather quick!
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    Google
    It was relatively easy to implement due to the simplicity of the platform. Even our more technology challenged teachers found it easy to get started with Google Classroom.
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    Seismic
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Epignosis
    Both are good, but the pricing and general value proposition of Talent LMS are better than Trainual in my opinion. Trainual is a bit more modern and cleaner looking from a user interface perspective, but it comes at a higher cost. Both platforms provide very similar features in the way of general functionality and user experience, but Talent LMS wins because of its better pricing model.
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    Google
    I haven't tested or evaluated another digital classroom website or application. I feel like Google Classroom is convenient for many reasons such as compatibility to Google docs, slides, etc. I also love the ability to link to YouTube and other sites. I don't know if there would be a site that is easier to maneuver.
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    Seismic
    I felt some of these products had more features than were necessary and needed for our team. Some of them were limited on the number of content creators that were allowed which to me forces you to use one or two people to create content where I would rather see it done by key members of each department.
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    Scalability
    Epignosis
    The product can create as similar or unique experiences for different branches as you want for training purposes
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    Google
    It is very easy to push out this program across our buildings. Teachers are able to use it without much trouble.
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    Seismic
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Epignosis
    • Managers have used this internally to get new employees up to speed and trained faster. It's a great onboarding tool.
    • Externally, we help our customers better self-serve when they understand the software they are using. This reduces calls to Customer Support.
    • We've used training as an added incentive for our customers to maintain a higher level of service, resulting in increased ARR.
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    Google
    • Students are able to continue learning in a remote environment
    • Parents have a single, consistent organization structure to make it easy to track assignments and progress for multiple children
    • Much better solution than the quickly assembled Zoom-and-gloom of the previous spring when school abruptly went remote with no planning
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    Seismic
    • We've had an increase in quality overall as a company, as we are able to continually train our employees outside of our New Hire Training program.
    • We've seen stronger communication as we are able to send out material to our stylists about products, policies, procedures, etc. and they are able to provide us with feedback. After all, it is their tool for learning and we want to know the best way to provide that information to our Team Members.
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    ScreenShots

    TalentLMS Screenshots

    Screenshot of TalentLMS' learner view of a courseScreenshot of TalentLMS' training reportsScreenshot of TalentLMS's AI-powered Content CreatorScreenshot of the TalentLMS dashboardScreenshot of where to customize the TalentLMS portal