TalentLMS vs. Seismic Learning

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
TalentLMS
Score 5.9 out of 10
N/A
TalentLMS is an LMS that supports training success. Designed to get a “yes” from everyone, it’s where great teams, and companies, go to grow. TalentLMS is presented as fully customizable and easy to manage, so that teams embrace training while feeling right at home. It aims to make it easy to provide the right training to any team and every use, while giving expert guidance and support every step of the way. Backed by Epignosis, a provider of learning technologies, TalentLMS is…
$88
per month
Seismic Learning
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Seismic 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
TalentLMSSeismic Learning
Editions & Modules
Starter (40 users)
$69
per month (billed yearly)
Basic (100 users)
$149
per month (billed yearly)
Plus (500 users)
$279
per month (billed yearly)
Premium (1000 users)
$459
per month (billed yearly)
Enterprise (Custom plan)
Custom
annual plan
Pro
Contact sales team
Pro + Coaching
Contact sales team
Enterprise Learning for Global Teams
Contact sales team
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
TalentLMSSeismic Learning
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUsers can stay on our the Forever Free plan and upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time.—
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Community Pulse
TalentLMSSeismic Learning
Considered Both Products
TalentLMS

No answer on this topic

Seismic Learning
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 …
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.
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 …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
TalentLMSSeismic Learning
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
TalentLMS
8.3
16 Ratings
1% above category average
Seismic Learning
9.4
108 Ratings
14% above category average
Mobile friendly9.213 Ratings9.057 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications8.316 Ratings10.094 Ratings
Assignments8.314 Ratings9.4105 Ratings
Compliance management8.314 Ratings9.061 Ratings
Learning administration8.416 Ratings9.498 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics7.514 Ratings9.693 Ratings
Course authoring00 Ratings9.7106 Ratings
Course catalog or library00 Ratings9.2104 Ratings
Player/Portal00 Ratings9.383 Ratings
Learning content00 Ratings9.6102 Ratings
Social learning00 Ratings9.370 Ratings
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User Ratings
TalentLMSSeismic Learning
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(16 ratings)
9.4
(112 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(9 ratings)
9.7
(97 ratings)
User Testimonials
TalentLMSSeismic Learning
Likelihood to Recommend
Epignosis
This software is perfect for any company that has document/pdf-based training files that they want to convert into actual training modules for new employees. It is easy for new employees to use and navigate, and the quizzes that can be added at the end of each section/module are great for ensuring new employees' understanding of your content. It probably wouldn't be best suited if you need more interaction during your training process - but for those that just need employees to view and read text/images/videos and to be quizzed after, it is great.
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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
  • Assign a predefined route to a certain place
  • User interface is very good and clean
  • Very effective user experience
  • Issues or problems are handled rapidly by their customer support team
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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
  • We have courses that are required for each employee based on their job title, and then, many courses we consider to be elective for that job title. We have not found a method to distinguish between those in order to view an employee's performance on required courses only.
  • Reports are only available by user ID or user name. We have some facilities or managers who need the user ID (based on payroll entry) and some that need names (employees they interact with each day).
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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
We have not had any problems with TalentLMS. It has worked well for all of our employees.
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Seismic
Worried about its acquisition by Seismic and hope that they don't change the product or the terms drastically.
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Usability
Epignosis
No answers on this topic
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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Support Rating
Epignosis
The support is great, you can either go online and get the training you need or you can work with talent directly to get the support you need, they are readily and easily available and are very friendly, the support structure that they have is great. The other thing is that from a bug's perspective Talent has never had any issue so I really haven't had to use the support outside of trying to figure out how to do certain things.
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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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Alternatives Considered
Epignosis
TalentLMS is more all-inclusive with a lot of great options and the ability to upload PowerPoint presentations. Some of the other LMS companies required other software ad-ons, oftentimes with a cost, to meet functionality. Some other companies use a different format for training reports. Unlike TalentLMS, in which Excel-based reports are very easily generated.
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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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Return on Investment
Epignosis
  • Dramatically more cost-effective than alternatives, with greater feature sets. Made our eCommerce training deployment a breeze. Hard to attribute an ROI to just the LMS specifically but it would be a high multiple in a period of just a few months.
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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

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