Gnowbe vs. Google Classroom

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Gnowbe
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
Gnowbe headquartered in San Francisco offers their mobile micro-learning application, for adult education.N/A
Google Classroom
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$0
per month
Pricing
GnowbeGoogle Classroom
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GnowbeGoogle Classroom
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEducation Fundamentals Version - 30-day free trial for qualifying institutions.
More Pricing Information
Features
GnowbeGoogle Classroom
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Gnowbe
6.5
2 Ratings
23% below category average
Google Classroom
7.7
53 Ratings
7% below category average
Course authoring7.02 Ratings7.545 Ratings
Course catalog or library5.22 Ratings7.536 Ratings
Player/Portal5.92 Ratings8.234 Ratings
Learning content5.62 Ratings8.038 Ratings
Mobile friendly9.02 Ratings7.851 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications8.82 Ratings7.440 Ratings
Assignments4.72 Ratings8.352 Ratings
Compliance management5.92 Ratings7.329 Ratings
Learning administration6.32 Ratings7.640 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics7.62 Ratings7.637 Ratings
Social learning7.32 Ratings7.846 Ratings
Gamification5.92 Ratings6.95 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning5.92 Ratings8.57 Ratings
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User Ratings
GnowbeGoogle Classroom
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
(2 ratings)
8.6
(73 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
3.0
(4 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
1.9
(14 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
2.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
GnowbeGoogle Classroom
Likelihood to Recommend
Gnowbe
Gnowbe is well suited for many situations. Some examples include when employees are being onboarding and / or off boarded. It is also great for sales enablement and allowing sales people to learn and sharpen their skills. I love how it offers personalized progress tracking. That helps employees see what they are learning and grasping versus what they still need assistance on
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Google
- During the pandemic, the college needs a fast and easy solution to conduct Google Classroom. The integration with Google Accounts and Google Meet allows the university to run and access the Classroom on a large scale. - The teacher wants to conduct some exams in third-party software like Moodle. But we have not found any plugin for this famous open-source learning platform. The exam system in Google Classroom is so poor that it doesn't even fully screen the test when students are writing their exams.
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Pros
Gnowbe
  • Personalized progress tracking
  • Mobile learning
  • User-friendly
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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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Cons
Gnowbe
  • A way to share content you create as well as use others content
  • Leverage more virtual activities
  • Allow free trials
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Google
  • Although usually in the discussion with other LMS apps such as Schoology and Canvas, Google Classroom doesn't possess as in-depth of a platform. There is no ability to set individual learning paths, pace student work with completion settings, or embed other apps directly into teacher-created assignments.
  • The assignment creation options are limited. Teachers can only choose from creating an assignment (usually a link with directions), a material (usually a doc/slide/website, etc), a question, and a quiz.
  • With gamification taking on a new lens in education, there really isn't any way to use gamification elements with Google Classroom. There isn't any way to create Individual learning paths, or use badges and micro-credentials within Classroom. Outside programs would have to be used.
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Likelihood to Renew
Gnowbe
No answers on this topic
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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Usability
Gnowbe
No answers on this topic
Google
This is only a product I would recommend to a humanities teacher. Math and science teachers cannot use this product the same way that I can as an English teacher. It is great for word process and for reading, but unable to handle the demands of math and science. Therefore, I would highly recommend this product to English or Social Studies teachers, but NOT math or science teachers
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Reliability and Availability
Gnowbe
No answers on this topic
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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Support Rating
Gnowbe
No answers on this topic
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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Implementation Rating
Gnowbe
No answers on this topic
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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Alternatives Considered
Gnowbe
We used Microsoft Teams for a while; Gnowbe is far superior. First of all, the mobile application is much more useful. With Gnowbe, online exams have been made much faster and easier. Very good support is provided for content creation. There are options for system integration, and it's pretty easy. I can say that Gnowbe is user-friendly. It has many features that can be useful, such as learning about daily routines, applying standard processes, and communicating a leader's priorities.
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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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Scalability
Gnowbe
No answers on this topic
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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Return on Investment
Gnowbe
  • Positive engagement by employees seemed to have increased
  • More willingness to learn due to the mobile learning option
  • Increased knowledge
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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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