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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Classroom

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $0

    per month

    LearnUpon

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ALearnUpon partners with over 1,500 businesses worldwide to create meaningful learning experiences that empower employees, customers, and members. Whether their LMS is used to develop employees or onboard customers, LearnUpon helps users to deliver impactful training.

    $18,000

    per year

    Pricing
    Google ClassroomLearnUpon
    Editions & Modules
    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
    LearnUpon for Employees
    $18,000
    per year per user
    LearnUpon for Customer Education
    $18,000
    per year per user
    LearnUpon for Associations
    $18,000
    per year per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google ClassroomLearnUpon
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    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.LearnUpon offers a standard SaaS subscription model, consisting of several price bands. Each price band includes a set number of MAUs or ‘Monthly Active Users’. Plans vary by feature and customer support priority. As the first step in a partnership with LearnUpon, a LearnUpon Account Executive (AE) will listen to any requirements to ensure the use case is a good fit, and recommend a LearnUpon plan to fit the specific usage, feature, and support requirements.
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    Community Pulse
    Google ClassroomLearnUpon
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    LearnUpon
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    37 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    37 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    40%
    Implementation went as expected
    2 Answers
    Features
    Google ClassroomLearnUpon
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Google Classroom and LearnUpon
    Feature
    Google Classroom
    7.4
    60 Ratings
    8% below category average
    LearnUpon
    8.2
    9 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Course authoring8.752 Ratings9.29 Ratings
    Course catalog or library7.639 Ratings8.47 Ratings
    Player/Portal6.538 Ratings8.59 Ratings
    Learning content8.141 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Mobile friendly7.757 Ratings8.88 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications7.144 Ratings7.59 Ratings
    Assignments7.158 Ratings7.88 Ratings
    Compliance management6.934 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Learning administration7.346 Ratings7.89 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics6.842 Ratings8.39 Ratings
    Social learning8.751 Ratings7.96 Ratings
    Gamification3.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.812 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google ClassroomLearnUpon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (80 ratings)
    7.7
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.9
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google ClassroomLearnUpon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    LearnUpon
    I think LearnUpon is a great LMS for an organization that focuses on internal learners, aka, employees. It's very easy to create courses, enroll learners, and mark attendance. For an association such as mine, more support would be helpful for appropriately setting up the store to reflect member and non-member accounts. In addition, it's difficult to do outside-the-box functions like transfers and refunds.
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    Pros
    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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    LearnUpon
    • Integration with video conferencing platforms (primarily Zoom).
    • Timing out releasing of course materials and exams so students can't get eyes on something an instructor is not ready for them to see yet.
    • Customization of our store front and courses with regard to branding and graphics.
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    Cons
    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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    LearnUpon
    • There are issues with users who have an account in more than one LearnUpon portal. If a user has an account in an existing LearnUpon portal, and they want to create an account in another LearnUpon portal, then they have to be invited to the new portal by an Administrator. but the user has no way of knowing that its a LearnUpon portal until they can't sign up. Its very confusing for the learner.
    • An email address is required in order to set up an account. We serve many providers who don't have email addresses for all of their staff, so this is a huge issue for us.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    LearnUpon
    We've been a customer for six years and I don't see that changing anytime soon. We're very happy with LearnUpon.
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    Usability
    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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    LearnUpon
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    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.
    Incentivized
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    LearnUpon
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    LearnUpon
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    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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    LearnUpon
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    LearnUpon
    LearnUpon's interface and immersive experience blows the competition out of the water. LearnUpon understands the "big picture" of online learning and how to provide a system that is easy and fun to use for users at any level. LearnUpon's knowledge of their own platform, and their impeccable client support is unparalleled. LearnUpon understands our business and learning needs better than any competitor. Now that I'm using a different platform at another job, I miss LearnUpon every day!
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    Scalability
    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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    LearnUpon
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    LearnUpon
    • We have not implemented it yet due to unforeseen issues with a different vendor, but we have launched two pilots and it has been very well received.
    • The expected outcome is a lot more revenue because the catalog we have in our current LMS (Absorb) is very poorly designed and ineffective.
    • Another expected outcome is that people will be excited to learn more and be better ambassadors for our company.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    LearnUpon Screenshots

    Screenshot of The learner experience. Designed to put the learner first, with features to motivate, remove barriers, and make training a convenient task that learners want to do.Screenshot of The course creation interface, where users build engaging courses without technical expertise. It includes interactive content options, including webinar and instructor-led training, SCORM and xAPI files, documents, and video.Screenshot of The Learning Journey, where the fact that learning isn't linear is appreciated. This helps users to deliver timely, targeted learning.Screenshot of An example of friendly competition. This helps to Encourage teams to hit their goals and places a spotlight on the best performing learners using Gamification and Leaderboards.Screenshot of The reporting interface. This offers learning data to track its impact on a business’s bottom line.