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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AGrovo's product included instructional videos and assessments, and the SaaS platform that they live on top of. The videos follow a microlearning methodology which increases learner retention. Grovo is now fully integrated into CornerStone's LMS.

    $149

    per month

    iSpring Suite

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AiSpring Suite is an authoring tool with AI-assisted features for creating slide-based online courses, quizzes, and video lessons in Microsoft PowerPoint. Instructional designers, corporate L&D and HR teams, educators, and independent course developers can build training content without relying on multiple specialized tools. iSpring Suite enables users to: Generate a course from a topic. Users can describe what to teach or upload subject…

    $970

    per year per user

    Pricing
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMSiSpring Suite
    Editions & Modules
    Light Academy
    $149.00
    per month
    Professional Academy
    $249.00
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMSiSpring Suite
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsConsulting and integration services are part of the product, not an additional feature.Academic, non-profit, government and volume discounts are available.
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    Community Pulse
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMSiSpring Suite
    Considered Both Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    119 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    110 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    115 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    104 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    109 Answers
    Features
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMSiSpring Suite
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS and iSpring Suite
    Feature
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
    7.6
    2 Ratings
    13% below category average
    iSpring Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring8.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content6.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications8.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMSiSpring Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (123 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (65 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMSiSpring Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Grovo is fantastic for bringing a team of people up to speed and for teaching a few things to a large audience. We found Grovo to be lacking when specific training is required or when the training required a certain level of skill. Grovo is fantastic for broad training, less so for specific depth training
    Incentivized
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
    iSpring Suite gives me a platform to easily create training courses for any number of subjects, custom-designed to fit my workplace. I can include quizzes that allow me to track both the completion rate of the course and the success rate of the training. Its user-friendliness stands out and makes my role as Training Director much easier on a day-to-day basis.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Ease to create trainings.
    • Ability to insert GIFs and photos to help with visual aids.
    • Ability to allow others to create trainings.
    • Ability to track trainings (who has done it and who hasn't).
    • Ease of tracking all training done.
    Incentivized
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
    • Great range of images to use to show real people in the slides across the slideset because of the number of different actions they are doing
    • Support is easy to access and always helpful with easy to understand advice as well as links to further knowledge
    • Recording narration and editing within the iSpring Suite presentation makes it easy to use this function as a novice.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Some videos/lessons leave a lot to be desired and could use more detail.
    • There's always more room for some more advanced skills.
    Incentivized
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
    • More facial expressions of the characters.
    • Update independent of my prompting/box checking.
    • Add details on what the customized play includes when the mouse hovers over the icon. It took a bit of time to realize that this was where we could select different layouts.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
    I would give it 10 but I also like to try new solutions.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
    iSpring Suite is a perfect tool overall to create contents in collaboration with colleagues. There are some difficulties though in usability but the usability is OK in total. We are fully satisfied with the customer support. There are simple online tutorials and a team of competent support colleagues. The support content is sometimes not simply accessible, you need to search for them longer.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    When we have had issues with Grovo not working or a problem with report we have always gotten an answer quickly. We have a rep that we speak to often to make sure we are satisfied with the system and is just a quick email away. It nice to know we have support that will get back to you in a quick manner as we rely on this software.
    Incentivized
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
    Great software is only exceeded by their fantastic support. Prompt responses, complete with clearly outlined steps to follow, are just the beginning. There are tremendous resources and continual webinars to challenge what we think we know about the iSpring Suite. I often use PowerPoint to lay out marketing slides, add music and narration, then publish them as an MP4 video. I can count on iSpring support to assist me when I need help.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    The elephant in the room for me, would be TreeHouse. Grovo is very similar to TreeHouse in the fact that they're both programs with lesson tracks, simple and short videos, as well as progress trackers. I would have to say that I enjoyed learning coding on TreeHouse over Grovo, based on the wide variety of native coding languages they have implemented. Grovo, although extremely similar and easy to use as well, doesn't stack up to TreeHouse in my opinion. Grove does, however, beat out Lynda in my humble opinion
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
    Ultimately, I selected iSpring Suite because of the ease of use and small learning curve. I needed to be able to start creating content immediately, and after doing trial periods with iSpring as well as some of the other options, it was clear that I could be up and running the quickest with iSpring. I don't see any features that are missing for what I need, and it was also the cheapest option.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Zero impact. When we determined they were not a good fit for us, we decided to go another direction. I would certainly try them again however if they addressed my concerns as their service was excellent.
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
    • The ROI on this product has been great
    • It has enhance my reputation personally within the organization. This has led to other departments requesting me by name to head up eLearning development projects, even delaying their own deadlines to ensure that I am involved.
    • Other than a few duds (I let some inexperienced vocal talent slip thru in the heat of multiple conflicting deadlines), learner feedback has skyrocketed over that developed before I became involved and standardized the effort on iSpring
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    ScreenShots

    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS Screenshots

    Screenshot of The primary admin dashboardScreenshot of The library of Grovo contentScreenshot of The course building toolScreenshot of Assignment optionsScreenshot of Choosing an assignment

    iSpring Suite Screenshots

    Product screenshotProduct screenshotProduct screenshotProduct screenshotScreenshot of the online collaboration toolScreenshot of video lessons and screencasts