Google Classroom vs. iSpring Learn

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Classroom
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$0
per month
iSpring Learn
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
iSpring Learn is an LMS for automating corporate training and improving employee performance. The system aims to enable users without technical skills to launch eLearning in one day without training. To start training with the platform, administrators upload learning content, assign courses, and start tracking learners’…
$2.29
per month per user
Pricing
Google ClassroomiSpring Learn
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
START
$2.29
per month per user
BUSINESS
$3.14
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google ClassroomiSpring Learn
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsEducation Fundamentals Version - 30-day free trial for qualifying institutions.Unlimited users on any plan. Charges only for active users only. No fees for storage or bandwidth.
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Community Pulse
Google ClassroomiSpring Learn
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Google ClassroomiSpring Learn
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Classroom
7.8
53 Ratings
4% below category average
iSpring Learn
8.1
18 Ratings
1% below category average
Course authoring7.545 Ratings9.818 Ratings
Course catalog or library7.536 Ratings7.010 Ratings
Player/Portal8.234 Ratings9.816 Ratings
Learning content8.038 Ratings7.510 Ratings
Mobile friendly7.951 Ratings7.614 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications7.540 Ratings9.817 Ratings
Assignments8.452 Ratings8.114 Ratings
Compliance management7.429 Ratings7.712 Ratings
Learning administration7.740 Ratings9.816 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics7.737 Ratings7.917 Ratings
Social learning7.846 Ratings5.98 Ratings
Gamification6.95 Ratings6.38 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning8.57 Ratings8.37 Ratings
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Google ClassroomiSpring Learn
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google ClassroomiSpring Learn
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(73 ratings)
9.9
(26 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
1.0
(3 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
3.0
(4 ratings)
4.5
(2 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
1.9
(14 ratings)
8.1
(13 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
2.0
(2 ratings)
4.5
(2 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google ClassroomiSpring Learn
Likelihood to Recommend
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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iSpring Solutions, Inc
This was the first time I ever developed an inline training system. While I developed all the content, I am not an "IT" person, so i was worried about structuring the system and implementing it in an LMS. iSpring Learn is easy, flexible, intuitive, and really professional. The support staff was immediately responsive and knowledgeable; they made it fun to create a great course delivery system. My users rave about it... and that is after delivering 3 tracks, with 27 modules, and 52 submodules, with 27 quizzes. I plan to enhance the system adding video delivery over time. Great LMS; glad I chose iSpring Learn.
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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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iSpring Solutions, Inc
  • Gamification: Available badges, certificates, and user achievements on training completion. Leadership boards available in the user profile increase competitiveness and motivation among users.
  • Analytics: Org level, departments wise, groups wise, and user-wise in-depth reports with lots of filters. The learning curve at the user level is one great functionality.
  • MS PowerPoint integration with iSpring Learn is a top feature and since most of our users are pretty comfortable with MS PowerPoint, it allows for easy content creation and quizzes.
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Cons
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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iSpring Solutions, Inc
  • I would like to see some different styles of interactions, I feel somewhat limited in what is available.
  • I wish I could edit interactions/role plays/etc. while still moving throughout my PowerPoint. I have to close and reopen the interaction many times, which slows down my process, when I am copying and pasting a lot of materials.
  • The reporting function is pretty underwhelming. I wish it would take the custom surveys and quiz results and present them better in Excel. It takes A LOT of manual effort to really understand the results of the reports.
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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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iSpring Solutions, Inc
In the past I could not encourage my students to take online training. The results and the questions were hard to be given. When I used the iSpring Suite along with iSpring Learn, my dreams came through and most of the time my students are online and take good training with my programme.
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Usability
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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iSpring Solutions, Inc
I have no problem using it and it is the same for my students. Anytime I ask them which part is not easy to use, they keep silent and say thank you.
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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.
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iSpring Solutions, Inc
I have to say ALWAYS.
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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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iSpring Solutions, Inc
I can not say enough good about the support. By far the best in the industry. You talk to really people that help. All to often LMS make you leave a message or you must submit a ticket for help. You will not wait more than a day or two for a good response from iSpring.
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In-Person Training
Google
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iSpring Solutions, Inc
We can say that most of my students attend my classes twice a week and that's not enough for someone to learn. I put some training for them to do at home and they really enjoy doing them. The kind of progress they make is really satisfying for them and they are always learning.
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Online Training
Google
No answers on this topic
iSpring Solutions, Inc
As a teacher, I used to spend a lot of time correcting my students' papers. Now with iSpring Learn, my time has been saved and everything is done automatically. All the time I can check my students' progress and I know which exams they have taken or they should take. On the whole, online training has really helped a lot of teachers
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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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iSpring Solutions, Inc
When I talked to my colleagues or informed them to search for a programme before iSpring Learn, they were not successful in designing and implementing a programme like this. I am sure they have done a lot to implement it in the best and educational way. That was not that easy as we thought.
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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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iSpring Solutions, Inc
iSpring probably had the least functionality of all of them. Ease of use is similar to Skyprep (Tovuti was by far the most complicated), but iSpring did not meet expectations and had constant glitches that could not be fixed by their tech team
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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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iSpring Solutions, Inc
Really perfect.
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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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iSpring Solutions, Inc
  • Extremely positive. Having such a program motivates our employees to completed courses timely.
  • Having such a program enables us to meet government requirements with ease.
  • Senior Leaders if the organization have been impressed by the results and support the use of the product.
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ScreenShots

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