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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    iSpring LMS

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AiSpring LMS is an LMS developed by iSpring Solutions. iSpring LMS automates corporate training and helps to improve employee retention through quality onboarding, on-the-job training, gamification and engagement mechanics. With iSpring LMS, training and development professionals can launch eLearning fast, without any technical skills. Also, account owners can customize or white-label the learner portal to reflect their corporate branding. iSpring LMS's features…

    $16,050

    per year for 300 users (minimum)

    Jenzabar SONIS

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AJenzabar now offers SONIS, a student information system (SIS) oriented around the needs of smaller higher education institutions. Jenzabar supports the former SONISWEB product since its acquisition of original developer RJM Systems in 2015.N/A
    Pricing
    iSpring LMSJenzabar SONIS
    Editions & Modules
    Business - 300 users
    $16,050.00
    per year
    Business - 500 users
    $23,790.00
    per year
    Business - 1000 users
    $42,930.00
    per year
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    iSpring LMSJenzabar SONIS
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsNo fees for storage or bandwidth.—
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    Community Pulse
    iSpring LMSJenzabar SONIS
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    iSpring Solutions Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    31 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    30 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
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    Features
    iSpring LMSJenzabar SONIS
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of iSpring LMS and Jenzabar SONIS
    Feature
    iSpring LMS
    8.6
    37 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Jenzabar SONIS
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring9.036 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal9.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content6.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.927 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications8.834 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assignments9.331 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance management7.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration10.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.935 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning8.422 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gamification7.724 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning8.317 Ratings00 Ratings
    Student and Faculty Administration
    Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of iSpring LMS and Jenzabar SONIS
    Feature
    iSpring LMS
    -
    Ratings
    Jenzabar SONIS
    8.8
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Online Registration Management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    District Communications, such as messaging and alerting00 Ratings4.52 Ratings
    Roster Management00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Platform Customization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Teacher Self-Service00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Student Data Security00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Community Support00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Class Scheduling00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    State and National-level Reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Compliance Support00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Teacher and Parent Mobile Application00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Tovuti LMS
    Score6.7 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Intellum
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Schoolmint Hero
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Schoolmint Hero
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    iSpring LMSJenzabar SONIS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (44 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (30 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    iSpring LMSJenzabar SONIS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    My specific scenario is, that I need to deliver courses in two languages to multiple departments, so iSpring helps me with that from beginning and creating courses, to translating, and then enrolling people. What could be better is how reports works. Right now you can check report either by course or by department/person, but I would need to see everything on one page, like every single enrolment.
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    Jenzabar, Inc.
    We often had students who came and took a class or completed a program, left, and then came back for something else at a later time. It was nice to be able to have someone in Jenzabar SONIS with multiple statuses. They could be in as a Student for the current class while still being in as an Alumni for the program they had graduated from. Most of our programs are set up so the students within that program are all taking the same courses at the same time. The bulk registration feature made it easy to enroll one student and then use that student's enrollment to quickly enroll all of the others in the program. That was a huge time saver. We had letters and emails that we wanted to send out at specific times in the application process. The Activity tool in Jenzabar SONIS made it easy for us to have some things that were automatically added to a person's record and others that we could add as needed. We could then run timed letters or emails and get our communication sent out. We had some challenges with Jenzabar SONIS because we have a number of certificate programs that are only one semester in length. We often had students who would complete one certificate (program) in the fall and then complete another one in the spring. Many of the reports pulled data only for the active enrollment so we had to go back and manually pull the data for the enrollment from the other semester if we needed something for the full school year.
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    Pros
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    • Automatically re-enrolling employees when a certificate expires. Set it and forget it!
    • If set up properly from the beginning, you don't have to do much, with the roles and groups settings, you can automate a large portion of the course management.
    • I can provide visibility to anyone about any employee necessary, allowing me to put more responsibility on my managers, instead of doing it all myself.
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    Jenzabar, Inc.
    • Great value
    • Built in reports are great, but it also has add on reporting that is fantastic.
    • Hosting they offer is phenomenal nearly no downtime, ever!
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    Cons
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    • Some limitations where you can't create exactly what you want either in the design of interactions or lack of varied interactions
    • Images cannot be moved to where you want them on the interaction slides
    • Layout of interactions can't be adjusted and overides your powerpoint background
    • If you have to edit a course and delete it off iSpring Learn then the records of all the people associated to that course are swiped and there's not a way of retrieving the information.
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    Jenzabar, Inc.
    • SONIS sorts my advisees by class and then by name. This is NOT useful. There should be an option for sorting by name only. I advise almost fifty students. It wastes my time looking for them in the sophomore listing, then the junior listing......
    • When registration of a student for semester courses is complete, there should be an option to print out only the courses scheduled, NOT the entire page which shows available courses at the bottom.
    • SONIS sometimes kicks me out for no reason.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Jenzabar, Inc.
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    Usability
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    Sometimes, things just aren't intuitive enough. For example, burying the catalog in the settings area makes no sense at all. The same goes for permissions and year reviews. It was a massive oversight that really caused a lot of confusion for all of our managers. It caused distrust in the LMS simply because someone who designed and developed it did not think that an employee review should be private to them, their direct supervisor, or the supervisor above. Instead, ANY manager could read ANY employee review. I have mentioned this several times throughout these questionnaires, and as you can see, I still find it incomprehensible that a company that wants to promote its software as a multifaceted solution could be so blind to something so critical, especially in terms of privacy.
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    Jenzabar, Inc.
    It's Easy to use and navigate through. It gets the job done for daily tasks. Sometimes it may require a small amount of manual work. You can handle student records, housing, and check-ins without needing multiple systems. After staff are trained, they can move through tasks pretty quickly, which saves lots of time.
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    Reliability and Availability
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    I never experienced any unavailability
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    Jenzabar, Inc.
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    Performance
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    Everything runs smoothly.
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    Support Rating
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    iSpring Learn’s customer support receives high praise for responsiveness. Live chat and tutorials are noted as highly effective in promptly resolving technical issues. iSpring Learn is a strong LMS for organizations focused on efficiency, engagement, and ease of use, with excellent support to ensure adoption success. iSpring Learn is a strong LMS for organizations focused on efficiency, engagement, and ease of use, with excellent support to ensure adoption success.
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    Jenzabar, Inc.
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    In-Person Training
    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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    Jenzabar, Inc.
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    Online Training
    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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    Jenzabar, Inc.
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    Implementation Rating
    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
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    iSpring is a more entry level LMS. It does not have the same level of features and benefits. For example, it does not have the same level of communication capability. It does not have the same level of reporting functionality. It does not have the same ability to build reporting. It also does not have the same level of communication capabilities
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    Jenzabar, Inc.
    We changed databases in 2011 because the company we were with was going to quit supporting our software. We evaluated a number of different SISs available at the time and felt Jenzabar SONIS provided the best tools for our school. Most of the others were either geared more for adult education, individual course offerings or for schools that primarily had degree-seeking students. We needed something that could address both needs.We felt Jenzabar SONIS did that best of the ones we reviewed.
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    Scalability
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    Awesome. We have 10+ department, around 10 to 100 people in each and it is still very manageable
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    Jenzabar, Inc.
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    Return on Investment
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    • iSpring has enabled me to deliver professional education to very high-level learners.
    • Due to the reviews of my users, many more learners have purchased my courses.
    • Several professional colleagues have inquired about my experience setting up online courses on iSpring Learn. I told them it was easy, logical, and no hassle; they will love the level of support.
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    Jenzabar, Inc.
    • Facilitates grade input by faculty.
    • Facilitates course enrollment by students.
    • Facilitates viewing student records and determining progress to program completion.
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