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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IXL

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AIXL Learning is an educational technology company headquartered in San Mateo, that delivers an immersive e-learning content and digital curricula for students in all grades, in math, English language arts, science, and social studies. Boasting over 12 million students already using IXL in the U.S., and over 100 billion questions asked and answered around the world, IXL is helps schools use technology to improve teaching and learning. From algebra to adverbs, molecules to maps, IXL’s content and…

    $299

    per year

    Pluralsight Skills

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/APluralsight Skills is a skill development solution that enables employees to build in-demand skills in a way that’s personalized to their current knowledge and preferred way to learn. The course library includes content on software development, DevOps, machine learning, security infrastructure, and cloud, as well as certification practice exams, hands on learning experiences and cloud labs, and skills assessments.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    IXLPluralsight Skills
    Editions & Modules
    Math Pre-K to 12
    $299
    per year 25 students
    Language Arts Pre-K to 12
    $299
    per year 25 students
    Science Grades 2 to 8
    $299
    per year 25 students
    Social Studies Grades 2 to 8
    $299
    per year 25 students
    Spanish Level 1
    $299
    per year 25 students
    Schools & Districts level plan
    Custom
    Individual - Standard
    $29.00
    per month
    Individual - Premium
    $45.00
    per month
    Team - Professional
    $579.00
    per user, per year
    Team - Enterprise
    $779.00
    per user, per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IXLPluralsight Skills
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscounts available for bundled curricula and per student cost for larger student bodies / classroom sizes.—
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    IXLPluralsight Skills
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of IXL Learning and Pluralsight Skills
    Feature
    IXL Learning
    -
    Ratings
    Pluralsight Skills
    7.9
    7 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Course authoring00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Course catalog or library00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Player/Portal00 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Learning content00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    Social learning00 Ratings4.52 Ratings
    eLearning Content
    Comparison of eLearning Content features of IXL Learning and Pluralsight Skills
    Feature
    IXL Learning
    -
    Ratings
    Pluralsight Skills
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Structured Learning00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Course Searches00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IXLPluralsight Skills
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IXLPluralsight Skills
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IXL Learning
    It is great for providing students extra resources and opportunities for practice. In this case, it is extremely well suited. Moreover, since every student is different, the dynamic adjustment allows students to work through more/less problems depending on their level of mastery which can help students pinpoint areas of issues to discuss in the class. It is less appropriate for settings where a student may struggle to teach themselves as this requires some level of independence on part of the user.
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    Pluralsight
    Awesome tool for teams looking to gain new skills or refine and update existing skills. I love the convenience of using this tool for recertification credits (i.e. PMP). Instead of identifying which classes I need to take, I can identify my interests and have recommendations presented for what paths I should take. It is a really helpful tool to create ladders for my team to transition from one role into the next. I think this is going to be a really beneficial tool.
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    Pros
    IXL Learning
    • Aligned to standards
    • Progress monitoring
    • Rigorous practice
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    Pluralsight
    • Pluralsight has hundreds of authors that are constantly producing new content, which is valuable for the tech industry that is constantly moving at a brisk pace.
    • Many content authors are respected leaders in the topic they're presenting. You are able to trust that their content is thorough and authentic.
    • Niche expert-level topics are presented in a curated video format which is difficult to find anywhere else.
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    Cons
    IXL Learning
    • Clearer explanation of scores
    • When scoring - what are they comparing the range to?
    • Make the platform more entertaining for younger audiences.
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    Pluralsight
    • Companies don't change technologies in their products often. For example a product that was built on AngularJS is still viable and the company may have no plans to upgrade it. Pluralsight could do a better job of providing new courses on technology that's still useful, though somewhat dated; like AngularJS for example.
    • Pluralsight has a bad habit of throwing all their courses in a large bucket. For example, when I log-in and look to see what new I often have to wade through courses on tools that a web artist or designer would use. I wish Pluralsight would categorize course and let us (their customers) flag what types of videos we wanted to see, or better yet exclude from our view.
    • Years ago, Pluralsight would let its customer download the courseware and that was great. I was disappointed when they stopped this feature.
    • I'd love to see more course where the goal is to build a particular type of software. For example, lets have one where you build a blog using ASP.NET and deploy it to Azure. Let have one where you build a survey application, etc. Learning technologies is great, but I'd love to see courses where the goal is to build a particular type of application.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IXL Learning
    No answers on this topic
    Pluralsight
    Great product and service so far. Awesome new content almost every week.
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    Usability
    IXL Learning
    No answers on this topic
    Pluralsight
    Very, VERY easy to use.
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    Support Rating
    IXL Learning
    No answers on this topic
    Pluralsight
    Each feedback I do for them, I get no response. Minimal communication and followups!
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    Alternatives Considered
    IXL Learning
    IXL is the best for easy to find practice for math standards. Freckle has more in depth features and integrates with other Renaissance products well, but can be hard to learn or use. Prodigy is a fun math game platform that works well for extra student practice or learning, but isn't as targeted as IXL
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    Pluralsight
    Before using Pluralsight, staff was using YouTube to help them with developing certain aspects of their knowledge. However, YouTube is much less structured/organized than Pluralsight. Pluralsight has a very wide offering of courses and it has lot of good content. One quick search and we can get started.
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    Return on Investment
    IXL Learning
    • It has allowed our students to be remediated or enriched on a much easier basis without having to come up with ideas for them.
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    Pluralsight
    • One positive impact is it has kept our employees engaged in the material they work with every day. Instead of becoming stagnant and complacent, they are actively searching out ways to develop skills and do more with the tools available to them.
    • It saves money when it comes to offering training and development opportunities company-wide. It would be much more costly to invest in specialized training for that number of employees.
    • One potential negative is the amount of company time spent on coursework over work responsibilities. A balance must be struck and individuals should be encouraged to explore the training on their own time.
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