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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LearnDash

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ALearnDash is a WordPress LMS designed to bring learning management and elearning delivery to the WordPress open-source platform.

    $159

    per year 1 site license

    Thought Industries

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AThe Thought Industries platform enables enterprise organizations to create, manage, distribute, monetize, and analyze their end-to-end customer education and external training initiatives. The solution addresses the unique needs of customer education, and aims to make it easy to handle complex learning operations at scale to empower growth. Its administrative capabilities include native tools and thirdparty integrations, businesses boost learner engagement, operationalize processes, and…N/A
    Pricing
    LearnDashThought Industries
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $159
    per year 1 site license
    Plus Package
    $189
    per year up to 10 site licenses
    Pro Package
    $329
    per year up to 25 site licenses
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LearnDashThought Industries
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsAll plans come with a 30-day money back guarantee.—
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    Features
    LearnDashThought Industries
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of LearnDash and Thought Industries
    Feature
    LearnDash
    6.7
    3 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Thought Industries
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Course authoring7.12 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Course catalog or library6.63 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Player/Portal6.23 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Learning content10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications6.73 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Assignments7.52 Ratings2.33 Ratings
    Compliance management6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration6.33 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics4.03 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Social learning5.12 Ratings6.93 Ratings
    Gamification5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    LearnDashThought Industries
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    User Ratings
    LearnDashThought Industries
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    6.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LearnDashThought Industries
    Likelihood to Recommend
    LearnDash
    Its a very flexible system so can be used in pretty much any scenario. The only time someone would perhaps not want to use it, is if they don't want to be responsible for maintaining the site (in terms of Wordpress backups, updates and security)
    Incentivized
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    Thought Industries
    Thought Industries is perfect if you are trying to scale your customer education business for a growing customer base. It is more expensive than their competitors, but the price is worth it based on the product and experience. Thought Industries is likely great for smaller customers, although we are an enterprise-level customer. If you are not offering multiple modalities for your training program, Thought Industries (or any LMS for that matter) might not be the best investment.
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    Pros
    LearnDash
    • Integrate with the website and other plugins (woocommerce, etc.)
    • Simple lesson design
    • Offers different formats in which to offer your courses (free, paid, restricted access, with groups, etc.)
    • Integrarse con la web y con otros plugins (woocommerce, etc)
    • Diseño sencillo de las lecciones
    • Ofrece diferentes formatos en los que ofrecer tus cursos (gratuito, pago, acceso restringido, con grupos, etc)
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    Thought Industries
    • Built in eCommerce pages and purchasing options.
    • Data to drive real-time decision making.
    • Customization options.
    • Team to work with our needs and custom scope.
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    Cons
    LearnDash
    • customer service is rough
    • out of the box, the platform looks absolutely awful and very hard to use
    • you have to invest in many plugins for common sense functions (increasing customer support issues)
    • I have worked with a developer for the ten years I have used LearnDash which gets expensive
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    Thought Industries
    • Lacks the ability to make courses required
    • Cannot pull a report for a course(s) to show who has not started the course
    • Cannot reset gamification or run specific gamification campaigns
    • Although SCORM compliant, SCORM courses often break or do not show as complete on the learner side even when the module is marked as complete on the back end
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    Usability
    LearnDash
    It does require some knowledge of Wordpdress (which isn't difficult) but everything is well laid out Documentation is also comprehensive.
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    Thought Industries
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    Support Rating
    LearnDash
    No answers on this topic
    Thought Industries
    The customer support and customer success teams are really great. BUT, it is their product team that sends them into a super high rating. The product team has worked with me on several occasions to try to solve the business challenges that I have.
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    Alternatives Considered
    LearnDash
    It's the only LMS that I have used.
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    Thought Industries
    Thought Industries is better on the financial side and as far as ease of use. It is more affordable than Docebo and is more aligned to an external customer use case. Docebo and Tovuti seemed to be more for internal training. Tovuti was less expensive, but it was a little harder to use although it had more quiz features.
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    Return on Investment
    LearnDash
    • It has allowed me to transform materials that were previously only for my students into scalable digital products, multiplying the income generated with certain resources by up to 50x.
    • I have been able to amortize the cost of the plugin with just a few sales.
    • It's allowed me to present my courses in a professional manner and on my own website. Although the impact is difficult to measure, this has also contributed to increasing my sales.
    • Me ha permitido transformar materiales que antes eran solo para mis estudiantes en productos digitales escalables, multiplicando hata x50 los ingresos generados con ciertos recursos.
    • He podido amortizar el coste del plugin con unas pocas ventas
    • Me ha permitido presentar mis cursos de una forma profesional y dentro de mi propia web. Aunque el impacto es difícil de medir, esto también ha contribuido a aumentar mis ventas.
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    Thought Industries
    • Multiple Months with $20,000 in eCommerce Sales.
    • Site Up Time and Engagement has remained steady for all 4 years.
    • Course authoring is faster and more efficient.
    Incentivized
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