Litmos vs. Seismic Learning

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Litmos
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Litmos is a cloud-based Corporate LMS. Core features include a course builder, assessments and quizzes, surveys and feedback, eCommerce, virtual classrooms, certifications, course library, SCORM and TIN CAN support, reporting, and gamification tools.N/A
Seismic Learning
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Seismic Learning (formerly Lessonly, acquired by Seismic in August 2021), is a learning management system (LMS). The vendor emphasizes eLearning for client-facing skills, as well as a drag-and-drop interface. Lessonly supports customizable learning paths and corporate onboarding processes.N/A
Pricing
LitmosSeismic Learning
Editions & Modules
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Pro
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Pro + Coaching
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Enterprise Learning for Global Teams
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LitmosSeismic Learning
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
LitmosSeismic Learning
Considered Both Products
Litmos
Chose Litmos
The advantage of SAP Litmos is that it is not entirely focused on large and corporate teams. It can be implemented by any size of a company and the price will depend on the type of learning support you chose and how many users you wish to involve.
Seismic Learning
Chose Seismic Learning
Lessonly offers a feature that was critical for us, which was a full search feature (within content as well as tags, titles, etc.). This really put Lessonly over the top for us.
Chose Seismic Learning
  • Easy to use
  • Capabilities, especially search and video recording
  • Price is relatively good
Chose Seismic Learning
  • Much better sales process
  • Good price for the functionality
Chose Seismic Learning
Lessonly was our top choice because it was the only one who had all the features we were looking for.
Chose Seismic Learning
I have used one other similar software in the past, and Lessonly is much more user-friendly. The previous software was extremely clunky, and even after going through training on it, I never fully utilized it because of how overly complicated it was.
Chose Seismic Learning
Lessonly's tools allow me to natively create screen recordings with narration - this was something that I couldn't do with other LMS products that I reviewed. Other providers did not offer the ability to quickly pull up lessons and review them side-by-side in Chrome. Being able …
Chose Seismic Learning
Lessonly is well-suited for the non-educational, corporate industry as an easy to use LMS. The platform is easy to use, create content, and implement within an organization.
Chose Seismic Learning
Lessonly offered several advantages over these competitors. They offer comparable functionality to industry leaders like Adobe and SAP, while at the same time offering far more responsive and friendly customer support. At the same time, they offered a more robust and …
Chose Seismic Learning
We looked at several other big LMS platforms but found them too bloated and compliance-based. We didn't want an LMS so we could check compliance boxes and say, "See! We trained this person, so it's their fault they didn't follow our training!" We wanted a platform to help our …
Chose Seismic Learning
Lessonly was by far the best LMS for our needs that we evaluated. We also use other tools to enhance it.
Chose Seismic Learning
The builder that is built directly into Lessonly is what makes it so much better on the admin side. On the user side, it really easy to use and keep up with.
Chose Seismic Learning
Lessonly wins in:
  • Relevant features and functionality (not just fancy overblown bells and whistles)
  • Stellar Customer Service
Chose Seismic Learning
It has been several years ago when we evaluated options and I was only a small part of the vetting process. We chose Lessonly because of cost and functionality.
Chose Seismic Learning
I felt some of these products had more features than were necessary and needed for our team. Some of them were limited on the number of content creators that were allowed which to me forces you to use one or two people to create content where I would rather see it done by key …
Chose Seismic Learning
We ended up choosing Lessonly because of three things. They were local, their approach to addressing the millennial workforce, and the easy use of their system. Their wining and dining, in the beginning, didn't hurt and Bryce Pierson was a great salesman. We almost didn't …
Chose Seismic Learning
We selected Lesson.ly because the practice scenarios were key for our onboarding program. This was the only platform that offered that. It also has integrations with more of the products we already use, including Salesforce, Slack and Google Suite. This made it easy for us to …
Chose Seismic Learning
Lesson.ly is ahead of the competition in terms of ease of use, ease of setup, quality of support, and in features. One thing it could have is the course marketplace and 3rd party integrations, which it is currently lacking. Its social learning aspects are still uncovered and …
Top Pros
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Features
LitmosSeismic Learning
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Litmos
8.1
102 Ratings
1% below category average
Seismic Learning
9.4
108 Ratings
14% above category average
Course authoring7.587 Ratings9.7106 Ratings
Course catalog or library8.396 Ratings9.2104 Ratings
Player/Portal7.586 Ratings9.383 Ratings
Learning content8.387 Ratings9.6102 Ratings
Mobile friendly7.688 Ratings9.057 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications8.6100 Ratings10.094 Ratings
Assignments8.494 Ratings9.4105 Ratings
Compliance management8.293 Ratings9.061 Ratings
Learning administration8.597 Ratings9.498 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics8.498 Ratings9.693 Ratings
Social learning7.960 Ratings9.370 Ratings
Gamification8.334 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning7.616 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
LitmosSeismic Learning
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(114 ratings)
9.4
(112 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.2
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(96 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Availability
5.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(8 ratings)
9.7
(97 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(93 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
6.4
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.3
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
6.4
(1 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
LitmosSeismic Learning
Likelihood to Recommend
Litmos
I am currently using Litmos for customer training, but have also used Litmos with a previous organization to manage internal training. It's so diverse and multi-functional, it is well-suited for both purposes. And it's by far the most user-friendly LMS platform I have ever worked with in my 15 years in corporate Learning & Development. Simple to stand up, fairly easy to administer, with a number of options available to organize data, users, and coursework to best fit your business needs. If you are managing the challenges that come with a lean and mean L&D team, this is absolutely the best platform in the market. The ease of administration combined with the Content Author Tool allows someone with very little LMS or online content development background to successfully create, house and deliver online training to practically any number of learners. The Content Author Tool is, in my mind, likely what truly sets Litmos apart from its competitors. To be able to create engaging and interactive online content without the need for a third-party authoring tool license or training is a game changer.
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Seismic
If you are onboarding new employees or consultants and you have a complex product, solution, or your business is layered and complex, this can help distill down the layers into basics so that new team or partners can build their knowledge base up the right way. This ensures they are learning what needs to be learned, and not what they surmise or assume, which can be incorrect and cause issues down the road - this is especially sensitive in our field. Training of all kinds can be done easily with this tool.
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Pros
Litmos
  • Customization and branding to fit every business need is capable
  • Mobile and cloud learning functionality at any place or at any time.
  • Training resources addation by admin and resource access by learners is nefficient and effeftive
  • The availability of badges and reward after completion of the course.
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Seismic
  • Open to feedback and ideas and constantly innovating and iterating on their product to serve new needs that arise
  • Making me feel like more than just a customer: They aren't transactional and focus on building the relationship and making me feel heard.
  • Extremely easy to use product so building content takes little time, and I can leverage other subject matter experts to build content as well.
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Cons
Litmos
  • No easy method for posting recordings of live training sessions
  • Searching is rough — often exact titles are needed
  • Limited options for displaying course information to learners
  • Limited surveying ability across all courses or live trainings
  • 30-day limit in a lot of reports
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Seismic
  • Media import (audio, video) are still in infancy. Reliability of uploaded content isn't 100%.
  • The Events function lacks some features that are more built out in other platforms.
  • Reporting interface has a bit of a learning curve, but overall isn't bad.
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Likelihood to Renew
Litmos
For what we need in the very near future, Litmos does not offer us the required capability. Ideally, we are looking for an integrated LMS, coaching, mobile support and content creation platform. Litmos may have the LMS part covered but there are other platforms that do this better along with providing an integrated all-in-one service or at the very least support API integration with other vendors to meet our requirements.
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Seismic
Worried about its acquisition by Seismic and hope that they don't change the product or the terms drastically.
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Usability
Litmos
Litmos has been quite direct, easy to use, simple to interact, has offered a ton of courses and has implemented video/web conferencing features that have been vital in our organization. Team creation and gamification has birthed positive competion that was much needed. Course creation has also been made easy for our instructors.
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Seismic
It's completely simple and intuitive, anyone can pick it up. The hardest part is looking for a save button and finally figuring out you don't need one. We don't provide training for users and never have complaints. For creators, we provide best practices, but using Lessonly itself requires nothing .
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Reliability and Availability
Litmos
Not best support for technical problems.
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Seismic
No answers on this topic
Performance
Litmos
No issues
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Seismic
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Litmos
If I could give it a negative rating I would. Worst support from any program I have had. Everything is back and forth in the support ticket. The one time I tried to chat they could not support the question. Their support page is so full of sections and products I can never find anything I need, even with a customized home page. I was hopeful that once they left SAP support might improve but it has not. I don't even know who my account executive is. Nobody has ever reached out to me. I need someone to guide me through best practices for our company and there is nobody to do that.
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Seismic
The support team is very friendly and eager to help you learn the ins and outs of Lessonly. They can set up training for large groups or send links in a chat for individual help. They are quick to respond and if one person doesn't have the answer, they will collaborate with others to help find the answer.
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In-Person Training
Litmos
Only got online training
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Seismic
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Litmos
I really like the Litmos Dojo and find that it has something for everyone from beginner to advanced.
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Seismic
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Litmos
We have done two implementations. The first wasn't completed by me, but the second was. I had to do a lot of data migration across from the first system into the new instance. This was really time-consuming, and it would have been great to have had an option for someone else to have completed this for us. Learning about the tool has also been up to us, and whilst the content was good, it was also high level and broad, and then getting into the specifics of our setup was really just left to us to complete on our own and have a go. We got there, but probably could have been faster with some additional support from a consultant.
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Seismic
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Litmos
Litmos overwhelms Khan Academy for two main reasons. First, the platform allows more much more customization and integration. This includes the ability to track employee progress and offer employees rewards for completion of tasks. Second, it has more functionality than Khan Academy. Part of this is likely due to the cost of implementation and the excellent development team of Litmos.
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Seismic
I felt some of these products had more features than were necessary and needed for our team. Some of them were limited on the number of content creators that were allowed which to me forces you to use one or two people to create content where I would rather see it done by key members of each department.
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Scalability
Litmos
Lots to do and always new features
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Seismic
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Litmos
  • With SAP Content in mind as well, it has significantly reduced our training costs
  • In terms of user issues on the UI or misunderstanding of how the courses inherently operate, it has increased our Admin need
  • It has increased compliance rates with the ability to auto email everyone and provide reporting to the leaders
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Seismic
  • We've had an increase in quality overall as a company, as we are able to continually train our employees outside of our New Hire Training program.
  • We've seen stronger communication as we are able to send out material to our stylists about products, policies, procedures, etc. and they are able to provide us with feedback. After all, it is their tool for learning and we want to know the best way to provide that information to our Team Members.
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