Litmos vs. Totara LMS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Litmos
Score 7.8 out of 10
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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
Totara LMS
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Totara Learning, headquartered in Wellington offers the Totara workforce learning management system with core LMS (Totara Learn) integratable social platform (Totara Social), support for instructor led learning, and cloud storage for learning materials, available on cloud.N/A
Pricing
LitmosTotara LMS
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LitmosTotara LMS
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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Features
LitmosTotara LMS
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Litmos
7.5
119 Ratings
9% below category average
Totara LMS
7.7
3 Ratings
6% below category average
Course authoring7.8103 Ratings8.13 Ratings
Course catalog or library7.3112 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Player/Portal7.998 Ratings7.53 Ratings
Learning content7.3101 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Mobile friendly7.899 Ratings7.13 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications7.0114 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Assignments7.3109 Ratings7.53 Ratings
Compliance management6.5108 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Learning administration8.1112 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics8.0113 Ratings7.93 Ratings
Social learning8.070 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Gamification6.544 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning7.830 Ratings00 Ratings
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LitmosTotara LMS
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User Ratings
LitmosTotara LMS
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(131 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.9
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(113 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.6
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.6
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(9 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.9
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(105 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.8
(3 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
8.8
(3 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LitmosTotara LMS
Likelihood to Recommend
Litmos
It is well suited for fast-paced businesses or ones that are less traditional with their learning delivery. We deal with live events, so the learning style is excellent for us as it is more vibrant. We have a workforce with a huge range of capabilities, and the e-learning on offer is proven to be universal.
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Totara Learning
As a real estate services company with properties (& employees) in six states, Totara LMS is well suited for implementing and our employee learning platform to our many team members that work remotely and cannot benefit from regular in-person learning courses. Totara LMS's comprehensive and customizable reporting system also allows us to accurately review and tell the story of employee performance and talent development, while tailoring this reporting to the needs of different internal stakeholders.
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Pros
Litmos
  • Litmos is simple and straightforward for learners to use
  • Litmos' look and feel are highly customizable through javascript and stylesheets
  • Litmos' API is fairly easy to use and complete
  • Litmos makes launching and deploying training in the field and the office easy and quick
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Totara Learning
  • Distribute elearning
  • run exams
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Cons
Litmos
  • I generally feel that any challenges I experience are due to the vast flexibility the platform has. My gut tells me that my minor issues are actually a result of certain functionality needing to be there to meet the needs of other customers, and it's not Litmos' fault that my specific workflow doesn't fit exactly into their functionality. It's a matter of me determining how I can update my workflow to fit the feature set.
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Totara Learning
  • Reporting can be a little inflexible - sometimes, the report cannot be customized to have all the columns you need as they are not available from that area of the LMS.
  • Graphic reporting needs some more work to be a bit more professional looking.
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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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Totara Learning
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Usability
Litmos
It's overall pretty straightforward to use — both for admins/creators and learners.
  • Teams really give a great ability to decentralize management.
  • Great content creation tools
  • Integrated live sessions
A few wonky workflows persist, though:
  • Reporting has some limitations (e.g., 30 day limit, ugh)
  • Search is rough and we get reports that content can be difficult to find
  • More granular admin/editing permissions would help
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Totara Learning
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Reliability and Availability
Litmos
It's never been an issue. It's always good to go
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Totara Learning
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Performance
Litmos
Never had any type of performance issues for Litmos
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Totara Learning
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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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Totara Learning
Easy to access both local support and support/advice from other Totara LMS users as we keep in regular contact as a part of the totara government users group. Our vendor also keeps in touch with this group and a lot of knowledge is shared. It's easy to access the Totara LMS users academy, and one of my administrators has also set up a local forum where they ask each other questions and share knowledge as well. Our vendor is easy to access via our support plan and we have monthly catch-ups with our account manager where we hear about anything new coming up.
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In-Person Training
Litmos
It was a good overview of the platform, but of course it was more of a basic overview of how to use the platform. The team provided a good training, but I would of liked a better deep dive into some of the features.
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Totara Learning
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Online Training
Litmos
Some of the best online training I've taken from any LMS platform. It was well put together and kept me engaged the entire time. It has a good amount of HR Compliance mixed with soft skills training that the team liked. Overall, it has a robust online suite of training that any company can use.
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Totara Learning
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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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Totara Learning
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Alternatives Considered
Litmos
I made a choice of this tool because of great review message on internet about the advantage of litmos. Also as cost is concerned I saw it to be favourable to me more than other which are Abit expensive. Litmos also have intuitive user interface which made me to fall for it.
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Totara Learning
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Scalability
Litmos
Pretty easy to scale this LMS and can be deployed companywide in all departments for us. The team's function allows you build separate teams that can easily be assigned specific courses, so it makes it much easier to deploy
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Totara Learning
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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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Totara Learning
  • Totara LMS has helped increase our employee retention by 15%.
  • Totara LMS has drastically improved our employee learning and development processes that weren't in place prior to having this system.
  • Totara LMS has decreased the time the onboarding process takes by 1 day.
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Screenshot of Ensure compliance with programs and pathways to improve safety and reduce business risks.Screenshot of Cater to multiple groups, partners and customers from a single instance of your LMS.Screenshot of The learning management system, trusted by thousands of customers, upskills your workforce the way you want, with the power and flexibility to deliver transformational learning.Screenshot of The Totara Mobile app is developed by Totara for Totara users. Our native app is available for both Android and iOS devices and offers a number of authentication options, including support for both single sign-on and manual login users. Your app login screen can be customized and branded to match your Totara Learn site so learners are offered a familiar and intuitive user experience.