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    MadCap Xyleme

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AXyleme is a robust Component and Learning Content Management Solution dedicated to providing users with an easy and safe way to create and disseminate learning materials and other business-related content. It comes equipped with several features that focus on creating a central, single source of truth for an organization’s content.N/A

    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
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Features
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    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of MadCap Xyleme and Thought Industries
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    MadCap Xyleme
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    Thought Industries
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Course authoring00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Course catalog or library00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Player/Portal00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Assignments00 Ratings2.33 Ratings
    Learning administration00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Social learning00 Ratings6.93 Ratings
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    Skilljar by Gainsight
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    MadCap Software
    Well-suited:
    1. Building and keeping up to date modular content (blocks).
    2. Maintaining and updating large content library where meaning team members might be working on the same content but using the content in different context (e.g. learning and internal comms).
    3. Creating learning content by new/recently onboarded team members.
    4. Create simple learning courses with some level of interactively, medium interactivity (tabs, image maps, slider reveal images), create different types of knowledge checks/assessments from multiple choice to drag and drop activities); embed videos and other HTML elements .
    5. Integrate with LMS, apply SCORM rules etc
    6. Better to use in combination with other media creation tools like Vyond, Storyline. Some things can get tricky (compatibility).
    Less appropriate: 1. If you need to build highly interactive learning experience 2. When you don't have a team member you can dedicate specifically to customize templates in Xyleme for your organizational needs (looks, functionality etc.) or and to train team members on this software. You'd need someone on your team to collaborate with Xyleme closely to customize functions for your organization's needs. 3. When #2 and you want a modern/in trend looking output and not willing to compromise on what it looks and feels.
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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
    MadCap Software
    • content reuse (linked content modules). Update content block in one place and it updates in all the other places where this block is used (linked)
    • easy to train on and onboard new team members
    • flexibility of output templates
    • web-based tool - easy to develop directly from browser
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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
    MadCap Software
    • several features advertised as device agnostic or mobile friendly do not work properly on mobile
    • finicky in many ways, sometimes you need to tinker with details for to long to make things work properly
    • many UI solutions/elements that are not intuitive at all (even using the tool almost every day you need to make effort to remember how things are done)
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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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    Support Rating
    MadCap Software
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    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
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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
    MadCap Software
    • train and onboard new learning developers on the team quickly and get them started to create courses
    • ROI - don't have access to this information
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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.
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    ScreenShots

    MadCap Xyleme Screenshots

    Screenshot of A snapshot of how Xyleme users can create content in a single location and publish it to multiple locations

    Thought Industries Screenshots

    Screenshot of Modern-looking learning sitesScreenshot of MonetizationScreenshot of Reporting Hub