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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Trainual

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ATrainual is a modern training manual for growing businesses. It provides one simple tool that aims to help users centralize processes and policies, automate onboarding and training, and build a foundation to scale faster. The vendor says Trainual is designed for small to medium sized businesses that are growing quickly and eager to document systems and processes, define step-by-step workflows, eliminate grey area between roles, and ensure that training happens consistently, every…

    $119

    per month

    Pricing
    Pluralsight SkillsTrainual
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Pro
    $119
    per month
    Premium
    $179
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Pluralsight SkillsTrainual
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    Pluralsight SkillsTrainual
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Pluralsight Skills and Trainual
    Feature
    Pluralsight Skills
    7.9
    7 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Trainual
    9.4
    9 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Course authoring10.06 Ratings9.48 Ratings
    Course catalog or library10.07 Ratings9.48 Ratings
    Player/Portal7.16 Ratings9.68 Ratings
    Learning content10.07 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications8.07 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics6.95 Ratings9.16 Ratings
    Social learning4.52 Ratings8.66 Ratings
    Mobile friendly00 Ratings9.67 Ratings
    Assignments00 Ratings9.48 Ratings
    Compliance management00 Ratings9.68 Ratings
    Learning administration00 Ratings9.37 Ratings
    eLearning Content
    Comparison of eLearning Content features of Pluralsight Skills and Trainual
    Feature
    Pluralsight Skills
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Trainual
    -
    Ratings
    Structured Learning10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course Searches10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Pluralsight SkillsTrainual
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    9.7
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Pluralsight SkillsTrainual
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Trainual
    We have offices set around the world, and hiring new team members in certain countries makes it a bit difficult, especially now to fly out or fly in to help get them situated and fully trained. This really helps close the gaps in between the distance and training. Makes onboarding a heck of a lot easier.
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    Pros
    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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    Trainual
    • Tracks progress for training.
    • Easily determines a new hires competency in handling tasks on their own.
    • Houses all of our documents and videos in one location versus several.
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    Cons
    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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    Trainual
    • The subject organization could use work! It's just jumbled and needs folders.
    • It's very cumbersome to have to click back and forth to subjects when you are within a task. I wish there was a larger side bar that could show ALL subjects, topics, and tasks in one glance with drop-down menus.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Pluralsight
    Great product and service so far. Awesome new content almost every week.
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    Trainual
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Pluralsight
    Very, VERY easy to use.
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    Trainual
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Pluralsight
    Each feedback I do for them, I get no response. Minimal communication and followups!
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    Trainual
    During the entire sales process, the Trainual team was great to work with. After the sale, their onboard process was top notch as well and was very quick to answer any questions and actually were open to customizing the platform to meet our specific needs. They have been great this entire time.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Trainual
    • This is our first time using anything like this!
    • Previously we just wrote task items in shared Google documents. It was the best of what we could do at the time, but this is a whole different world, and we love it! Being able to integrate quizzes and photos and interactive video is excellent!
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Trainual
    • Saves time for the team for training
    • The fact that everything is in one location is really good!
    • Allows us to edit and change and adjust as the business does
    • Keeps us flexible and not cemented to a way of doing things
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