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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

    Udacity

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AUdacity aims to change lives, businesses, and nations by creating job-ready digital talent. With over a decade of experience creating digital talent at scale, Udacity addresses the global talent shortages impacting growth, productivity, and innovation. Udacity's curriculum, personalized mentor support, and measurable outcomes strive to create expertise with a focus on the in‑demand competencies that ensure workplace relevance.

    $399

    per month

    Pricing
    Pluralsight SkillsUdacity
    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
    Starting Price
    $399.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Pluralsight SkillsUdacity
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Pluralsight SkillsUdacity
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Pluralsight Skills and Udacity
    Feature
    Pluralsight Skills
    7.9
    7 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Udacity
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal7.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics6.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning4.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    eLearning Content
    Comparison of eLearning Content features of Pluralsight Skills and Udacity
    Feature
    Pluralsight Skills
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Udacity
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Structured Learning10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course Searches10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Lingual Support00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Pluralsight SkillsUdacity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (8 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Pluralsight SkillsUdacity
    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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    Udacity
    It's suited well to support on developing a project and following a set curriculum to get things and material in order. Also it has the idea of a nano-degree as the mini-certification to focus on working through a program over a course of a few months. It's more of an interactive course and best for having access for a set period of time. It helps to prepare well for exams but less beneficial when it comes to more applications I find, and should not be used to supplant any resource, but to use in conjunction with.
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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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    Udacity
    • Courses are very high quality and updated regularly.
    • Instructors and Mentors are available for live tutoring.
    • Relevant projects are assigned in order to keep learning material fresh and top of mind.
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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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    Udacity
    • Quiz questions in some cases could be made clearer. I didn't feel the questions were always phrased in a way that I could easily understand what was being asked.
    • Requests for support can sometimes take a very long time to get resolved.
    • Cost structure changed from a fixed-price model to a subscription-only model, and prices are significantly increased as such.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Pluralsight
    Great product and service so far. Awesome new content almost every week.
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    Udacity
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    Usability
    Pluralsight
    Very, VERY easy to use.
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    Udacity
    They are already very good. But, would be great if Udacity improves the area of standardizing offline projects and exercises so that people could attempt to work offline. Including documentation on how to do it. More practical or real-world projects to choose and work on after course completion. Maybe a community can do it.
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    Support Rating
    Pluralsight
    Each feedback I do for them, I get no response. Minimal communication and followups!
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    Udacity
    I didn't personally have any issues with the program, but scheduling time to review the final project was easy, and the assistant was pleasant to work with.
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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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    Udacity
    I combined my learning from various platforms and did on exclusively reply on any one. However, the free courses in Udacity lacks the comprehensiveness as Coursera.
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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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    Udacity
    • I am already in a great position as a CTO with a great company. I hope to be able to build some new technology with what I am learning, but I haven't applied any of it yet to my own real-world problems. I will though.
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