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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Seismic Learning

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/ASeismic 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

    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
    Pricing
    Seismic LearningThought Industries
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    Contact sales team
    Pro + Coaching
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    Enterprise Learning for Global Teams
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Seismic LearningThought Industries
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Seismic LearningThought Industries
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    Seismic
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Seismic LearningThought Industries
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Seismic Learning and Thought Industries
    Feature
    Seismic Learning
    6.7
    110 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Thought Industries
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Course authoring9.7108 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.6106 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Player/Portal5.485 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Learning content3.0104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly9.058 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.996 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Assignments2.2107 Ratings2.33 Ratings
    Compliance management9.763 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration7.1100 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics6.495 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Social learning2.072 Ratings6.93 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Seismic LearningThought Industries
    Small Businesses
    Tovuti LMS
    Score6.7 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    iSpring LMS
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Skilljar by Gainsight
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management
    Score7.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Seismic LearningThought Industries
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.3
    (114 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (97 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Seismic LearningThought Industries
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Seismic
    Worried about its acquisition by Seismic and hope that they don't change the product or the terms drastically.
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    Thought Industries
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    Usability
    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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    Thought Industries
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    Support Rating
    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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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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