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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Skilljar by Gainsight

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASkilljar’s Customer Education LMS Platform is a solution to educate, engage, and retain everyone a business interacts with. An external LMS for customer and partner education, it is a Gainsight solution since the 2025 acquisition.N/A

    Totara LMS

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ATotara 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
    Skilljar by GainsightTotara LMS
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Skilljar by GainsightTotara LMS
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Skilljar by GainsightTotara LMS
    Considered Both Products
    Gainsight
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    Totara Learning
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    73 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    63 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    73 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    56 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    60 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Skilljar by GainsightTotara LMS
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Skilljar by Gainsight and Totara LMS
    Feature
    Skilljar by Gainsight
    9.2
    26 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Totara LMS
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Course authoring10.022 Ratings8.13 Ratings
    Course catalog or library8.925 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.921 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    Mobile friendly10.020 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications7.826 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Assignments10.019 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    Compliance management8.417 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Learning administration10.024 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics9.526 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Social learning8.914 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Gamification8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Customer Training Tools
    Comparison of Customer Training Tools features of Skilljar by Gainsight and Totara LMS
    Feature
    Skilljar by Gainsight
    9.6
    3 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Totara LMS
    -
    Ratings
    Customer Feedback Collection8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Training Library Curation10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Permissioning10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Skilljar by GainsightTotara LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (78 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (53 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (52 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Skilljar by GainsightTotara LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Gainsight
    Skilljar is fantastic for structured onboarding processes. If you're
    looking to streamline and standardize the onboarding experience for your
    customers, especially for software or complex products, this platform
    is a gem. It allows you to create step-by-step courses guiding users
    through functionalities, reducing confusion and accelerating their
    learning curve.When you need versatility in content delivery, Skilljar is spot-on.
    Whether it's video tutorials, interactive quizzes, downloadable
    resources, or live webinars, the platform accommodates various formats.
    It's perfect for accommodating different learning styles and ensuring
    engagement.
    For scenarios that demand highly complex simulations or immersive
    learning experiences, Skilljar's capabilities might fall short. While it
    supports interactive elements, extremely sophisticated simulations
    might require additional specialized software or platforms.
    Incentivized
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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
    Gainsight
    • Unlimited courses, learning paths, quizzes, pages, plans, and certifications
    • Ease of use for students, administrators, and content creators
    • Customer Success and Service are top notch. The CSMs are genuinely committed to helping you achieve your metrics and goals
    • Asking for and listening to customer feedback for enhancements
    • Developer Center where people with little to no coding experience can learn how to use and apply HTML templates and code snippets to customize your site
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    Totara Learning
    • Distribute elearning
    • run exams
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    Cons
    Gainsight
    • Would love to see parent/child courses so that when something is updated in the parent course that change is automatically reflected in the clones of that course.
    • Features that allow for the translation of content to allow access to content across languages.
    • Re-onboarding process when the usage of Skilljar changes hands within out company in order to address knowledge gaps.
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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
    Gainsight
    I like what you are using and how we are doing it. Also, changing systems is a lot of work
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    Totara Learning
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Gainsight
    The learning curve for Skilljar is not too steep, and I've renewed our contract twice now. I've been able to add additional administrators and get them up to speed on platform functionality within a day. Plus, Skilljar provides awesome resources to help you learn how to use is. The Help Center has articles for almost everything, and when in doubt, their amazing CSMs (like ours, ...) provide exemplary support/advice.
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    Totara Learning
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Gainsight
    I have opened several support cases in the past and at times felt like little was being done to resolve the issues I was having. For example, when searching the use against a training credit, Skilljar said the code was fully used, yet only 1 had been used. The support team seemed to not have interest in learning why this was happening and ensuring it does not happen again. The issue was resolved with this particular case, but I have no idea if it was the only training credit having this issue. At times I feel like the issues we encounter do not seem as important to the support team
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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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    Implementation Rating
    Gainsight
    Do a good job of preparing your internal teams (IT, Salesforce, etc.) about the work they will have in the process
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    Totara Learning
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Gainsight
    Skilljar provides stronger customization features, more code snippet options, more styling tools, and more effective integrations. These include Credly, Salesforce, and SCORM. Additionally, the catalog is all part of the same system, making it easy to manage. The analytics tools are also more robust, and the customer service is much more helpful and responsive
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    Totara Learning
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Gainsight
    • Our customers seem to be getting onboarded efficiently. Giving our customers a good experience helps us retain them longer.
    • So far, we are still not able to come up with solid metrics that it provides evidence of ROI. If Skilljar could somehow come up with clear, actionable metrics about customer success and how that relates to ROI then I think it would be vastly better. To be fair, we roll the cost of using Skilljar in the overall price, otherwise, we would charge customers and have a revenue stream to measure.
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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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    ScreenShots

    Skilljar by Gainsight Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Skilljar Dashboard, where all needed tools are accessed through a single interface.Screenshot of The training portal, which is the URL where published courses will be located, and where trainees can register for, access and complete training.

This URL can be set up as a custom domain using a website, like training.yoursite.com. Or a Skilljar domain can be used, like yoursite.skilljar.com. The look of the training portal can be customized to match a company's brand and colors.Screenshot of some of the analytics to measure  and track learner progress, in the analytics suite where content success is analyzedScreenshot of content that can be offered with Skilljar’s authoring tools. Multiple learning pathways based on user role, skillset, or use case can be created, as well as native video and audio with embedding from external hostsScreenshot of the built-in assessment & certifications engine that enables users to showcase their expertise, along with built-in assessment tools and verifiable badges and certificates.

    Totara LMS Screenshots

    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.