Pluralsight Skills vs. Skillsoft

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Pluralsight Skills
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Pluralsight 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
Skillsoft
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Skillsoft is a corporate learning platform that delivers transformative learning experiences for enterprise organizations.N/A
Pricing
Pluralsight SkillsSkillsoft
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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Pluralsight SkillsSkillsoft
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Pluralsight SkillsSkillsoft
Learning Management
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Pluralsight Skills
7.9
7 Ratings
7% below category average
Skillsoft
-
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
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Pluralsight Skills
10.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Skillsoft
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Ratings
Structured Learning10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Course Searches10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
Infosec Skills
Infosec Skills
Score 9.9 out of 10
Infosec Skills
Infosec Skills
Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises
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Infosec Skills
Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Pluralsight SkillsSkillsoft
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(18 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Pluralsight SkillsSkillsoft
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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Skillsoft
For some of the topics in my organization, Skillsoft Academy is best suited due to the length of the course and the ease to understand. However, the courses are very limited being a Cloud user. There are various platforms that offer a wide range of courses for Cloud. Though Skillsoft offers many courses, they are easy to understand which makes the user comfortable with the platform.
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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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Skillsoft
  • Practical in-depth presentations
  • Exam questions do make you think
  • Updated material
  • Good selection for IT and product focused engineering professionals
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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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Skillsoft
  • Some of the courses are too lengthy.
  • Too much courses makes confusing to choose the correct one.
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Likelihood to Renew
Pluralsight
Great product and service so far. Awesome new content almost every week.
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Skillsoft
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Usability
Pluralsight
Very, VERY easy to use.
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Skillsoft
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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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Skillsoft
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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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Skillsoft
[I selected Skillsoft Academy because it's] much easier to use and has relevant courses. I would like to give 4.5 stars to the course selection, delivery, content, and exams
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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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Skillsoft
  • Helps to gain knowledge on particular topic.
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