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What is Absorb LMS?

Absorb LMS aims to empower organizations to train employees with the skills needed to stay modern and relevant in today's fast-paced world. The LMS software focuses on aligning learning needs with business demands.

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a company's unique identity with a training interface that is custom-designed for the brand.
a company's image and values with a training interface that is tailored to the brand's specific needs.
the course creation workflow, that offer a diverse set of formats, including instructional videos, quizzes, and assessments.
Absorb's course details page, accessible from the course catalog dashboard, used to give learners an understanding of the course material.
learners' progress insights, used to make data-driven decisions with the reporting capabilities of Absorb LMS.
course creation with Create AI Beta.

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Top Performing Features

  • Assignments

    Users can assign courses/curricula to individuals or groups, with due dates.

    Category average: 7.8

  • Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning

    Utilizes SSO technology to ease the login process for users.

    Category average: 8.9

  • Compliance management

    Users can identify potential risks and ensure that requirements are met and that certifications are up to date.

    Category average: 8.5

Areas for Improvement

  • Mobile friendly

    Students or employees can access content from mobile devices. Course authors can develop responsive learning content.

    Category average: 7.6

  • Social learning

    Includes features for collaboration and knowledge sharing among peers.

    Category average: 6.3

  • Gamification

    Presents course material in a game-like format to increase engagement and enjoyment.

    Category average: 6.8

7 Years of Satisfying Experience with Absorb

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Absorb to host and track completion of onboarding training for entry-level roles, compliance training for all levels, and completions for eLearning and on-the-job training for manager training programs. We have 7000+ frontline employees and over 1500 store managers that use the platform to complete mandatory and optional training. We also offer optional professional development eLearning, through a connection to Skillsoft's Business Library, for our managers and corporate headquarters employees.

Pros

  • Our system admins are able to easily train on the platform and complete their tasks in a relatively intuitive manner.
  • We are able to brand our pages to fit our brand standards.
  • Absorb provides relatively low friction for users.

Cons

  • The feature we use for on-the-job training checklists is cumbersome for both admins and, more problematically, for users. They need to click through several screens to check off on skills.
  • I'd like to see more options for AI-assisted career pathing and listing of courses by role.
  • Absorb connects with Skillsoft, but the process for integration was costly and took a lot of time.

Return on Investment

  • With Absorb, we were able to standardize and streamline our onboarding process for frontline hires. With a population of 7000+ employees and turnover rate over 100%, this was critical for saving site managers' time and increasing our service standards. While not solely responsible, I believe that the LMS launch helped reduce our turnover by 20% within 5 years.
  • Absorb allowed us to standardize our management training program and track compliance. We were able to add accountability to a program that previously had none and ensured that we could train enough managers to keep pace with growth.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Docebo Learning Platform and Skillsoft Percipio

Other Software Used

Articulate 360, Canva, Adobe Premiere Pro

Absorb LMS Strong Automation and Reporting at Scale

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Absorb LMS for organizational learning and serve all internal employees for onboarding, compliance, role-based & voluntary learning using all course types such as Online Courses, Instructor-Led Courses, and complex learning paths (Curricula). We have business-owned learning content within a defined governance framework. Next, we will focus more on the manager experience, improve reporting & compliance, and also analytics.

Pros

  • Overall, Absorb LMS is pretty easy to use for learners and especially for admins. It's practical to create and manage course content - it provides the most crucial options and yet is lean enough not to overcomplicate the admin's life. The consistent and customizable "table-view" in most of the admin-areas is very helpful and easy to follow.
  • Using Enrollment Rules, Absorb LMS let you define who a course applies to and how they get enrolled. You can build rules based on learner attributes, such as department, location job role, group, to include or exclude specific audiences. The way Absorb LMS is using enrollment attributes, no other LMS actually can fulfill our requirements easier. Enrollment rules are mainly embedded in individual course options (you can also create scheduled enrollments outside of the courses).

Cons

  • Absorb LMS falls behind a couple other LMS that are very strong in AI-specific special approaches (such as AI-agents) that are in place already within competitors but Absorb LMS has announced promising AI agents (for learners and admins) for 2026 so we're very excited.
  • Very slow handling of public-facing ideas portal for feature requests.
  • Premium features add cost: add-ons like "together" (new coaching module) and others, require separate packages/licensing. On the other hand, Absorb LMS's model keeps the main LMS feature more affordable in comparison to other LMS providers.

Return on Investment

  • Absorb LMS has made a real difference in how smoothly we run training. By automating enrollments and standardizing how we assign key courses, we spend much less time on manual admin and chasing people for completions. Onboarding is also easier now because required learning paths live in one place, so our New Hires ramp up faster, and managers get fewer “what does my team need to take?” questions. The biggest win is simply having cleaner, more reliable data when we need it for reporting or audits.
  • From a global quality and standardization point of view, Absorb LMS has been the backbone for scaling learning without things turning into chaos. It has helped us bring more structure and governance, so we can actually see what’s being created, who it is meant for, and whether the right settings are in place. That means a better experience for learners (less noise, more relevant assignments) and more confidence for the business that our training records are accurate and easy to validate.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Docebo Learning Platform, MindTickle and Cornerstone Galaxy

Other Software Used

Articulate 360

We love Absorb - Highly Recommended

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

DelMonte Hotel Group uses Absorb as a core part of our training and development strategy. We use the platform for new hire training, management training, and annual compliance training. One business problem Absorb addressed for us was the need for a centralized, consistent, and trackable learning environment for all our associates. We operate locations across five different states and have the platform track compliance of our associates learning was key. Prior to the platform we were using several different training methods such as bizlibary, YouTube, and documents saved on a local drive. Having all the training in one place now makes the onboarding and training processes so much easier for our managers.

Pros

  • Platform Design is user friendly (Admin, manager, and learners)
  • Client Success Managers are knowledgeable and effective
  • Great implementation team
  • Reporting

Cons

  • Create Tool – I just think right now there are some better products on the market. However if you are new to content creation this is a very effective tool.

Return on Investment

  • Increased compliance rates through automated assignments and real-time tracking
  • Improved learner engagement with points for courses and dashboard. Managers can compete against their own team or a company as a whole.
  • Streamlined employee onboarding

Usability

Other Software Used

Clipchamp

Absorb nothing better

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it for our customers, to help them with upskilling during our project implementation phase.

Its great for tracking quizzes, customer usage and engagement with the training on offer.

In the future we plan to integrate with other 3rd party providers, I have done this previously with other organizations I have worked for and it is a great way to increase the courses on offer.

Pros

  • Uploading courses
  • Tracking progress
  • LMS customisation
  • Automated reports

Cons

  • There is only one area that has fallen outside what I would like but it is in the analysis phase with them, auto generated notifications to me when a users leaves a course comment. The work around is good thought, create a daily report on comments.

Return on Investment

  • It has helped us create standardized training in a system that tracks anything we want, including leaner progress.
  • Reduced time lost with the need for contact face to face training.
  • Has automated our enrollment, quiz monitoring and certification processes.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Cornerstone and TalentLMS

Appreciation for Absorb LMS and the Support Team

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The Absorb LMS has continued to be an easy-to-use but

powerful tool to create educational content for our key partners and

stakeholders, meeting a range of needs and requirements. To date, we have more than a dozen curricula with more being made and approx. 4500 users. We work directly with

Kirsten Spak, who has continuously provided timely and quality help for myself

as the lead and our organization. Kirsten has helped us ensure that we are

going about things as efficiently and is always willing to walk through things

to demonstrate suggestions and functions. As we look to expand our offerings further,

Kirsten has helped strategize for the best approach, which has helped our

workflow and the end-user experience. As we are still relatively new users, but

using the LMS every day, Kirsten has been very patient and provided clear

instruction on processes when we were unsure of what to do and has been able to

troubleshoot, with her team, functions that were desired but not availability

at the time, to provide us with solutions.

Pros

  • Customer Service - Our CSM, Kirsten Spak, has continued to provide consistent, friendly, timely and high-quality help as we expand our utilization of the tool.
  • Course Creation - We have been able to create custom courses with a wide range of features, including branding, audio, video and assessments.
  • Reporting - Absorb LMS offers a robust reporting function which allows us to understand our users and meet the needs of our partners when user information is required for their projects.
  • User Management and Grouping - Absorb allows us to easily manage users - including activation, enrollment, and assignment to groups. This facilitates easier reporting and, importantly, that access to content is limited to only those who should have access.

Cons

  • The AI voice functionality mispronounces certain medical terms, so this is an area that can be improved.

Return on Investment

  • Continued improvement in our ability to expand learner engagement and offerings for professionals within our field.
  • Competitive pricing for nonprofit partners.
  • Increased capabilities have facilitated new ideas on how we can connect and support various types of stakeholders in our community.

Usability

Other Software Used

Microsoft Powerpoint