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Adobe Captivate

Overview

What is Adobe Captivate?

Adobe Captivate is an elearning authoring and course design tool (or LCMS). It supports mobile HTML5 content. Captivate’s users are commonly midsized businesses to enterprises. Adobe Captivate includes some prebuilt assets as well as customizable workflows.

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Pricing

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Subscription

$33.99

On Premise
per month

Student & Teacher Edition

$399

On Premise
one-time fee

Upgrade

$499

On Premise
one-time fee

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Adobe Captivate - Software Simulations and Video Demos

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Create your first video demo with Adobe Captivate (2017 Release)

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Adobe Captivate Animated Text - brief how to and samples

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Adobe Captivate Tutorial - Pan, Zoom, Picture-in-Picture - Captivate Training in Los Angeles

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HOW TO Record Video Demo with Adobe Captivate

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Demo PowerPoint to Captivate Demo

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Features

Learning Management

Features of LMS and LCMS systems, related to designing, administering, and consuming learning content in an educational, corporate, or on-the-job context.

9.1
Avg 8.5

eLearning Content

eLearning Content Providers offer off-the-shelf, prebuilt courses and other learning materials such as books and videos in order to enhance training for important job skills.

8.4
Avg 8.4
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Product Details

What is Adobe Captivate?

Adobe Captivate is an elearning authoring and course design tool (or LCMS). It allows users to rapidly author responsive, interactive learning eLearning content, as well as mobile HTML-5 learning content. Users can test courses with the preview LMS feature, and track the performance of learners as they complete quizzes and other tasks. Adobe Captivate includes some prebuilt templates and learning assets, but users also have the option to custom code their own complex learning workflows. Adobe Captivate integrates with SCORM-compliant LMS systems, including Adobe Captivate Prime.

Adobe Captivate Video

What is Adobe Captivate?

Adobe Captivate Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Adobe Captivate is an elearning authoring and course design tool (or LCMS). It supports mobile HTML5 content. Captivate’s users are commonly midsized businesses to enterprises. Adobe Captivate includes some prebuilt assets as well as customizable workflows.

Reviewers rate Social learning highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Adobe Captivate are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Adobe Captivate Review

Rating: 6 out of 10
March 13, 2025
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Captivate
4 years of experience
  • In my experience, Adobe Captivate courseware failures in SumTotal LMS have resulted in our aircraft mechanics not meeting qualifications, prohibiting them from repairing aircraft and resulting in delays in releasing the aircraft to service.
  • In my experience, it is very difficult getting a hold of an Adobe technical service agent who speaks clear English, causing long delays in resolving problems.

Great for Intermediate-Level Instructional Designers!

Rating: 7 out of 10
October 05, 2022
EW
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Captivate
1 year of experience
  • Our company works in wireless retail. Users who completed our Adobe Captivate training on the Motorola Edge product were over 130% more likely to sell one or more Motorola Edge devices within the first month of product launch..

Adobe Captivate - A challenging experience

Rating: 7 out of 10
October 05, 2022
CH
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Captivate
1 year of experience
  • Price point - it is very cheap compared to others
  • Familiarity - I am very comfortable with other Adobe products, so Adobe Captivate was an easy choice
  • Ease of use - this is negative; it has taken me a long time to get up and running and document how things work so other users in my department can create courses consistently
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