Brainshark

Brainshark

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Brainshark

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9 out of 10
February 15, 2020
Brainshark is used to help guide employees with education for our company. For example, if they create a new product, we will have …
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How I Use Brainshark

8 out of 10
June 15, 2018
Brainshark is used across my whole organization to view presentations. It allows us to safely upload and store large files that anyone can …
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Come over to the Sharkie side!

8 out of 10
February 12, 2016
At our company, Brainshark is used by different departments within our organization. In Learning and Development, we primarily use …
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Lori Houser | TrustRadius Reviewer
Lori Houser
Sales Training & Development
United Rentals (Construction, 1001-5000 employees)
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Advisor in Sales
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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What is Brainshark?

Brainshark is a video presentation platform for sales enablement, now from BIgTinCan (acquired August 2021).

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  • No setup fee
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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting / Integration Services

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Product Details

What is Brainshark?

Brainshark is a platform for data-driven sales enablement and readiness. The vendor aims to help companies prepare their client-facing teams with the knowledge, skills and insights they need to perform at the highest level.

With solutions for training and coaching, as well as insights into sales performance, customers can ensure their sales reps are always ready to make the most of any buyer interaction.The vendor boasts that thousands of customers – including more than half of the Fortune 100 – rely on Brainshark to close performance gaps and get better results from their sales enablement initiatives.

Brainshark is a BigTinCan brand, since the August, 2021 acquisition.

Brainshark Features

  • Supported: Readiness Scorecards
  • Supported: Coaching & Practice
  • Supported: Training & Onboarding
  • Supported: Content Authoring

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Deployment TypesSaaS
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Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web

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What is Brainshark?

Brainshark is a video presentation platform for sales enablement, now from BIgTinCan (acquired August 2021).

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What is Brainshark's best feature?

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 10.

Who uses Brainshark?

The most common users of Brainshark are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees) and the Financial Services industry.

Reviews and Ratings

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Likelihood to Renew (39)

8.2
82%

Usability (8)

10.0
100%

Availability (8)

9.1
91%

Performance (2)

9.1
91%

Support Rating (15)

9.0
90%

Online Training (2)

9.1
91%

Implementation Rating (4)

8.7
87%

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March 15, 2022

Brainshark for Developing and Training Your Entire Organization

Verified User
Advisor in Sales
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees
Score 7 out of 10
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Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

It would be great for onboarding new hires by breaking down the onboarding into different courses/milestones where each employee completes and tracks their progress. It might not be the best sales enablement platform as it lacks guest reporting and sharing/emailing content with external parties even though its integration with Salesforce is good to have a solution for training sales teams.
October 10, 2020

Great in supporting the coaching of our sales reps and teams

Chris Edwards | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chris Edwards
Project Manager
Total (Oil & Energy, 5001-10,000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

Brainshark is a learning management system and this makes it fit for every scenario where you are aiming to impart knowledge and sharpen the skills of your staff where they increase their capacity to deliver and bring a turnaround in your organization. The Sales teams are able to execute their mandate with ease and this ensures that our revenue increases day by day.
February 15, 2020

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Lisa Weinberg
education solutions consultant
Elsevier (Higher Education, 5001-10,000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

Brainshark is great for new employees and the company to utilize to help them guide the employee throughout their onboarding process. I like how there are optional training sections that you can view as well as the mandatory training that you know you need to complete. I could see it used in many organizations.
August 21, 2019

10/10 for Brainshark! Make onboarding sales easier.

Verified User
Account Manager in Sales
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

Brainshark is best suited within an organization that needs the functionality of an online training program. It's great for sales and marketing. Brainshark was a great investment for our company. The ability to train candidates without standing in front of them talking for a week gave us a tremendous amount of time back and it's effective! It's simple to use and extremely customizable. Great for sales knowledge. There are so many ways you can implement it though, so if you choose this product make sure that you spend the time to understand all of the awesome stuff it can do.
January 10, 2019

Make your sales reps sharp by using Brainshark

Richard Gichangi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Richard Gichangi
Marketing Manager
CTC Tours & Travels Ltd (Hospitality, 51-200 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

Brainshark works well in a scenario where as a company you are aiming to help your sales reps attain sales mastery. It offers organizations the ability to execute better onboarding, training, coaching, and continuous learning opportunities to their sales reps and teams (both current and future incoming employees).
June 20, 2018

Relax your brain and use Brainshark!

Betsy Abney | TrustRadius Reviewer
Betsy Abney
Wealth Management Academy Assistant Advocate
1st Global (Financial Services, 201-500 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

I love what Brainshark does for me and how easy it is to train someone else to use it. Most people are familiar with PowerPoint and that makes and easy start that can be enhanced with animation, voice over and background music. You can also upload videos, SCORM compliant classes and more to make an easy to use system to present training and education. I have reviewed a number of other programs, and all seem to have the same weaknesses in reporting. Brainshark does what I need without a lot of difficult training.
June 20, 2018

Increase your reach to customers with Brainshark

Mark Rice | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mark Rice
CMO/Managing Partner
Displays that PAY (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

For a long time, Brainshark focused their use case on producing training content. I was an early adopter and started using Brainshark presentations in short "trailers" for webinar promotion at Xerox Corporation. I continue to this day to use Brainshark as a customer acquisition tool. Brainshark has found its "sweet spot" now that they are focused on sales effectiveness and integrating with customer relationship management platforms.
February 12, 2016

Come over to the Sharkie side!

Verified User
Professional in Other
Human Resources Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

Brainshark is great for:
  • Assessments (created within the application)
  • Training (imported PowerPoint slides) with audio (that you record over the phone), where instructors are not available
  • Providing stand alone URLs (especially for new associates who don't have permissions on our network/intranet yet)
  • On-the fly updates (provided you are the author)
  • Certificates of completion
Brainshark is challenged at:
  • Some LMS reporting systems - we have to use Brainshark embedded within another application that does our reporting. Not hard, just a hassle.
August 19, 2015

Brainshark - Enabling businesses of all sizes to more effectively create and mange their important and actionable content

MB
Mike Buege
Managing Partner - Director of Business Development
CPG Communication Solutions - CCS Group (Consumer Goods, 1-10 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

The biggest hurdle a company faces is understanding the various ways that they can utilize Brainshark and then making sure they implement those use cases on an ongoing basis... the best scenario is when someone comes into the organization that has experience using Brainshark and they can quickly assess where and how Brainshark can add value to the organization.
February 25, 2015

Brainshark Review

Justin James | TrustRadius Reviewer
Justin James
Technical Sales Engineer
Apperson, Inc. (Education Management, 51-200 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

Is this for internal training or external marketing? I see a lot of people use it for internal training but not customer facing material. Brainshark does both well and that is where the value lies. If you only need one or the other this might more power than you need.
February 25, 2015

It's All About the Brainshark!

Stephanie VanGilder | TrustRadius Reviewer
Stephanie VanGilder
Sr. Business Operations Specialist
Mercy (Hospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

If you need a lot of interaction with the material, this isn't the best solution.

For communicating information, voice over PowerPoint even with assessment questions, this is a great solution. We also use Brandwatch for short commercial like communications and for providing timely information in an unexpected format from our leaders.
January 30, 2015

Choosing Brainshark is a no brainer!

Verified User
Consultant in Human Resources
Information Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

Brainshark is well suited for sharing information that is non-proprietary. If security is an issue, there are other features that should be enabled. Essentially, anyone who has the logon information can view the presentation which may not be appropriate in some cases.
January 22, 2015

Brainshark 1/21/2015

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Banking Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

Brainshark works really well for training and spreading new information, especially with the tracking features and completion criteria option so that we know who has actually viewed the information.
January 22, 2015

Easy to use and lends to varying levels of sophistication!

Tina Callisto | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tina Callisto
Training Lead
Precision Drilling (Environmental Services, 5001-10,000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

Brainshark is an excellent choice if you're looking for a content creation tool that is geared toward business users and doesn't require content development skills. Having said that, Brainshark can accommodate many file types, including content that is developed in tools like Captivate and Camtasia. It's also a great hosting tool for an organization that doesn't have this type of capability and can integrate with LMS systems.
December 30, 2014

Brain Dump about Brainshark

Verified User
Director in Marketing
Financial Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

It's well-suited for any time you'd like to have a presentation with audio. It doesn't take the place of video and isn't the best for highly graphical items. Technically, you can use video on it, but that's not it's forte. It also has a significant amount of elearning capabilities, but I haven't used these items.

If you are only purchasing a certain amount of server space (not sure if they still sell it that way), you are going to run out. We kept hitting our maximum and had to bump it up.

Also, if you don't have a clear owner, but have lots of users, it will become a rats nest of folders and users.

December 18, 2014

Brainshark lets you create on-demand content quickly

Saadia Ali | TrustRadius Reviewer
Saadia Ali
Sales Trainer, Learning & Development
InterCall (Telecommunications, 501-1000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Review Source

Likelihood to Recommend

It is best suited to deliver on-demand content anywhere anytime. It is not restricted to any department or industry. I think everyone can take advantage of this tool. I have seen Marketing create content, Sales create short introduction Brainsharks, Finance create presentations, and HR use it for talking about benefits.