Lessonly

Lessonly

Score 8.4 out of 10
Lessonly

Overview

What is Lessonly?

Lessonly, from Seismic since the August 2021 acquisition, is a learning management system (LMS). The vendor emphasizes eLearning for client-facing skills, as well as a drag-and-drop interface. Lessonly supports customizable learning paths and corporate onboarding processes.
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Popular Features

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  • Course authoring (106)
    9.7
    97%
  • Learning content (102)
    9.6
    96%
  • Assignments (105)
    9.4
    94%
  • Course catalog or library (104)
    9.1
    91%

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Pricing

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Pro

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Cloud

Pro + Coaching

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Cloud

Enterprise Learning for Global Teams

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Cloud

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting / Integration Services
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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.

9.4Avg 8.3
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Product Details

What is Lessonly?

Lessonly, now from Seismic (acquired August 2021) is training software with an ecosystem of partners, strategy and services that are aligned under the mantra of Do Better Work.

The vendor has worked with over 800 companies to help them train their teams. The vendor says they've learned that the highest performing organizations build their training on the same six pillars:

  • Assess (Gather Needs & Inputs) Listen to people, data, and the market; identify successes and challenges; and accurately assess your sales team's training needs.
  • Plan (Prioritize for Impact) Identify the most essential objectives and outcomes, and intentionally set milestones for creation and delivery.
  • Build (Create Quickly & Collaboratively) Work with teammates at the front lines of the business to develop and iterate on bite-sized training/content.
  • Learn (Meet Learners Where They Are) Push training content to teammates-- anywhere, anytime-- so they can quickly solve problems in their moment of need.
  • Practice (Rehearse, Refine, Repeat) Reinforce skills and information with realistic practice scenarios and receive feedback to fuel improvement.
  • Perform (Doing Better Work) Empower the organization to continuously improve, deliver and quantify results.

The results? Faster onboarding, higher NPS score, more closed deals and a superior customer experience.

Lessonly Features

Learning Management Features

  • Supported: Course authoring
  • Supported: Course catalog or library
  • Supported: Player/Portal
  • Supported: Learning content
  • Supported: Mobile friendly
  • Supported: Progress tracking & certifications
  • Supported: Assignments
  • Supported: Compliance management
  • Supported: Learning administration
  • Supported: Learning reporting & analytics
  • Supported: eLearning
  • Supported: Assessments
  • Supported: In-person learning
  • Supported: Micro-learning
  • Supported: Video learning
  • Supported: SCORM-compliant
  • Supported: Tin Can (xAPI) compliant
  • Supported: Social learning

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Lessonly Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesNorth America, South America, Latin America, Western Europe, Central/Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia
Supported LanguagesFilipino, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Swedish, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, Vietnamese

Frequently Asked Questions

Lessonly, from Seismic since the August 2021 acquisition, is a learning management system (LMS). The vendor emphasizes eLearning for client-facing skills, as well as a drag-and-drop interface. Lessonly supports customizable learning paths and corporate onboarding processes.

Bridge, MindTickle, and Litmos are common alternatives for Lessonly.

Reviewers rate Progress tracking & certifications highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Lessonly are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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February 28, 2020

Love Lessonly!

Verified User
Director in Customer Service
Marketing & Advertising Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It started with one departments, but has expanded to five or six. It's primarily for internal training and sales enablement - staff needs training on our product, market, processes, sales methodologies and tools when hired, and they also need to be updated frequently. We use Lessonly for most of these needs - occasionally we just provide a document, but if we need people to ingest information in a specific order, if we need to quiz them, if we need to track what they've learned when, we use Lessonly.
Pros and Cons
  • Extremely easy to learn - so we can allow HR to build their own trainings, engineering to build theirs, etc. with very little training.
  • Extremely easy to edit - so we can make changes on the fly.
  • API should include more comprehensive data.
  • I'd like more sophisticated tracking of the learning program (they are working on this now).
Likelihood to Recommend
Great for:
1. Creating quick, simple training that may need changes.
2. Embedding videos, audio, documents, images.
3. Tracking who has done what.
4. Quick assessments.

Like any LMS, the efficacy of Lessonly depends on the quality of content added - garbage in, garbage out.
Lessonly Feature Ratings
Learning Management (11)
69.0909090909091%
6.9
Course authoring
90%
9.0
Course catalog or library
80%
8.0
Player/Portal
N/A
N/A
Learning content
90%
9.0
Mobile friendly
N/A
N/A
Progress tracking & certifications
60%
6.0
Assignments
100%
10.0
Compliance management
100%
10.0
Learning administration
70%
7.0
Learning reporting & analytics
80%
8.0
Social learning
90%
9.0
Return on Investment
  • Instrumental in creating a common fund of knowledge within a rapidly growing company.
  • Money saved due to reduced need for in person training.
Support Rating
10
Accounts teams are helpful and friendly and responsive. Lessonly seems to have very low turnover, so I can still reach people I worked with at the beginning.
Alternatives Considered
MindTickle was hated by our users - company switched to Lessonly before I arrived.

Allego and Docebo both seem to have fundamentally different uses - mostly for hive-mind knowledge collection among salespeople, which may be helpful, but can't be scaled to the entire organization, and not suited to top-down training requirements. We may eventually purchase to supplement Lessonly, not replace it.
Other Software Used
Easy Tasks
  • Creating content
  • Viewing tracking
Difficult Tasks
  • Reports that aren't standard
  • That's it
Usability
10
It's completely simple and intuitive, anyone can pick it up. The hardest part is looking for a save button and finally figuring out you don't need one. We don't provide training for users and never have complaints. For creators, we provide best practices, but using Lessonly itself requires nothing .
September 18, 2019

Lessonly for Learning!

Verified User
Director in Customer Service
Retail Company, 51-200 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We had a huge onboarding issue and turned to Lessonly. We needed to streamline processes and best practices. I also needed to communicate with my growing team and know that they were digesting critical information. Lessonly helped disseminate information effectively and helped me better manage my team.
Pros and Cons
  • Distribute information
  • Easy to use lesson creation
  • Knowledge database
  • Expensive
  • Easier access to other teams content
Likelihood to Recommend
Bigger teams are better to justify the cost. We were expanding to a remote team and it was a perfect solution as we didn't have the frequent in depth conversations that happen in the office. It is less appropriate if you have a small in house team with frequent touchpoints.
Lessonly Feature Ratings
Learning Management (10)
85%
8.5
Course authoring
90%
9.0
Course catalog or library
80%
8.0
Learning content
70%
7.0
Mobile friendly
60%
6.0
Progress tracking & certifications
90%
9.0
Assignments
100%
10.0
Compliance management
100%
10.0
Learning administration
100%
10.0
Learning reporting & analytics
80%
8.0
Social learning
80%
8.0
Return on Investment
  • Decrease in training time
  • Increase of efficiency
Support Rating
10
Great team and staff that is quick to engage and answer any questions. From every stage of the process I loved work in my with this team and the resources they've given our team.
Alternatives Considered
We scouted a few other bigger name LMS systems. We were new to having any kind of onboarding/training software and others were overwhelming. Lessonly is simple, easy to adopt, and a great knowledge database. Others were not as user friendly. I firmly believe you get what you pay for.
Other Software Used
Easy Tasks
  • Lesson creation
  • Lesson distribution
  • Sending reminders
Difficult Tasks
  • Pulling external content
Usability
9
Extremely easy to use. I was up and running with my team almost instantly. Working at a small company, we didn't have a lot of dev/engineering resources. Having a tool like Lessonly helped me instantly export information to my team without any additional delay from internal departments.
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