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Pluralsight Skills

Overview

What is Pluralsight Skills?

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…

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Pluralsight has emerged as a highly valuable resource for individuals seeking to continue their education and stay up to date with the …
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Best Value Price!

8 out of 10
March 26, 2020
We as an IT department need to be up to date, and Pluralsight is kinda a shortcut to get short, intense courses to familiarize all teams …
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Worth the money

9 out of 10
November 27, 2019
Incentivized
Pluralsight is used only in the IT department and is used to improve staff knowledge. Pluralsight helps to address the lack of knowledge …
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Popular Features

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  • Course catalog or library (7)
    10.0
    100%
  • Learning content (7)
    10.0
    100%
  • Course authoring (6)
    10.0
    100%
  • Progress tracking & certifications (7)
    8.0
    80%
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Pricing

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Individual - Standard

$29.00

Cloud
per month

Individual - Premium

$45.00

Cloud
per month

Team - Professional

$579.00

Cloud
per user, per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

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

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $29 per month
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Product Demos

Build Mission Critical Tech Skills for DoD Agencies with Pluralsight

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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.

7.9
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.

10
Avg 8.5
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Product Details

What is Pluralsight Skills?

Pluralsight Skills Video

Pluralsight is the technology learning platform for organizations that need to enhance the expertise of their technologists to keep up with the pace of technological change and deliver key innovations on time, on budget and securely. Learn more about how 40% of the Fortune 500...
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Pluralsight Skills Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Pluralsight Skills starts at $29.

Reviewers rate Course authoring and Course catalog or library and Learning content highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Pluralsight Skills are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Pluralsight has emerged as a highly valuable resource for individuals seeking to continue their education and stay up to date with the latest technology trends. Users, such as developers and consultants, have used Pluralsight to enhance their skills, learn new technologies, and efficiently tackle certifications. The platform has proven effective in catering to both beginners and experts, offering comprehensive courses that help individuals grasp new concepts and refine their expertise. By leveraging Pluralsight's courses on AngularJS, for example, one user successfully updated a product, resulting in improved speed and heightened customer satisfaction. Additionally, the platform's offerings extend beyond technical roles, with various teams like QA, web development, software development, IT, marketing, and even entire organizations benefiting from Pluralsight's vast library of courses. This versatile tool enables employees to continuously learn and augment their knowledge, leading to increased project efficiency and cost savings. Moreover, professionals from diverse fields like information technology leverage Pluralsight to remain ahead of the curve and effectively serve clients. Faculty members and students also find value in the platform by accessing top-notch training resources in areas spanning software and IT solutions. With its high-quality video tutorials that are easy to comprehend, Pluralsight empowers users to explore new programming languages and technologies seamlessly. Furthermore, it serves as a valuable reference guide and learning platform for IT departments aiming to stay abreast of emerging technologies while ensuring teams are well-versed in core concepts. By addressing both knowledge gaps among staff members and the need for continuous skill enhancement, Pluralsight contributes significantly to professional growth and proficiency across organizations. Whether users seek general training opportunities or specialized learning paths aligned with specific job positions or business requirements, Pluralsight offers a cost-effective solution tailored to individual interests. Overall, Pluralsight delivers a comprehensive range of well-crafted courses equipped with detailed explanations and functional sample programs - a combination that fosters an enriching learning experience. By enabling engineers, technical staff, and individuals across various roles to acquire new skills, build on existing ones, and stay updated in their respective fields, Pluralsight has become an indispensable tool for self-directed education and professional development.

Users highly recommend taking three key actions when using Pluralsight. Firstly, they suggest trying the free trial to determine if Pluralsight is the right fit for one's learning needs. Second, users advise comparing Pluralsight to other online learning platforms in terms of content and cost before making a decision. Lastly, users emphasize the importance of embracing hands-on opportunities for better learning outcomes. These recommendations reflect the value that users have found in Pluralsight's comprehensive content library, user-friendly interface, and continuous investment in new courses and improvements.

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Reviews

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March 26, 2020

Best Value Price!

shareef hiasat | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We as an IT department need to be up to date, and Pluralsight is kinda a shortcut to get short, intense courses to familiarize all teams with the same concepts.
  • Translated to almost all languages.
  • Offline and mobile downloads.
  • Up-to-date courses.
  • More ways to search/browse. You can't filter/sort on ratings, etc.
  • Help center is still missing some of my questions.
  • Chatting support at least as premium user!
  • Cannot share into LinkedIn, only share post!
It is suited for big picture, and not for hands-on walk-through tutorials for example.
  • Self-development technically.
  • Supports organizational goals.
  • Helps in decision making.
  • Guides team more accurately toward vision.
It had more discounted offers back then... and still, more marketing is done. It's cheaper than LinkedIn Learning.

Downside, PluralSight is more [theoretical] than hands-on.

Each feedback I do for them, I get no response. Minimal communication and followups!
LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com), Udemy for Business
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Pluralsight is being used to provide opportunities to our engineers to explore new skills, enhance existing skills, or fulfill skills gaps. Pluralsight provides a wide range of courses that can be viewed online or on mobile. We find that the self-directed pace of Pluralsight fulfills the needs of most of our engineers, eliminating much of the need for traditional training.
  • Pluralsight courses are delivered at a self-directed pace, enabling users to stop, rewind, or fast forward, depending on their familiarity with the content.
  • Pluralsight offers a wide variety of technical courses, providing opportunities to explore new skill areas beyond engineers' current responsibilities.
  • Pluralsight is available on most platforms, providing a high level of accessibility to the content.
  • I'd like to see Pluralsight better indicate where technology might be deprecated in favor of something newer. Continue to offer that content, but this would give users an opportunity to reconsider the skill they're learning.
  • Pluralsight should offer a native Roku app. There have been several times where I'd like to sit and learn something from the comfort of my couch, but Pluralsight's Roku integration is mediocre at best.
  • Pluralsight could better provide code examples and sample repositories for some of its courses.
Pluralsight is extremely well suited to many training needs, including supporting engineers as they look to enhance their skillsets, either by improving or enhancing a skill or by learning a new skill that may be needed in the future. Pluralsight eliminates much of the need for traditional (and expensive!) training courses. The only place where I'd recommend traditional training over Pluralsight is when you need to provide upstart training to a large group, thus needing an environment where questions are easily asked.
eLearning Content
N/A
N/A
Learning Management (7)
71.42857142857143%
7.1
Course authoring
80%
8.0
Course catalog or library
90%
9.0
Player/Portal
70%
7.0
Learning content
90%
9.0
Progress tracking & certifications
90%
9.0
Learning reporting & analytics
80%
8.0
Social learning
N/A
N/A
  • Pluralsight has reduced training costs by largely eliminating the need for traditional instructor based training.
  • Pluralsight offers engagement from our employees by allowing us to provide them training in a wide variety of work-related fields as well as their personal interests.
  • Pluralsight could do a better job highlighting users whos engagement is particularly low so we can re-assign those licenses accordingly.
Pluralsight offers a much stronger technology learning opportunity than Lynda.com, but lags behind Lynda.com in its soft skills training. As a technical manager, I often recommend Pluralsight to my engineers for learning new skills but will use Lynda.com myself for improving my people management skill set. It seems the two are aiming for different target audiences, and thus I use them each differently.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Pluralsight is being used to allow our technical staff to explore new skills and build on existing skills. While the whole organization has access, it's primarily used by software engineers and data team members. We want to give our staff the tools to continue their education and training, but with budget and time constraints, more formal education offerings just aren't possible at this time. Pluralsight has been a good alternative.
  • Allows users to proceed at their own pace. They aren't confined to any time or deadline restraints after starting a course.
  • There are a wide variety of disciplines to explore.
  • Easily accessible across devices.
  • There are occasional issues with video and/or audio quality.
  • There is room for improvement in accessing content offline.
Pluralsight is very well-suited for individuals that want to learn new skills or build on an existing foundation. You don't have to jump in at the beginner level if you already have foundational knowledge of a certain subject, and Pluralsight makes it easy to start at a level that makes sense for you without having to waste time with content you already know. On the other hand, content is offered for beginners of any subject as well, so it's very adaptable to each situation. Continuing education and training is never a bad thing, so I don't really think there are situations where it's not appropriate to use.
eLearning Content
N/A
N/A
Learning Management (7)
72.85714285714286%
7.3
Course authoring
70%
7.0
Course catalog or library
90%
9.0
Player/Portal
70%
7.0
Learning content
90%
9.0
Progress tracking & certifications
60%
6.0
Learning reporting & analytics
70%
7.0
Social learning
60%
6.0
  • 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.
Pluralsight is simply more robust and makes more sense for an organization like ours where we want our employees to have the freedom to explore a wide variety of disciplines, and the adaptability to start/stop courses at any skill level. On a trial basis, the feedback from our team was nothing but positive, and had a major impact in our selecting Pluralsight over other alternatives.
Donovon Carter | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Pluralsight is both a tool used by myself and colleagues to expand knowledge for new and familiar technical concepts alike. Additionally, it is also a way to provide training to new hires. In the field of information technology, new advances happen almost every day, and as professionals, we are expected to be consistently ahead of the curve in support of the needs of our customers. Pluralsight gives us a central location to receive training on technologies we need to be familiar with in order to effectively serve our clients or business.
  • It gives you a central location to track progress, listen to lectures and take exams on the subject matter.
  • It gives the company one way to manage training across IT, marketing and other business disciplines.
  • The user interface is fairly easy to use and the number of courses or subjects available is quite good.
  • Finding ways to make courses more interactive and less lecture oriented would be helpful.
  • Quality of video and audio lectures could use updating to meet current expectations.
  • Continuing to stay on the bleeding edge of technology. Some classes can be outdated.
If you are wanting to advance your career or simply expose yourself to new technologies, it's a great tool to achieve that end. If you are in a new role and need to "catch up" on something, it gives you ways to learn on the fly. If you are hoping to become a subject matter expert on a particular topic, I think you would need to find a role that would provide you with more actual experience. Pluralsight is more of a lecture based system than actual real world experience, which are not the same things.
  • It helped me get acquainted with a new technology that I needed to support without having to flounder and click around.
  • Without buy in from management, it can go to waste if not actually used by employees. I saw that happen often.
  • With more knowledgeable employees, the risk of them moving on to new roles is increased.
I think pluralsight's price point is a little better, and I think the depth and breadth of classes offered is oriented more towards my field than Coursera. While Coursera has a nicer interface, Pluralsight, at the time, had more classes and seems to be designed for enterprise use whereas Coursera is more for individuals.
Mark Orlando | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In our department, developers use Pluralsight to get up to speed on new or unfamiliar technologies that we think will prove useful to the products we market. For example, when one of our applications was too slow, developers started watching Pluralsight courses on AngularJS. This led to updating our product to use AngularJS for the front-end and customers love the speed. This led to a decision to upgrade another product and many of the consultants began watching Angular 2 courses on Pluralsight.
  • When it comes to Microsoft tools, languages and techniques, Pluralsight brings its customers the very latest in content. Just after the release of ASP.NET Core 2.0 came out they had a course available online.
  • The instructors are top-notch. You get incredible presenters such as Paul Sheriff, Shawn Wildermuth, Scott Allen and more. All are incredibly articulate and provide great download code.
  • Pluralsight offers a cool set of tools that let you take a test and see where you stand on the learning curve of a given technology. This lets you know where you should be brushing up on a given technology.
  • 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.
If you're a web developer you definitely need Pluralsight to stay relevant in this industry. If you're a web designer that uses tools to draw or paint web pages Pluralsight may have something for you, but not much. Another thing where Pluralsight is great is the self-assessment tests. They are a geat place to find questions and answers to use in technical interviews.
  • Pluralsight is truly cost-effective for staying relevant. An annual Pluralsight subscription for an entire team is far more cost-effective than sending one individual to in-person training for a week.
  • When we need to get up to speed on a technology, our Pluralsight subscription is right at hand. One quick search and we can get started. This helps us shorten the learning curve. Trying to find an in-person course has become difficult because the market has mostly transitioned to online courses.
I often purchase courses on from Udemy when I don't see the content I need from Pluralsight. For example, When I needed to learn AngularJS, Pluralsight had many courses but the ones on Udemy quickly explained what they were going to build in the course and they provided small segments on particular commands. With Pluralsight you often have to watch a 40 minute module to see if its going to give you what you need. Still, no one has more courses on technology that's just been released than Pluralsight. With Pluralsight I can purchase an annual subscription and then fill-in-the-blanks with $15 courses from Udemy or Packt Publishing.
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