Absorb LMS vs. Classroom Manager

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Absorb LMS
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
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.N/A
Classroom Manager
Score 6.2 out of 10
N/A
Classroom Manager is an LMS that is used by companies globally for internal learning processes, documented compliance training, and training planning. The vendor states the solution can help users to create a CI compliant learning world for partners & customers, increase customer satisfaction, get channel partners up and running faster, and learn more about users' behaviour and interests. Classroom Manager also supports the planning of vocational…N/A
Pricing
Absorb LMSClassroom Manager
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Absorb LMSClassroom Manager
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Absorb LMSClassroom Manager
Considered Both Products
Absorb LMS

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Classroom Manager
Chose Classroom Manager
The process of choosing an LMS took several months and involved many different people and wide rating criteria. What convinced us and made us choose Classroom Manager was the feeling we got every time we used the software or interacted with the company. They know exactly what …
Features
Absorb LMSClassroom Manager
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
8.9
90 Ratings
9% above category average
Classroom Manager
9.1
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Course authoring8.073 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Course catalog or library9.578 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Player/Portal9.182 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Learning content9.163 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Mobile friendly7.167 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications9.985 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Assignments9.974 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Compliance management9.969 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Learning administration9.687 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics8.885 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Social learning8.044 Ratings00 Ratings
Gamification6.839 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.661 Ratings9.11 Ratings
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Absorb LMSClassroom Manager
Small Businesses
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
Absorb LMSClassroom Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(92 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.6
(78 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.2
(1 ratings)
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Product Scalability
10.0
(2 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Absorb LMSClassroom Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
Absorb Software Inc.
My (internal) project build team consisted of three people - one with experience setting up an LMS previously, and two with no experience. I have experienced 'out of the box' builds before and they are rarely intuitive and/or easy to navigate and set up. This was not the case with Absorb LMS. The eLearning modules and face-to-face support provided was thorough and there was a lack of unneccessary complexity to setting up the platform. My novices now know there way around every inch of the platform and love using it. This was not our first LMS, but it may well be our last. The functionality (from reporting for admins to ease of access for learners) far exceeds our previous experiences and we have a product that looks great, works seemlessly and that we are very proud of.
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
As we use Classroom Manager exclusively for internal purposes, I can only say something about this area. I would definitely recommend it, it's a great tool. Whenever we use it, we feel that people really thought about the way they have designed the software and the functions they have added. The main reason why we decided on this tool was because of its extensive functions. We currently only use like 10% of what it could do (subjective estimation), but we love that whatever learning challenge arises, the Classroom Manager can handle it.
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Pros
Absorb Software Inc.
  • Customizing the user interface was fairly simple and our learners WANT to use the platform because it looks so nice.
  • Admins have so many tools at their fingertips to pull reports, create new users, author new courses, and more!
  • Absorb LMS has been the solution to so many problems we had experienced in our previous LMS: ease of use, course library, course authoring, tracking, reporting, etc.
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
  • The automatic generation of certificates after an employee has successfully completed their mandatory training.
  • The software supports a variety of learning media (we work a lot with PDF and video).
  • A great analytic & insight tool that helps us to understand more about the learning behavior of our employees
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Cons
Absorb Software Inc.
  • The "And" and "Or" rules for self + automatic enrollment could be spelled out more to clarify who we're enrolling into courses
  • The thumbnail and poster "Upload photo" section is confusing. There should be a "Favorites" folder where we can easily find most commonly used posters and thumbnails
  • more education around Absorb analyze essentials
  • How the Featured courses section ranks courses is confusing on the back-end. I need to switch the primary one to second place to feature the new one first. But if the previous one now becomes second place, what happens to the old course that was in second place? I've noticed the order you select on the back-end for this isn't always reflected on user side
  • Same comment as Featured Courses but for appearance of billboards. Hard to position each in the right order
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
  • The tool has a ton of functions, which makes the navigation in the backend sometimes a [little] tricky.
  • Nothing to add :-)
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Likelihood to Renew
Absorb Software Inc.
We love the ability to have a user-friendly system that integrates well with our different HR interfaces (we have 3 systems that feed data/employees into the system). It makes it easy to track course completions and report out on metrics enterprise-wide. In addition, the ability to provide consistent education to staff who are geographically dispersed is a huge incentive for us, and Absorb LMS does this seamlessly.
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
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Usability
Absorb Software Inc.
It is very intuitive, not just from an admin perspective to manage courses and track completions, but also from a learners' perspective. It is very easy to find courses, search for courses, and track personal course progress. The interface is well designed, which makes it simpler for our audience to navigate the portal and find what they are looking for
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
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Reliability and Availability
Absorb Software Inc.
We have never had any major issue with Absorb's availability. Any outages that have occurred have been planned an communicated. Any small issues that occur within the Absorb platform have been addressed efficiently and quickly by support and the development team
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
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Performance
Absorb Software Inc.
Absorb LMS's performance is very reliable and consistent. Pages load quickly. Report are generated within a reasonable amount of time (even with significant amounts of data), etc. Nothing seems to slow it down.
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
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Support Rating
Absorb Software Inc.
[...] is a ROCK star- having her as part of our support team has been a game changer. She is a true problem solver at heart and has an unique ability to retain who we are as a company and match that with what can help us most. She has been a game changer for our internal admin team and is supporting us through a business review to help guide us in the best direction on our constant growth.
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
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Online Training
Absorb Software Inc.
Absorb was able to provide an initial training of the platform, covering all our basic needs. Additionally, there are Absorb learning modules available for further learning that can be accessed at anytime. There is also the ability to review Absorb's extensive resource library to find the answers to questions/troubleshooting. Beyond that, we opted for the Premier Support so our organization has access to a dedicated Customer Success Manager.
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
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Implementation Rating
Absorb Software Inc.
The implementation of Absorb went very seamlessly. We previously had the Oracle LMS and importing user data and getting the new system up to speed was painless. The smooth transition helped leaders and staff gain confidence early in the application/company and we have had a successful partnership with Absorb since.
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
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Alternatives Considered
Absorb Software Inc.
All sites provided at least a basic LMS platform, and Talent was probably the closest in terms of features and like-for-like comparison. Ultimately, none of the others had the same level of course creation and it would either have meant outsourcing or spending a significant amount of time building the courses which was not ideal as we would still be paying for the service during this time. Absorb had the best course creation software of all evaluated which is why we chose it, although it was also by far the most expensive of those evaluated.
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
The process of choosing an LMS took several months and involved many different people and wide rating criteria. What convinced us and made us choose Classroom Manager was the feeling we got every time we used the software or interacted with the company. They know exactly what they are doing, they were always there to support us and as already mentioned: when using the software and browsing through the functions, you just feel that this was created by experts that know their stuff.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Absorb Software Inc.
Seems very expensive for limitations we have experienced.
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
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Scalability
Absorb Software Inc.
We have already scaled our LMS from a couple hundred users to 1000 users and have plans to scale even larger. We use the LMS across multiple internal departments. countries and user types. Absorb has made it easy to integrate and scale and we will continue to scale in the near future.
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
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Professional Services
Absorb Software Inc.
I believe this question speaks to additional professional service hours that we had built into our contract to work with a set of staff members for purposes of changes or enhancements to our specific instance of Absorb. Again, I have nothing but positive things to say regarding our dealings with people at all levels of the organization. The PMs, the technical experts, the help desk staff are all friendly, knowledgeable, helpful and efficient
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
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Return on Investment
Absorb Software Inc.
  • Lighter administrative load, we went from 20-30 support tickets per month to 1 or 2.
  • Our course setup and configuration time now takes less than 5 minutes. In our previous system it took us close to 15 minutes to publish a course.
  • We have been able to push administrative responsibilities to department level administrators, because of the ability to have department level admins, who only have access and control of their department users and content.
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Intelligent Media Systems AG
  • It saves a significant amount of time and money to have everything in one central place.
  • In our industry having skilled people with the right knowledge is a MUST to stay ahead of the competition. With the analytic & insight tool, we can track the learning process of our employees at a glance.
  • One of the, if not THE most important point: Employee satisfaction. We have a dedicated area where we provide a wide range of free courses, covering a variety of topics. It started as a test to see if anyone is even interested but quickly became a fundamental part of our company branding strategy.
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ScreenShots

Absorb LMS Screenshots

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

Classroom Manager Screenshots

Screenshot of Our customer Robert Bosch Power Tools GmbH uses Classroom Manager since 2007 for its over 20,000 employees.Screenshot of The Straumann Group is a global leader and innovator in esthetic dentistry. It uses Classroom Manager as a global platform for course and event management.Screenshot of Continental Aftermarket & Services GmbH relies on perfectly qualifying and training its employees. For this purpose, the Continental IAM Training Center offers a wide range of lectures and classroom trainings, practical videos and blended learning.Screenshot of Classroom Manager can be fully customized to your corporate design.Screenshot of Companies worldwide already trust in our Learning Management System.