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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Absorb LMS

    Score9.2 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

    Litmos

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ALitmos is a cloud-based Corporate LMS. Core features include a course builder, assessments and quizzes, surveys and feedback, eCommerce, virtual classrooms, certifications, course library, SCORM and TIN CAN support, reporting, and gamification tools.N/A
    Pricing
    Absorb LMSLitmos
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Absorb LMSLitmos
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Absorb LMSLitmos
    Considered Both Products
    Absorb Software Inc.
    Chose Absorb LMS
    Absorb LMS had the richest feature set for relative cost and promised seamless integration with ADP Workforce Now (somewhat overpromised).
    Incentivized
    Chose Absorb LMS
    Absorb LMS provided us the most robust set of features and lowest cost. A bug feature for us was 21CFR11 compliant signatures which other vendors do not have or charge extra to bolt on to the solution.
    Incentivized
    Chose Absorb LMS
    Major factor was cost. We got Absorb LMS at 35% cheaper than any other LMS software.
    Incentivized
    Chose Absorb LMS
    We found the user interface to be easy to use and customizable. We also liked the support that was offered during the implementation process.
    Incentivized
    Chose Absorb LMS
    Absorb [LMS] had [many] of the same features. Many of the vendors had a lower base price with additional pricing for the add-ons. From a cost perspective, the majority of software providers' costs were higher with all of the required addons. For the features required Absorb …
    Incentivized
    Chose Absorb LMS
    Absorb LMS is feature packed with small but smart elements (can have a username that isnt an email, can change the core language used in the platform, can change the font and layout) that offer greater security and accessibility for learners.
    Incentivized
    Chose Absorb LMS
    The ease of useability and functionality with a great customer support team.
    Incentivized
    Chose Absorb LMS
    We opted to move across to Absorb LMS to reduce costs and provide greater gamification for our learners. We were intrigued by its customisation to allow us to white label our LMS as much as possible to create a UI that was easy to navigate for our specific demographic of less …
    Incentivized
    Litmos
    Chose Litmos
    We selected Litmos in 2018 against My Trailhead from Salesforce. Litmos won out because My Trailhead was not well built out at the time and the Litmos sales team was good. We have always evaluated over the years with Absorb, MindTickle, etc. and have elected to keep Litmos. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Litmos
    The others are more robust and reporting is superior. They have had AI for longer and have more experience. Content from other vendors is more robust compared to Litmos and taught by experts in the field. Learning can be tied to specific skills and as part of the L&D strategy. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Litmos
    Most experiences with other products were through Demo access while evaluating potential LMS for purchasing in 2023-2024.

    Litmos was more on the user-friendly side and had a cleaner learner interface.
    Incentivized
    Chose Litmos
    Adding in D2L and clarifying Articulate's RISE LMS platform

    I would say that Docebo had the best platform in terms of it's UI and some of the features it offered. But overall, SAP Litmos won in terms of administrator capabilities and ease of use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Litmos
    Each one of the other products reviewed had one or more required features missing. A big feature that most other LMS's didn't have was a native iOS or Android application; or if there was a mobile application, it was quite frankly difficult to use and unintuitive. The Litmos …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    97 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    133 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    86 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    124 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    98 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    132 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    72 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    95 Answers
    Features
    Absorb LMSLitmos
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Absorb LMS and Litmos
    Feature
    Absorb LMS
    8.9
    90 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Litmos
    7.3
    116 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Course authoring8.073 Ratings7.9101 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.478 Ratings6.8109 Ratings
    Player/Portal9.182 Ratings7.995 Ratings
    Learning content8.963 Ratings7.098 Ratings
    Mobile friendly7.567 Ratings7.196 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.985 Ratings7.1112 Ratings
    Assignments9.974 Ratings7.0106 Ratings
    Compliance management9.969 Ratings6.4105 Ratings
    Learning administration9.787 Ratings8.0109 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.685 Ratings7.9110 Ratings
    Social learning8.044 Ratings7.868 Ratings
    Gamification6.939 Ratings6.143 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.461 Ratings7.827 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Absorb LMSLitmos
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (92 ratings)
    8.3
    (128 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.7
    (110 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.5
    (78 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.9
    (104 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.5
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Absorb LMSLitmos
    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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    Litmos
    For us, Litmos does what we need it to do. It houses all of our training in one place and allows us to send it out to our entire staff quickly and easily. The only area we really struggle is with eSignatures. We use this feature for memos, but instead of using the actual eSignature, we use an assessment because it gives us the ability to lock it after one attempt so that someone doesn't log back in and show that it's no longer signed.
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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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    Litmos
    • Content Authoring: Litmos has a good content authoring tool that provides options for designing engaging and interactive courses.
    • Reporting: Litmos reporting tools and reporting engines are clear to understand, the come with useful features that allow for tracking completion, learning and engagement.
    • Course Library: Litmos has an extensive course library that we can reorganize into learning pathways to accomplish set learning objectives for our team.
    • Customer Support: We have seen Litmos Customer support improve over the time we have been customers. Not only are there helpful resources within the Litmos University, we also have access to skilled support from our Customer Success Manager and the Litmos Technical Team.
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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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    Litmos
    • Litmos' email automation leaves a lot to be desired. When using SAML single sign on, a user can forward a reminder email to a colleague and it will include the link for _their_ training, if the recipient completes the training it report as being completed by the sender.
    • Litmos' functionality around assessments is terrible. It is impossible to give partial or weighted credit for a question during marking. It's impossible to undo a mistake in marking or go back to the question. Hotspot questions are not worth using. Learners entering a test again after completing but before marking is done will erase their attempt's ability to be marked. There is more that is just unacceptable here. We make tests using microsoft forms because it's easier and more accessible.
    • Many group admins are also learners, and will so infrequently use their admin portals, that they should not default to admin.
    • We have imports from our HR platform to Litmos, which is convenient. Occasionally someone gets set up twice, which is a problem with the intergration or stuff that helpdesk does. However, merging two learner records should not be a huge hassle of enumerating all of the courses and manually marking them complete. There should be a way to do this in the software.
    • Reporting in general leaves a great deal to be desired. There should be some more controls for xAPI/tincan modules that allow us to customize the level of tracking there. Articulate Rise uses a manifest that gives the LMS what it needs to integrate, why can't we see interaction data from the eLearning there like we could with LRS statements? If I make a storyline block or have a rise interaction, I should be able to see all the elements folks click and what they get hung up on.
    • Litmos should support standard Training and L&D measurement frameworks. There's no reason we shouldn't at least be able to have a dashboard for a course that includes survey data, assessments, boosts, and maybe a manual place to put in business impact KPIs. Think kirkpatrick/Phillips ROI.
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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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    Litmos
    For what we need in the very near future, Litmos does not offer us the required capability. Ideally, we are looking for an integrated LMS, coaching, mobile support and content creation platform. Litmos may have the LMS part covered but there are other platforms that do this better along with providing an integrated all-in-one service or at the very least support API integration with other vendors to meet our requirements.
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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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    Litmos
    It's really easy to use. I just search the platform for my requirements, play a demo before downloading it, and then drag and drop it into my LMS. It couldn't be simpler. The only reason it isn't a 10 is that some courses don't have better summary descriptions or additional materials.
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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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    Litmos
    It's never been an issue. It's always good to go
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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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    Litmos
    Never had any type of performance issues for Litmos
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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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    Litmos
    If I could give it a negative rating I would. Worst support from any program I have had. Everything is back and forth in the support ticket. The one time I tried to chat they could not support the question. Their support page is so full of sections and products I can never find anything I need, even with a customized home page. I was hopeful that once they left SAP support might improve but it has not. I don't even know who my account executive is. Nobody has ever reached out to me. I need someone to guide me through best practices for our company and there is nobody to do that.
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    In-Person Training
    Absorb Software Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Litmos
    It was a good overview of the platform, but of course it was more of a basic overview of how to use the platform. The team provided a good training, but I would of liked a better deep dive into some of the features.
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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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    Litmos
    Some of the best online training I've taken from any LMS platform. It was well put together and kept me engaged the entire time. It has a good amount of HR Compliance mixed with soft skills training that the team liked. Overall, it has a robust online suite of training that any company can use.
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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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    Litmos
    We have done two implementations. The first wasn't completed by me, but the second was. I had to do a lot of data migration across from the first system into the new instance. This was really time-consuming, and it would have been great to have had an option for someone else to have completed this for us. Learning about the tool has also been up to us, and whilst the content was good, it was also high level and broad, and then getting into the specifics of our setup was really just left to us to complete on our own and have a go. We got there, but probably could have been faster with some additional support from a consultant.
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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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    Litmos
    I made a choice of this tool because of great review message on internet about the advantage of litmos. Also as cost is concerned I saw it to be favourable to me more than other which are Abit expensive. Litmos also have intuitive user interface which made me to fall for it.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Absorb Software Inc.
    Seems very expensive for limitations we have experienced.
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    Litmos
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Litmos
    Pretty easy to scale this LMS and can be deployed companywide in all departments for us. The team's function allows you build separate teams that can easily be assigned specific courses, so it makes it much easier to deploy
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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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    Litmos
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Litmos
    • For one of our product lines, what used to require 8-10 onboarding calls now only needs two and we are aiming to get that down to just one or potentially none. Customers can learn on demand using the courses we have constructed for them and continue their learning live with trainers.
    • By hosting all of our training in one place, we have made onboarding much more straightforward for employees — they can learn the product (same training we give customers) and also get their InfoSec and other training in one place.
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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.

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