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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AGrovo's product included instructional videos and assessments, and the SaaS platform that they live on top of. The videos follow a microlearning methodology which increases learner retention. Grovo is now fully integrated into CornerStone's LMS.

    $149

    per month

    Skillsoft Leadership Development Program

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ASkillsoft offers their Leadership Development Program, with a number of course offerings featuring scenarios and model behavior, reflection exercises and other curricula to train learning or first-time managers.N/A
    Pricing
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMSSkillsoft Leadership Development Program
    Editions & Modules
    Light Academy
    $149.00
    per month
    Professional Academy
    $249.00
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMSSkillsoft Leadership Development Program
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsConsulting and integration services are part of the product, not an additional feature.
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    Community Pulse
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMSSkillsoft Leadership Development Program
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    Chose Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
    Grovo had the best content, cleanest looking website and most affordable pricing for our purposes.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMSSkillsoft Leadership Development Program
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS and Skillsoft Leadership Development Program
    Feature
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
    7.6
    2 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Skillsoft Leadership Development Program
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring8.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content6.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications8.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMSSkillsoft Leadership Development Program
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMSSkillsoft Leadership Development Program
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    Skillsoft
    They have a large library - make sure you clearly study the library offerings and choose the courses that are best for you as you will never be able to use all of them. Make sure you survey your user base before purchasing the licensing of the library courses so the courses are 'marked' with an employee in mind to keep costs minimized. Only purchase the Books 24x7 if you have a large IT department - otherwise you might want to lease a smaller content portion. Their Leadership Development, Project Management, business series and critical thinking and technical products are exceptional.
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    Pros
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    Skillsoft
    • Covers a wide-breadth of topics ranging from desktop / office skills to communications skills to leadership development
    • Offers knowledge portals (Knowledge Centers) around specific topic areas such as Management Development, Six Sigma, Professional Foundations, Sales, etc - that aggregate content from the large Skillsoft resources and present it in a way that is both meaningful and relevant to the learners. Plus, they have editors update the featured topic each month.
    • Include a wide variety of learning media such as eLearning courses, books, book summaries and videos.
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    Cons
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    Skillsoft
    • The platform does have room to improve their response time for assistance. Depending on the issue an internal "help team may be required"
    • They removed what was called "knowledge centers" which could be summed up as an accumulation of books, courses, exams, practice exams, articles and basically any asset within the platform surrounded by a particular subject. This was a great benefit to some of our customer. It was a one-stop-shop but now you would need to search independently for all of those assets.
    • Because the platforms library can be customized its a bit of a struggle to have certain assets changed or modified within Skillsoft. You basically are on their time when it comes to updates or any major changes you as a customer would like to make.
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    Skillsoft
    I would recommend to renew as this is part of our employee development goals and we make a strong commitment to develop employees' people skills. I think SkillSoft has a very innovative approach to develop people's interpersonal skills other than traditional classroom learning.
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    Usability
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    Skillsoft
    The integration between the main Skillsoft portal and Books24x7 could use improvement. Most users don't realize there is actually a separate books portal because the link to it is not that visible. Yet, once they discover it, they realize that the books portal is actually easier to use to search for books, ebook summaries, and videos.
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    Support Rating
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    Skillsoft
    Very responsive, knowledge and helpful. They are always focused on ensuring they are doing the very best to support our success.
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    Implementation Rating
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    Skillsoft
    Just that it takes a village. It cannot be done alone. Everyone needs to know what you are doing and what their role is in the implementation. Tightly managing the project management schedule and resources is important in ensuring that everything gets done on time, and with quality. Education is KEY
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    The elephant in the room for me, would be TreeHouse. Grovo is very similar to TreeHouse in the fact that they're both programs with lesson tracks, simple and short videos, as well as progress trackers. I would have to say that I enjoyed learning coding on TreeHouse over Grovo, based on the wide variety of native coding languages they have implemented. Grovo, although extremely similar and easy to use as well, doesn't stack up to TreeHouse in my opinion. Grove does, however, beat out Lynda in my humble opinion
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    Skillsoft
    We chose SkillSoft for the overall ease of use for both our users and our administrators and have a great value proposition. We have continued our contracts for the same reasons and the relationship we have built with our Learning Consultant and Account Representative.
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    Return on Investment
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    Skillsoft
    • The ability to have on-demand training saves money in not having to have an in-house trainer.
    • Employees can complete training on their own time (even at home), so if they need more time for a training, they can complete it on their own time.
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    ScreenShots

    Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS Screenshots

    Screenshot of The primary admin dashboardScreenshot of The library of Grovo contentScreenshot of The course building toolScreenshot of Assignment optionsScreenshot of Choosing an assignment