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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Articulate 360

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AArticulate 360 is an e-learning platform for creating workplace training. Users can build engaging courses with AI-enhanced authoring, simplify collaboration, and quickly share content. A subscription includes robust onboarding resources and access to a community of 1.5M pros.

    $1,124

    per year

    iSpring Suite

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AiSpring Suite helps users build courses that are mobile-ready and adaptive. It’s integrated with PowerPoint, so users can create the…

    $970

    per year per user

    Pricing
    Articulate 360iSpring Suite
    Editions & Modules
    Articulate 360 Standard - Academic - Teams Plan
    $1,124
    per year
    Articulate 360 Standard - Personal Plan
    $1,199
    per year
    Articulate 360 AI - Personal Plan
    $1,449
    per year
    Articulate 360 Standard - Teams Plan
    $1,499
    per year
    Articulate 360 AI - Teams Plan
    $1,749
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Articulate 360iSpring Suite
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIf you’re new to Articulate 360, you can try it out free of charge for 30 days. After the trial period is over, you can subscribe to one of our packages. Articulate 360 is available on the Articulate website and through Articulate Authorized Resellers.Academic, non-profit, government and volume discounts are available.
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    Community Pulse
    Articulate 360iSpring Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    Chose Articulate 360
    Articulate 360 is easier to navigate, share across teams and is more powerful than any of the tools I mentioned.
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    Articulate makes collaborating and working within online learning creation so simple.
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    It's literally better at everything. Except for text to speech, which is butts.
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    iSpring gets me branching scenarios. I really wish it'd do branching video though. Genially is much more visually appealing but it's not as powerful as Storyline. dominKnow was at the forefront of responsive design, but as soon as Storyline incorporated that it lost its …
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    iSpring, I believe, was inspired by Articulate 360 upon their first launch. Triggers were intuitive to use and easily captured PowerPoint animations and triggers when importing them into the system.
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    Articulate has a higher price point, but met more of our development needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    Articulate is way more user friendly and not as complex as some of the other tools on the market.
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    It is better for content authoring and we can upload the SCORM file directly to our LMS.
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    There’s no comparison, I think that when you do one thing or concentrate on one aspect, you can only get better at it! That’s why Articulate does.
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    The winning factor for Articulate 360 Rise was the ease of use and compatibility with Mac. I like the other 2, but iSpring requires a Windows-based computer and Captivate is pricier. Some other members of my organization use Articulate 360 Storyline, but I choose not to. It's …
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    Most of the other software don't have as many templates as Articulate 360. They are not as easy to use. Also, once you get an Articulate subscription, unless another software has a low price point or offers something unique there is no reason to change. I have not been …
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    Articulate 360 does stack up to iSpring, however, iSpring was more willing to help during COVID-19. Adobe Presenter does help, however, it struggles with its library of graphics. As for course building, I have tried CourseArc (more like a Learning Management System), WhizCabin …
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    Articulate has several complementary software to create different types of courses, however, iSpring can only create adaptive but non-responsive courses. iSpring has its advantages to produce very fast courses, but Articulate has many extra functions that allow you to customize …
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    Articulate 360 provided a better experience than any of the other software programs out there that offered similar functionality. It was far easier to use than something like Captivate, while being similarly feature-rich. At the same time, it didn't lack the features of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    For the features and the price, you can't go wrong with Articulate 360. With the full suite of products, I have found that I use Rise to create simple courses and Storyline for more complex ones. After trialing Captivate and Storyline side by side, I found that creating was …
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    Articulate really has market hold and for me, it’s primarily because of the overall usability and features compared to competing tools.
    Incentivized
    iSpring Solutions, Inc
    Chose iSpring Suite
    Articulate 360 offers Storyline in their suite, which is a much better tool for customized and advanced e-learning development, iSpring could compete with them in the field of responsive authoring tool (iSpring Page) and tools for stakeholder's reviewing.

    Considering conversion …
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    Compared to other applications, iSpring Suite is based on PowerPoint and therefore on a familiar way of working for creating content for knowledge transfer. This basis facilitates a very simple and uncomplicated transition to the new tool for new users. New users are quickly …
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    So much simpler. Integrates well with PowerPoint so there is little learning curve. Articulate is more powerful but that level of detail is not required for most applications. The learning curve with Articulate is much larger.
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    We have chosen iSpring Suite over Articulate partially due to cost but also iSpring Suite does not distort the PowerPoint templates we have made as it does not import them into itself rather it becomes a part of PowerPoint.
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    When comparing features, price point and ease of use, there was no question which I was choosing. iSpring Suite offered more features and was the easiest to use. Additionally, it was one of the most cost conscious choices. It was a no brainer!
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    iSpring Suite is far superior.
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    lower cost, instant usability.
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    For us, it's really important to have the freedom to innovate by freeing our creativity through the functions offered by iSpring Suite. Other solutions don't offer the same flexibility as iSpring Suite, and for us this was an important factor in our choice of the Ispring …
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    A more attractive price, an easier-to-use platform for user monitoring and content publishing. Customer service is easily accessible in case of difficulty.
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    Captivate is too complicated to use, you need a lot of knowledge in this tool to get good results, it is also quite expensive and you need a very powerful computer for it to work. Articulate is easier to use than Captivate, but it is also expensive and the learning curve is …
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    iSprings offers competitive pricing and more value for your purchase.
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    I found this software more difficult to use, and had a steep learning curve, where I did not find this with iSpring Suite. Honestly could not believe how easy it was to use and get going. Support was great to get going with lots of webinars to watch for each type of content you …
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    Ultimately, I selected iSpring Suite because of the ease of use and small learning curve. I needed to be able to start creating content immediately, and after doing trial periods with iSpring as well as some of the other options, it was clear that I could be up and running the …
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    I like the webinars and the customer support available with ispring.
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    For our use, much better!
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    I chose iSpring because of its minimal learning curve and all its automated features.
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    iSpring is superior in ease of use and speed of development.
    iSpring is easier to learn and implement.
    iSpring has the best support of any tool I have used.
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    When we were working with Articulate we needed some technical experts to create javascript commands to make courses, so we needed 3 weeks at least to finish one of them. With iSpring Suite, you just need to work with PowerPoint, and you can create a great course in just 1 week!
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    iSpring is a much easier product to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    We found that the price point comparison was vastly different from some competitors. iSpring is a relatively cheap authoring tool but delivers so much capability for the price. It may not have the capability of some other tools, but it also has a very small learning curve, …
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    Both of the above-mentioned products are pricier and while they may deliver more advanced featured, iSpring is capable of delivering satisfactory results.
    Incentivized
    Chose iSpring Suite
    The main advantage of iSpring over its competitors is the speed with which you can create a SCORM course with it. With the use of Powerpoint as a base program, everything is very easy and fast to design. In our case, customers needed to virtualize a lot of content from their …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    98%
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    User Ratings
    Articulate 360iSpring Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (432 ratings)
    9.0
    (113 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (21 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (286 ratings)
    8.3
    (55 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (27 ratings)
    9.3
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Articulate 360iSpring Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    I've been using Articulate for about 13 years and it has continually improved over the years. I appreciate all of the updates/changes that have occurred. For me, Articulate products are super easy to learn and use. The more you use them the better you become. When I began my current job the training modules were in Lectora, which I found to be extremely archaic and cumbersome. I was able to get Articulate and transferred all 56 modules over to Storyline because it is so much easier to use. I recently moved all of my modules over to Rise and use Storyline to create the module scenarios. It works like a charm. I cannot imagine using a different application to do what I do.
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    iSpring Solutions, Inc
    iSpring Suite gives me a platform to easily create training courses for any number of subjects, custom-designed to fit my workplace. I can include quizzes that allow me to track both the completion rate of the course and the success rate of the training. Its user-friendliness stands out and makes my role as Training Director much easier on a day-to-day basis.
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    Pros
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    • So Articulate does very well with usability, so it's a very easy product to use. I've had to onboard an employee who was able to learn the program within a month, I think was amazing, and they were able to create the first course within five months of working at the company. So if that's not a testament to how easy it is to use, I don't know what is.
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    iSpring Solutions, Inc
    • Great range of images to use to show real people in the slides across the slideset because of the number of different actions they are doing
    • Support is easy to access and always helpful with easy to understand advice as well as links to further knowledge
    • Recording narration and editing within the iSpring Suite presentation makes it easy to use this function as a novice.
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    Cons
    Articulate Global, Inc.
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    iSpring Solutions, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Likelihood to Renew
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    I haven't seen any other platform for developing learning materials that is as comprehensive or as reliable as Articulate has proven to be for our use. Because our group has a number of PowerPoint power users, the PowerPoint integration with Articulate is particularly beneficial.
    Incentivized
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    iSpring Solutions, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    I rate Articulate 360's usability at a 10 because. First, the UI is easy to understand. I don't spend precious time searching for the right tool. The UI is laid out beautifully and simple. If there is hidden features, I have not needed them or looked for them. In my opinion, anyone used to working with software will have no trouble using Articulate.
    Incentivized
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    iSpring Solutions, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    I love how when there is any downtime that the user can still access the tool
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    iSpring Solutions, Inc
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    Performance
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    Pages load fast, the videos play normally, and I haven't seen any delays in the system
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    iSpring Solutions, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    I rate the overall support for Articulate 360 ​​with a 9. On the one hand because of the smooth and accurate support from Articulate's support team (usually within 24 hours) and on the other because of the commitment / use of a community (e-learning Heroes) where I have all kinds of insights from other helpful users.
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    iSpring Solutions, Inc
    Great software is only exceeded by their fantastic support. Prompt responses, complete with clearly outlined steps to follow, are just the beginning. There are tremendous resources and continual webinars to challenge what we think we know about the iSpring Suite. I often use PowerPoint to lay out marketing slides, add music and narration, then publish them as an MP4 video. I can count on iSpring support to assist me when I need help.
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    In-Person Training
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    The instructors don't know how to use it.
    Incentivized
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    iSpring Solutions, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    The online training options given by the online tutorials, forums, and "E-Learning Heroes" community are simply awesome. Examples galore, easy to understand descriptions including step-by-step guides, images, occasionally videos, and the "Articulate Insiders" sub-community give you more materials to learn about Storyline than you are likely to be able to read.
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    iSpring Solutions, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    Outside of having to dedicate a powerful enough PC for the installation and having to update Flash in our browsers there really isn't much pain involved in using Articulate. For the most part this is an easy to implement and roll-out product. The installation occurs quickly and smoothly with no additional steps needed.
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    iSpring Solutions, Inc
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    Alternatives Considered
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    Articulate is vastly superior to Microsoft Powerpoint in many ways. Obviously, for computer-based training, Articulate is in a category of its own, but even for facilitated training, the different features like variables, layers, and states give it an edge over PowerPoint. The recent addition of the morph function to articulate really eliminated the last function in which PowerPoint was superior.
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    iSpring Solutions, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    Easy to use. Cheap. It has a lot of features.
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    iSpring Solutions, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    • More accessible course creation. We actually built our business strategy training, which is kind of unique for our line of business that we even have this arm. The strategy is to essentially maximize Rise, maximize Storyline, and its ability to quickly customize slide by slide and voiceover to build a base library of content that kind of goes along within 80 20, what most of our users use as a process. Then approach new customers and be able to turn around content relatively quickly because we can go side by side and make updates as needed, whether that's quickly to screenshots, adding their policy points, just altering a couple of layers and we can create custom content. So I guess risk mitigation, but really it's our primary strategy.
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    iSpring Solutions, Inc
    • The ROI on this product has been great
    • It has enhance my reputation personally within the organization. This has led to other departments requesting me by name to head up eLearning development projects, even delaying their own deadlines to ensure that I am involved.
    • Other than a few duds (I let some inexperienced vocal talent slip thru in the heat of multiple conflicting deadlines), learner feedback has skyrocketed over that developed before I became involved and standardized the effort on iSpring
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    Articulate 360 Screenshots

    Screenshot of Creating a course in RiseScreenshot of Articulate 360Screenshot of Storyline 360Screenshot of Rise 360Screenshot of Content Library 360Screenshot of Review 360

    iSpring Suite Screenshots

    Screenshot of iSpring SuiteScreenshot of the customizable course player — the layout can be changed as desired.Screenshot of a role-playScreenshot of course interactionsScreenshot of the online collaboration toolScreenshot of Video lessons and screencasts