Coursera vs. KnowBe4 Compliance Plus

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Coursera
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Coursera is an online catalog of learning content, available to businesses to help them to strengthen critical skills, Develop, retain, and advance critical talent, or use role-based assessments to identify skills gaps and advancement opportunities.
$399
per year per user (for less than 125 employees)
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
KnowBe4's Compliance Plus training combines interactive real-life simulated scenarios to help teach users how to respond in a challenging situation. The content addresses difficult and sometimes chaotic topics like sexual harassment, diversity and inclusion, discrimination, and business ethics. Compliance Plus includes various types of media formats and reinforcement materials to support an organization's compliance training program.
$0.54
per month (billed annually) per seat
Pricing
CourseraKnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Editions & Modules
Coursera for Teams
$399
per year per user (for less than 125 employees)
Coursera for Business
Contact Sales
3001-5000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
$0.54
per month (billed annually) per seat
2001-3000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
$0.62
per month (billed annually) per seat
1001-2000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
$0.71
per month (billed annually) per seat
501-1000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
$0.82
per month (billed annually) per seat
101-500 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
$0.93
per month (billed annually) per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CourseraKnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFor organizations larger than 5,000 seats, please contact KnowBe4 for a quote. Compliance Plus is a monthly per seat price, billed annually.
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Community Pulse
CourseraKnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Features
CourseraKnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Learning Management
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Coursera
8.8
Ratings
3% above category average
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
7.7
Ratings
10% below category average
Course authoring8.90 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Course catalog or library9.10 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Player/Portal8.90 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Learning content9.50 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications9.20 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Social learning8.90 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Gamification00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
eLearning Content
Comparison of eLearning Content features of Product A and Product B
Coursera
-
Ratings
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
8.1
Ratings
4% below category average
Multi-Lingual Support00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Structured Learning00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Course Searches00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Historical Metrics00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Cloud-Based Content00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Automation & Integration00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
User Ratings
CourseraKnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CourseraKnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Likelihood to Recommend
It's absolutely ideal for programming. Today, most programming environments are available for free and enthusiasts can tinker with programming on their own. But Coursera structures that process and presents iteratively more complex assignments to the student. I found it useful for non-programming. I took a refresher Calculus course and the user was able to enter solutions symbolically which I found impressive.
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The entire suite does well to accommodate any compliance training needs my organization has. It is easy to configure, maintain, and create reporting on. We have it enabled to be managed by our HR team for HR related trainings and our tech admins oversee any other requirements that our teams may have. Overall a solid product.
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Pros
  • Coursera's courses are extremely good. They are well designed and being a full time employee I really appreciate the fact of how well they are designed.
  • They have made sure that everybody gets enough time to complete it.
  • There is an active community which is very helpful. No matter how good a teaching material is, you might always need extra help. This community can answer your question. And also this becomes extremely relevant if you are taking programming courses
  • There are assignments to test your skills. This is a great way to evaluate yourself. At this point if you feel like you haven't understood something, you can always go back and refer the videos. Most of these assignments can be applied to real world problems as well which is great
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  • Easy to find training modules
  • Modules are short enough to keep user attention span
  • Material within those modules are easy to understand
  • The quizzes aren't stressful to the point of fearing to fail
  • Content stays fresh, modules retire and new ones that are updated are released
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Cons
  • If you leave the projects for the weekends, your Sunday nights could be a drag. But I list this as a benefit also, it enforces discipline on the learning process.
  • I hope Coursera continues to offer no-cost and low-cost learning opportunities.
  • I honestly can't think of any serious deficiency in the product. I am a huge fan.
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  • perhaps some pre-built content packages as template starters would be helpful
  • some better explanation of what features exist in which places and how they work
  • content customization of what topics I want under my eyes and which I do not - to cut down on the selections ("Do not show this again" or "Hide this" or "Save as a Favorite")
  • more functionality to save content topics into personal collections for later use
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Likelihood to Renew
It’s marvelous.
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We do simply love all the products . This is the best platform we have ever used . Employees like the variety of all the module. We love the fact they are offered in so many languages. The in house produced series is so interesting. The employees no longer feel like it’s arduous.
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Usability
User-friendly and developer-friendly Web UI.
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From the admin side, the layout of KnowBe4 Compliance Plus is very user friendly and allows you to setup what is needed when it comes to different trainings, automatically assigning trainings to users if they've failed simulations, etc. The reporting makes it easy to identify who might need additional training. For the users, the interface clearly shows what trainings have been assigned and the deadline to complete those trainings, lets you know what trainings have already been complete, etc. It lays it out very simple to make it easy to understand for everyone.
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Reliability and Availability
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It's always available. We have rarely encountered any issues at all. The fact that we have an assigned account manager, ensures we are getting very rapid responses and acknowledgement. This person quickly escalates any issues to the technical team and we usually get a resolution within a day or two
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Performance
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Everything loads quite rapidly, and this has never been an issue. The automated summary reports that are sent to me remove me from even having to go run them. I love this platform. It's changed the way I work, and we have used a few different platforms in the past. Anybody looking should look no further. This is the best! Forget the rest.
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Support Rating
I’ve used it a couple of times and... that did great. They take their time, but in the end they solve your issues.
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Our Customer Success Manager is amazingly helpful and responsive. She meets with us every month to go over new features and help us with campaigns. Also, when we email her with questions, she usually turns around an answer in a couple of hours and never longer than a day. KnowBe4 Compliance Plus has dedicated people who really take care of their customers after the sale.
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Online Training
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Great modules geared to adults
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Implementation Rating
Coursera is familiar, intuitive, compatible and easy to use and implement.
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It was goood. It required tech support from both sides but it was not hard
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Alternatives Considered
We've looked at or used many different LMS platforms including Blackboard, Learnshare, Canvas, Cornerstone, SABA, and many others. Each has its pros & cons but I feel Coursera given its brand recognition and built-in following it's a great value for any organization. I would not want to build out an entire MBA or other MASTERS level online program on it but it is a great way to allow potential students to experience your institutions content for a low price (of free).
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KnowBe4 has cornered the market on phishing simulation training, but their real gem is their training platform. The platform is super easy to setup, manage, and has great automation tools. Makes management trivial and if for some reason you do have an issue, their support team is top notch and will help you solve any problem or use case you might need
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
We love the variety of training available. The training is available in available in numerous languages for our international business. There is always new training is constantly being released. Our users find the training entertaining yet informative. We love pushing out training on a monthly basis and making it smaller chunks. This really resonates with our busy employees. It's great that we have so much selection and that it is broken down in small chunks. I get excited when I see new training. It really gives me comfort knowing that KnowBe4 is staying on top of current and evolving trends, and rapidly releasing content. AI is occurring almost everywhere we look these days, and it's great to see freshly released content coming out a very regular basis. Being able to target different divisions within our organization with targeted job specific training is a game changer. We even have our board of directors taking training designed for executives. The tracking and the reporting also really help show the improvement, and those that need more work. The fact that we can automate training that are launched when users start within our organization also eliminated the need for manual intervention, giving me my time back as an administrator
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Return on Investment
  • The greatest benefit of Coursera is access to quality courses on various subjects that you can either browse or dive in deeply. Customizable, flexible and accessible.
  • Helps our department to recommend trainees courses on this website and gain important knowledge. Also, the courses are provided by big-name universities which helps students in their careers
  • Developing and exploring professional skills.
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  • The time saved looking for, reviewing, distributing and tracking learning/training sessions has greatly reduced as we moved to KnowBe4 Compliance Plus Dashboard. Everything is in one place and new content comes out often.
  • Individualized, train at your own pace, sessions have been a big plus for our employees. No more sitting in a classroom with others. They can now do it whenever it fits their schedule/workload.
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ScreenShots

KnowBe4 Compliance Plus Screenshots

Screenshot of the Compliance Plus library, which includes content from multiple training publishers and comes with various types of media formats.Screenshot of the Compliance Plus training module, which is accessible through the ModStore.