LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) vs. Tessello

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Lynda.com (now offered as part of LinkedIn Learning) is an elearning course library acquired and now supported by LinkedIn in May 2015.N/A
Tessello
Score 9.4 out of 10
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Tessello is a corporate-focused learning management software solution offered by Brightwave. Tessello features include content discovery, usage analytics, tailored pathways, user-generated content, recommendations and incentives, focus on knowledge retention, and system integrations .N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)Tessello
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)Tessello
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
7.5
Ratings
13% below category average
Tessello
9.5
Ratings
15% above category average
Course authoring7.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Course catalog or library8.80 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Player/Portal8.30 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Learning content8.60 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications8.80 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics6.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Social learning6.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Gamification3.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile friendly00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Assignments00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Compliance management00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Learning administration00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
eLearning Content
Comparison of eLearning Content features of Product A and Product B
LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
6.3
Ratings
29% below category average
Tessello
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Ratings
Multi-Lingual Support5.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Structured Learning6.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Course Searches8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical Metrics4.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud-Based Content6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Automation & Integration5.70 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)Tessello
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
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9.4
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Likelihood to Renew
7.0
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Usability
8.0
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Support Rating
7.0
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Implementation Rating
7.0
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Configurability
8.0
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User Testimonials
LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)Tessello
Likelihood to Recommend
lynda.com is well-suited for an individual OR an enterprise. You can take learning on-the-go via mobile phone or tablet. Instructors are well-known industry experts. There is a tremendous amount of courses. Ideal self-directed learning library to supplement anyone's ILT-heavy learning strategy.
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This is the best ever learning, socialization, and collaboration product I have ever used in my career experience. It offers real-time analytics that helps us to plan and make effective decisions on effective performance. Since we deployed tessello we have organized campaigns that have lead to [an] increased customers pipeline to our company. It manages our digital learning platforms that empower our teams with great knowledge.
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Pros
  • An in-depth tutorial, training, and reviews.
  • An influx of information and specialists/experts available to help.
  • Online courses for a multitude of topics—we're talking hundreds of videos.
  • Able to take this on the go. Don't have to be in a desk at work to use lynda.com.
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  • Enhancement of collaboration across among team members
  • Provision of business analytics
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Cons
  • When they were acquired by LinkedIn, the next invoice barely noted the invoice was for Lynda.com. I at first thought it was a phishing attempt using LinkedIn as a front.
  • The invoice should be from the lynda.com domain and NOT from LinkedIn.
  • Account administrators should be able to change passwords, and see passwords, for the license entities they manage. Also, all email notices to users should be duplicated to account administrators.
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  • The current features performance have been awesome.
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Likelihood to Renew
It can help all employees learn to strengthen current skills or to learn new skills and then can learn to excel in their current department or they learn a new skills in a new department creating interconnection and cross-departmental value in a company.
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Usability
The platform is very easy to use and navigate, the content is clearly itemised via the Contents section and the video playback speed can be adjusted. It's also useful to have optional captions (I always use them) and a transcript for accessibility purposes.
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Support Rating
The technical team behind LinkedIn Learning (or Lynda.com) knows their job, and they usually solve problems very quickly. While I haven't had many run-ins with them (thus the low rating), I do find that when we call them, the problem gets resolved in a reasonable amount of time. The flip-side of this comment is that we never have needed to call them with a high-priority issue.
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Implementation Rating
By implementation we are able to achieve 1.Skill improvement 2.Reduced burden on training staff 3.Learning new market leading technologies like Generative AI.
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Alternatives Considered
Udemy for Business is a crapshoot. The consistency is non-existent. Some courses go incredibly deep, while other courses don't go deep enough. Even when we got a few free months of access to Udemy - I still couldn't find why I would use Udemy over LinkedIn Learning. Pluralsight is superior to LinkedIn Learning in programming/coding. They have a better library of content and more tests. What Pluralsight lacks is for non-developer skillsets. Buy Pluralsight for your devs. Coursera is not at all an option for the business environment. It follows the college model of delivering content slowly and without reason. Its focus is more on high-level possibilities, not real-world things you want to solve.
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We switched to tessello from its great features that support our learning system. The deployment process took us very minimal time and started running immediately. This product ensures that each employee performance is well monitored and when there is need for skill advancement it notifies our managers. The support team is always available when there is a problem and can easily guide via live chat.
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Return on Investment
  • I can't think of a negative impact that Lynda.com has when it relates to the extensive library of training software that is available to subscribers. I'm lucky that my job provides a free subscription for instructors. I use Lynda.com to hone in on my technical skills.
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  • It has brought positive ROI from the excellent performance of each learner.
  • It has generated new skills and advanced our employee performance.
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