MadCap Xyleme vs. Seismic Learning

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MadCap Xyleme
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Xyleme is a robust Component and Learning Content Management Solution dedicated to providing users with an easy and safe way to create and disseminate learning materials and other business-related content. It comes equipped with several features that focus on creating a central, single source of truth for an organization’s content.N/A
Seismic Learning
Score 6.8 out of 10
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Seismic Learning (formerly Lessonly, acquired by Seismic in August 2021), is a learning management system (LMS). The vendor emphasizes eLearning for client-facing skills, as well as a drag-and-drop interface. Lessonly supports customizable learning paths and corporate onboarding processes.N/A
Pricing
MadCap XylemeSeismic Learning
Editions & Modules
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Pro
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Pro + Coaching
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Enterprise Learning for Global Teams
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MadCap XylemeSeismic Learning
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
MadCap Xyleme
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Ratings
Seismic Learning
6.8
Ratings
18% below category average
Course authoring00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Course catalog or library00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Player/Portal00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Learning content00 Ratings3.20 Ratings
Mobile friendly00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Assignments00 Ratings2.40 Ratings
Compliance management00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Learning administration00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Social learning00 Ratings2.20 Ratings
User Ratings
MadCap XylemeSeismic Learning
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
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6.3
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Likelihood to Renew
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9.0
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Usability
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8.0
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Support Rating
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9.7
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User Testimonials
MadCap XylemeSeismic Learning
Likelihood to Recommend
Well-suited:
  1. Building and keeping up to date modular content (blocks).
  2. Maintaining and updating large content library where meaning team members might be working on the same content but using the content in different context (e.g. learning and internal comms).
  3. Creating learning content by new/recently onboarded team members.
  4. Create simple learning courses with some level of interactively, medium interactivity (tabs, image maps, slider reveal images), create different types of knowledge checks/assessments from multiple choice to drag and drop activities); embed videos and other HTML elements .
  5. Integrate with LMS, apply SCORM rules etc
  6. Better to use in combination with other media creation tools like Vyond, Storyline. Some things can get tricky (compatibility).
Less appropriate: 1. If you need to build highly interactive learning experience 2. When you don't have a team member you can dedicate specifically to customize templates in Xyleme for your organizational needs (looks, functionality etc.) or and to train team members on this software. You'd need someone on your team to collaborate with Xyleme closely to customize functions for your organization's needs. 3. When #2 and you want a modern/in trend looking output and not willing to compromise on what it looks and feels.
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Lessonly can be used anywhere a digital learning system works. We use a mix of hands-on training and curriculum. For training our photographers, they go through the lessons with a camera on the desk to test with and tangibly learn what they are reading. Same with our production teams, we have physical representations of the camera cards and order forms that they will be dealing with on a daily basis to help solidify the training they are receiving from Lessonly. It frees up our full-time staff to get prepared for the new season. Once the new hires are done with their assigned lessons, they are ready to start shadowing staff. All of the training and shadowing is done in one day and they are ready to hit the ground running on day two! Lessonly has greatly increased our productivity.
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Pros
  • content reuse (linked content modules). Update content block in one place and it updates in all the other places where this block is used (linked)
  • easy to train on and onboard new team members
  • flexibility of output templates
  • web-based tool - easy to develop directly from browser
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  • Open to feedback and ideas and constantly innovating and iterating on their product to serve new needs that arise
  • Making me feel like more than just a customer: They aren't transactional and focus on building the relationship and making me feel heard.
  • Extremely easy to use product so building content takes little time, and I can leverage other subject matter experts to build content as well.
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Cons
  • several features advertised as device agnostic or mobile friendly do not work properly on mobile
  • finicky in many ways, sometimes you need to tinker with details for to long to make things work properly
  • many UI solutions/elements that are not intuitive at all (even using the tool almost every day you need to make effort to remember how things are done)
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  • When editing a reveal or flip card, the image and text are backwards. The text is on the top and the image is on the bottom when you are editing. But when you publish the lesson, they switch and the photo will be on the top and the text will be on the bottom.
  • Their customer service agents are incredibly friendly and helpful, it will just often be a while before someone is able to respond and assist you.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Worried about its acquisition by Seismic and hope that they don't change the product or the terms drastically.
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Usability
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Extremely easy to use. I was up and running with my team almost instantly. Working at a small company, we didn't have a lot of dev/engineering resources. Having a tool like Lessonly helped me instantly export information to my team without any additional delay from internal departments
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Support Rating
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This is one of the main reasons I keep going back to Lessonly. The customer service is some of the best I've ever experienced. From the sales process to the work with your customer success rep, Lessonly by far beats out the competitors in this area.
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Alternatives Considered
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MindTickle was hated by our users - company switched to Lessonly before I arrived. Allego and Docebo both seem to have fundamentally different uses - mostly for hive-mind knowledge collection among salespeople, which may be helpful, but can't be scaled to the entire organization, and not suited to top-down training requirements. We may eventually purchase to supplement Lessonly, not replace it
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Return on Investment
  • train and onboard new learning developers on the team quickly and get them started to create courses
  • ROI - don't have access to this information
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  • Lessonly has allowed for easier dissemination of information which has helped with employee engagement among our remote employees.
  • Finding creative ways to use Lessonly has allowed us to keep everyone aligned on our cultural values.
  • Using Lessonly within a live training event allows for higher learner engagement.
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ScreenShots

MadCap Xyleme Screenshots

Screenshot of A snapshot of how Xyleme users can create content in a single location and publish it to multiple locations