ProProfs LMS Software vs. SilkRoad Learning

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ProProfs LMS Software
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
ProProfs LMS is a learning management system software that is designed to help instructors create and deliver online training courses. The LMS offers both businesses and educational institutions comprehensive training solutions by allowing them to create online courses, complemented by tests, surveys, polls and even a knowledge base.
$25
per month
SilkRoad Learning
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
SilkRoad Learning is a web-based LMS. The vendor advertises enterprise-level platform for addressing skills gaps and regulatory compliance, as well as ecommerce and mobile support. It can integrate with other SilkRoad offerings and 3rd party content.N/A
Pricing
ProProfs LMS SoftwareSilkRoad Learning
Editions & Modules
ESSENTIALS
$25
per month
PREMIUM
$38
per month
BUSINESS
$49
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ProProfs LMS SoftwareSilkRoad Learning
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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ProProfs LMS SoftwareSilkRoad Learning
Features
ProProfs LMS SoftwareSilkRoad Learning
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
ProProfs LMS Software
9.3
Ratings
12% above category average
SilkRoad Learning
8.6
Ratings
6% above category average
Course authoring8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Course catalog or library8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Player/Portal9.00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Learning content9.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Mobile friendly9.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Assignments10.00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Compliance management10.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Learning administration10.00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Social learning10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Schoology Learning
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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Enterprises
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
ProProfs LMS SoftwareSilkRoad Learning
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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8.1
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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3.6
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Usability
-
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8.0
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Availability
-
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8.0
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Performance
-
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7.0
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Support Rating
7.8
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7.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
4.0
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ProProfs LMS SoftwareSilkRoad Learning
Likelihood to Recommend
It is one amazing tool that you’d love to recommend to anyone. It makes online training easily manageable and secure, which is extremely important for academic counselors like us. In the middle of our busy schedules, if we get a tool that allows us to train people easily, confidently, and in a timely manner, nothing can be more exciting than this.
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GreenLight works well with tracking compliance training. During the selection process I would ask pointed questions about support. Our implementation went well (Dave M. did an excellent job) and the technical help is very good, however, it appears they are understaffed.
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Pros
  • Our larger projects are easy to manage now.
  • Easy video uploading helps us to entice the learners.
  • I love the fact that I can access the development and performance tracking within the same platform.
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  • GreenLight allows us to deliver training to employees based on the role they serve in the organization (nurses, physicians, clerical staff, etc.).
  • GreenLight allows for customized reporting to meet the needs of various stakeholders.
  • GreenLight allows us to deliver content to all employees for self-paced learning.
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Cons
  • ProProfs is very bland-looking, rather Web 1.0. They have a very limited-number of templates, and they are not customizable. If the company is making any money, I think they should try to make it as aesthetically pleasing as possible.
  • ProProfs quizzes are not responsive to devices. A quiz looks exactly the same on an iPhone as it does on a computer screen. Students live in a world where everything they access online is customized to the device they use, but a ProProfs quiz will have small type on an iPhone, and won't allow a zoom by pinching.
  • Uploading images, audio, and video when making a quiz is a time-consuming task. Takes a lot of clicks. And there's no way to see your own library of uploaded stuff, so when you want to use a previously-uploaded image, you can't just find it in your account and attach it, you have to upload the same image every time. It's tedious.
  • Other LMSs I've used in the past year, like BookWidgets and iSpring Quiz Maker have a good deal more variety of question types than ProProfs. For example, you can't touch, drag and drop an answer on a blank from a word bank with a ProProfs quiz. Matching-type questions in ProProfs are limited to drop-down menu choices or radio buttons. There's no HTML5 magic at work.
  • ProProfs support is not bad (response within a day), but they can't explain frequent glitches that occur. Example: Nearly every time a class takes a quiz, there's ONE student who presses "submit" and their answers don't get submitted; instead, the loading circle just keeps rotating and the student panics, and then the student has to press refresh on their web browser, and --sometimes, but not always-- all their responses are erased and they have to take the quiz again. And there's nothing that a teacher can do. It's dreadful. Tell ProProfs about it, and they dodge the bullet because I wasn't able to give them enough info they required (e.g. what kind of phone?, what kind of OS?, what version?, was the device facing North?, etc).
  • ProProfs UI has not changed significantly in the 4 years I've been using them. I get the feeling that they're not trying hard enough.
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  • The words that are used in GreenLight are ridiculous. I know they've said they will update this but it has yet to be done. Words like 'intervention' and 'stem' leave me scratching my head.
  • The learning curve is HUGE. They have made strides in this area with an improved support site, but when you're first learning it, it feels like you're trying to climb Mt. Everest. This does speak to all the LMS offers, but I think some things take too many steps to accomplish.
  • Training events are not instructor friendly. You can set them up and easily make them available for users to find, but something as small as the instructor being able to click a button and send an email to everyone that signed up should be in there. There's no function for contact.
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Likelihood to Renew
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The main reason we will renew is because, after this lengthy and expensive process, we have too much invested to change again in the near future.
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Usability
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I have a better understanding of the system and so it is easier for me to use. The student side is very easy and simple for anyone to use.
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Reliability and Availability
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There have been many times when the site was unavailable for a short time. Also, glitches and unexplained ed activity such as sending training notifications out to terminated employees.
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Performance
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It works well most of the time.
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Support Rating
There are many tools out there but what is unique about ProProfs is it involves minimal learning curve. That’s one of the things we look for when adopting an application. This is significant considering the fact the tool comes with a large set of features and mastering them could have taken a huge amount of time. Fortunately, it is not so with ProProfs.
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The questions regarding how to implement in the system are answered quickly and efficiently. If there is an issue with the technical side or integrations it takes forever to get results and after much escalating.
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Online Training
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some are thorough and others are not. I like that they are available for review.
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Alternatives Considered
ProProfs is a good choice for teachers who want something that's a step-up from Moodle, but it doesn't dazzle the student like HTML5-based quizzes do. It's a reasonably-priced, overall reliable LMS.
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In my opinion, no comparison. GreenLight is a much smoother platform, providing a more stable user experience, with less bugs, less software conflicts, and better support. I have developed and published dozens of eCourses on this platform, and it really shines. In addition, the suite of integrated products from SilkRoad Technologies (Red Carpet, Open Hire, and WingSpan) really impress when combined with the strength of GreenLight.
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Scalability
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The system went down/offline for 5 or 6 days in January. This is the month we have 3400 employees taking annual required training. It had several glitches afterwards that took months to correct.
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Return on Investment
  • The training being measurable, we can easily identify knowledge gaps and bridge them then and there.
  • We can reuse the same training materials for similar programs in the future with slight modifications.
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  • seems to have made sure that all out short term contract staff are more on the same level and can access various lists, documents they need from training in a way that fees up admin time.
  • 100% of people interacted with it in someway, in the end no one had trouble understanding how it worked
  • seemed to help with our duel learning delivery goals but too soon to tell just yet
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