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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

    Smartcat

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASmartcat combines translation automation technologies with communication capabilities to help users not only automate workflows but also find needed freelance specialists. Originally a product of ABBYY, Smartcat became an independent product, and company, in 2016.

    $1,188

    per year

    Pricing
    Articulate 360Smartcat
    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
    Basic
    $1188
    per year
    Enterprise
    Custom
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Articulate 360Smartcat
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    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.
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    Community Pulse
    Articulate 360Smartcat
    Considered Both Products
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    Chose Articulate 360
    Articulate 360 offers the best overall coverage for designing elearning at scale. We tend to use other solution such as MURF, Smartcat, and Synthesia in concert with Articulate 360 to create a superior overall learning experience.
    Incentivized
    Chose Articulate 360
    I think Articulate 360 is light years ahead of this product. There is no comparison what so ever.
    Incentivized
    Smartcat
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    310 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    264 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    305 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    194 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    211 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Articulate 360Smartcat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (432 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (286 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (27 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
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    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Articulate 360Smartcat
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Smartcat
    ABBY SmartCAT is truly a universal solution that can fit any type of organization from freelancers flying solo, to small team of translators and large translation agencies. Anyone who wants to establish themselves as a professional translator can benefit greatly from the CAT tool that SmartCAT offers absolutely free of charge, while teams will surely appreciate the collaborative features that make it possible to work simultaneously with other translators, proofreaders, editors and QA experts on a single project.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Smartcat
    • Segmentation.
    • Translation overall quality.
    • Customer service.
    • Pricing.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Smartcat
    • Performance has been an issue initially. Sometimes it takes longer for some things to load and it can be frustrating.
    • UI seems a bit confusing at times. For example, I don't understand why I need to have a translator's profile when I'm clearly a project manager.
    • Their support team can take a long time to reply which often crucial for urgent projects.
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    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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    Smartcat
    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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    Smartcat
    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
    Incentivized
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    Smartcat
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    Pages load fast, the videos play normally, and I haven't seen any delays in the system
    Incentivized
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    Smartcat
    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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    Smartcat
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    The instructors don't know how to use it.
    Incentivized
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    Smartcat
    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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    Smartcat
    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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    Smartcat
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Smartcat
    I regularly use the two other products and appreciate Smartcat including more features than MateCat, such as storing of projects and contact with agencies and clients.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Articulate Global, Inc.
    Easy to use. Cheap. It has a lot of features.
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    Smartcat
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Smartcat
    • Translation memories and CAT tool help us ensure maximum consistency in our translations which is always appreciated by clients.
    • Team collaboration made it easier for us to grow our business and take on bigger projects, which brings us more revenue.
    • Payment solution helps us save money on wire transfer fees which is always great when working with multiple freelancers.
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