Compare PiiQ and Brightspace - Oct 2023

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - PiiQ or Brightspace?

Brightspace is more expensive to implement (TCO) than PiiQ, and PiiQ is rated higher (92/100) than Brightspace (79/100). Brightspace offers users more features (7) than PiiQ (3).

Looking for the right Cloud LMS solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

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Who is more expensive? PiiQ or Brightspace?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Cloud LMS software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for PiiQ and Brightspace.

PiiQ price starts at $8 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 PiiQ is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Cloud LMS software. Brightspace price starts at $15,000 per year , When comparing Brightspace to its competitors, the software is rated 10 - much higher than the average Cloud LMS software cost.

Bottom line: Brightspace is more expensive than PiiQ.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared PiiQ Vs. Brightspace based on some of the most important and required Cloud LMS features.

PiiQ: Business performance management, Custom Appraisal Forms, Self-Appraisals.

Brightspace: LMS, Communications, Blended Learning, Course Authoring, eLearning.

Target customer size

PiiQ's typical customers include: Medium business, Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises.