Pluralsight - Top Competitors (Mar 2022)

Pluralsight Review
ITQlick Score: 89/100
ITQlick Rating:
Pricing: 6.4/10 - high cost
Category: LMS -> Pluralsight review -> Pluralsight competitors
Ranking:Ranked 17 out of 618 LMS systems
Company: Pluralsight
Pricing: starts at $38 per user/month
Typical customers: Medium and large size businesses
Platforms: Desktop, Cloud
Links: Pluralsight review, Pluralsight pricing guide
Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 23, 2022

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Pluralsight vs. Alternatives in 2023

Pluralsight competes with other LMS systems like Coursera, A Cloud Guru, and Codecademy. We will compare these LMS systems in some specific aspects below.
  • Functionality: Pluralsight Skills offers features like Hands-on learning, Skill Assessment, Instructor-led Training, Certification Content, Paths, Analytics, Academic/Education, Asynchronous Learning, Blended Learning, Built-in Course Authoring, Built-in LMS, Certification & Licensing (available in Coursera), Corporate/Business, eLearning Companies, Employee Portal, Learner Portal, etc. A Cloud Guru offers features like Skills Assessment, Accelerator Program, Learning Paths (available in CodecAcademy), Hands-on Labs (available in CodecAcademy), Cloud Playground, Reporting & Statistics, Activity Dashboard, Learning Management, Reporting/Analytics, Assessment Management, Third Party Integrations, Progress Tracking, etc. Coursera offers features like Degrees, MasterTrack Certificate, Professional Certificate, Specialization, Course, Guided Projects, Certification & Licensing, Learner Portal, eLearning, etc. CodecAcademy offers features like Learning Paths, Hands-On Labs & Lab Challenges, Certifications (available in Coursera and Pluralsight), Learning Management, Reporting/Analytics, Assessment Management, Progress Tracking, Progress Reports, Content Management, Course Management, Tests/Assessments, etc.
  • Customers/Industries: Pluralsight Skills has customers like Deutsche Bank, KAR Global, CSAM-The Health Company, Manulife, Cendyn, TeamHealth, Workfront, Frontier Software, etc. A Cloud Guru targets businesses and individuals. A Cloud Guru has customers like AWS Partner Network, Microsoft Partner, Google Cloud Partner, Women Who Code, CloudHealth Technologies, Dow Jones, University of Notre Dame, Qualcomm, Devexchange, etc. Coursera targets Businesses, Campuses, and Government. Coursera has customers like Illinois, Duke, Google, IBM, Imperial Colley London, Stanford, Penn University of Pennsylvania, Airbus, Danone, etc. CodecAcademy has customers like Google, Amazon, Spotify, LinkedIn, Lambda School, University of California, Dailymotion, Reverb, Uber, YouTube, EA, Reddit, Facebook, etc.
  • Cost: Pluralsight Skills starts at $33.25 per user per month and comes with a free trial and version. Coursera starts at $9.99 per month. A Cloud Guru starts at $348 per year and $35 per month. CodecAcademy starts at $15.99 per month billed yearly and $19.99 monthly.
  • Cloud-based/On-premise: Pluralsight and all its alternatives are cloud-based.
  • Popularity: Pluralsight is privately held and used by 17,000 business customers. CodecAcademy is also privately held with 50M learners in 190+ countries. Coursera is publicly-traded on the NYSE under the COUR symbol with 200+ leading universities and companies.
  • Scalability: Pluralsight, Coursera, and A Cloud Guru can accommodate learning Institutions of all sizes.
  • Support: Pluralsight offers support channels such as Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live Rep), and Chat. A Cloud Guru offers an Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base, and FAQs/Forum.

Pluralsight alternatives - for small & large Business

Here are the top 4 alternatives to Pluralsight that are worth checking out: Coassemble for SMBs, Coggno for large size business, TalentLMS for growing companies, and Sakai CLE for low budget organizations.

ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
Score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100 score, based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing pricing Score is a 1 to 10 score, based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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Pluralsight
ITQlick rating
3.1/5
Score
89/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
$38 per user/month
Functionality
3
Best for SMBs
Coassemb...
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$50 per month
Functionality
4
Best for Enterprise
coggno t...
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
6.6/10
License pricing
$199 per month
Functionality
16
Growing
TalentLMS
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$69 per month
Functionality
15
Free version
Sakai CL...
ITQlick rating
3.2/5
Score
87/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
Has a free version
Functionality
7

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