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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Captivate

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Captivate is an elearning authoring and course design tool (or LCMS). It supports mobile HTML5 content. Captivate’s users are commonly midsized businesses to enterprises. Adobe Captivate includes some prebuilt assets as well as customizable workflows.

    $33.99

    per month

    Pricing
    Adobe Captivate
    Editions & Modules
    Subscription
    $33.99
    per month
    Student & Teacher Edition
    $399
    one-time fee
    Upgrade
    $499
    one-time fee
    Pereptual License
    1,299
    one-time fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Captivate
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Adobe Captivate
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    Adobe Captivate outshines all of these other tools -Camtasia, Snagit, Powtoons, After Effects, PowerPoint - when it comes to software demonstrations, simulations and/or training videos that contain software demonstrations ( hybrid video containing software demonstrations). But …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    1 common platform for reporting & tracking of completion for mandatory trainings. Ability to create own training and mandatory trainings are available & accessible for all employees + contractors
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    Intuitive portability
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    SWAT (internal LCMS) - more flexible but not common to many and difficult to keep up to date Adobe Connect - great for webinars and online classes with live instructor.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    At the time Storyline seemed easier to use, but I was already committed to a project and investing time in learning Captivate for it. I also felt some loyalty to Adobe because I had received free Creative Cloud courses through the Adobe Education Exchange.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    I use both. Both have their strengths and weaknesses but they complement each other.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    Very effective.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    Adobe Captivate easily outputs to HTML5 and give you a programming timeline. Lectora does not have a timeline which is a disadvantage when trying to program animations or any other time based interactions. Lectora does have programming capabilities, but at times is difficult to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    Adobe Captivate is the best software for the price, functionality, resources, and training.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    It's the absolute worst. Bottom of the barrel. I would never select it. The FBI selected it so my consulting agency has to use it for them.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    Captivate is slightly behind storyline but still a good contender.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    I selected Adobe Captivate because I can add html features and interactivity to my courses.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    I've only ever authored in Adobe Captivate.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    Adobe Captivate is a MAC based application that allows for local secure development. A big sell for MAC users.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    Captivate is feature-rich and easy-to-use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    I did not select Captivate, it was selected for me. Articulate 360 is easier to use and has a better flow.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    I use Camtasia for video editing, however, we have Premier Pro and are now learning to use it. Camtasia and Snagit we use for smaller projects. For bigger projects, we use them all.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    Can't touch Authorware. Too bad Adobe killed it. I'd love it if Authorware could be resurrected, modernized and export to HTML5. THat would be the ultimate tool. Animate can do a lot more but it takes a lot more time to build.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    Adobe Captivate has more availability and content to be able to change around. Again, I like Adobe Captivate more because of all the content that is available and the pre-made options.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    While Captivate has some awesome niche features for some circumstances, currently it cannot beat the ease of use with Storyline. Whether it's content, variables, quizes, etc. things are just "easier" in Storyline. Even something as simple as triggering an event when the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    I haven't had experience with any other authoring tool.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    We are looking for easier templates, automated features, simulations, interactivity activities, and collaboration features.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    Captivate is more difficult to figure out. However, once you get passed the learning curve it offers more variety and options than Camtasia. It allows for interactions, simulations, and the likes.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    There is a lot more editing/customization capability in Captivate. Zoom is incredibly limited with what you can do within the software.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Adobe Captivate
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Adobe Captivate
    Feature
    Adobe Captivate
    9.1
    31 Ratings
    Course authoring8.030 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.018 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.024 Ratings
    Learning content9.024 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.026 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics9.019 Ratings
    Social learning10.014 Ratings
    Gamification8.02 Ratings
    eLearning Content
    Comparison of eLearning Content features of Adobe Captivate
    Feature
    Adobe Captivate
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    Multi-Lingual Support7.01 Ratings
    Structured Learning10.01 Ratings
    Historical Metrics8.01 Ratings
    Cloud-Based Content10.01 Ratings
    Automation & Integration7.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Adobe Captivate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (128 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    1.8
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.8
    (18 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.7
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)