Adobe Learning Manager vs. Saba Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Learning Manager
Score 7.9 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Adobe Learning Manager is a Learning Management System developed by Adobe Inc. that offers personalized learning at scale to employees, partners and customers alike. Compliant with GDPR guidelines, SOC2 TYPE 2 and FedRAMP Certifications, Adobe Learning Manager integrates with Adobe Experience Manager Sites, Adobe Commerce, Marketo Engage with out-of-the-box components and any other application through Open APIs, offering hybrid learning programs and detailed analytics.…N/A
Saba Cloud
Score 6.7 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Saba Cloud is a talent management suite which includes performance management, succession planning, learning management, planning, and recruiting. The vendor intends the cloud-based platform to be highly scalable to enable continuous corporate employee development.N/A
Pricing
Adobe Learning ManagerSaba Cloud
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe Learning ManagerSaba Cloud
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Adobe Learning ManagerSaba Cloud
Considered Both Products
Adobe Learning Manager
Chose Adobe Learning Manager
We considered Absorb LMS and Saba Cloud but found that Adobe Captivate Prime had better service and support but was also easier to integrate and deploy with our other services. The fact that we had a team member familiar with the platform also made it easy for us to pick Adobe …
Chose Adobe Learning Manager
Adobe Learning Manager does provide an Intuitive user experience which is the most important thing for corporate learners. Centralized content management, sharing the content across groups, tracking the course progress, and the power of handling different types of course …
Chose Adobe Learning Manager
It truly was the best fit at the best price and best supported
Saba Cloud

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Features
Adobe Learning ManagerSaba Cloud
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Learning Manager
7.6
Ratings
7% below category average
Saba Cloud
8.9
Ratings
23% above category average
Course authoring8.10 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Course catalog or library8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Player/Portal7.80 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Learning content7.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Mobile friendly6.80 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications6.00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Assignments7.80 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Compliance management8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Learning administration7.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics7.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Social learning8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Gamification8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Learning Manager
-
Ratings
Saba Cloud
7.9
Ratings
8% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Compliance tracking and reporting00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Learning Manager
-
Ratings
Saba Cloud
7.7
Ratings
8% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Learning Manager
-
Ratings
Saba Cloud
7.2
Ratings
9% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Plan weighting00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Manager note taking00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Workflow restrictions00 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Learning Manager
-
Ratings
Saba Cloud
7.5
Ratings
9% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Learning Manager
-
Ratings
Saba Cloud
8.6
Ratings
18% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adobe Learning ManagerSaba Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
6.0
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4.5
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Usability
7.0
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7.8
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Availability
7.3
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Performance
8.1
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Support Rating
3.4
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8.3
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In-Person Training
6.4
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Implementation Rating
1.0
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4.5
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Configurability
7.3
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Ease of integration
8.5
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Product Scalability
8.5
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Vendor post-sale
8.7
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Vendor pre-sale
5.2
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User Testimonials
Adobe Learning ManagerSaba Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
It's good if you have a good use case for that feed. I do know that you have to incorporate it in a process in isolation. It's not you don't realize the full value, so you have to incorporate it into an overall improvement process. I would say the pro cases are marketing optimization with respect to campaigns. And I would say that the areas it's not well suited is in distilling attribution. So if you were to take all of the improvements that it suggested, the numbers exceed revenue, which isn't real, but that's a hard problem to solve. Nobody's really solved that problem well. So distilling the attribution piece would be good. And it is well suited for marketing campaigns in the ideation phase of so
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Our organization uses Saba Cloud primarily to manage all types of learning systems or staff training empirically. In addition, it provides us with a quick test-based follow-up to the trainees. We use Saba Cloud to train our clientele in a professional manner with respect to our worldwide online service. With this tool we are able to enhance the customer experience with the organization. Similarly, our organization uses Saba Cloud to monitor the performance and effectiveness of our employees and customers after having access to all the information provided by the application to subsequently make learning and development reports.
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Pros
  • Rich and engaging learning experiences that capture employees' attention.
  • Is multi-device capable so our teams can take classes where it's most convenient for them during the day, especially if they don't have an assigned static workstation?
  • Allows us to personalize compliance training based on where our employees are at in the organizational chart, competencies, and requirements.
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  • Saba Analytics for learning are comprehensive and customizable allowing us to view any variety of data we need internally or need to provide to our customers.
  • Support has been amazing throughout our time with Saba. We have always been able to work quickly with someone to develop a new process or obtain guidance on a new feature.
  • Saba Cloud delivers training in a clear and modern format, allowing customers to easily access and consume training.
  • Saba Cloud also provides regular system updated which reflect the needs of their customer base.
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Cons
  • High initial set-up cost and licensing fees for all employees at one go
  • Once a courses been enrolled by employee, there's no function to remove those courses by themselves.
  • Mobile version not working very well and some contents not able to load, e.g. Leaderboard, Level.
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  • In the certification process, it only lets us do look back days it would be very beneficial to have a look backdate. Our services have a training year from July 1, thru June 30 and we assign training to services that are required by federal and state laws to be completed annually. During the pandemic we found a lot of staff taking jobs in other areas and still in their original position and then back again. If we assigned someone HIPAA training and they took this on July 4 and then in October went to a different service line the training plan would ask them to retake HIPAA. It would not pick up the one on July 3. That is the only real issue but it is a large one.
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Likelihood to Renew
It wasn't user friendly enough for me. I had a difficult time navigating it and didn't want to waste too much time trying to figure it all out. If it were more clear cut and to the point I think it would be more worthwhile for someone like me.
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The only reason I wouldn't rate this a 10 is because we always want to evaluate the technology we use to drive our business. While Saba would be the "leader in the clubhouse", we would still perform our due diligence when it's time to renew.
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Usability
For shorter learning courses it is probably very capable and gets the job done very nicely. It can be engaging while keeping the users motivated with the gamification features. There are some technical challenges while doing longer courses. But they can be fixed with further updates to the platform and is a promising front.
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As someone who creates classes and is also a learning administrator in the system, I have run into some issues with the system's capabilities for my needs. I am not a fan of having to use Adobe Captivate to download a PowerPoint presentation into the system, as my training sessions are much more than a glorified PowerPoint. Our organization has yet to turn on Saba Meetings, which may help with these limitations.
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Reliability and Availability
On a few occasions, I've logged in to issue a test to a staff member and my course would just spin. I've had to reschedule several test attempts due to this. In my opinion, the issue was not resolved by Adobe
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Performance
The performance of Adobe Captivate Prime is also extremely good. The user interface is fast and easy to load. The complexity is not nearly as bad as some of the other programs on the market. Speed was not impacted.
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Support Rating
I think they have a competent, friendly and "resolving" team. I have only ever been met with a willingness to assist any and every query I have come across. Roy who is one of the technical people is amazing, and so is my Customer Success Manager, Hema! I do not know what I would do without them.
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For the times that we have used the support provided by Saba, it has been a very pleasurable experience for our department. Part of our package with Saba includes a specified number of hours of "training" time with Saba. During these meetings, we have shared our desires of the product and the support personnel have either shown us how to accomplish our task or they have taken our requests to their developers to look at future enhancements. Overall, very pleased with the support.
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In-Person Training
Training by my staff was quick. Could have been a bit longer. Had to pick up on things myself
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Implementation Rating
Trial period was great, and It let me plenty of time to try the different feature of the platform. However, when we decided to move forward, the ADOBE team was slow and not reactive at all. Actually after 2 years, I am still waiting for answers which is quite unacceptable.
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Was not involved with integration.
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Alternatives Considered
We have long used open source learning management platforms, such as Moodle. However, the "free" cost ends up being misleading, since the costs of installation, customization, and web hosting are often difficult to calculate. A SaaS scheme is more controllable and allows you to forget about all the technical problems and focus on what is important: training
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We had extensive reviews with a plan of what we needed and must have out of the system, including custom learning paths and tracking inside our HRIS system to grant permissions and positions based on completed learning certifications and courses. We weighed each option and chose based on the one that met the most of the must-haves.
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Scalability
The product's overall scalability and flexibility is extremely good. I wish that the other products our company uses were this flexible! The product is easy to deploy across multiple departments and teams as needed.
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Return on Investment
  • Apple built its own LMS (The Grove) on top of the Adobe Learning Manager with Saba, so overall it was a great experiment.
  • Adobe Learning Manager is really useful for bringing learners together in one place, under a unified solution.
  • Customer satisfaction equals more learners with an appetite to learn.
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  • We have heard from many people that the visibility of goals and skills expectations has impacted their engagement levels, which aids us in our retention goals.
  • With the easier reporting provided by Saba, we are able to generate compliance training reports in real time, which keeps our regulators very happy.
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ScreenShots

Adobe Learning Manager Screenshots

Screenshot of the platform for all learning needs.Screenshot of guided learning journeys.Screenshot of gamification.Screenshot of actionable insight from analytics.Screenshot of learning that’s engaging.Screenshot of measurable analytics.

Saba Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of The Intelligent Mentor in Action - RecommendationsScreenshot of Learning PlanScreenshot of Informal LearningScreenshot of Performance Check-insScreenshot of Succession Talent DashboardScreenshot of Organizational Planning