Cofense LMS vs. LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cofense LMS
Score 8.7 out of 10
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Cofense’s Learning Management System™ (LMS) helps raise employees’ cybersecurity awareness and enhances their ability to detect phishing threats. With LMS, the user can zero in on the security and compliance issues that are important to a company. And LMS complements the behavioral conditioning and experiential learning of Cofense's awareness simulation program, Cofense PhishMe™.N/A
LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Lynda.com (now offered as part of LinkedIn Learning) is an elearning course library acquired and now supported by LinkedIn in May 2015.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Cofense LMS
7.1
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14% below category average
LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
7.5
Ratings
13% below category average
Course authoring6.10 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Course catalog or library6.50 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Player/Portal6.20 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Learning content7.70 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Mobile friendly6.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications7.10 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Assignments7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance management7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning administration8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics7.10 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Social learning7.70 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Gamification8.00 Ratings3.70 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
eLearning Content
Comparison of eLearning Content features of Product A and Product B
Cofense LMS
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LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
6.3
Ratings
29% below category average
Multi-Lingual Support00 Ratings5.70 Ratings
Structured Learning00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Course Searches00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Historical Metrics00 Ratings4.70 Ratings
Cloud-Based Content00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Automation & Integration00 Ratings5.70 Ratings
User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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8.6
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Likelihood to Renew
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7.0
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Usability
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8.0
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Support Rating
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7.0
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Implementation Rating
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7.0
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Configurability
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8.0
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User Testimonials
Cofense LMSLinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
Likelihood to Recommend
Real-world branded templates with Cofense LMS Intelligence help in simulations of attacks. Realistic recreation of content users might experience. End users can provide feedback about Cofense LMS Simulation campaign.
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lynda.com is well-suited for an individual OR an enterprise. You can take learning on-the-go via mobile phone or tablet. Instructors are well-known industry experts. There is a tremendous amount of courses. Ideal self-directed learning library to supplement anyone's ILT-heavy learning strategy.
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Pros
  • Training modules: developed Using Learning Science Principles
  • Story Based Environment
  • Learn by doing
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  • An in-depth tutorial, training, and reviews.
  • An influx of information and specialists/experts available to help.
  • Online courses for a multitude of topics—we're talking hundreds of videos.
  • Able to take this on the go. Don't have to be in a desk at work to use lynda.com.
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Cons
  • UI can be more interactive
  • Segregating the users in different groups can be further automated via AD details
  • The end user mobile notification feature should be there rather than only mail.
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  • When they were acquired by LinkedIn, the next invoice barely noted the invoice was for Lynda.com. I at first thought it was a phishing attempt using LinkedIn as a front.
  • The invoice should be from the lynda.com domain and NOT from LinkedIn.
  • Account administrators should be able to change passwords, and see passwords, for the license entities they manage. Also, all email notices to users should be duplicated to account administrators.
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Likelihood to Renew
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It can help all employees learn to strengthen current skills or to learn new skills and then can learn to excel in their current department or they learn a new skills in a new department creating interconnection and cross-departmental value in a company.
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Usability
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The platform is very easy to use and navigate, the content is clearly itemised via the Contents section and the video playback speed can be adjusted. It's also useful to have optional captions (I always use them) and a transcript for accessibility purposes.
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Support Rating
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The technical team behind LinkedIn Learning (or Lynda.com) knows their job, and they usually solve problems very quickly. While I haven't had many run-ins with them (thus the low rating), I do find that when we call them, the problem gets resolved in a reasonable amount of time. The flip-side of this comment is that we never have needed to call them with a high-priority issue.
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Implementation Rating
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By implementation we are able to achieve 1.Skill improvement 2.Reduced burden on training staff 3.Learning new market leading technologies like Generative AI.
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Alternatives Considered
Cofense LMS was received to us a bundled pack of Cofense LMS, Cofense Traiage, Cofense Vision and Cofense Reporter. The overall phishing and protection suite by Cofense is super effective to tackle and improve the phishing campaigns and mitigate the on going attacks. Other LMS are available in the market as a standalone option but LMS along with the other products from the Cofense suite makes it a great option to choose.
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Udemy for Business is a crapshoot. The consistency is non-existent. Some courses go incredibly deep, while other courses don't go deep enough. Even when we got a few free months of access to Udemy - I still couldn't find why I would use Udemy over LinkedIn Learning. Pluralsight is superior to LinkedIn Learning in programming/coding. They have a better library of content and more tests. What Pluralsight lacks is for non-developer skillsets. Buy Pluralsight for your devs. Coursera is not at all an option for the business environment. It follows the college model of delivering content slowly and without reason. Its focus is more on high-level possibilities, not real-world things you want to solve.
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Return on Investment
  • Trainings made user more aware of the security attacks they are vulnerable to
  • Strengthened the overall security posture of the company
  • Detterent control as incase the the personnel are not able to finish off their training, it is followed by HR action.
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  • I can't think of a negative impact that Lynda.com has when it relates to the extensive library of training software that is available to subscribers. I'm lucky that my job provides a free subscription for instructors. I use Lynda.com to hone in on my technical skills.
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