Coursera vs. Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS

Coursera

Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Coursera	Score 8.9 out of 10	N/A	Coursera is an online catalog of learning content, available to businesses to help them to strengthen critical skills, Develop, retain, and advance critical talent, or use role-based assessments to identify skills gaps and advancement opportunities.	$399 per year per user (for less than 125 employees)
Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS	Score 8.3 out of 10	N/A	Grovo's product included instructional videos and assessments, and the SaaS platform that they live on top of. The videos follow a microlearning methodology which increases learner retention. Grovo is now fully integrated into CornerStone's LMS.	$149 per month

Pricing

Coursera

Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS

Editions & Modules

Coursera for Teams: $399
per year per user (for less than 125 employees)
Coursera for Business: Contact Sales

Light Academy: $149.00
per month
Professional Academy: $249.00
per month

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Coursera	Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Consulting and integration services are part of the product, not an additional feature.

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Coursera	Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
Considered Both Products	Coursera Verified User Anonymous Chose Coursera Many other LMS systems, including Blackboard, and Canvas, have been examined or utilized by us in the past. Each has advantages and disadvantages, but I believe Coursera is an attractive option for any company because of its well-known brand and global presence of high-level … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Coursera We've looked at or used many different LMS platforms including Blackboard, Learnshare, Canvas, Cornerstone, SABA, and many others. Each has its pros & cons but I feel Coursera given its brand recognition and built-in following it's a great value for any organization. I would … Incentivized Helpful? PM Piyush Mittal Consultant Chose Coursera Udemy for Business Incentivized Helpful? Oleksandr Torlo Chief Technology Officer Chose Coursera Coursera certainly has the best content for courses of interest to our organization. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Coursera I like Coursera because it has lots of high quality contents I can use. I learn a lot from the professors from the top universities in the world. Coursera also has generous policy of financial aids. I am thankful for that policy that makes my learning on Coursera more reachable. Incentivized Helpful? Rei Shinozuka, CFA®, FRM® Director Asset Liability Modeling & Strategy, Office of CFO Chose Coursera Coursera has been the only tool of its kind I've used intensively. I've seen video lectures from other learning providers and while they can be effective, what makes Coursera special to me is its interactivity and creative ways to allow the student to solve problems and gain … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Coursera Edx, safari, Lidia, etc Incentivized Helpful? Alejandro Matheu, MD, MBA Chairman of the School Organizational Team at Paradise Professional Delelopment School and Digital Marketing Manager at Hospital Herrera Llerandi Chose Coursera Coursera has a wider variety of courses and more institutions as partners. The certifications Coursera gives, have more value than other brands. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Coursera I like Coursera much better than Udemy. The user interface of Coursera is much better. I also feel the content of Coursera is little bit better than udemy. Incentivized Helpful? Donovon Carter DevOps Engineer Chose Coursera I think Coursera has the best overall interface. I think you will find that different platforms go in different directions, and have different specialities. For the most part the differences are more in the types of courses they offer than one being particularly better than the … Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Starodubtsev Freelance Web Developer Chose Coursera Coursera has wide range of disciplines and some subjects other MOOC platforms do not have. I am using Coursera along with other online educational platforms and courses to arrange courses on a complex schedule. Coursera has a free option (free listener) where students are able … Incentivized Helpful? Ilia Tarasov Architectural Consultant Chose Coursera There is a Mentor Course, for those chosen that have been good at some courses. You can find almost everything (talking about courses), of lots of topics and categories. It's simply amazing. You can learn a lot, even if you don't pay for the certificate. Incentivized Helpful? Nic Klopper Director Chose Coursera Obviously, Coursera lacks some of the formal credentials that a college or university degree offers. It also has limitations when it comes to a broad scope curated academic course that a university degree offers. However, it does afford users who couldn't afford a full-on … Incentivized Helpful?	Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS Verified User Anonymous Chose Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS The platform is more stable than competing LMS providers. Also, Cornerstone is a big brand name within LMS. Grovo definitely is among the top 3 LMS players in the small-scale industry space. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS Grovo is a top-notch training module that has helped our company step it up! We have created a number of trainings at the ease of a quick overview of the software and a point and click mentality. We love the tracking feature which I don't believe Brainshark had when we used … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS Previously we were using Blackboard and an inhouse solution. Both of these took many hours to get ready for new training objectives and provided mediocre employe skill retention. Grovo reduced the overhead for training and has produced better results regarding employee skill … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS Other services I have used (I can't even remember their names) have been launchable only through Internet Explorer and buggy, if a question is answered errantly and an employee tries to go back, the entire platform crashes Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS Grovo is a more convenient and quick option. It works for our company because it provides more flexibility and is easier to just jump in and use when needed. The range of topics are also more practical, and in my opinion, more relevant to a much wider range of jobs, from entry … Incentivized Helpful? Ricky Skawinski, Jr. Loss Prevention Analyst Chose Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS The elephant in the room for me, would be TreeHouse. Grovo is very similar to TreeHouse in the fact that they're both programs with lesson tracks, simple and short videos, as well as progress trackers. I would have to say that I enjoyed learning coding on TreeHouse over Grovo, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS Grovo had the best content, cleanest looking website and most affordable pricing for our purposes. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Coursera

Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS

Learning Management

Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
	Coursera 8.8 Ratings 3% above category average	Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS 7.6 Ratings 11% below category average
Course authoring	8.90 Ratings	8.30 Ratings
Course catalog or library	9.10 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Player/Portal	8.90 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Learning content	9.50 Ratings	6.60 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications	9.20 Ratings	8.30 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics	8.00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Social learning	8.90 Ratings	5.00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Coursera	Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
Likelihood to Recommend	8.5 (0 ratings)	8.3 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (0 ratings)	8.3 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Coursera	Grovo, now part of Cornerstone LMS
Likelihood to Recommend	It's absolutely ideal for programming. Today, most programming environments are available for free and enthusiasts can tinker with programming on their own. But Coursera structures that process and presents iteratively more complex assignments to the student. I found it useful for non-programming. I took a refresher Calculus course and the user was able to enter solutions symbolically which I found impressive. Incentivized Rei Shinozuka, CFA®, FRM® Director Asset Liability Modeling & Strategy, Office of CFO Read full review	Grovo's current catalog is vast enough for most business looking to expand their library of online learning content. This allows team leaders to easily curate content for their team using a curriculum or playlist structure. Grovo also allows novice eLearning designers to create their own content quickly using their design tool. Making Grovo a multifaceted tool to decentralize content creation and curation. Incentivized Jamie Drahos Senior Learning Solution Analyst Read full review
Pros	Coursera's courses are extremely good. They are well designed and being a full time employee I really appreciate the fact of how well they are designed. They have made sure that everybody gets enough time to complete it. There is an active community which is very helpful. No matter how good a teaching material is, you might always need extra help. This community can answer your question. And also this becomes extremely relevant if you are taking programming courses There are assignments to test your skills. This is a great way to evaluate yourself. At this point if you feel like you haven't understood something, you can always go back and refer the videos. Most of these assignments can be applied to real world problems as well which is great Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Ease of Use. The site is awesome for searching for a specific topic. Convenience. Lessons are generally very quick and easy to fit into even the busiest schedules. Interface. The website is gorgeous and inviting. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	If you leave the projects for the weekends, your Sunday nights could be a drag. But I list this as a benefit also, it enforces discipline on the learning process. I hope Coursera continues to offer no-cost and low-cost learning opportunities. I honestly can't think of any serious deficiency in the product. I am a huge fan. Incentivized Rei Shinozuka, CFA®, FRM® Director Asset Liability Modeling & Strategy, Office of CFO Read full review	It can be difficult for any e-learning service not to seem mechanical in nature when it comes to the average employee performing learning tasks Many of the "problems" that grovo might seem to display would actually be a function of the organization implementing them Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	It’s marvelous. Incentivized Alejandro Matheu, MD, MBA, MSc in Digital Marketing Chairman of the School Organizational Team at Paradise Professional Delelopment School and Digital Marketing Manager at Hospital Herrera Llerandi Read full review	No answers on this topic
Usability	User-friendly and developer-friendly Web UI. Incentivized Andrew Starodubtsev Freelance Web Developer Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	I’ve used it a couple of times and... that did great. They take their time, but in the end they solve your issues. Incentivized Alejandro Matheu, MD, MBA, MSc in Digital Marketing Chairman of the School Organizational Team at Paradise Professional Delelopment School and Digital Marketing Manager at Hospital Herrera Llerandi Read full review	When we have had issues with Grovo not working or a problem with report we have always gotten an answer quickly. We have a rep that we speak to often to make sure we are satisfied with the system and is just a quick email away. It nice to know we have support that will get back to you in a quick manner as we rely on this software. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	Coursera is familiar, intuitive, compatible and easy to use and implement. Incentivized Andrew Starodubtsev Freelance Web Developer Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	We've looked at or used many different LMS platforms including Blackboard, Learnshare, Canvas, Cornerstone, SABA, and many others. Each has its pros & cons but I feel Coursera given its brand recognition and built-in following it's a great value for any organization. I would not want to build out an entire MBA or other MASTERS level online program on it but it is a great way to allow potential students to experience your institutions content for a low price (of free). Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Previously we were using Blackboard and an inhouse solution. Both of these took many hours to get ready for new training objectives and provided mediocre employe skill retention. Grovo reduced the overhead for training and has produced better results regarding employee skill retention. We selected Grovo because it was a better solution, it was easier and provided a better result Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	The greatest benefit of Coursera is access to quality courses on various subjects that you can either browse or dive in deeply. Customizable, flexible and accessible. Helps our department to recommend trainees courses on this website and gain important knowledge. Also, the courses are provided by big-name universities which helps students in their careers Developing and exploring professional skills. Incentivized Ilia Tarasov Architectural Consultant Read full review	Positive - allowed us to provide top-notch training to our employees. Positive - allows every employee to look through past trainings if they need a reminder. Positive - allows us to track when the trainings are being completed. Positive - ability to create trainings quickly and easily. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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