TalentLMS vs. LearnUpon

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
TalentLMS
Score 8.6 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
TalentLMS is an LMS built for training success, presented as fully customizable and easy to manage, so that teams embrace training while feeling right at home. It is used to provide the right training to any team and every use, while giving expert guidance and support every step of the way.
$149
per month 1-40 users
LearnUpon
Score 3.1 out of 10
N/A
LearnUpon partners with over 1,500 businesses worldwide to create meaningful learning experiences that empower employees, customers, and members. Whether their LMS is used to develop employees or onboard customers, LearnUpon helps users to deliver impactful training.N/A
Pricing
TalentLMSLearnUpon
Editions & Modules
Core
$149
per month 1-40 users
Grow
$299
per month 1-70 users
Pro
$579
per month 1-100 users
Enterprise (Custom plan)
Custom
annual plan Starts at 1000 users
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
TalentLMSLearnUpon
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUsers can stay on the Forever Free plan and upgrade, or downgrade or cancel at any time. Higher volume plans available at additional cost. Discount available for annual billing, and for nonprofits.LearnUpon offers a standard SaaS subscription model, consisting of several price bands. Each price band includes a set number of MAUs or ‘Monthly Active Users’. Plans vary by feature and customer support priority. As the first step in a partnership with LearnUpon, a LearnUpon Account Executive (AE) will listen to any requirements to ensure the use case is a good fit, and recommend a LearnUpon plan to fit the specific usage, feature, and support requirements.
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
TalentLMS
8.4
Ratings
3% above category average
LearnUpon
8.2
Ratings
1% above category average
Course authoring8.50 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Course catalog or library8.20 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Learning content8.10 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Mobile friendly8.60 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications9.00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Assignments8.50 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Compliance management8.80 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Learning administration8.80 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics8.80 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Social learning7.30 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Gamification7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Player/Portal00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
User Ratings
TalentLMSLearnUpon
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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7.7
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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9.1
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Support Rating
8.8
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Implementation Rating
9.3
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User Testimonials
TalentLMSLearnUpon
Likelihood to Recommend
TalentLMS is user-friendly enough for someone new to LMS management can get a site up and running in a relatively quick manner. It is rather intuitive to operate. My needs have been a rather small scale of 400 learners and TalentLMS more than meets the need to produce a professional-looking and operational website to send customers and staff. The point here is that although I do not know how well it can be up-scaled, it certainly delivers for small to medium organizations to need to get content online
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With regard to course construction and design, I think LearnUpon excels in many areas. There tends to be a bit of a learning curve for new users, but the dashboard interface and finding courses that a student has enrolled in is pretty quickly resolved, and it is very convenient to house materials in LearnUpon and ensure that students are able to access them, rather than having to rely on printing materials and/or manually distributing documents through emails or some other digital means (DropBox, Drive, Hightail, etc.). It is, for all intents and purposes a Learning Management System, and is intended to manage and track students' coursework and learning. I will say though, that in terms of record-keeping, is an area where it falters. Finding and maintaining receipts of orders placed through the storefront is not convenient from an administrative standpoint. Processing a refund for a student if we cancel a class, that was an enrollment transferred from a previous class, is clunky. Guaranteeing that members are able to purchase course enrollments under their specific price tier, while at the same time preventing non-members from doing so, is not convenient and not something that is easily fixable. Currently, new users can only [default] to either members OR non-members, and that classification has to be manually adjusted. Given that some organizations can run into above 10,000 members, this is an obvious challenge.
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Pros
  • Content creation tool for training lessons.
  • Managing and organizing users
  • Provides comprehensive library of pre-made courses.
  • Very easy to use, out of the box.
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  • LearnUpon has EXCELLENT support. I have always been quickly and effectively taken care of whenever I had a problem (the majority of the "problems" were simply my perception; turned out not to be problems at all).
  • LearnUpon has a simple, intuitive interface that works and rarely causes problems. Obviously, they heavily user-tested the interface before implementing. Too many LMSes do not do this and the interfaces which have been designed by software nerds are super hard to navigate.
  • LearnUpon has lots of features packed into one system. You can host multiple "portals" for different audiences, you can have learning paths, you can upload videos and documents of all kinds. It just works and is not limiting.
  • LearnUpon has an EXCELLENT test creation/implementation feature which I have not seen in any other LMS I have used.
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Cons
  • It should be easier to re-send someone their initial course assignment email notification. The notification engine is a little non-intuitive.
  • I was trying to add a user to our account the other day (not a user - an internal employee that I wanted to give access to our system) and I had trouble finding it
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  • No integration with a payment gateway that shows in a students account what courses they have purchased at what price.
  • There is some confusion on when registering for the LMS that only a username and password need to be supplied, it does not require a first and last name.
  • Limited function of coupon codes, too many restrictions make us come up with work around in order to utilize coupons.
  • They ability to group students by the course type they are selecting not just custom data fields.
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Likelihood to Renew
The ease of use, the robustness of the offering, and familiarity. It does everything we need and probably more. We likley don't utilize all the functionality it has as it does what we want it to without having to dig that deep into its tools. Their course library also has saved us some time in terms of saving time from creating some basic courses.
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We've been a customer for six years and I don't see that changing anytime soon. We're very happy with LearnUpon.
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Usability
The system is intuitive. It does not have a lot of features that are hidden behind secret menus or elsewhere. There are often multiple ways to get to the same place through different menus without having to go back to the home or root menu. It makes things pretty easy. Additionally, if there is something I can't figure out, there is documentation available to help with that.
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Reliability and Availability
I have never run into an issue with downtime in 5 plus years.
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Performance
It loads fast. Screen transitions are quick. Nothing seems to ever lag.
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Support Rating
The search feature alone is outstanding. When we needed technical assistance, it was provided with ease and clarity. Any representative we have worked with has been professional, knowledgeable, and good to work with, even if we were in different time zones or areas of the world.
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Implementation Rating
Implementation was relatively easy. When we set up a second branch, we needed a little help. But the support area is well-detailed. My clients had no experience with an LMS and their digital skills were limited. We had a long way to go. Nevertheless, it was relatively easy. It was rather quick!
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Alternatives Considered
Out of the box, Talent is easier to use than Learn Dash, which can be quite convoluted to set up, as it requires the integration and configuration of multiple plugins. As a result, we spent a lot less time getting things set up in Talent than LearnDash. Talent was also much less expensive than Litmos.
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You cannot publicly post badges from LU which you can with Credly. That would be a nice feature. LU is a much nicer interface than both SumTotal and YourMembership/Crowdwisdom. However, course searchability was much easier in your membership. Course creation is much easier in LU. From an administration perspective, I think LU is easier to use, including standard reporting. Your membership has a much better self-assessment product than LearnUpon. You can rank your confidence when answering questions. You can also do more robust mapping
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Scalability
The product can create as similar or unique experiences for different branches as you want for training purposes
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Return on Investment
  • We have dental practices across the United states; the TalentLMS platform helps us train out staff with one process. Standardization across 107 practice to track all of regulatory and compliance training needs.
  • Over the course of the last four years we have recruited internal faculty to help develop content and they find the TalentLMS platform very easy to author material.
  • Creating content ourselves saves a tremendous amount of money each year
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  • LearnUpon helped us significantly reduce the cost of travel and lodging for staff and trainers who would previously have had to travel to participate in learning.
  • LearnUpon helped introduce our organization to the concept of online learning and asynchronous study.
  • LearnUpon helps us improve our staff's technological literacy by giving them a friendly and inviting system to learn from independently.
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ScreenShots

TalentLMS Screenshots

Screenshot of TalentLMS' learner view of a courseScreenshot of TalentLMS' training reportsScreenshot of TalentLMS's AI-powered Content CreatorScreenshot of the TalentLMS dashboardScreenshot of where to customize the TalentLMS portal

LearnUpon Screenshots

Screenshot of the learner experience. Designed to put the learner first, with features to motivate, remove barriers, and make training a convenient task that learners want to do.Screenshot of the course creation interface, where users build engaging courses without technical expertise. It includes interactive content options, including webinar and instructor-led training, SCORM and xAPI files, documents, and video.Screenshot of the Learning Journey, where the fact that learning isn't linear is appreciated. This helps users to deliver timely, targeted learning.Screenshot of an example of friendly competition. This helps to Encourage teams to hit their goals and places a spotlight on the best performing learners using Gamification and Leaderboards.Screenshot of the reporting interface. This offers learning data to track its impact on a business’s bottom line.