Forma LMS Reviews

Pros

Best open source web based e learning platform and software for strengthened learning for hybrid and remote workforce.
The training and orientation of workforce is done effortlessly though Forma as it is one of the best collaborative tool for professionals and businesses presently.
Talent management is easy and comprehensive through Forma LMS as it helps in selection of candidates through online assessment evaluation and selection.
Online training in post pandemic era has become easiest than ever.
Authoring e content is easy and is securely accessible to target learners.

Cons

No dislikes till date. Keep improving the addition of new features and utilities so that it never become obsolete from the market and stay relevant forever. The premium version should be provided in such a tariff mode so that utilities can be best met in most customizable mode. Rest of the features are superb.

Alternatives Considered

Absorb LMS, Easy LMS, Axis LMS and Tovuti

Reasons for Switching to Forma LMS

Forma LMS has huge pros and advantages to be chosen above its other alternatives due to its best performing features and great outcome. It is the best due to its continuous upgradation and restructuring to meet the market demand in most desirable manner possible. We are also using the same for deploying online industry based learning followed by certification which is accurate, timebound and seamless activity . No operational lags or slowdowns in the system.

Pros

Work at fast pace and does not slows down while functioning. Also, Forma LMS is widely used for online digital training and hybrid learning. It works with great efficiency and never lags during operation. All the courses can be uploaded through online mode and can be made available to wide masses within fraction of seconds anytime, anywhere. It has huge customization features embedded which helps in generating customized reports and customized functioning. It's a unified platform available to multiple clients in one go. The LMS has great engaging experience with interactive customer interfaces and works well with all kinds of API interfaces of 3rd party dashboards and platforms.

Cons

No problem encountered so far. Worked really well for my team so far. Keep innovating and offer cutting edge best in class online and blended learning features.

Alternatives Considered

WizIQ LMS, Absorb LMS, Easy LMS, Cornerstone LMS and Abara LMS

Reasons for Switching to Forma LMS

Forms LMS is best of all. It helps in giving online digital training sessions in most cost effective and streamlined manner. It works well with any kind of softwares and platforms due to its high level of efficiency in integration. World class marvelous software for giving online webinars and training orientation in most feasible way.

Pros

The platform is stable and reliable. It has advanced features and can be integrated with other services.

Cons

The platform is not easy to use and it doesn't have an overall pleasant user experience.
Menus and functionalities are difficult to find and use for users and for the administrators.

Alternatives Considered

Moodle, Docebo and TalentLMS

Reasons for Switching to Forma LMS

Lower price

Pros

As a user of FormaLMS, what I really appreciate about the platform is its flexibility and customization options. Since it's open-source software, I have the freedom to make modifications and adjustments to tailor the platform to my specific needs.Another great feature that I find very useful is the ability to create and manage user groups. This makes it easy to assign courses and track the progress of learners. The reporting and analytics tools are also quite comprehensive, allowing me to keep a close eye on learner progress and evaluate the effectiveness of my courses.

Cons

There are a few areas where I feel the platform could be improved. One of the things that I find challenging is the initial setup process. It can take some time to get the system configured and fully operational, especially if you're not familiar with learning management systems.Another area that could be improved is the documentation and support resources. While there is a user manual and community forum available, I have found that some of the information is not always up-to-date or comprehensive enough to fully address my questions or concerns.Finally, while the platform is highly customizable, some of the customization options require advanced technical skills and knowledge. For someone without a strong technical background, it can be challenging to make certain modifications or adjustments to the system.

Pros

Best open source e learning platform for efficient and easy delivery of online training in remote workshops and learning remotely.Video conferencing along with complete tracking management is done easily through Forma LMSCertificate management system for seamless delivery of certificates with end to end bar code tracking is feasible through Forma LMS.Authoring different e courses into different vernacular languages is possible via this amazing LMS .

Cons

We liked all the features and parameters greatly and found the software absolutely great. One of the best open source softwares in the market with lowest costing and is absolutely free for accessing majority of the features. More mobility system can be added into this so that on one login, multiple uses can have access at same point of time without much trouble.

Alternatives Considered

WizIQ LMS, Absorb LMS, Opigno LMS and TalentLMS

Reasons for Switching to Forma LMS

Forma LMS is an open source software/platform which ensures its availability at zero or lowest costing possible and that's why its has been chosen by majority all over. Due to its low cost expense, it is accepted by all and highly recommended to small and marginal organizations. Startups are using the software to greatest extent. Integration of certificates and deployment across any environment is easiest than ever

Pros

E learning is facilitated effortlessly . No hassle and no cumbersome process
Delivering training through this LMS is easy and no extra effort needed at all.
Cost effective solution and not hard on pocket. It is cost effective across all financial aspects of all the services offered.
Easy integration and seamless deployment with other external 3rd party dashboards and softwares.
Easy to manage by learning audiences and target beneficiary
Loved by all learners

Cons

No dislikes as such till date. The experience is awesome so far and it helped us to manage our LMS in online mode and deliver the training pan country in uninterrupted mode. We will welcome any reduction in costing further as it's an important aspect for start up organizations likes us and due to stormy competition on this front, everyday a new vendor chips in with their best offerings at reduced cost and we are ought to take them.

Alternatives Considered

WizIQ LMS, Toluna Start, Axis LMS and Capabiliti LMS

Reasons for Switching to Forma LMS

Forma LMS was highly recommended by my peers and other colleagues due to its high response time in business deliverables and quick turnaround time in deliverables is high priority for us. It enables us to attract and retain more businesses due to client satisfaction. All the new features are just fantastic and it helps to engage our partners well. Online presentation, live demonstration, tutorials and virtual learning offices are easily done and created on the Forma LMS and it supports all kinds of browsers so no hassle in deployment and operation at all. Highly advanced platform for streaming high quality good videos and webinars.

Pros

The easy plugin installation and deployment across any devices is seamless and quick.
Our Training, Assessment and Certification vertical is using the Forma LMS services for certification management and tracking the certification status now and then.
Businesses enable their Learning management team to strengthen the knowledge transfer and management process through Forma LMS due to its advanced and high utility capabilities.
It's an open source learning platform, mainly web based and comes with high utility features ranging from video conferencing, LMS management, customised module development online and curating blended (Both offline and online) courses so that it is relevant and accepted by all kinds of businesses and their users.
Keep upgrading their utility features by improving the service offerings now and then.

Cons

We liked all the features and its utilities. No complaints till now. They should bring in more customised module features with high end application features for its applicability across different working sectoral environment.

Alternatives Considered

WizIQ LMS, Accord LMS, Absorb LMS, Cornerstone LMS and Create eLearning LMS

Reasons for Switching to Forma LMS

Forma LMS is the best e learning platform in teh market with high affordability and acceptibility rate. There is no deterrence or bad feedback by users against this platform. It is highly adopted by all due to its high rate of efficiency and providing great outcome. Managing and delivering effective online training is no more a trouble now for anyone. On technical front, the tech team is highly agile and has provided multifarious plugins for varied uses which results in high operating efficiency without any lag or slowdown. Multiple users amnagement through customised logins provisions coupled with complete certification management.

Pros

Robust online learning management system for onwards and upwards learning curve in post pandemic age.
It helped to reach out to larger gathering and audiences remotely within shortest span possible.
It's an open source LMS software and is absolutely free for use by small, medium and large enterprises.
Likeable by all and accepted by all kinds of audiences due to its ease if use and usability

Cons

We want more and more speedy and hi tech live streaming features with advanced recording facility and its later accessibility for use. The quality of sound and video recording can be further enriched and be more conspicuous. It would add more value and amazing customer experience.

Alternatives Considered

Oasis LMS, WizIQ LMS, Accord LMS and Easy LMS

Reasons for Switching to Forma LMS

Forma LMS was chosen by our tech and business team members jointly as we sat together and understood on our requirements and scope for customizations and flexibility for us. As a business user, we can confidently say that they are one of the highly professional organizations with high moral and ethical values which is highly acceptable and desirable by our organization and people. Their onboarding process was smooth and no cumbersome experience at all.

Pros

I was trying out different LMS solutions in the market. I tried several paid options which are mostly out of my league just to get the taste of the current innovations in LMS. Then I came back to the real world and started test riding all the open source options. My 1st test was with Moodle as it was the go to option recommended by most websites. I didn't like Moodle's interface. It has a ton of options but doesn't have the looks of a corporate LMS where it is very inviting and easy for users to jump instantly inside a course. So, I went for the second best, "Forma LMS".
Forma amazed me because I could set it up instantly in my website. Uploading courses are also a breeze. Yes I face some hiccups as I didn't know it works well with PHP version 7.0 and lower but the basic functions were working fine. I was able to test run my LMS within hours of deployment. If you are geek like me you know how does it feel when everything works the first time. If you have softiculous support with your hosting provider then it is more convenient. You will have a working LMS within 15 minutes if you have the contents ready.
So, all the poor people who wants to role out his own easy to use and pro looking LMS, Go for Forma LMS.

Cons

Certification Module is very irritating. You have trial so many times to get your working certificate template. And it is broken if you use any PHP version later than 7.0.
Another thing is the exam module. No doubt its very powerful. But powerful doesn't mean the UI have to look complex.

Alternatives Considered

Moodle

Reasons for Switching to Forma LMS

Because its easy to setup and professional looking and you won't have to sell your kidney just to start your LMS journey.

Pros

1. Easy to create and design training and learning courses.
2. Good support for plugins and integration option making it quite flexible for usage.
3. Allows you to easily keep track of your learnings
4. Users can easily setup test and assessments in the end of the trainings
5. Support for real time webinars and workshop trainings
6. Quick customer support in case of issues.

Cons

1. User interface can be more robust and dynamic to increase engagement of learners.
2. Lesser documentation available thus takes sometime to understand and design courses

Pros

We have used the forma LMS since 2012 for training the tech. people to prepare the exam of HSE experts in Turkey. It is very easy for using as attendies/students. And to manage and customising is not difficult.
You can get support on the forum "elearningcommunity.net" very quickly. And there are so many published/shared fixed problems on the forum.
so it did not let us down till today.

Cons

On the previous version the template was not supported via mobile . but now on the new version this problem is solved.

Pros

The ability to customize the LMS - the login page; tabs and buttons; reports, etc. This enables us to be able to create a unique training experience for each of our customers based on their needs and requirements.

Cons

It would be nice to have some more automatic email notification options in the system.

Alternatives Considered

Moodle

Reasons for Choosing Forma LMS

We needed an LMS that could support multiple languages.

Pros

User Experience, Support, Administration, Scorm compliance

Cons

Maybe the curve of learning the administration functionalities

Pros

Is very easy to use and the there is a lot of documentation.

Cons

Some features was missing when i was using this lms, but i see that is a lot improved from my last check.

Alternatives Considered

Moodle

Reasons for Switching to Forma LMS

At the time was the best solution for us.

Pros

I love the flexibility of this product. Ideal for every division and company, easy to maintain, intuitive and quick to set up. The interface is modern and attractive, very user friendly system from admin to learner

Cons

User manual.
No built-in Authoring. Is not really a problem for me because i prefer creating high quality courses using external authoring tool.

Pros

Forma LMS has simple features and easy to navigate across the entire dashboard and effective solution for perfect learning content creation and functional reporting features.
Project data management and the collaboration through Forma LMS is excellent and data analytics provided are valuable.

Cons

No issues from Forma LMS functionalities and the training when getting started was very easy.

Pros

FormaLMS has a power user management system, has multi template feature and can attach different template to different domain.

Cons

it would be interesting to receive more software updates

Pros

Very useful for internal course, easy integration with our streaming server, easy to use for our users.

Cons

A bit complex the creation of certificate template

Alternatives Considered

Docebo

Reasons for Switching to Forma LMS

On premises installation

Pros

The open source LMS is free!
You can manage your multimedia and html pages from a central location.

It automatically generates verifiable certificates upon completion of a course.

Plenty of configurations and automation to make your courses as engaging as possible.

Cons

I had a had time fully understanding how Forma LMS work but this was solved with time.

Pros

Ability to manage classroom courses, calendars, locations and students in cloud.
The other best part is that it integrates with e-commerce tools which enable users to sell courses online.

Cons

The vendor success team offers free support whenever there’s an issues.

Pros

It streamlines learning process in cloud by managing learning materials in one place.
It integrates with video conferencing tools which makes it easy to create webinars.

Cons

No missing capability nor overwhelming to integrate with external apps.

Pros

The most impact feature for us with this software is the ability to do open-source learning. Also, the support team is quite good and is very much approachable

Cons

Honestly, I do not have any dislike for this software. It is quite handy and satisfies all my needs

Pros

The built in LMS tool is quite useful for us. In addition to this, the learning management feature is our most used one and gives the best value

Cons

All the features that we use with Forma LMS is quite handy and there is no dissatisfaction for us.

Pros

Forma LMS offers a wide array of flexibility to its users and administrators. As an open-source software, I used this with my previous organization and was able to teach new and upcoming Network Security Engineer trainees.

Easy to create classroom courses and you can use video conferencing especially at this time where remote communication is very important.

Cons

Need to add options to integrate for software. One thing that I don't like is the certification module, there was an obstacle with it and had to ask help from the community.

Pros

Forma LMS offers built-in learning management system tools that accelerated implementation.

Cons

All the LMS tools are handy and easy to use without outsourcing support.