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About Skillsoft
Skillsoft is a global leader in corporate learning, delivering beautiful technology and engaging content that drives business impact for modern enterprises. Skillsoft provides a comprehensive selection of cloud-based corporate learning content, including courses, videos, books and other resources on Business and Management Skills, Leadership Development, Digital Transformation, Technology & Developer, Productivity and Collaboration Tools and Compliance.
The solution offers customized learning recommendations, focused topics and learning plans for learners. Featured contents based on user interests are highlighted in the home screen. Advanced search options such as full-text search across contents are available. Users can organize and bookmark preferred courses. Automated notifications can be sent to employees about newly added contents.
The solution supports AICC and SCORM e-learning standards. Reporting tools are offered as well. In addition, Skillsoft provides a community page for users to follow subject matter experts. Native Android and iOS applications are available in English, French, German and Spanish.
Support is provided via phone, email, live chat and an online ticketing system.
Skillsoft pricing
Skillsoft does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Skillsoft paid version starts at US$20.00/month.
Starting Price:
US$20.00/month
Free Version:
No
Free trial:
Yes
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Skillsoft Reviews
Feature rating
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Carlos
- Industry: Public Safety
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0
5
Reviewed on 11/6/2019
Great Product for Extra Trainings
It has solved the issue of having all employees having access to extra training so that they can improve their skills or build new skills. It is also cost efficient since it is not possible to send every employee to outside training's. It also has allowed my employees feel that I am here for them and wanting them to succeed which I do.
Pros
Skillsoft is a great product with a variety of topics one can learn on. It allows you to build up your skills and resume with the variety of courses one can take. It also has test one must pass to make sure that the material was learned from the course. Upon passing you are given a certificate of completion which is great to store and have on file in case ever asked. Its great that it shows all courses in your profile that you have completed and it allows you to save courses to do at a later date. this allows me to construct my own path of courses I want to take. It also has topics you would have never thought about which is great to learn off of and improve your skills whether you are already in s supervisors/managers position or striving to achieve a new position.
Cons
There is nothing that I dislike about skillsoft it is a pretty awesome tool for an organization.
Billie
- Industry: Staffing & Recruiting
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Value for Money
0
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0
5
Reviewed on 19/11/2019
Skillsoft-Percipio
Compliance Training is so easy with this Percipio. All new hires that are set up automatically get the required compliance training that is crucial in this day and age.
Pros
This product has so many options to offer as it relates to training, compliance. A great LMS tool and the customer service is outstanding.
Cons
In the beginning it was a little intimidating learning how to navigate and set up employees. As time has passed, it has definitely gotten much easier to use.
Verified Reviewer
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Review Source
Value for Money
1
Features
2
Ease of Use
1
Customer Support
3
2
Reviewed on 3/4/2018
Legacy LMS that was really a Content Portal turned LMS
If you have purchased the Skillsoft catalog, and you are getting SkillPort as an addon for no additional cost, then it is fine to use and perhaps less problematic than asking Skillsoft to make their catalog available to another LMS.
Otherwise, avoid. There are many other LMS and learning portal options that are better. Many of them for free.
Pros
Surpringly, the one feature I can vouch for in the system was the ability to update eLearning content without de-registering users or causing them to lose progress in their courseware. I have seen several systems where this is not the case.
Cons
Skillsport seems to be an LMS that was built around the fact Skillsoft offered a large content catalog, and needed to offer tracking, and also had to allow companies to upload their content into that portal because customers wouldn't want an LMS for just Skillsoft and the expense of a second system for their own content.
As an admin of the system converting over from an LMS (which they acquired), it was a very clunky system to user as an Admin as well as a user. The UI on the Admin side looked like a Windows 3.1 application (the user side was a bit better, but still dated). The basic setup of any course was overly complex, taking more steps than was truly required. The reporting was extremely weak. There was raw score and pass/fail, but no question-level analytics.
Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
4
Ease of Use
3
Customer Support
3
4
Reviewed on 12/4/2020
Good platform for technical eLearning, not the best admin functionality
Pros
Skillsoft has certainly come a long way since the days of Skillport. Percipio is no doubt a sleeker user experience, and their content has received a much needed refresh. As an admin for eLearning now in several different organizations, I've always leaned more towards Skillsoft as a vendor when it comes to technical content (programming, IT, cert prep, etc.), although their soft skills catalog is also pretty decent.
Cons
As a platform, my main gripes are with the admin side. I've used other eLearning platforms in previous roles, and Skillsoft's admin interface is always the clunkiest. Terminology used is not always intuitive, and user and content management requires too many clicks.
Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5
4
Reviewed on 9/10/2018
Decent Content
Customer service was always very helpful and attentive when an issue arose. The system reporting was a little clunky and required a lot of v-look-ups of separate reports to get all the information we wanted in one, comprehensive report for our business units. Ended up going elsewhere where we could get more course selection and content for our money with more language options already existing.
Pros
If you purchase their content you receive their host platform for free which was nice, however we switched content providers that had some newer content, and more content for the price.
Cons
Not a lot of language options currently although they're working on adding more. Most of the courses are pretty outdated but they've been working to upgrade them. Not a lot of content for the amount of money you pay.
