Adobe Captivate vs Litmos comparison

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We performed a comparison between Adobe Captivate and Litmos based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two eLearning solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Adobe Captivate vs. Litmos

June 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Adobe Captivate

Ranking in eLearning

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

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Publishing Software (2nd)

Litmos

Ranking in eLearning

5th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Learning Management Systems (LMS) (8th), Virtual Training (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the eLearning category, the mindshare of Adobe Captivate is 0.7%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Litmos is 0.4%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Vishu Aggarwal

Freelance Corporate Trainer at Freelancer

Enables you to create many complex E-learnings

The older or classic version of Adobe Captivate needs much improvement because everything looks very old. It needs to improve how it works. Also, new features are missing too. The latest version is very good and unique in terms of work, but the level of complexity you can achieve it limited.

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Campbell Wormald

Business Owner at TheCWStudios

Easy to administer and use, integrates well, and helps with compliance management

Their reporting side of things could be better. The reporting dashboard or user interface reporting dashboard is not as intuitive as it potentially could be, but the problem with that is that every organization is going to want something slightly different. So, it's hard, but it is an area where it could improve. To do that, they would need to make some humongous improvements around being able to build your own dashboard within the system, which is pretty huge. One feature that a few of my clients have been requesting is CPD. We should be able to capture CPD points for users within the system to be able to report on those.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Automatic responsive designs allow us to not have to code for any eLearning modules."

"Adobe Captivate is a complex software. You can create many complex learnings with it. T"

"The most valuable features are the templates that come with the package, the recording features, as well as the surveys and quizzes that you can create with it."

"It helped us bring in-house what would have otherwise been extremely costly projects."

"There is a couple of good features available, you can customize the dashboard, CSA, and home page. You can customize the solution to your business standards. SAP Litmos offers a library of 2,500 plus courses to premium members. They have a good library of pre-built courses. It's a variety of soft skill courses including management, and marketing. You can offer these courses to your students, which is excellent."

"It's very easy to design content and create training models within the app, so you don't always have to use a third-party tool to develop your e-learning."

"This is a very scalable solution. We had over 10,000 students in our instance and their billing model makes scaling affordable to do."

"This complete product is highly scalable. Licensing is not based on number of total users on the system but rather only on active users. Litmos only charge for the number of users engaged in training. This is what makes this solution ideal for scale."

"Litmos has an excellent user interface. It's well designed and intuitive. It also has a great content engine. I'm one of the admins, so I create content in the system and use that to produce courses. We make our own training content and credit records. They recently added a new feature called the Course Content Creator, and I'm a big fan. I also like that Litmos lets you record online and face-to-face training so you can create what they call Instructor-led Training Events (ILT)."

"Its pricing is good, and its performance is good when it works."

"The plug-and-play format can be deployed immediately which is unlike its competitors that take three to four months."

"Its user interface is quite good. The platform is quite user-friendly. The UI/UX of the platform is very advanced, which helps in getting the users interested in the training."

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Cons

"I would love to see a "For Dummies" option. It gets pretty extensive in its level of intricacies and options offered."

"I would love a quick widget which walks novices through the process along with descriptive output options."

"The older or classic version of Adobe Captivate needs much improvement because everything looks very old."

"The voice sounds automated and I would like to have a more natural-sounding voice."

"The reporting function of SAP Litmos needs major improvements. The reports are not at par with other solutions on the market. It's not user-friendly or effective reporting which we can retrieve from other places."

"The reporting could be improved. When we first subscribed to Litmos, it had a great reporting engine, but SAP altered it. Some of the changes have reduced the ability to extract reports from it. It's excellent for live data, but it can be tricky when I want to get a report."

"The reporting in Litmos could be improved. It is difficult to pull accurate reporting based on how the solution is set up and parameters are selected."

"The solution lags in defined security parameters with only three predefined roles available."

"They can really improve in the reporting area. While doing sessions, there are various types of reports, such as the attendance report or assessment report. We can export the Excel dump of the report, but it is not that neat and clean. You have to change it a lot. You can customize the Excel dump as per your requirement, but it is not that user-friendly in terms of the admin part. They can do much better. They have room for improvement in the reporting area."

"Lacks a variety of language options."

"One feature that a few of my clients have been requesting is CPD. We should be able to capture CPD points for users within the system to be able to report on those."

"The rules are not very flexible in terms of administration. They have a predefined system with three standard rules that cannot be customized, modified, added, or removed."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"This product is part of the larger Adobe Creative Cloud offering, which costs about $600 USD per year."

"I do not have any idea about the licensing, but I know that it is quite expensive."

"This solution comes at a high price point. We also paid $4500 for a migration specialist from Litmos to assist in moving our content over. You are billed every month based on the number of users who have logged in and completed training."

"It is priced per user license."

"There are three different pricing models. One is only to use the platform and to add your own learning material. The second plan includes the learning management system plus 2000 plus pre built courses on different areas including leadership, software skills, HR and IT related training. The third package allows you to integrate the system with tools such Salesforce or other CRMs."

"I don't know what the pricing model is at this point in time. I'm a consultant. The organizations that have purchased Litmos engage me to help them implement it, or Litmos engage me to be their external learning management system administrator. So, I don't see the rates, but based on the general comments that I've heard, it seems cost-effective and competitive with its competitors."

"If I have a domain and I want to link my custom domain to SAP Litmos, and if I want to remove the branding of the SAP Litmos, then they charge a large amount for it. It's not included in your subscription plan which we have purchased from them. In the last two to three years, we have never bought the custom domain. We have never linked our custom domain to SAP Litmos. The barrier for us is the high pricing. It is not a reasonable price."

"The solution is priced per user which can get expensive."

"When we first purchased our subscription, we underestimated how many people we would have within a billing period. We had to adjust that in the first six months. I can't remember the exact numbers, but they charge a per user rate for a certain number, and you get a discount as the number of users goes up. It scales, which is a fairly reasonable way to build a pricing model."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Adobe Captivate?

Adobe Captivate is a complex software. You can create many complex learnings with it. T

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Adobe Captivate?

There is no Captivate subscription in India, whereas US and other markets have. It is cheaper than its competitors.

What needs improvement with Adobe Captivate?

Is SAP Litmos expensive for eLearning?

I have used this for eLearning before, and considering how useful it was, the price was fair. Of course, you have to think of what you will need for your own training and how much you want to pay ...

Is it better to use your own courses or SAP Litmos’ native ones?

Obviously this highly depends on what you want to provide to your learners. If you seek to give them very specific eLearning, like if your company wants to educate employees or partners on your new...

How does SAP Litmos make eLearning more effective?

I think SAP Litmos makes eLearning effective because it's specifically created to closely follow the learning process and the progress of students, all the while giving you many tools and helpful ...

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Also Known As

Captivate

SAP Litmos, CallidusCloud Litmos

Overview

Adobe Captivate software reimagines the way interactive eLearning is created for a multi-device world. Develop any-screen mobile learning without programming using all-new responsive authoring.

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Litmos is a cloud-based learning management system (LMS) that offers a comprehensive solution for training and development needs. Its user-friendly interface and robust features enable organizations to deliver engaging and effective learning experiences to their employees, partners, and customers. The platform allows for easy creation and management of courses, assessments, and certifications, with the ability to track learner progress and performance. SA Litmos also provides various content options, including video-based learning, virtual classrooms, and gamification, to enhance learner engagement. Additionally, it offers robust reporting and analytics capabilities, allowing organizations to gain insights into learner behavior and training effectiveness. With its mobile app and responsive design, Litmos ensures learners can access training materials anytime, anywhere, and on any device. Litmos is a comprehensive and flexible LMS that empowers organizations to deliver impactful training and drive continuous learning and development.

Sample Customers

GAAP Dynamic, Ceresti Health, ThinkBuzan, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Design Goat, meLearning Solutions, The BRITE Initiative, Kineo

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