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

Categories and Ranking

Adobe Captivate
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Publishing Software (1st), eLearning (10th)
OpenText Document Sciences ...
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2814465 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Cloud Cost Over And Visibility Parts at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Interactive e-learning creation has transformed our training and now delivers measurable time savings
I would recommend Adobe Captivate for organizations that need advanced interactive e-learning content and have dedicated training or L&D teams. We have workflows to handle collaboration between team members when working on Adobe Captivate projects. We track learner progress and performance using Adobe Captivate through the reporting feature that Adobe Captivate provides to manage this information. We are using the latest version to manage version control for Adobe Captivate projects. There is a process we follow to handle content updates or revisions in Adobe Captivate once a course is published to keep the materials current. I am unaware of how to ensure content created in Adobe Captivate is accessible to all learners, including those with disabilities.
DN
Senior Technical Consultant at Customer Centrics International
Integration with Adobe Suite was great, but there were too many limitations based on the composition tools used
Creating dynamic content solutions for both transactional and marketing communications Developing smarter solutions for customers xPression was touted as a future solution, but didn't meet needs and therefore was replaced. Limitations of functions compared to the tool it was intended to replace…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use Adobe Captivate 5.5 with Adobe Technical Communication Suite 3.5 to produce technical how-to videos."
"Automatic responsive designs allow us to not have to code for any eLearning modules."
"It helped us bring in-house what would have otherwise been extremely costly projects."
"Adobe Captivate is a complex software. You can create many complex learnings with it. T"
"Since using Adobe Captivate, I have noticed specific outcomes and improvements in my organization, including saving time and cost, and we have saved approximately 15 to 20% in time and cost after using Adobe Captivate."
"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, and I also like the content library."
"Integration with Adobe Suite was great, allowed for smarts of industry standard tool to be leveraged."
 

Cons

"The voice sounds automated and I would like to have a more natural-sounding voice."
"I believe Adobe Captivate can be improved because the tool can feel complex for beginners, and the performance may slow down for large or highly interactive projects."
"The older or classic version of Adobe Captivate needs much improvement because everything looks very old."
"I would love a quick widget which walks novices through the process along with descriptive output options."
"I would love to see a "For Dummies" option. It gets pretty extensive in its level of intricacies and options offered."
"Getting started with Captivate has been a struggle for two of us on our team."
"The text to speech capability needs to be improved."
"xPression was touted as a future solution, but didn't meet needs and therefore was replaced."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

What needs improvement with Adobe Captivate?
I believe Adobe Captivate can be improved because the tool can feel complex for beginners, and the performance may slow down for large or highly interactive projects.
What is your primary use case for Adobe Captivate?
My main use case for Adobe Captivate is to create interactive e-learning content including training courses, software simulations, and quizzes.
What advice do you have for others considering Adobe Captivate?
I would recommend Adobe Captivate for organizations that need advanced interactive e-learning content and have dedicated training or L&D teams. We have workflows to handle collaboration between...
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Also Known As

Captivate
EMC Document Sciences xPression
 

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