We performed a comparison between Google Classroom and SAP Litmos based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: SAP Litmos offers a customizable dashboard and a variety of courses, and is known for its advanced UI/UX design and features such as event scheduling. Google Classroom users like its simplicity and native integration with other Google apps. SAP Litmos has room for improvement in multiple areas, including the ability to customize administrative rules and integration with SuccessFactors LMS. Google Classroom could benefit from better integration with non-Google applications and a more visually appealing dashboard.
Service and Support: Some users have praised the SAP's quick response times and like how easy it is to contact support through Litmos' built-in link. Others have reported longer response times and a need for better communication. Google Classroom users sometimes have difficulty contacting support and feel that their feedback is not acknowledged. At the same time, users say they like forums and resources, but finding assistance can be complex.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for SAP Litmos is generally simple and user-friendly, but it can be more complex when migrating a substantial amount of content manually. Google Classroom's initial setup is described as straightforward, with only minor difficulties for teachers managing multiple classes.
Pricing: The price of SAP Litmos varies depending on the number of courses and active students. Google Classroom is free for educational institutions, but private companies typically have to pay a significant amount.
ROI: SAP Litmos improves onboarding speed and reduces the need for trainers. Google Classroom users found it hard to quantify an ROI.
Comparison Results: SAP Litmos is preferred over Google Classroom. Users appreciate SAP Litmos for its easy-to-use interface, customization abilities, advanced design, and extensive functionality. It offers useful features such as event scheduling, automated emails, and surveys, which enhance the training experience. The pricing and performance of SAP Litmos are also highly praised. Google Classroom receives criticism for its confusing interface, lack of certain features, and difficulty in tracking assignments and feedback.
"The most valuable feature of Google Classroom is the ability for the lecturer to put in work. Additionally, the work can be graded after completion, and there can be feedback provided through the system which has a good interface."
"The most valuable feature of Google Classroom is its clouds based. It can be accessed anywhere. Additionally, the GUI is good, we have not had any complaints and the platform has built-in security. For example, email has protection."
"I find Jamboard to be a great tool for supporting classroom activities."
"A teacher can send assignments and upload results using the product."
"This solution integrates with all the other Google apps including Google Calendar and Google Docs. This makes it very easy to manage."
"Google Classroom is simple to use."
"Company-wise, the most important feature is that it is a product of Google. It is a part of Google Suite. With Google Classroom, you can easily embed a Google Sheet, Google Doc, or Google Form. You can easily create a quiz in Google Form. It is integrated with Google Drive. So, everything is on Google Drive, and you can easily use it. With single sign-on, you can use it with Google Apps as well."
"The product's UI is good and user-friendly."
"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."
"Content Author removes the need for a third-party solution for content creation."
"This is a very scalable solution. We had over 10,000 students in our instance and their billing model makes scaling affordable to do."
"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."
"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."
"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)."
"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."
"Google Classroom could improve by being easier to use. For example, making it functional with only a few buttons. It's difficult to know how to connect with students and make a link and share it with them. I found it difficult, and this is why I didn't continue using it. Additionally, it should be available to be downloaded to the desktop for use, similar to Zoom."
"There's room for improvement in the offline functionality. When you're working with a class, you can't close the class or perform certain tasks when you're offline."
"I would like to see a master list of documents with folder names so that it is more convenient for students to know whether they have submitted a particular document. At present, you need to go to each classroom to check what you have submitted."
"Google Classroom could improve by having better integration with other platforms, such as Google Meet."
"There are a lot of things that need to be fixed in order for it to be called a learning management system. I think that's where a lot of people are very confused in terms of what Google Classroom actually does. Google Classroom is not a learning management system. A learning management system allows teachers to grade with authenticity and doesn't provide only one grade for a particular document or assignment."
"Initially, the product's initial setup phase may not seem user-friendly."
"The stability could be improved."
"The solution's GUI is an area of concern currently that can be considered for improvement in the future."
"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."
"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."
"You cannot make a course optional, so if I assign a course to someone, the system assumes that they have to complete it."
"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 dashboards for this solution could be improved as they are not of the same standard and detail as those seen in Power BI. The graphics for the reporting could also be improved."
"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."
"The auto-assign feature that auto assigns courses to learners and puts them into a different learning path has had a bug for the last year and a half. My team has spent numerous hours trying to troubleshoot and fix that, but it's still broken. Until they fix that, it's going to be a higher admin burden for people to manage."
"The solution lags in defined security parameters with only three predefined roles available."
Google Classroom is ranked 3rd in Learning Management Systems (LMS) with 23 reviews while Litmos is ranked 6th in Learning Management Systems (LMS) with 11 reviews. Google Classroom is rated 8.2, while Litmos is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Google Classroom writes "An easy-to-use and intuitive solution that can be used to facilitate excellent teaching and learning". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Litmos writes "Comes with many advanced functionalities, and makes the users interested in the training with its amazing UI/UX". Google Classroom is most compared with Moodle, Canvas LMS, Blackboard Learning Management and CYPHER Learning, whereas Litmos is most compared with SAP SuccessFactors Learning, Cornerstone Learning and ConvergePoint Employee Training Software. See our Google Classroom vs. Litmos report.
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