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Litmos vs Pluralsight comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Litmos
Ranking in Virtual Training
6th
Ranking in eLearning
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Learning Management Systems (LMS) (8th)
Pluralsight
Ranking in Virtual Training
2nd
Ranking in eLearning
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Virtual Training category, the mindshare of Litmos is 0.7%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pluralsight is 40.0%, up from 36.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Training
 

Featured Reviews

Campbell Wormald - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Kaushal Kedia - PeerSpot reviewer
Facilitates professional development with comprehensive assessments and customizable learning materials
Pluralsight has something called Technology Quotient, TQ, which includes very good sessions. What's noteworthy is that, if I am unable to answer any question during an assessment, it shows which part of the video covers the answer. This makes it convenient as I don't have to search through the entire video. Additionally, the assessments are quite good, providing valuable feedback on areas that may require improvement.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"From a learning management system admin perspective, it has a user-friendly interface, but the functionality is deep. So, you can automate people in and out of courses. It lowers the general admin of an LMS admin so that I can focus more on value-adding things for the organization I'm working with."
"Content Author removes the need for a third-party solution for content creation."
"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."
"It incorporates the majority of the elements."
"This is a very scalable solution. We had over 10,000 students in our instance and their billing model makes scaling affordable to do."
"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)."
"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."
"Its pricing is good, and its performance is good when it works."
"The UI is user-friendly."
"We find the courses with high ratings and popularity to be most valuable. If the content is applicable, we encourage team members to use it. Regarding skill assessment, I haven't used that feature much, but we've done a few trainings with evaluations, which have been helpful for learning."
"The entire curriculum needs to be systematically organized into sections, allowing for a seamless resumption of learning."
"We are happy with the tool's skill assessment. It helps with skill enhancement, competency, and company development."
"The fact that I could pause the training and restart another day was convenient."
 

Cons

"The solution lags in defined security parameters with only three predefined roles available."
"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."
"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."
"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 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."
"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 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 course quality was not very good for the information systems auditor and risk manager courses."
"I think the assessments in Pluralsight are already good, but it would be helpful if there were explanations for incomplete questions or for which we couldn't provide a proper answer."
"The product needs to become mobile-based. The number of courses is less compared to Udemy and Coursera."
"Improving the platform's ability to accommodate user queries would be beneficial for further enhancement."
"The website is not up to date."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"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."
"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."
"The pricing is really good. Its pricing is probably the most competitive I've seen for an LMS. If you need help with doing any type of custom design or customization, such as code design or anything like that with the site, then you have to use their people services, which would be an extra cost."
"I do not have any idea about the licensing, but I know that it is quite expensive."
"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."
"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."
"The solution is priced per user which can get expensive."
"We pay for the license every month, subscription-wise."
"The cost is very high for Indian users."
"The tool's licensing costs are annual. It is optimal, neither expensive nor cheap."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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 ...
Can I prepare for a certificate through Pluralsight only?
As far as I know, yes, Pluralsight offers a big variety of courses that prepare you for different tech certificates. Now a thing you have to keep in mind is that in some plans you'll have to pay ad...
Can I practice my skills with Pluralsight eLearning?
You absolutely can and it's actually a crucial part of their eLearning process. When you sign up for a Pluralsight course, you ensure your place in labs, sandboxes, projects, and interactive course...
Is Pluralsight the best place for tech eLearning?
I've used Pluralsight before, not for cybersecurity, but all the same I can say that they are a pretty good eLearning provider when it comes to technical expertise. Of course, it'll all depend on ...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

SAP Litmos, CallidusCloud Litmos
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Sample Customers

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