Mighty Networks vs TalentLMS: Which is a better fit?

Taryn: Hi, I'm Taryn. I'm a healing coach for women. I give Mighty Networks a three out of five stars. For more reviews like this, click below. When considering Mighty Networks, we were moving away from Facebook groups and wanted to do a subscription-based platform so we could offer a paid feature. Facebook groups was not serving its purpose anymore, and it really came down to Mighty Networks or Tribe community site by Stu McLaren. The reason that we ended up choosing Mighty Networks is we were able to try before we bought it, which meant we could invite all of our hosts and all of the staff onto the website to really get a good feel for having people at different access levels and what that would look like. We also chose it for the incredible support that we were receiving. They have a lot of training videos for whatever level you're coming in at, and whatever business type and level you're at. One of the main features that we appreciated was that you could offer different plans with groups, resources, community access at different price points, and then really bundle things together in a way that was customizable. Getting started with Mighty Networks was fairly simple from the setup standpoint. They walk you through a paid course, and they show you the ropes of what is important in order to set up a successful community. They give you all the tools that you need to get started. But it was tricky initially once you're in the platform. I will say that the interface and the containers that exist within the platform can get confusing. I've been in the platform for about six months now and still get lost sometimes. So there are pieces that are not entirely navigation-friendly. But other than that, there is a lot of promptings, and they're consistently making updates to their platform so that it is more user-friendly as they go. If you're considering using Mighty Network for your existing business, that is excellent. You already have a base that you are pulling from, people that are bought into what you have. So it is just such a natural fit to invite a community piece into that. If you are getting started with a business, which is what we were doing, a community platform was and is still hard to launch. So I would just say the major consideration there is, where are you at in your business building? And consider, if you don't have as much of a following, maybe using some other type of unpaid community platform at first to get the ball rolling, and then offering something more robust like Mighty Networks as you go-

Alan C.: My name is Alan. I'm a partner. I use TalentLMS. I give them a five out of five rating. For more views, click below. We chose TalentLMS approximately six years ago. I had reviewed many learning management systems. It's been too long. I can't remember the names. None of them seem to have the package that we needed. TalentLMS clicked I think 95 out of 100 boxes, and so we went with them and have been happy the entire time. We chose Talent for several reasons. The simplicity of the user interface, their service was well-matched to what we needed, and the most important part was we have access to a consultant at Talent. That's just part of the package, and he's been enormously helpful through any... Anything we just could not figure out, he was able to get us there. We did a tutorial that was both video and then one with a live person. That really got us to the point where we could be independent for many of the operations. And then for things that we got stuck on, we had the consultant that was at our disposal and boy, and we'd send an email, we'd get a reply back within 12 hours. It was thorough and it always got us to the next step. If your business is as well matched as ours is to talents services what's offered, it's a win. For anything in the video learning education world, it's probably going to work for you. If it's on a, I can't say about a university basis, it may not be a perfect match for that. But for a small business or a modest, medium-sized business looking at dozens or hundreds of clients, this was a good match.