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CYPHER Learning vs Skillsoft: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 27th, 2025
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Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 4,920 reviews from Learning Management System users.
% Fit
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Course Management
4.6
Learner Portal
4.6
Content Management
4.8
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User Management
4.8
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Course Management
4.8
Learner Portal
4.1
Content Management
5.0
Access Controls/Permissions
5.0
User Management
NA
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews118
Ease of use
4.2
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.3
4.3
User reviews80
Ease of use
4.3
Functionality
4.1
Value for money
4.0
Customer support
4.3
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Best for

Any corporation or market (training companies, franchises, healthcare, financial services, retail, IT, higher education, etc.) needing to onboard, upskill, or train teams on products and services,

Designed for leadership, tech, and compliance roles, Skillsoft is a cloud-based training solution that supports employee growth by identifying and overcoming critical skill gaps.

User reviews
pros & cons
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Kierra G
Director
4.0

Kierra G: Hi, my name is Kierra, and I'm the director of an online music school. We serve kids ages four through 18, and we're a company of 15 to 30 people. Out of five stars, I give CYPHER Learning four. CYPHER is our first LMS that we actually went with, but we looked into Schoolology, and we looked into Google Classroom, but they just didn't have the look that we needed for our school. We decided to go with CYPHER Learning really for, okay, it was a number of things. First was the aesthetic. We love the educational vibe that it had. Then second was just all of the features that it had, with the gradebook and tracking, being able to create your own courses, and now with AI, the AI-assisted course creation, which is very helpful, but really, it was just the look of it was more so what we were looking for. Schoolology and Google Classroom, they have similar functionality, but it's just the look, it just wasn't really what we were looking for. Then, of course, all the features, with AI being able to assist in course creation, because we are about creating self-paced courses, it just really is really helpful. Integrating CYPHER Learning was relatively easy. Anyone can do it, but there is a slight learning curve when it comes to customization of features, but it is really simple. We have a tech person on our team, so they were able to walk us through what was needed and what needed to happen. I would say, if you don't have a tech person on your team, if your team is smaller, you will be able to figure it out. It's not too complicated to where you need that point person, but it is a bit of a learning curve if you're not used to having to go through customization features. For those of you who are considering CYPHER Learning for your business, I would highly recommend it. I would just make sure that your audience and your target market is suitable for their aesthetics. It's great for the older learner, adult learner, collegiate learner. I would say the youngest, maybe middle, high school. That's one of the cons about it for us is we serve younger and older students. For our younger students, the aesthetic isn't as lively and bubbly for that age group, but it's great for our older kids. They love it. We've had to really use all of the customization features we can to get it for the younger age group. If you serve older learners, then I think it's great. I think it's really simple to use once you, it is a learning curve at first, especially if you're not used to an LMS, but once you get how they have their system laid out, it's pretty simple to use. Then their tech support is also pretty spot on.

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Michael L
Career Advisor
4.0

Mike: Hi, my name is Mike. I'm a career advisor. This review is for Skillsoft, which I would rate four out of five stars. For more reviews like this, please click below. Before bringing Skillsoft into our organization, we actually didn't have a formal training and development system in a virtual platform available for our employees and our candidates. So this was basically a revolutionary change for our learning and training and development environment. It was something where we weren't previously capable or understanding of all that a virtual platform would entail, so luckily, Skillsoft made it really easy. The main reason we chose Skillsoft was the library of trainings that were available. We did have employees that spanned all divisions, from technology to accounting, finance, typical business trainings. So having that broad wealth of resources available to us, let us really customize the resources that we were providing our employees for development. So that large library plus the ease of use and setup was definitely the strong selling points of Skillsoft. Getting started with Skillsoft was pretty simple. Relatively intuitive platform, and they have made changes to it over the years, so it's become easier to use as time's gone on. So overall, relatively intuitive, point and click for the most part. Everyone on the back end, within the IT department, said it was relatively easy to get set up within our system and our environment. And the users of Skillsoft have also said that the ease of use of the platform and, really, the ability to train at their leisure is a very open, really interesting, and helpful tool for them. So for someone considering Skillsoft, I would definitely recommend to ensure that there are the trainings and types of videos and topics that you'd be interested in having your employees develop and use. There is a lot on Skillsoft so it's not always the most focused platform, unless you're specifically guiding your employees towards the classes or the trainings that would specifically benefit them in their roles. So I would definitely recommend leveraging Skillsoft, but making sure doing a job analysis for each position to make sure that you're tailoring the specific trainings towards those positions.

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Academic/Education
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CYPHER Learning

Top Features
46/46
  • Academic/Education
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • API
  • Assessment Management
  • Asynchronous Learning
  • Blended Learning
  • Built-in Course Authoring
  • Certification & Licensing
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Content Library
  • Content Management
  • Corporate/Business
  • Course Management
  • Course Tracking
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Discussions/Forums
  • eCommerce Management
  • eLearning Companies
  • Enrollment Confirmation
  • Extended Enterprise Learning
  • Feedback Management
  • Gamification
  • Gradebook
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Learner Portal
  • Learning Paths/Tracks
  • Mobile Learning
  • Multi-Language
  • Offline Access
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Reminders
  • SCORM Compliance
  • Self-paced Learning
  • Single Sign On
  • Social Learning
  • Synchronous Learning
  • Tests/Assessments
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Training Management
  • User Management
  • Video Conferencing
  • Virtual Classroom
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CYPHER Learning
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Skillsoft
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
CYPHER Learning
  • By CYPHER Learning
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2009
Skillsoft
  • By Skillsoft
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1998
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