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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated February 15th, 2026 # Reviews of Lessonly Ease of use 4.7 Customer Service 4.8 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews AT Ariel T HR ManagerAutomotive, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “We have built a path designed to walk our new hires through many different aspects of our company.“ August 13, 2024 LS Lindsay S Learning and Development SpecialistMarketing and Advertising, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Lessonly didn't have as many options in terms of content types as the LMS that our organization replaced it with.“ December 6, 2024 AT Ariel T HR ManagerAutomotive, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Efficient and effective way to streamline our companies onboarding process.“ August 13, 2024 RL Rachel L Customer Experience AdvisorConsumer Services, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Search key words seem to be a bit off, sometimes I search for something I know is within Lessonly, but I have to change my search to find what I need, that is slightly annoying when I know it is there, but I have my work around.“ November 27, 2023 SH Shaqueisha H Customer Support RepresentativeConsumer Services, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “I am a new user but the tool is very easy to use and I believe it is designed perfectly for courses/ learning.“ November 4, 2024 Peter L TreasurerNon-Profit Organization Management, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Depending on how you import or create users, sometimes after an inactive period, access is archived to free up a license which can create frustration during times of company wide learning.“ January 21, 2023 ET Erin T Sales EnablementMarketing and Advertising, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “It's easy to create new courses and provides a seamless way for trainers to include self-guided lessons into their training.“ November 27, 2023 RC Raine Leonard C AgentConsumer Services, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The thing that I disliked in lessonly is the text or font sizes“ November 11, 2023 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 160 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Trevor T. Brand Protection Analyst Internet Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Lessonly - An Amazing Learning Plan" December 17, 2021 5.0 Lessonly is far and away one of the best e-learning services I’ve used. It’s made me realize just how much I’ve been missing from previous companies not utilizing it. Pros Lessonly is a wonderful tool for company-wide trainings and onboarding for new employees. Managers can provide feedback and grading for more complex topics, or can be automatically graded with user defined rubrics. Cons The UI is a bit older than what I’ve seen from other software, but Lessonly makes up for it with how easy it is to use and with a ton of resources to help with the materials. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Customer Support Representative Apparel & Fashion Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "The Goldilocks of LMS Software" May 16, 2019 5.0 Before committing to Lessonly, I looked into quite a few LMS solutions. I found this to be the perfect middle ground in terms of price and features. It's really suited for a smallish (under 50 employees company), though I believe they have other plans for larger businesses or teams. Beyond just features, I couldn't be happier with their support. I never found their sales team be pushy which is always a wonderful bonus. They also have quite a few meetup events with company reps which I'm a big fan of. Pros \-From the pitch to implementation, their support was fantastic. They really helped to make sure this would suit our needs and after signing the contract, they followed up to set up a few meetings to make sure we fully understood how to use it to its full capacity. -It's extremely straightforward and easy to use for both administrators and learners. It was so simple I felt like I was missing something, but they assured me that wasn't the case :) -It offers a lot of information and lessons on how to actually train and improve your training process at no additional cost. This has proven to be a really invaluable resource and has improved our training program and saved time in developing it. -I love that it integrates with Zendesk. Cons \-I wish it allowed for some more customization or formatting variation. -Though you can easily embed videos, you can't host them through Lessonly. We knew this going in so it obviously wasn't a dealbreaker, but it would be nice. -As an administrator, I really wish it was possible to create a grading key. I find I create a lot more multiple choice quizzes because it's just too hard to grade written answers. Reason for choosing Lessonly \-Price -Features -Their support -Their flawless pitch and demo -Integration with Zendesk and MaestroQA Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Product Education Lead Internet Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Simple, basic LMS." December 5, 2017 3.0 It was a simple, easy way for us to scale learning for our quickly growing organization. That being said, it feels like we grew faster than Lessonly was able to keep up with, so now we're looking for a more robust LMS that will provide more flexibility as we become more sophisticated in how we're approaching education as a company. Pros The interface is clean, and lessons are relatively easy to create. Because it has such a minimalist design, there were very little extra work needed to make it look nice and enticing for our team to use. Cons They've only just now begun to add support for SCORM, relying solely on their built in editor for awhile. The customer support team is responsive, but very few changes or updates seem to be made from user feedback. It also felt as though substantial updates to the app were few and far between. This was disappointing, to say the least. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Treasurer Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Lessonly is amazing" January 21, 2023 5.0 Pros I like how welcoming and friendly lessonly is to use. It's easy to dive in and experiment with modules without feeling overwhelmed by customizations. It's easy to see what you've created, give profiles to authors and reviewers, and stay organized with a massive staff roster. Cons Specifically user management can be tricky. Depending on how you import or create users, sometimes after an inactive period, access is archived to free up a license which can create frustration during times of company wide learning. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Director of People Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use, perfect learning tool for nimble companies!" February 12, 2021 5.0 The Lessonly team is beyond good. They are helpful, responsive, kind, and you can tell that they obviously have a fun time doing it all! I have found them to be very receptive to product recommendations, etc. Pros Lessonly is VERY easy for users. They rarely have to ask for help in accessing and completing their assignments. It is customizable and has great design that makes it feel like a forward thinking learning platform. Cons I would love more pre-loaded trainings. For a small team, it is hard to keep up with content creation. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Lead Software Test Automation Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good for remote teams onboarding" September 9, 2018 4.0 We started to spend 60%! less time on remote teams onboarding, so it's got easier to adjust out business to changing technology demands. Pros Out onboarding plan had been a difficult to manage Excel spreadsheet for a long time. Eventually, I was able to persuade management to use some more appropriate solution. We compared Lessonly vs WorkRamp and lessonly was the winner because of more reach features set. Thanks to feature that allow to track trainers activity, we were able to motivate experienced employees to create a number of training materials (most of people were able to use the app right away, without any training) and reward top performers. Cons Some of trainers reported they experienced formatting issues when creating complex training materials. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Teammate Telecommunications Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Lessonly a leader to enhance knowledge base" September 4, 2021 5.0 Pros Learning data base is quite useful as it offers vivid options with check your knowledge questions so that you can cross validate the knowledge Cons Some tech. Glitch I'm facing these days but it's not a big deal Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Adjunct English Instructor Higher Education Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Lessonly Works!" January 17, 2019 5.0 Lessonly works very well for our training systems. Our information is updated/can change a lot so being able to easily go into a lesson to update is a benefit. Lessonly also provides 'house' lesson/guides for it's administrators including tips on when to put information into video, what might work best content-wise or how much content. This is very useful for those creating lessons for the first time. Pros Your can add videos, images, and quizzes to the lessons on any slide. You can create lesson paths which clump certain lessons into one flow. You can track when employees begin and end lessons, and the 'grade' they get for each lesson (if you have quizzes in lessons). Cons Can be cumbersome to add a new administrator for auditing the lessons if there are a ton of lessons, as it seems you can only add an editor one lesson at a time. Review Source Caleb O. Founder Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Lessonly review" March 26, 2019 4.0 with Lessonly, I can easily train my business team and collaborate with them on useful contents. Pros It is very easy to create teachable contents using Lessonly. Lessonly provides me and my team with a powerful learning system coupled with advanced coaching functionalities. Cons The dashboard needs to be jazzed up a little bit with more customization features for contents. Review Source rzF romay zuleima F. Docente Agregado Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Excellent tool of training" June 12, 2018 5.0 Organization of classes for training teachers Pros For the course of educational training, the tool is very usefulness and allows to share videos and projections of images dynamically Cons The cost is a little bit high and the explanation for the functioning results something complicated Review Source AT Ariel T. HR Manager Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Streamline your training!" August 13, 2024 5.0 We utilize Lessonly for our new hire onboarding and departmental lessons with knowledge checks on new processes, etc. Pros Efficient and effective way to streamline our companies onboarding process. We have built a path designed to walk our new hires through many different aspects of our company. The convenient factor is that it guides them through the entire lesson followed by a knowledge check. Lessons are easy to create and customize. Works great for us! Cons I do not have anything that I dislike about Lessonly. Review Source RV Ruben V. Head of Training Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Lessonly is the most intuitive LMS out there!" November 13, 2016 5.0 Due to the growth of our company, we needed a Learning Management System (LMS) that would help onboarding all the new hires. Before we used a powerpoint presentation, but that wasn't maintainable nor scalable since we have multiple offices around the world. That's why we started looking for a web-based LMS that was very easy to work with, both for the administrator creating content as for the users doing the online courses and quizzes. And if possible with a very simple yet slick design. After some research we found Lessonly and it checked all the boxes. And now we are not using Lessonly just for onboarding new hires, we are also using it to train existing employees. Each department within Bynder has a specific team member that creates lessons and quizzes. Since it is soo simple to create / edit content, my life as an administrator maintaining it is also very easy. Every day I receive an email with all the lessons that have been completed by our colleagues. But I also receive notifications if some colleagues have missed their deadline. Last thing I would like to point out is the great service we get from our Client Experience Manager. Whenever I send an email, I always get a reply within a few hours. When I ask a question, I always get an answer. Or sometimes even better, an instant solution! When I request a conference call, my client Experience Manager is always available to catch up, discuss the feedback I have received from our new hires (who are very enthusiastic about our online Training Centre) and talk about new road map features. Several times I came up with suggestions that later I could explain in detail to their VP of Product - everything to make their product better and therefore my experience. That is the kind of company we like to do business with! Pros \- Easy to create content for administrators / creators - Very intuitive to work with for new hires - Web-based so changes in lessons made are updated automatically - Overview of all users who did (not) complete their lessons - Automatic email reminders for uncompleted lessons - Great service from Client Experience Manager Cons The dashboards with information and statistics about who is assigned to which lesson and which user has still lessons open are available, yet they could be more advanced based on our personal preferences. I have been informed this is on the roadmap so I am really looking forward to that. Review Source TW Trav W. Chief Human Resources Officer Human Resources Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great platform and great people!" February 5, 2021 5.0 I love Lessonly. I'd like to see improvements to the gradebook and have pre-made content available, but neither of these things are dealbreakers. The LlamaNation community is a huge "pro" and one of the biggest differentiators between Lessonly and other LMS platforms. I am proud to be a llama! I highly recommend Lessonly to anyone looking for an intuitive LMS for creating custom content. Pros Lessonly's platform is super easy to use to create custom, engaging L&D content. And if you ever get stuck, they have fantastic employees ready to help and a customer community for additional support. Cons The ONLY downside to Lessonly is that everything must be created. There is no (to my knowledge) out of the box content. Lessonly should hire us to create that for them! Review Source MP Maija P. Operations Associate Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good concept, not so useful for managing large numbers of learners" February 3, 2020 4.0 Pros I like that Lessonly allows our company to create custom training modules that can be sent out to our network. Cons I wish that Lessonly had more user-friendly reporting of completed assignments. Our team monitors completions by regions, with different managers being responsible for learners in different areas of the country, yet there is not a convenient way of sorting completions by location on the platform - one must manually enter the location for each user, then download the reports as a spreadsheet in order to sort by the location field. Sending invitations is also far too manual of a process - needing to type in the name of each learner (as opposed to being able to auto-invite by location or date added) is tedious and can be problematic when two users have the same name but only one needs to be sent an invitation. There's no additional information, such as email address, available in the invite flow to easily differentiate users. Also, many of our learners have reported that the navigation of lessons is not the most convenient. When reviewing previously completed modules, the navigation menu is limited, forcing them to click through numerous pages in order to get to the one they wish to review. As an admin, I also found the chat box that pops up in the corner every time I visit the site to be annoying, with no option to permanently disable it. Review Source MM Meagan M. Head of CX Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "What did I do with my life before Lessonly?" July 16, 2018 5.0 if you have anyone in your company that's remotely-based, lessonly is a godsend. so easy, very fair pricing, and wonderful support/CSMs. two thumbs up! Pros constantly improving (been with them for 1.5 years and they constantly release new features), love that their decisions are research-based and some of their workforce are academics who have studied learning/teaching techniques. SO EASY to just write a lesson... adding people is easy, managing teams is easy (especially with the upgraded version, you can "hide" irrelevant lessons from separate teams). recently improved search and UI of the learning library was much appreciated. you can embed gifs, images, videos, sound clips, etc into lessons to make it as interactive as possible. our CSM is always around to help with 1:1 advice and the general support team is wonderful as well! Cons creating and managing tags leaves something to be desired - just not as intuitive as other parts of the platform. otherwise i still yeard for an easier way to manage lessons, something VISUAL like a tree or flowchart to quickly understand what lessons exist under what paths/teams - that's pretty minor though and not nearly a dealbreaker Review Source DW Diane W. Owner Professional Training & Coaching Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "eLearning made simple" November 14, 2016 4.0 With Lesson.ly's intuitive platform anyone can create engaging online learning. Their built-in styles give you the most desired editing functions -- for example, callouts and having images that the learner simply clicks to enlarge. You can create content quickly and collaboratively without worrying about formatting or authoring tools. As an instructional designer, I especially appreciate being able to deliver small chunks of material. It means that learners aren't waiting for a full course in order to get training. It makes keeping content up to date isn't a huge project. And it encourages learners to take and retake lessons when they need them. However, having a lot of smaller lessons as opposed to fewer large courses makes working with the catalog a little challenging. I've needed to rethink how to structure and manage content. It still feels a little clunky, and I think a large catalog may prove difficult. However, Lesson.ly has also been making improvements. And that brings me to my last point. The Lesson.ly team is fantastic. They are invested in your success, and it shows in everything they do. When you are working in the platform, they are just a click away. They listen. And they follow through. If you're looking to build out informal or subscription types of learning, I definitely recommend trying out Lesson.ly. Pros Ease of use. Great support. Cons Content catalog is a bit clunky. With lots of small lessons, it's hard to visualize what is in the catalog. Review Source Brian C. Financial Advisor Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great to Disseminate Information" February 5, 2020 5.0 Overall, I like the tool. We have also used it to qualify for continuing education credits for certain certifications. Pros I like my company's use of Lessonly, they will send out compliance and HR information. At the end of the presentation there is a check for understanding. You can always go back to Lessonly to review the completed items. This is great! Cons There is nothing I dislike about Lessonly. It is very easy to use and is a good place to store important, but not daily data. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Sales Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Helps with Training new and old reps" April 17, 2019 5.0 Pros I like how easy it is to create a quiz and to monitor results. We use lessonly to quiz our sales floor after weekly lunch and learn trainings and it helps us keep everyone certified. Cons No issues at all. It does exactly what we need it to. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Customer Success Manager Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Lessonly Review" January 4, 2020 5.0 Lessonly is a great tool for teachings and trainings, and these can be made quickly and easily. Pros Lessonly is a great tool to use for trainings, when you are unable to do an in person training. You can customize with photos and quizzes to make the trainings more fun and pleasing to the eye Cons The site can be a little slow at times, but there aren’t too many downsides other than that. Review Source AL Aaron L. Learning and Development Specialist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Simplify your e-learning!" November 14, 2016 5.0 As a user of several large LMS systems, most recently one from Oracle, I constantly lamented the fact that I was spending more of my time managing and learning their HUGE system than I was thinking about the impact of the learning material I was creating. When my learners told me they "just wanted to know what they had to do" I wasn't able to act on that feedback and make learning easier within the bounds of the LMS world. It was just more difficult than it was worth. Lesson.ly has been a breath of fresh air for me! It has less features than an LMS (on purpose) because they have realized that if the learning isn't simple, the learner won't want to engage with it. I highly recommend checking them out if you want to simplify your learning strategy and increase your employee's productivity and on-the-job confidence. Pros Ease of use and helpful service team. Cons I have to use a lot of other software to manipulate images, videos, etc...because Lesson.ly doesn't include much in the way of content or design within the software. Review Source DG David G. Program Manager, Learning & Enablement Internet Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Amazing learning software with some of the best client support I've ever experienced." November 15, 2016 5.0 Working with Lessonly has been one of the best vendor partner experiences I've had. In our search for a learning platform, I was pleasantly surprised to find this (relatively) small company innovating in a market where most others are falling behind. The Lessonly platform has gotten us excited again about capturing and sharing internal company knowledge. The support and partnership we have with the Lessonly team is one of the best experiences I've ever had. They have provided great guidance on building setup and launch, building engaging lessons, and best practices around driving adoption. Lessonly rocks! Review Source VR Verified Reviewer BDR Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Lessonly review 1" September 20, 2022 5.0 Pros Very clear layout as to what i need to do and what progress i made. very user friendly Cons there's not much that i don't like about Lessonly, really just does a good job at what my company uses it for Review Source HM Heather M. Manager Consumer Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Lessonly is a wonderful teaching tool!" May 28, 2019 4.0 Pros Lessonly has a fantastic search tool to be able to reference specific lessons by keywords. Cons When you share lessons with team members via email, the lessons don't always make it to the team member or they end up out of order. Review Source MB Melisa B. Virtual Trainer Restaurants Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy, modern E-Learning Tool" November 15, 2016 5.0 Lesson.Ly is an incredibly easy and user friendly E-Learning program for both designers and learners. As an admin creating lessons and courses is a smooth process and enjoyable. Pros Easy of use is my favorite part. Cons When building lessons it a bit tedious that the "ADD NEW: Text, Question, Image, etc" bar does not scroll with the page, so you always have to go backup the page any time you need a new piece. Review Source DW Dominika W. Talent manager Translation and Localization Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Lessonly can teach you a lot!" September 23, 2021 4.0 Pros Easy to access and make adjustments where necessary Cons Nothing, in particular, I can point as a disadvantage Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.