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Articulate 360

4.7 (696)

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Last updated August 3rd, 2026

# Reviews of Articulate 360

Ease of use

4.6

Customer Service

4.6

## Pros and Cons in Reviews

OB

Olivia B

Instructional DesignerUtilities, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“I am able to quickly create courses with storyline that allow users to experience our software interactively or I can use Rise to efficiently produce clean, organised courses that can be easily updated whenever needed.“

November 13, 2025

ML

Matt L

Senior instructional desigerHospital & Health Care, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“One major limitation of the software is the lack of native 360-video integration, which restricts creators who want to build immersive or VR-style learning experiences. While Articulate 360 supports a wide range of traditional media, it does not offer tools for embedding navigable 360-degree environments, hotspots, or interactive panoramic scenes.“

November 13, 2025

ML

Matt L

Senior instructional desigerHospital & Health Care, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“Its media-friendly workflow lets you bring in images, characters, screen recordings, and templates to create polished content quickly.“

November 13, 2025

TJ

Tanya J

Instructional DesignerHigher Education, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“Working with tables are clunky, copying, pasting and cropping photos/graphics are sometimes challenging, the wording of the triggers at times can be a little confusing.“

September 13, 2025

CM

Cameron M

Creative Services ManagerInformation Technology and Services, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“Having complete creative control to build truly custom, complex content like detailed branching scenarios and realistic simulations sets it leaps and bound apart from your basic powerpoint.“

November 22, 2025

CM

Cameron M

Creative Services ManagerInformation Technology and Services, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“Historically, the inability to fully customize the look and feel of Rise 360 courses was a drawback, often requiring a reliance on Storyline for greater design freedom.“

November 22, 2025

DS

Deedre S

Sr. Agency TrainerInsurance, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“The ability to modernize training modules from a simplistic PowerPoint type presentation where the learner reads the content to an interactive learning experience.“

September 11, 2025

KG

Kirsten G

Accessibility SpecialistHigher Education, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“The main drawbacks are Storyline’s heavier files, limited real-time collaboration, and the extra effort required to ensure full accessibility.“

November 13, 2025

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현빈 심.  
Manager  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Articulate 360 is undoubtedly the best among e-learning authoring tools"

January 5, 2025

5.0

Despite some shortcomings, it is undoubtedly the best among e-learning authoring tools. I believe that the pricing for the recently launched AI assistant feature is reasonable compared to the functions it offers.

Pros

Even non-developers can unleash their creativity to create e-learning content. The interface is similar to MS PowerPoint, making it easy and quick for anyone to learn. By using the software, users can develop logical thinking through the trigger wizard.

Cons

It is not compatible with MacBooks; a virtual machine is required to use it on a Mac. The speed of the created content is not very fast and feels somewhat heavy. As a Korean, I find that support for the Korean language is lacking in areas such as text input, font compatibility, and TTS provision.

Alternatives considered

[ActivePresenter](https://www.capterra.com/p/132219/ActivePresenter/)

Reason for choosing Articulate 360

Articulate 360 ​​supports higher versions of SCORM and has better LMS compatibility.

Review Source

CB

Chanda B.  
Sr. Learning Architect  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sr. Learning Architect"

November 13, 2025

5.0

I have 5 years of experience using the Storyline I enjoy the ease of use and beautiful interface Articulate Review is especially beneficial when working across apartments and gathering feedback from the client.

Pros

The application suite is feature-rich, intuitive, visually appealing, allows developers to publish content in multiple formats. It has great accessibility tools, and great customizations

Cons

The price can be prohibitive for small businesses. Improvement of the integrated voices for text to speech. It is also not a cross-platform package. Would appreciate a Mac version.

Switched from

[Adobe Captivate](https://www.capterra.com/p/227148/Adobe-Captivate/)

The feature of Storyline, ease of use, and Articulate Review!

Review Source

SS

Sarah S.  
Learning and Development Specialist  
Semiconductors  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "It does what you need it to, most of the time"

November 13, 2025

3.0

It’s the industry standard. If you’re an instructional designer, you will have to be familiar with the Articulate suite. Is it the best/most magical product in the world? No, but it has name recognition and still holds a virtual monopoly on the market. It gets the job done, with some frustrations along the way. Their more recent feature rollouts have been pretty solid, so I am cautiously optimistic about the future of their offerings.

Pros

It does the job you need it to, which is course creation. Rise is great for rapid elearning development and Storyline is great for more interactive type trainings. The text to speech voiceover and the localization features are exciting.

Cons

It is a very slowly evolving product, and the Articulate team often prioritizes more gimmicky features over responding to the requests of their users.

Review Source

DP

Dominic P.  
Integrator  
Industrial Automation  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Effective!"

October 22, 2025

4.0

I<m working with Storyline since 2019 and always had the possibility to improve my work to our client specifications.

Pros

User friendly, versatile, fast and efficient customer support. Variables and triggers are easy to use.

Cons

Should have more complete features for French language (ai, neural voices, etc.) Images and character bank should present more types of workers in accordance with what we see in industry (eg. workers wearing appropriate PPE used in Canadian industry).

Switched from

[Lectora](https://www.capterra.com/p/205885/Lectora/)

Lectora was not user-friendly, variables were complicated and required a lot of coding

Review Source

CM

Cheryl M.  
Senior Manager  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Stay ahead of the AI Revolution with Articulate "

November 12, 2025

5.0

Articulate is super easy to lean and they have the best support-quick response time - hands down. The AI capabilities have really made the course development process so much faster too

Pros

They do a great job of keeping up with the AI revolution - constantly releasing new features and AI capabilities

Cons

Honestly not much - wish the layers could have a separate notes panel and try e character would get upgraded

Switched from

[Adobe Captivate](https://www.capterra.com/p/227148/Adobe-Captivate/)

Necessary tic open more job opportunities as 2/3 of the ELearning jobs want Articulate

Review Source

RT

Rebecca T.  
Training Manager  
Retail  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Unmatched creative freedom with Storyline 360"

October 22, 2025

5.0

It has been great, however the learning curve is a bit steep for Storyline and can be intimidating. Most people are put off at first but once they get into it they love it.

Pros

I choose articulate 360 because of the3 unmatched level of creative freedom. I have yet to find anything else like it on the market.

Cons

I find that the most frustrating part about this service is the glitches in hover or other states when using icons or other graphics and shapes.

Switched from

[Easygenerator](https://www.capterra.com/p/129281/Easygenerator/)

We wanted to be able to keeps our creations after

Review Source

TP

Tia P.  
Pilot Technical Program Manager  
Airlines/Aviation  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Versatile Learning Design Tool"

November 12, 2025

5.0

Overall I love the product and has so many possibilities outside the box. It’s great because the indents customizable features really allows your imagination to run free for all learning possibilities that you can image.

Pros

The versatility outside of the primary design intention, allowing more engaging and creative learning experience.

Cons

Lack of movement of backlog enhancements (such as supporting alpha channel videos). Every time I do run into a frustration I usually found a work around but most of the support is from other users not the company’s there response is typically (put the rest in) not put the request in and here is possible work around…

Switched from

[Adobe Captivate](https://www.capterra.com/p/227148/Adobe-Captivate/)

Articulate is easier to use, better features and more reliable.

Review Source

AB

Alex B.  
Senior Digital Product Coordinator  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Great platform with a couple small refreshed needed"

October 22, 2025

5.0

Rise 360 has been a great tool to create uniform, compelling digital learning experiences. I can see the power of Storyline but it is hampered by the interface. Though admittedly I need more time and experience using that particular app to create interactives.

Pros

Building blocks allow me to quickly and effectively input course content in a uniform style and tone.

Cons

The interface for Storyline is in desperate need of a refresh. It looks like windows 98 PowerPoint while the rest of the suite is modern and more “Apple-like”

Alternatives considered

[Brightspace](https://www.capterra.com/p/122854/Brightspace/)

Reason for choosing Articulate 360

Interface, pricing and appearance of published products

Switched from

[Brightspace](https://www.capterra.com/p/122854/Brightspace/)

Outdated interface and limited interactivity

Review Source

TN

Tiffany N.  
Instructional designer  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Articulate 360 is amazing!! "

November 13, 2025

5.0

Fabulous tool for creating courses, easy to provide review links to stakeholder. Ease of setting versions of courses created

Pros

Updates and upgrades are responsive to requests by users, ease of course creation, providing review links to stakeholders is easy and capturing their feedback is easy even when they’re not a user.

Cons

None. I haven’t had any issues with the products. It has been a great product and much easier to use than previous products we’ve used to create learning

Switched from

[Adobe Captivate](https://www.capterra.com/p/227148/Adobe-Captivate/)

We switched from Adobe Captivate to Articulate 360 because I’d cost and the ease of use.

Review Source

VW

Val W.  
LD enablement manager.  
Real Estate  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "life-changing save time and money"

November 13, 2025

5.0

I’m a former user of Captivate. It doesn’t compare to this. My overall experience with Articulate is an A+ plus. This software has actually been life-changing for my company as well as my department.

Pros

Very intuitive, easy to use, great return on investment, the localization chunk has saved time and money

Cons

The AI assistant needs some work; however, I realize it’s relatively new. In the short time it has been available for our use, they seem to be continually adding improvements. I look forward to the future.

Switched from

[Adobe Captivate](https://www.capterra.com/p/227148/Adobe-Captivate/)

Adobe Captivate is challenging to use. I felt it was very dated. They were not doing any enhancements.

Review Source

SC

Sarah C.  
Independent Contractor for Edtech Consulting  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "You get what you pay for"

December 23, 2025

4.0

Pros

I used the Rise 360 platform within Articulate 360 to author a course for asynchronous teacher training on an educational technology tool. I liked that I was able to quickly and easily create a professional looking course that included all the features I wanted. It allowed me to create required checkpoints, use a variety of features, and export to a Moodle instance for completion. Customer support was responsive and answered my questions. I like that there were lots of options within the suite, including the more in-depth video creation and detailed interactive tools available in Storyline. Rise was sufficient for my needs.

Cons

The price - it is very expensive to subscribe. I tested it out on the free trial and while it's excellent and probably the highest quality on the market, the cost is absolutely out of reach for small private schools, independent consultants, and other small-time players. It's disappointing that excellent tools aren't available if you don't have a huge budget.

Review Source

KG

Kirsten G.  
Accessibility Specialist  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "KG Review Articulate "

November 13, 2025

5.0

My overall experience with Articulate 360 has been very positive. It’s a versatile, user-friendly suite that supports both rapid development and highly customized eLearning. Storyline gives me the flexibility to build complex interactions and scenario-based learning, while Rise allows for quick, modern, responsive courses. I especially appreciate Review 360 for streamlined SME collaboration. The asset libraries and templates also speed up production. The main drawbacks are Storyline’s heavier files, limited real-time collaboration, and the extra effort required to ensure full accessibility. Still, Articulate 360 remains a reliable, powerful toolset for creating engaging, professional learning experiences.

Pros

Articulate 360 makes it incredibly easy to design polished, interactive learning experiences without heavy development. Storyline gives you full control—layers, triggers, variables—so you can build anything from compliance modules to complex branching scenarios. Rise is fast, clean, and perfect for responsive microlearning. I also love the built-in asset libraries, templates, and Review 360. Review saves so much time because SMEs can comment directly on slides, and everything stays organized in one place. Overall, it speeds up production while still letting you create custom, high-quality learning.

Cons

The biggest challenge is that Storyline can be a little “heavy”—projects get large, publishing takes a while, and version control can get messy unless you use strict file-saving habits. Rise, while efficient, has limitations when you need complex interactions, custom layouts, or WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance.

Review Source

CG

Carly G.  
QA curriculum designer and trainer II  
Food & Beverages  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "All in one package"

November 13, 2025

4.0

Overall it’s been generally positive. It’s been helpful and making courses and meets the needs of my customers and business.

Pros

I like that articulate 360 is constantly updating themselves to ensure that the latest software is installed on our computers. I also like the articulate 360 has a variety of products so that I don’t need to purchase different software in order to complete and meet my business meets.

Cons

it crashes often, especially when a file has more than 300+ slides. When working on this file, it says that storyline detected a bug but I don’t know what the bug is so I end up saving the file, closing the file, reopening it, and continue working on it.

Review Source

TH

Trish H.  
Learning and Development Specialist  
Real Estate  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Articulate platform"

September 11, 2025

5.0

Been using the programming in platform for 2 1/2 years as they continue to upgrade it's become a better product and easier to use

Pros

Allows her personalization and customization of all learning content to meet our audience needs. Also allows us to hit each of our various employee lines like technicians, managers, and leadership.

Cons

Some barriers when it comes to integrating with our current LMS system. SCORM files present an issue when it comes to linking and updating content within it.

Review Source

TC

Tamar C.  
Training Specialist  
Pharmaceuticals  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "My thoughts on Articulate 360 "

November 18, 2025

4.0

We use Articulate 360 in many ways: to create e-learnings, videos, e-books, branching scenarios. Customer service is very responsive and it's also easy to find answers to most questions by searching online (because it is a commonly used tool). I do like the new Ai features, but think that there could be some improvements (see above for improvements).

Pros

Rise is user friendly. Storyline is easily customizable. Ai voiceover is realistic. Ai text editing is accurate. Easy to create videos in storyline by adding images and animations. Can use proprietary information and know it's secure. Timely and responsive customer support. Also open to user feedback and make updates regularly.

Cons

Ai image generator is not that great- most of the images don't look realistic. Ai translation of Japanese is also not great. Localization is not very easy to use. Ai content creation from source document can be improved.

Review Source

JS

Jenny S.  
Online Learning Instructional Design Manager  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Pretty Good Pretty Pretty Pretty Pretty Good"

November 14, 2025

4.0

I sometimes enjoy it and am sometimes frustrated. It's very powerful. But it feels like it lags behind modern times sometimes. I would like to make training that looks more like YouTube and Tiktok

Pros

Lots of people use it, review tool is easy to use. Allows for custom JavaScript and xAPI. Can create beautiful courses. Custom block in Rise looks dope. Rise is a nice tool for content developers who have weaker graphic design skills.

Cons

Branching in Storyline is very hard I need dark mode in Storyline development because I get migraines. Accessibility should be for designers too. Can't get question banks transfered from external vendor in Rise Replay video functionality breaks quiz review, I want to make more video exams, plz fix

Review Source

AO

Anne O.  
Senior Learning Developer  
Insurance  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Articulate 360 - Create great courses!"

December 30, 2025

5.0

It's a great tool that is easy to use and can create professional looking courses in a short amount of time. It has tesxt to speech voice over that is professional sounding.

Pros

It's easy to use and can be used to create professional looking courses quickly. It has awesome interactive elements and a good media library.

Cons

Sometimes it takes a few tries to get what I want when using the AI assistant. The focus order in rise's custom blocks still needs improvement.

Review Source

NP

Nidhi P.  
Learning and evaluation  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "My Go-To Platform for Building Online Courses"

October 30, 2025

5.0

My overall experience with Articulate 360 has been very positive. It’s an easy-to-use platform for creating online training courses. The tools work well together, and I like how Rise 360 helps build modern, responsive courses quickly, while Storyline 360 gives me the flexibility to design more interactive and custom content. Collaboration through Review 360 also makes it simple to collect feedback and make improvements. Although the price is on the higher side and there’s a bit of a learning curve with Storyline, the overall quality, support, and regular updates make it worth it. In short, Articulate 360 has made my course development process faster, smoother, and more professional.

Pros

The tools are user-friendly and Rise 360 lets you build beautiful, responsive courses quickly. I also really like Review 360, which makes it simple to get feedback and make changes without confusion. Overall, it helps save time and makes course creation smooth and enjoyable.

Cons

Storyline 360 takes some time to learn - it’s powerful but not very beginner-friendly. Sometimes the software updates can be large and take a while to install, which slows down work a bit.

Review Source

GA

Gavin A.  
Instructional Designer  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great products with a fantastic community"

October 22, 2025

5.0

My experience with Articulate 360 has been positive overall. The tools are easy to learn and implement. Storyline is a bit more challenging, but it’s very rewarding with something works out as intended. There’s also a ton of resources and a great community that provide excellent guidance and support.

Pros

I like the ability to create interactive sand engaging eLearning content for my learners. The suite is perfect for making short courses (Rise) and more in-depth courses (Storyline) depending on timelines and content.

Cons

I would like to see the AI tools more accessible to everyone with a 360 license instead of San additional add-on. Moreover, I think Rise can be a bit more customizable; allowing users to deviate from set theme colors. That said, the new custom blocks are great!

Review Source

MN

Marsha N.  
Instructional Designer  
Insurance  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Industry Standard and Instructional Design must-know"

September 11, 2025

4.0

Great! Industry standard. I used this tool to help flesh out my portfolio. It’s also great to quickly create a course catalog for any business.

Pros

I like that there’s an option for RISE which is fast web-based. Easy to create courses that are polished and fast to deploy. As well as, Storyline is more robust and have more creative code-based courses. Review 360 helps me aggregate feedback. Reach 360 is a useful to share content and courses without an additional LMS cost.

Cons

Storyline is challenging. It’s code based meaning if you understand variables and if-then statements you can use it. The use of layers is great but also complicated. However if you master it it’s pretty amazing ( see escape rooms built ) RISE is great place to throw your content and organize it into a more understandable bite-site blocks. I don’t like how the font selection is small. Also it would be great if there would be companion job aids with the same themeing slick looks

Review Source

FC

Frank C.  
Instructional Design Manager  
Restaurants  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great software, easy to pick up, saves time "

November 12, 2025

5.0

We’ve been using 360 for a while as a team. It is easy to learn, provides great options for collaboration, review, and publication.

Pros

The ai generation is fantastic. It’s helped us speed up our development considerably. We use it for images, text to speech, and audio.

Cons

The structured content format reduces the developer’s creative choices. It does standardize things though, so learners always know what to expect.

Review Source

EM

Elizabeth M.  
Director of IT project management  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Director of IT project management"

September 11, 2025

5.0

I love using the articulate 360 product. It’s a really nice way of creating courses for your company as well as external audiences like clients or other organizations that are interested in buying courses from you.

Pros

I love how easy all the tools are easy to use and and how the AI assistant helps you create and finish up course content.

Cons

I don’t like how sometimes the account rep does not reach out or they get swapped out without you knowing and you have to reach out in order to get assistance. I wish the account rep would meet with clients more regularly or at least least have a once a year check in.

Review Source

AP

Alan P.  
Instructional Designer  
Airlines/Aviation  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Storyline Review"

November 13, 2025

5.0

It is a big improvement from the Flash courses we built previously. Review allows us to gather feedback for courses in one area and track on any device.

Pros

Ease of use with triggers and customization. We can build the same type of interactions without having to be knowledgeable with coding language.

Cons

Version compatibility. For courses built in a previous version, updating features can sometimes be tricky where complete recreation is required to work properly.

Review Source

JO

Joanna O.  
Performance Consultant  
Human Resources  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "My Articulate 360 Experience "

September 12, 2025

5.0

I was able to convince my agency to utilize articulate and purchase the license for me and my supervisor. This system is completely worth the price of the license. I use it to create trainings and courses for the human service agency that I work for, and having access to this system has made creating these items so much easier. I find new features to get excited about all the time and look forward to continue utilizing the system and growing along with it!

Pros

I am most excited about the AI integration with Articulate. I use Ai daily in life, In work, and have found ways to incorporate Ai to benefit my courses but now it is integrated into the system it just opens so many opportunities!

Cons

I really like pretty much everything, I will say it can be a little overwhelming at first to grasp all the features and utilize them but if you keep at it you will certainly figure it out in no time!

Review Source

RD

Rebecca D.  
Instructional  
Hospital & Health Care  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Articulate 360 is the way to go"

November 13, 2025

4.0

We use articulate 360 products to develop all of our education across our healthcare system. Whether we are creating an online course or uploading videos, using rise for a quick turnaround project, there’s always a perfect solution with one of the products offered in articulate 360 to accomplish what we need to develop.

Pros

The ease of use and high-quality product output. All of their products are very user-friendly and allow for technical advancements.

Cons

Sometimes there are system wide technical difficulties, which sometimes results in us not being able to use the products

Review Source

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