# Cognota Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Cognota Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Cognota

## What is Cognota?

Cognota is the first and only operations platform for corporate Learning and Development teams. Our award-winning software streamlines training intake, project and capacity planning, and content design processes, allowing training teams to work more efficiently while providing them with much-needed data and insights about their operations. For more information visit www.cognota.com

## What is Cognota used for?

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### Cognota

5.0 (10)

VS.

[4.7 (594)](https://www.capterra.com/p/132935/TalentLMS/reviews/)

Starting Price

$1499

Per User, Per Year

Starting Price

$149

Flat Rate, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.7 (10)

Ease Of Use

4.6 (95)

Value For Money

5.0 (8)

Value For Money

4.6 (88)

Customer Service

4.9 (10)

Customer Service

4.5 (94)

## Cognota alternatives

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Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

95%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.7 (192)](https://www.capterra.com/p/143513/LearnWorlds/reviews/)

Starting price

$99.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

95%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.7 (131)](https://www.capterra.com/p/130044/LearnUpon/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

98%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.6 (79)](https://www.capterra.com/p/142263/Thought-Industries/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

94%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Learner Portal

3.3 (3)

0.00% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Students can access materials and communicate with instructors via their online student profile

Course Management

5.0 (2)

100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Create, organize, and assign courses to users

Mobile Learning

5.0 (2)

0.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Access for students to complete learning materials on mobile platforms

Template Management

4.5 (2)

0.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Create, save, and re-purpose templates for emails, forms, etc.

Tests/Assessments

4.5 (2)

0.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Create tools to measure student retention of learning material and lessons

Training Administration

5.0 (2)

100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Back-office tasks (i.e. schedule courses, organize resources, course registrations, and email reminders)

Cognota 55 features

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Supports flexible learning at different times (i.e., learners can access course materials at their own pace)

Record audio and/or video

Supports learning paths that combine in-person classes with online/virtual courses

Tools that allow users to create and publish courses and course material/content

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Leave comments and notes on documents for others to view

Manage, organize, and store contact information

Handles digital content throughout its lifecycle, from creation and storage to distribution and archiving

Digitally share pre-made materials and self-created content with others

Software specialized for corporate use

Developing custom training courses for educating employees or for teachers to create courses for their students

Create, organize, and assign courses to users

Publish finished eLearning course in a compatible eLearning format (e.g., SCORM, xAPI).

Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding

Tailored or customizable questions for more targeted and relevant data collection

Alter the layout and content of reports

Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements

Import and export data to and from software applications

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Online portal where employees can access and track their own information

Establish measurable goals and objectives and track their progress over a specific period of time

Allow the audience to interact or engage with the content

Students are encouraged to interact with technology-enabled study materials during the course of learning

Students can access materials and communicate with instructors via their online student profile

Designing course materials to be completed in a sequential order for personalized learning purposes

Import various types of media (e.g., images, presentations, videos, music, etc.) to be used in eLearning courses

Access software remotely via mobile devices

Access for students to complete learning materials on mobile platforms

Process of familiarizing new clients, stakeholders or employees with the company, a new location, or a service

Organize and manage the accomplishments and development of employees or performance of applications or systems

Brief assessments used to measure knowledge and skills

Analyze and gain insights into data in real-time

Receive data and information in real time

Active reporting of data and metrics

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Set & manage permission levels based on user roles and restrict access to only authorized individuals

Adherence to the standards outlined in the SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) framework

Identifying your own learning needs, setting goals, finding the necessary resources, and evaluating your own knowledge

Assembling information about a topic of interest and building content paths without assistance from third parties

Allow users to access multiple services after entering their login credentials once

Observe employees over a period of time to gain an understanding of their abilities to perform certain tasks

Create tools to promote social interaction and learning between students/trainees and instructors/trainers

Dictate the order and pace of an eLearning course, including the logic for how different learners progress

Real-time, interactive learning experiences where participants engage in learning activities simultaneously

Create, save, and re-purpose templates for emails, forms, etc.

Create tools to measure student retention of learning material and lessons

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Back-office tasks (i.e. schedule courses, organize resources, course registrations, and email reminders)

Software designed for companies who offer training programs to clients

Track employee/learner's progression through training programs

Store and manage online video content

Supports various video file formats

Classes/sessions accessible via web browser of built-in video conferencing

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Features

4.3 (10)

4.3

Based on 10 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

5.0 (8)

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$1,499

Per User,Per Year

Value for money

5.0 (8)

5.0

Based on 8 reviews

## Integrations

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Slack](https://www.capterra.com/p/135003/Slack/)[

Trello](https://www.capterra.com/p/211559/Trello/)[

Dropbox Business](https://www.capterra.com/p/143068/Dropbox-Business/)[

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.9 (10)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.9 (10)

4.9

Based on 10 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

5.0

Based on 10 reviews

Filter by rating

5(10)

4(0)

3(0)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

CL

Christopher L.

Manager of Learning Design

Retail

### "Cognota is a powerful learning program management tool"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

July 18, 2022

The Cognota support customer experience teams are extremely approachable, friendly and supportive. The user interface is clean and easy to use. Cognota makes this easy.

Pros

Cognota's intuitive point and click interface and easy to use design.

Cons

Very little, The support we have from our Cognota team has been exemplary. Forced to pic, having only some field that can be searched and having to select Boolean operators each time when running searches is just click heavy at times. But not to any great extent.

Reasons for choosing Cognota

n/a

Review source

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MP

Maddy P.

Corporate Communications Specialist

Insurance

### "Cognota Makes Learning Management Easy"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

July 18, 2022

Pros

I like the auto-updating feature. In a highly regulated industry, this makes it easy to update materials and re-assign them via our LMS to keep us compliant.

Cons

There's not much I dislike about Cognota. However, my one con is that the Design part of the software doesn't have a way to manage courses outside of titles and tagging. I always wish for a way to better organize old courses that I have to keep for compliance purposes.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Lois K.

Learning & Development Manager

Research

### "Get it done. Fast."

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

April 22, 2022

The team is relentlessly positive and responsive. They are eager to partner and listen well to feedback. They are honest when there are limitations and helpful with creating workarounds.

Pros

Our goal was to build 100+ elearnings, working with global SMEs across the company. The easy interface sped up development, we saved roughly half our development time. Creating standard templates gave us brand-standardized results. The responsiveness of customer service far exceeds any and all prior experiences.

Cons

Templates and ease of use come at a cost. There are some pieces that cannot be customized. The positives outweigh the limitations, so we are willing to design the elearning options around these limitations.

Review source

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SH

Shannon H.

Instructional Design Lead

Hospital & Health Care

### "Synapse Brings Visibility to our Global Team"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

April 5, 2022

Easy to use, easy to implement - excellent customer service support and training.

Pros

Synapse allowed us to track and prioritize all the global learning requests coming across the organization. We are able to visiblty see and report out on all the different work coming our way.

Cons

I wish we had more options with customzing the user portal to add branding and make it more visually engaging for the end user.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Nazli P.

Senior technical architect

Information Technology and Services

### "Cloud trainer"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

August 27, 2021

Pros

Cloud based learning tool and i really like its webinar and live session trainings.

Cons

Its very expensive and that's the only thing i feel no easy solution for middle or low range business.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

JB

Jeff B.

Learning Designer

Utilities

### "The missing link in your L&D software suite."

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

July 15, 2021

The team at Synapse is top-notch. Really engaged, responsive, knowledgable, and focused on continuous improvement. Our VP of Client Success really feels like part of our team, and Synapse has become an invaluable part of our overall L&D process. It's allowing us to work so much smarter and more efficiently.

Pros

Synapse really centralized and bridged the gap between training requests and the development of assets. Prior to Synapse, my team tried and failed with other programs and processes to manage training requests, projects, and capacity planning. With Synapse, every employee on the L&D team has insight into what requests we receive, who is working on what, all in a central platform. We have absolutely reduced the time it takes to review a request, script it, and get it ready for development.

Cons

Would like to see more robust reporting and analytics, as well as the ability to house final authoring files, making it a completely one-stop show for course managment.

Alternatives considered

[Trello](https://www.capterra.com/p/211559/Trello/)

[Salesforce Sales Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/61368/Salesforce/)

[monday.com](https://www.capterra.com/p/147657/monday-com/)

Reasons for choosing Cognota

Synapse was the only learning-focused product. Everything else we evaluated didn't actually fulfill our needs to effectively manage training intake, project planning, and rapid design.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MD

Mileidy D.

Lead Learning and Development Ambassador

Mental Health Care

### "Synapse Is Amazing to Create Your Content"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

January 26, 2021

Exceptional experience.

Pros

If you have the content, and would like to put it together in a innovative platform Synapse is the way to go! The customer service is impeccable.

Cons

It does not let you change the colors of the letters within the system. You can change it in word, and then copy and paste into the system.

Switched from

[Microsoft PowerPoint](https://www.capterra.com/p/141633/PowerPoint/)

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AC

Amanda C.

Marketing Manager

Non-Profit Organization Management

### "Great Platform for Remote Employee Onboarding and Training Materials"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

January 26, 2021

Prior to Synapse, maintaining an up-to-date training repository was difficult given the number of regional offices located across the country. Now, Synapse has allowed us to create one central hub for all of our training materials and we can rest assured that our staff is accessing the most relevant and updated materials.

Pros

Synapse was easy to use and deploy to our remote field staff. The ability to constantly update and refresh our materials without having to switch out any links was very helpful.

Cons

One thing I would like to have seen is increased tracking and analytics for course usage, beyond the assessment.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

CM

Chris M.

Vice President, Performance & Development

Hospital & Health Care

### "Very user friendly instructional design software"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

May 6, 2019

Outstanding

Pros

This software is incredibly user friendly, and can make even the most novice trainer an instructional design expert. I quickly noticed that Synapse follow the Blooms Taxonomy which we had followed previously at our company. Everything thus far has been fantastic from their sales approach, software implementation, through customer support.

Cons

Nothing I like the "least" per sea but they are still continuously improving the product. They take customer feedback very seriously and make changes to the software if it makes sense.

Review source

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BA

Brandon A.

Director

Consumer Electronics

### "Extremely easy to use. I liked that they have share links."

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

August 3, 2017

I was able to build product training quickly. The share links enabled me to embed the training in my mobile application that my users are on. It was really easy to use and guided me to understand how to do things. I was able to repurpose content that I had in my company into shareable lessons. Awesome product overall!

Pros

Couldn't track training. They are apparently releasing this feature in a month or so. I would have liked to see tracking and assessments.

Cons

It's a new product, so it felt a little light in certain areas. With that said, it served my needs for the most part.

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