Skillsoft

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Cloud-based learning management and training software.

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Carlos
Carlos
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  • Industry: Public Safety
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Product for Extra Trainings

Reviewed on 2019/06/11

It has solved the issue of having all employees having access to extra training so that they can...

It has solved the issue of having all employees having access to extra training so that they can improve their skills or build new skills. It is also cost efficient since it is not possible to send every employee to outside training's. It also has allowed my employees feel that I am here for them and wanting them to succeed which I do.

Pros

Skillsoft is a great product with a variety of topics one can learn on. It allows you to build up your skills and resume with the variety of courses one can take. It also has test one must pass to make sure that the material was learned from the course. Upon passing you are given a certificate of completion which is great to store and have on file in case ever asked. Its great that it shows all courses in your profile that you have completed and it allows you to save courses to do at a later date. this allows me to construct my own path of courses I want to take. It also has topics you would have never thought about which is great to learn off of and improve your skills whether you are already in s supervisors/managers position or striving to achieve a new position.

Cons

There is nothing that I dislike about skillsoft it is a pretty awesome tool for an organization.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Consumer Goods
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Good platform for technical eLearning, not the best admin functionality

Reviewed on 2020/04/12

Pros

Skillsoft has certainly come a long way since the days of Skillport. Percipio is no doubt a sleeker user experience, and their content has received a much needed refresh. As an admin for eLearning now in several different organizations, I've always leaned more towards Skillsoft as a vendor when it comes to technical content (programming, IT, cert prep, etc.), although their soft skills catalog is also pretty decent.

Cons

As a platform, my main gripes are with the admin side. I've used other eLearning platforms in previous roles, and Skillsoft's admin interface is always the clunkiest. Terminology used is not always intuitive, and user and content management requires too many clicks.

Chris
Chris
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Great for video study

Reviewed on 2019/12/11

Great learning platform if you want to gain the knowledge in your job. I have been a constant user...

Great learning platform if you want to gain the knowledge in your job. I have been a constant user of this platform for over 15 years. My only complaint is the lack of having labs for certain aspects of courses, as you cannot understand the course without the ability to apply it.

Pros

This platform is great for being able to study IT concepts related to my career. I do a quick search and am able to find a few different options to study from.

Cons

Watching videos can only allow you to apply so much. This platform lacks labs to be able to test you on if you actually understand the material with labs. Easily able to memorize the questions given, and retake the tests to pass.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Decent Content

Reviewed on 2018/10/09

Customer service was always very helpful and attentive when an issue arose. The system reporting...

Customer service was always very helpful and attentive when an issue arose. The system reporting was a little clunky and required a lot of v-look-ups of separate reports to get all the information we wanted in one, comprehensive report for our business units. Ended up going elsewhere where we could get more course selection and content for our money with more language options already existing.

Pros

If you purchase their content you receive their host platform for free which was nice, however we switched content providers that had some newer content, and more content for the price.

Cons

Not a lot of language options currently although they're working on adding more. Most of the courses are pretty outdated but they've been working to upgrade them. Not a lot of content for the amount of money you pay.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

I have utilized Skillport and Skillsoft eLearning content for years and it has never let me...

Reviewed on 2018/01/09

Pros

The software is easy to use, understand and consistently quality checked. Their eLearning courses help us check a lot of regulatory boxes.

Cons

Pricing structure for the content itself is a bit robust with different courses falling under different categories and it often gets confusing but the support teams and account managers do a decent job of assisting.

Tércio
Tércio
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  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Could be better

Reviewed on 2020/03/13

It is an okay platform, but it could be way better, especially when it comes to supporting newer...

It is an okay platform, but it could be way better, especially when it comes to supporting newer browsers.
The courses I have watched were all using flash, so if your device does not support it, that could be a challenge.

Pros

It has an easy to follow catalog. It has a learning path, so if you're looking for a large topic to learn, the path is quite useful.

Cons

I have had lots of issues with different browsers, there are courses that I cannot launch in any other browser than Internet Explorer. The fact that it uses flash, makes it very heavy to load, and probably the issues I had with the different browsers is due to that.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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The Skillsoft support staff and account managers are excellent.

Reviewed on 2017/12/15

Pros

Skillsoft by Skillsoft is easily integrated with existing HRIS sysrems. The number of available resources observations the Skillsoft library is unbelievable.

Cons

There are a few missing critical features in the basic Skillport LMS. The primary missing feature is the lack of manager tracking dashboards outside of the reporting tool.

Michael
Michael
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  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

I provide access to SkillPort training for my candidates in order to improve their technical...

Reviewed on 2018/05/07

Pros

SkillPort has a wealth of industry-approved training that allows my candidates to learn new technologies and increase their odds of securing a new work opportunity.

Cons

I have had only positive experiences with SkillPort so far - my candidates have appreciated having SkillPort as a resource and have only had positive feedback.

Emre
Emre
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Overall positive!

Reviewed on 2022/09/04

Pros

Thanks to the trainings I received on developing management and leadership skills, my personal development and business performance increased. I generally rate it positively.

Cons

needs to be developed for offline learning.

Umer
Umer
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  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Skillsoft is too soft for skills

Reviewed on 2019/11/26

Good experience , learned many good skills.

Good experience , learned many good skills.

Pros

It gives practical example of what they teach, I like how they actually make situations.

Cons

It's not up-to-date with the ongoing scenarios.

Cheryl
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  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Community Health Center's Take on Skillsoft as an Excellent Content/LMS Resource

Reviewed on 2021/11/16

We were incredibly happy with Skillsoft for our leadership content. The support we had with our...

We were incredibly happy with Skillsoft for our leadership content. The support we had with our customer success manager is the best, and she was instrumental in helping us launch and promote the resources. The cost was a little high, and so when we needed to expand learning access to more staff, we ended up going with a different vendor because of that reason.

Pros

The production was incredibly professional, the presenters are the best in class, and the service from all Skillsoft staff is unmatched.

Cons

Our teams preferred learning content that felt was more relatable to our office setting. The sophisticated production that Skillsoft had made it feel very corporate, which doesn't align with our company culture.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

20+ years of data packed into a robust reporting system

Reviewed on 2018/01/18

The ability to track completion of required courses to a global employee population.

The ability to track completion of required courses to a global employee population.

Pros

The reports we pull out of Skillport are amazing. You can dive down to the deepest level of information and extract exactly what you are looking for.

The organization of courses and users was spot on. We have over 15,000 users and are able to track their progress in the system accurately.

Cons

The system seems a bit cumbersome at times - uploading new content, pulling data that has been archived. We can't remove particular courses as they will delete the history that goes with them. The history needs to stay. The class information needs to stay, but the course needs to go away.

The occasional users have a hard time finding a particular course to take. We require each employee to take 6 courses upon hire. At times we have to register them for the courses because they cannot find the one they are looking for.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Insurance
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10

outdated

Reviewed on 2018/04/19

finished my compliance courses

finished my compliance courses

Pros

It's fairly easy to use and navigate. I had a number of courses to complete when I started my current job and had no problems completing everything.

Cons

This software seems seriously outdated and offered very little useful courses to improve your skills for Microsoft applications. I found those courses to be clumsy to use and boring to learn from.
They really need to improve their offerings.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Learning and development

Reviewed on 2020/06/14

I love using skillsoft and am happy to continue working with them.

I love using skillsoft and am happy to continue working with them.

Pros

I love using skillsoft videos for learning and development of our employees. The trainings are easy to follow and very diverse.

Cons

I have no problems with this software, it is organized in an easy to navigate way, and includes so many different types of trainings.

Elysia
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  • Industry: Gambling & Casinos
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 4.0 /10

Skillport - Needs updating

Reviewed on 2018/10/23

The customer service is good. Everyone is super friendly and responsive. Overall experience...

The customer service is good. Everyone is super friendly and responsive. Overall experience is..have to work with it because this is what we have now so better make the most of it. If i was making the decision i would not recommend - I would suggest a newer product.

Pros

I like the user interface for this software. For employees, it is relatively easy to use and follow all of the required and optional training they need to complete.

Cons

The admin side of the software is extremely convoluted and dated. It is hard to keep the back end organised based on how the system is set up - this makes it very challenging to manage a large employee base.
The reporting functionality is very limited. Often the same report will produce different results and it is challenging to pull accurate data. I would go with one of Skillsoft's updated softwares

Abraham
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  • Industry: Banking
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great platform for learning

Reviewed on 2021/07/29

Skillsoft help the organization to maintain their employees connected to learn and grow their...

Skillsoft help the organization to maintain their employees connected to learn and grow their knowledge and capacity of study

Pros

The most I like from this software is that it has a los of resources for learning and training.

Cons

This software its easy to use. I think the software could improve more learning courses in spanish

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Facilities Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Love SkillSoft

Reviewed on 2019/04/17

Pros

SkillSoft has a vast amount of trainings with great content.

Cons

While going through the trainings, they do not always save correctly and cause you to lose progress. Additionally, the look of it could use some updating.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Oil & Energy
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

great for updating your proffetional skills

Reviewed on 2021/01/08

great software (android app) allowing you expand your skills

great software (android app) allowing you expand your skills

Pros

ease to find books relevant to my field. nice book reading setup allowing you to jump in/out anytime you want

Cons

a bit outdated look. not very user friendly user verification - my company allows free access for all employees and it was a hassle to get access.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Semiconductors
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

SkillPort by SkillSoft is an excellent tool for training

Reviewed on 2018/08/01

Great library to select from!

Great library to select from!

Pros

SkillPort by Skillsoft is a wonderful third-party vendor that offers a wide selection of training to complement our in-house built eLearning training.

Cons

Some courses need to be updated, although the use of video upgrade to replace several courses in the catalog has gone a long way to update the courses.

Emma
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great learning tool

Reviewed on 2019/08/20

Great soft to use in preparation new job as a student very relevant in my first years as a...

Great soft to use in preparation new job as a student very relevant in my first years as a customer service officer as I used what I learnt to handle different situations in handling or dealing with customers

Pros

You can select from a vast option courses that are specifically relevant for your department
Audio-visual is extremely excellent and eligible easy fun to follow
Can be used on device so you can conduct the course from anywhere

Cons

I had no problems with this software I was allways excited about learning new information and tracking the different customer services case scenarios very relevant to my job

Rajesh
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  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best online learning management tool

Reviewed on 2019/11/19

Overall the best learning management solution available right now

Overall the best learning management solution available right now

Pros

User friendly interface. Easy to select and schedule the required courses. Easy to understand the training programs

Cons

Some of the courses are difficult and it is expensive.
Mobile application can be improved with advanced features

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Consumer Goods
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Great pool of training topics

Reviewed on 2018/04/20

Pros

Offers great pool of training topics that can be used in many different settings. These are great to use in a pinch or for general trainings

Cons

Sometimes they can be too generic. The script and delivery can be forced and some people don't always take it seriously.

Sandeep
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  • Industry: Textiles
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Skillsoft

Reviewed on 2020/03/04

Overall Skillsoft is very good. Must be used by every professional.

Overall Skillsoft is very good. Must be used by every professional.

Pros

Skillsoft is very useful in providing the various training programmes especially on ethical values, professional requirements etc.

Cons

More online training programmes like stress management, work life balance must be included.

Rama
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  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Perfect for Corporate training

Reviewed on 2018/09/24

Pros

Easy to use
Very informative sessions with video and interactive courses

Cons

Some of the web features do not work in the mobile application

John
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  • Industry: Management Consulting
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Decent product

Reviewed on 2015/04/15

Decent product

Decent product

Pros

Centralized location to take and record training, which allows companies to track their employees training history

Cons

The interface is a little confusing, and can take some training itself to get employees to understand how to use it properly.