Best Employee Training Software (2024)

The intuitive user interface (UI) and multiple ways to award employees for using the LMS, CYPHER LEARNING LMS scores major points—it’s visually pleasing and keeps employees engaged. Aside from the user experience (UX) though, it’s a comprehensive platform that’s simple to use to create courses and track analytics of employee performance. It doesn’t require advanced coding to create great-looking training modules, and it offers a mobile app to make learning easy on whichever device your employees prefer.

CYPHER LEARNING LMS starts its pricing for the Silver plan at $549 monthly for 100 users (specifically, those who are taking courses), and CYPHER LEARNING LMS charges $6 per learner after that. There are six more plans that offer more learners per plan (Quartz, one of the high-tier plans, costs $4,699 per month for 3,500 users, paid monthly).

Who should use it:

CYPHER LEARNING LMS is a highly customizable solution for employee training, and it’s suitable for all sizes of businesses with its reasonable pricing structure.

To start, TalentLMS is accessible to even the smallest businesses on a budget thanks to its forever-free plan that’s good for up to five users and up to 10 courses. The drag-and-drop UI is user-friendly for managers who can create courses and quizzes. There’s gamification in the form of badges, points and leaderboards, to keep employees interested in continued learning.

Small businesses would be best choosing the Starter plan, which cost $69 per month, paid annually, with a cap of 40 users, or the Basic plan at $149 per month, paid annually, for up to 100 users. Higher tiers cost $279 per month and $459 per month, both paid annually. The TalentLibrary add-on costs $30 more per month for the Starter plan, which gives you prebuilt soft skills training.

Who should use it:

TalentLMS is easy-to-use employee training software for both administrators and employees, and the pricing, including a free plan, makes it a great pick for new and small businesses.

Absorb LMS is focused on corporate training as it pertains to employees and customers, so it’s a flexible solution for businesses that need more than employee development. The UI was designed to fit on any screen and it’s a great out-of-the-box LMS that’s as easy for admins as it is for employees to use. Use prebuilt courses or create your own.

Absorb LMS doesn’t publish its pricing, but according to users, the cost starts at $800 per month and then $16 per learner. A setup fee may also apply, which reportedly costs $3,200. You can try Absorb for 21 days for free to see if it will fit your needs.

Who should use it:

Absorb LMS may be cost-prohibitive for small businesses, but those who can afford it will appreciate that it can be used for employee or customer training with prebuilt or do-it-yourself courses.

Whether you’re looking for an LMS for employee training, compliance or product training, iSpring Learn is an excellent choice for its pricing, support and especially its user-friendliness. Every plan comes with one subscription to iSpring Suite, which is a course creator tool that works in PowerPoint and lets you create standard or roleplay courses, quizzes and video lectures.

The entry-level plan is meant for 100 users/learners, and it costs $5.27 per user, per month, paid annually, for 50 courses and a single authoring tool. Other plans drop the cost per person but are meant for 300 or 500 users (for more than 500 users, you need to get a custom quote). None of the plans include prebuilt courses, however.

Who should use it:

Small to midsize businesses new to continuous education for employees or customers would do well with iSpring—it offers an intuitive interface for course creation and training for the end user.

Docebo is an LMS that includes a lot of built-in features and customization but, beyond that, it offers integration with more than 400 apps to help extend its functionality. It includes artificial intelligence-powered learning, which targets which employees need specific skills. Docebo’s features also include social learning, so you can share information and knowledge from your employees, leaders and user-generated content via social media.

As is the case with other employee training software, Docebo doesn’t publish its pricing. With that said, users and other third-party sources have noted that it costs around $900 per month for 300 users, but that’s old information. There are also reports of it costing $25,000 for corporations, which makes this far too expensive for small businesses. For an exact quote, contact Docebo.

Who should use it:

If you’re running a midsize to large company, Docebo could be within your budget for employee training software. It’s a customizable solution with its own features, but you may find you need to rely on integrating many of the apps that work with it.

Employee development with the D2L Brightspace LMS can happen in a couple of ways: Create your content on your own or work with Brightspace’s team to develop personalized courses for your employees. Users overwhelmingly agree that Brightspace’s support is top-notch. It also offers a robust feature set including the ability to offer video, interactive, audio and text courses, plus professional development pathways and advanced analytics.

Pricing for Brightspace LMS is not publicly published. Contact the company for a quote.

Who should use it:

Brightspace gets excellent marks for helpful support, but it might be a pricey LMS for a small business.

Blackboard Learn is an LMS that has improved significantly over the years, but it hasn’t lost its touch when it comes to what it does best: It provides a strong learning platform for admins and users no matter how many users join the platform. Its no-frills approach to employee training means you and employees can focus on the content, but that means it’s missing gamification and a sleek UI. Still, you get access to mobile apps, prebuilt content, originality scoring (to stop plagiarism) and real-time reporting. Unfortunately, pricing isn’t transparent and you have to contact Blackboard for a quote.

Who should use it:

If you need a streamlined online classroom for employee training courses in your large corporation, Blackboard Learn might work for you—just keep in mind it’s going to be pricey.