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At a Glance
Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate
Star Rating
(198)3.9 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (43.5% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
$399
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Lectora
Lectora
Star Rating
(54)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (50.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $1,999.00 1 Authoring user license seat Per Year
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Adobe Captivate
Edu Discount
$399
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Lectora
Lectora & CenarioVR Platinum Suite
Starting at $1,999.00
1 Authoring user license seat Per Year
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Free Trial
Adobe Captivate
Free Trial is available
Lectora
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.3
170
8.0
52
Ease of Use
6.8
170
7.6
52
Ease of Setup
7.8
61
7.6
20
Ease of Admin
7.8
57
7.9
19
Quality of Support
7.0
138
6.6
48
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.3
51
6.5
17
Product Direction (% positive)
7.1
173
7.5
51
Features by Category
8.0
135
8.5
8
Training & eLearning
8.5
128
8.5
8
7.5
88
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate
Lectora
Lectora
Adobe Captivate and Lectora are categorized as Course Authoring
Unique Categories
Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate has no unique categories
Lectora
Lectora has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
27.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
28.8%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
43.5%
Lectora
Lectora
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
22.6%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
26.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
50.9%
Reviewers' Industry
Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate
E-Learning
11.7%
Information Technology and Services
9.0%
Higher Education
9.0%
Computer Software
9.0%
Education Management
4.8%
Other
56.4%
Lectora
Lectora
E-Learning
20.8%
Information Technology and Services
13.2%
Professional Training & Coaching
7.5%
Financial Services
7.5%
Computer Software
7.5%
Other
43.4%
Most Helpful Reviews
Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Christine W.
CW
Christine W.
Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching

Interactivity, buttons, smart shapes, question slides,

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Defense & Space

It's very glitchy and creating advanced actions can be very repetitive and cumbersome. It can also be difficult to navigate when have many different layers on one frame. We switched to Articulate Storyline and it's much faster and simpler to use.

Lectora
Lectora
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Blair P.
BP
Blair P.
Verified User in Airlines/Aviation

Publisher handles variables best of any software, plus it easily gives you access to the LMS API variables to customize the course to the learner. Using inheriting properties makes it easy to determine what objects appear on every page, or limit to certain...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Writing and Editing
GW
Verified User in Writing and Editing

It has a very steep learning curve. At that point, learning to code might be better.

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Adobe Captivate
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Lectora
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Discussions
Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate Discussions
Between Captivate and Storyline, which elearning tool is better?
3 comments
Samantha L.
SL
This s a matter of opinion, but the short answer is probably Storyline. Captivate is still the king of screen captures. Though you can capture screens and...Read more
Adobe Captivate
2 comments
Brittany T.
BT
I would slao be very curious for this question to be answered! Read more
What is Adobe Captivate used for?
2 comments
Prateek P.
PP
Adobe Captivate is used mainly to create content for elarning. You can create interactive, personalised and engaging elearning content. Read more
Lectora
Lectora Discussions
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Lectora has no discussions with answers