[english] Docebo Benchmarking

DOCEBO BENCHMARKING Comparison between Docebo and other OpenSource or Closed-Source LMS/LCMS

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DOCEBO BENCHMARKING There are many papers on Internet that analyze, through several grids and tables, the functions of the

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different open-source L(C)MS. This paper written by Docebo wishes to analyze the L(C)MS market, considering not only the functionalities, but also case histories, provided services and warranties given to the customer.

✔ Introduction and initial comparison grid ✔ The market ✔ LMS positioning ✔ Docebo details

The platforms analyzed in this paper are: Open source

Closed Source

Docebo

Sumtotal

Moodle

Blackboard

Dokeos

Giunti Labs

Claroline

Plateau

Atutor

Saba

Ilias

INITIAL COMPARISON GRID Licence

Targets

Multimedia learning object production

Server facilities

Type of target

Docebo

Open source

Corporate, University, Big Governement

Yes

Yes

Commercial

Moodle

Open source School, Small university, Centri di ricerca

Moodle partner

Moodle partner

Commercial

Dokeos

Open source University, Medium size company, School

No website information

Yes

Commercial

Claroline

Open source

University, School

No website information

No info

University

Atutor

Open source

Governement, University

No website information

No info

University/Association

Ilias

Open source

University, School

No website information

No info

University

Corporate

Yes

Yes

Commercial

Corporate

Yes

Yes

Commercial

Blackboard Closed source

Corporate, University, Big Governement

No website information

No info

Commercial

Giunti labs Closed source

Corporate, University, Big Governement

Yes

Yes

Commercial

Corporate, University, Big Governement

No website information

Yes

Commercial

Sumtotal Closed source Saba

Plateau

Closed source

Closed source

With target we mean the market of the product or where there is the biggest presence of the structures analyzed Multimedia learning object production is referred to the creation of didactical content compliant to the Scorm standard, that can be “out-of-the-box” or “customized”, according to the customer's needs Server facilities are all the services related to connectivity and servers, for instance web hosting, managed housing, backup, service availability, etc... With Type of target we are referring to the managers of the LMS platform development, i.e. a commercial or government/university structure

DOCEBO BENCHMARKING In the last years the e-learning platforms have become semi-commodities, all support more or less the same

Players

functions, and the differencies are related to the target market verticalizations. The licensing model change introduced by the “Open Source companies” forced the Big players that billed for “users” to change

BLACKBOARD Inc. [BBBB] Revenue 2004 ~ 111 M U$ Revenue 2005 ~ 135 M U$ Revenue 2006 ~ 183 M U$

business model or to merge (the Sumtotal group was created by the merging of Docent and Click2learn, BlackCt was born from the acquisition of Webct by Blackboard, the Saba group acquired the Centra

SUMTOTAL SYSTEMS Inc. [SUMT] Revenue 2004 ~ 55 M U$ Revenue 2005 ~ 75 M U$ Revenue 2006 ~ 106 M U$

sycnhrounous system) SABA SOFTWARE Inc. [SABA]

The main difference between an Open and a Closed platform is that in the former there is “per-user billing”,

Revenue 2004 ~ 42 M U$ Revenue 2005 ~ 71 M U$ Revenue 2006 ~ 100 M U$

where as in an Open platform there are no license costs and that data and the source code belong to the customer.

Prerogative Customers – Installations

Scorm Forum Wiki Videoc.

Modelli didattici prevalenti

Docebo

SKY, AON assicurazioni, Università Bicocca, Mediaset, Riello, Volksbank

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Self learning, Blanded, Collaborative

Moodle

Dublin city university, San Francisco State university, The open university

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Blended, Collaborative

Dokeos

Belgacom, Ancelor Mittal, Brico Plan-It, Ministero de trabajo (Espana)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Self learning, Collaborative

Claroline Universität Klagenfurt, Amnesty International, Universidade Rio Grande

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Self learning, Collaborative

Atutor

Università di Toronto, Sido E-Learnin portal, Ambiente Impresa onlus

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Self learning, Collaborative

Ilias

Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Konsortium Edutrends, CTRRCE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Self learning, Collaborative

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Slef learning, Blended

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Slef learning, Blended

Blackboard Portland State University, University of Central Florida, University of Surrey

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Self learning, Blended, Collaborative

Giunti labs Abbott, Ericsson, Elea, Dompé Farmaceutici, Scania, UniCredit Banca

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Self learning, Blanded, Collaborative

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Slef learning, Blended

Sumtotal Pfizer, AXA Group, Halliburton, AT&T, Microsoft MSN, EMC Corporation Saba

Plateau

Cisco, BMW, Alcatel, Petrobras, Nissan, Credit Suisse

Idaho power, U.s Airforce, Nasa, Rbc, Union pacific, Roche Bioscience

DOCEBO BENCHMARKING Which one to choose if ... (table for installations < 500 users) I'm a developer and I'll do everything on my own

SME with a dedicated internal staff

University department with an internal staff

Docebo*

Small public company with Medium or large enterprise internal staff with internal staff

X

Moodle*

X

X

X

Dokeos*

X

X

X

Claroline*

X

X

X

Atutor*

X

X

X

Ilias*

X X

X

X

X

X

X

Sumtotal** Saba** Blackct** Giunti labs** Plateau**

Which one to choose if ... (table for installations > 500 users) Multinational companies with worldwide Large enterprises that multilanguage need high availability educational projects

Docebo*

X

X

Moodle*

Universities with Large public Large consulting companies Agencies or companies multi-faculty companies that looking for software and (even small ones) with platforms and high require assistance services to include in training as core workload service structured projects business

X

X

X

X

X X

Dokeos*

X

Claroline* Atutor* Ilias*

X

Sumtotal**

X

X

X

X

X

Saba**

X

X

X

X

X

Blackct**

X

X

X

X

X

Giunti labs**

X

X

X

X

X

Plateau**

X

X

X

X

X

* No license costs or user/course billing ** With license or user/course costs

X

DOCEBO BENCHMARKING DOCEBO PAGES AND FUNCTIONS

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COMPANY PROFILE Docebo is a company focused on open-source software and integrated services for Enterprises (Corporate Open Source). Who decides to use Docebo e-Learning platform is free to choose whether to install and autonomously manage the software or outsource these activities to Docebo company, exploiting the added value of having the software producer as technological partner. Docebo e-Learning platform is indeed the open-source solution for e-Learning inside companies. Produced and developed by Docebo company, it is distributed without any license cost, and it is one of the most internationally adopted open-source platforms thanks to its reliability and easiness of use. The added value of Corporate Open Source is the opportunity of profiting from services, know-how and support offered by the company that developed the software. The advantage of Open Source is to zero the license and rent costs. Once installed, the software is client's property. Forever.

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