Continu vs heysales

Continu is an AI-powered enterprise learning platform for employee, customer, and partner education. Built-in authoring tools and AI assistance support course, learning journey, and assessment creation. Automated assignment workflows and Continu Insights provide a way to deliver learning and generate real-time reports from learning data. Teams can create branded portals for external audiences and use Hubs for distinct experiences across sub-brands. Eddy, its AI learning agent, provides learning answers and training through Slack, Microsoft Teams, and SMS. Listed integrations include Workday, Salesforce, BambooHR, Zoom, Google Meet, LinkedIn Learning, and Udemy for Business. Continu offers Growth for fewer than 1,000 monthly active users, Professional for 1,000–5,000, and Enterprise for 5,000 or more; prices are on request, and there is no free plan. Implementation costs 10% of first-year contract value, and Continu recommends allowing 60 days for setup. Screen-recording assessments require learners to install its Continu Screen Capture Chrome extension. Continu was founded in 2012 and is based in New York, New York.

HeySales is a sales coaching and training platform for reps and teams, with buyer simulations, live-call guidance and learning tools. Reps can practice conversations with customizable buyer personas and challenge levels for discovery, cold calls or follow-ups. Simulations receive scores for conversation quality, prospect engagement and brand positioning, with recordings, transcripts and performance reports available for review. During live calls, users can add an on-demand digital expert persona for guidance. Teams can create organization-specific scenarios, build learning paths, assign courses and track progress with reports. The platform includes courses, assessments, assignments, certifications, call recordings, performance analytics, personalized feedback and playbooks. Manuals can be converted into podcasts, videos or flashcards, alongside gamified challenges and simulations. HeySales says its customer-tailored AI model provides granular data control, and that it uses encryption and strict access controls. It says it supports GDPR, SOC 2 and industry-specific security standards. Pricing is available on request. HeySales is a Paperflite product accessed through a company’s Paperflite instance; the iPhone and iPad app listing says a Paperflite account is required.