Continu vs iSpring LMS

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.

iSpring LMS is a platform for employee onboarding, assessment, training, development, and engagement. Teams can use AI course creation and an assistant that generates text, quiz questions, images, and translations. Courses, assessments, and other materials can be grouped into learning tracks, with an optional completion order. The LMS supports content made with authoring tools that use SCORM, xAPI, or AICC. Customers can register any number of users and pay for those who log in at least once in a month. Business plans are listed at $6.91 a year for 100 users, $4.46 a year for 300 users, and $3.97 a year for 500 users; the listed annual totals are $8,286, $16,050, and $23,790. Enterprise is a custom plan. A full-featured 30-day trial requires no credit card. Learners can study offline in the free iOS and Android apps, which sync progress after reconnecting. The service is a cloud subscription or can be deployed on a customer’s own network in an isolated environment. Integrations include Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Salesforce, Outlook calendars, Shopify, Udemy, Go1, and LinkedIn Learning.