Forio vs GoVenture

Forio builds interactive simulations for training and higher education, with options for ready-made business learning and tailored projects. Epicenter is its platform for creating learning simulations with model-driven interfaces, cohort management, and secure deployment. Ready-Made simulations support individual, team-based, and asynchronous formats. Forio also develops custom simulations with customers and says the customer owns the resulting intellectual property. Performer provides branded role-play experiences with scoring criteria, facilitator dashboards, and AI feedback for select exercises. Epicenter supports Python, R, and Julia models, along with Vensim and Stella, and includes Flow.js, Epicenter.js, and REST APIs. It can connect LLMs and AI libraries through Python or APIs, and describes OAuth 2.0 security and role-based project access. Epicenter Personal is free. Ready-Made Simulations start at $168, paid once; Epicenter Professional costs $1,970 a year, and Epicenter Business costs $4,770 a year. Performer Business costs $7,200 a year, plus a one-time set-up and training fee of $2,700.

GoVenture is a series of educational games and simulations covering business, money, health, and STEAM education. Its approach uses experiential, social, and gamified learning, with skill-based and automated assessment. In Entrepreneur, learners start and operate a small business, progressing from a lemonade stand to a kiosk; the Advanced version expands the scenario to a full business. Programs are designed for youth and adults and are used in schools, homes, nonprofits, governments, and businesses. The K-12 online subscription runs in a browser on tablets, Chromebooks, Windows, Macintosh, and Linux computers, with an instructor website for student accounts and assessments. A separate K-12 perpetual license installs on Windows and Macintosh computers and works offline without student accounts. Online subscriptions do not integrate or communicate with other school systems. For K-12 online use, students can use instructor-generated usernames without sharing email, and instructors can delete their data. Fully working product trials are available. The perpetual license does not work on tablets or Chromebooks and has limited accessibility with assistive devices.