IndustryMasters vs The Business School

IndustryMasters provides online business simulations and custom training solutions for leadership development and business acumen. Organizations can choose off-the-shelf, lightly tailored, or fully customized simulations. Participants make business decisions and see outcomes in a risk-free setting. Experiences can run as competitive real-time multiplayer sessions or self-guided single-player activities. The simulation engine combines economic models, prebuilt decisions, a configurator, and a storyline builder that can include videos and tutorials. Its AI Business Simulation Creator is designed for learning experiences aligned with organizational requirements and objectives. Virtual Managers use AI to recommend actions that participants may accept, reject, or modify. Described uses include team development, onboarding, and communicating business strategies. The catalog lists industries including aviation, automotive, banking, retail, marketing, hospitality, insurance, energy, telecom, and real estate. Simulations are delivered online through a standard browser, with virtual sessions possible through Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or other virtual classrooms. Pricing is on request.

The Business School is a browser-based classroom simulation where student teams run rival firms in a shared market during one lesson. Teams decide prices, hiring, loans, VAT, crises, and deals, with the effects visible in the simulation. Each session supports 6 to 32 students across up to eight firms of three or four. Teachers can pause or resume phases, trigger a crisis, review firm activity, and display a live leaderboard. Students join using a six-digit PIN and a team label or first name, without student accounts or email addresses. They can download private reports, while the teacher receives a curriculum-mapped class report by email within 48 hours. Knowledge Check questions are listed for 23 business courses, including AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas, WJEC, Cambridge, BTEC, and IB courses. Session data is stored in an EU database in Frankfurt; the company says it does not sell data or use it for advertising, and teachers can end a session at any time. A free teacher demo is listed. School and trust licence prices are by quote after the pilot. The Autumn 2026 pilot cohort is full, with a waitlist open.