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CYPHER Learning vs SAP SuccessFactors Learning comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

CYPHER Learning
Ranking in Learning Management Systems (LMS)
1st
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP SuccessFactors Learning
Ranking in Learning Management Systems (LMS)
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Learning Management Systems (LMS) category, the mindshare of CYPHER Learning is 5.3%, down from 7.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP SuccessFactors Learning is 10.3%, up from 8.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
 

Featured Reviews

Dani Bates - PeerSpot reviewer
You can edit all your courses at once by editing the master course
I have one team member who is in charge of monitoring and checking students' progress. She is very tech savvy and has really dove into the reporting feature in CYPHER Learning. If I had one complaint, it would be the reporting. It is so robust and detailed that it is hard to obtain some of the specific things that we want. That has been her response to me, and I have found the same thing. If I just want to know how many students have completed a course in a specific organization, then it is a little bit too daunting and difficult to obtain exactly what we use as our key indicators.
Manikandan Nair - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhancing employee education and powerful training features but has integration challenges
We have been using SAP SuccessFactors Learning to educate employees on various topics. It helps create content and review the number of employees who have completed training and their knowledge of those topics SAP SuccessFactors Learning has been used for business training, security learning, and…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The feature I use the most is the rubrics tool. I have built all my rubrics in the platform and, using them, I can mark the scores that the students have and it provides transparency between the students and the teachers."
"It is very easy for educators to communicate with students using the CYPHER Learning messaging system, which is imperative for our organization."
"The reports are also something that's very helpful from an administrative perspective."
"The entire system is incredibly valuable, but one of the reasons we chose CYPHER Learning was the social interaction features, such as forums, student groups, and messaging."
"The first point is the ease of use. It is a very easy platform to use, especially for students and families, with a very friendly layout. It also has a series of support systems, including communication with parents, students, the ability to invoice for online courses, and other qualities that make the system very versatile and facilitate a teacher's work."
"The ability to integrate it with a lot of our third-party service providers like Turnitin, through a plugin, is helpful. There aren't many learning management systems that integrate so well with different APIs and LTIs, especially when a school has various tools in its tech stack."
"The way that CYPHER Learning tags classes and assignments with competencies helps me see what a student has done."
"It is very easy for educators to communicate with students using CYPHER Learning. The entire community is on the platform and we all know the process. There is fluid, fast, and effective communication that consists of sources that give us what we need to continue our educational processes."
"The best feature of SAP SuccessFactors Learning for me is the assignment profile. It's a rather specific feature, but this is what comes to mind."
"It is a very stable tool. It is the most stable security application."
"The learning features are great."
"The most valuable features are continuous performance, activities, achievements, objectives for performance appraisal, and development learning."
"SAP SuccessFactors Learning's most valuable features are accessibility and updated UX. The solution can be accessed from outside of the office network and the user's experience is good."
"The analytics and reporting features are very helpful."
"The solution is a user-friendly application for learning, designing, and setting up courses."
"The most valuable features of the solution were the deployment and onboarding."
 

Cons

"One thing that has been a problem is that CYPHER Learning doesn't save the students' work while they are doing it. For example, if you are on a Google Doc, and you close your Google Doc, then you come back, the work that you did has been saved. However, in CYPHER Learning, if for some reason the student clicks out of CYPHER Learning and goes back in, whatever they typed isn't saved. That is an area that they need to improve. A lot of my students may write an essay, but if they are two paragraphs in and their iPad crashes or something, when they go back, they are like, "All my work is gone." So, this would be an area that I would recommend for improvement in CYPHER Learning. It needs to auto save, and it doesn't auto save. That is definitely a weakness."
"Improvement is needed to the reporting options and system because sometimes it's not very accurate. We feel that there are not enough aspects to report on. We need some more advanced reporting."
"There is a great feature that enables self-registration for a user and it comes with an access code. Unfortunately, there is only one access code and it works for all portals. We would appreciate a dedicated access code for different portals."
"The gamification option is a section that we have not learned because we have not been able to specify a training space for the use of this gamification tab. However, it would be good to have training and learn about how to use it."
"One example is the email integration. When we send out an email to a customer that says, "Welcome, here's your enrollment and this is what you do," if it bounces back because that email address is not correct, CYPHER Learning won't tell you that your email bounced back."
"The system should help us more in the area of evaluation. I don't think CYPHER Learning has exploited this topic enough. I can upload rubrics for evaluation, but there are no additional information sources or other instruments for student evaluation."
"I would like to have the ability to search by certificate number in order to verify the validity of a certificate."
"While the number of apps available for integration with CYPHER Learning has increased over the years, I would love to see this number continue to grow. I believe this would help solidify its position amongst other learning management systems as a viable option for educators and schools."
"The product must make the integrations more seamless."
"The solution should have a more user-friendly dashboard because its current dashboard is not so great."
"The course analytics feature takes a long time to load data, which is especially problematic for managers who want to quickly access reports and dashboards."
"We encounter challenges when connecting with external systems and moving from one platform to another within SAP."
"There is room for enhancement in their core HR system, Employee Central."
"What needs improvement in SAP SuccessFactors Learning is the user interface. The user management and the integration of the whole suite could also be improved. The solution also needs to be modernized because at the moment, it's a little bit outdated. It's old-fashioned, and though it has a data import feature, that's just plain outdated. SAP SuccessFactors Learning doesn't have any cutting-edge features."
"The initial installation could be a bit easier."
"The certifications are valid for only six months."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. It's not too expensive and, for what it is, it's very reasonable."
"It has helped us save from 90% to 100% of our costs. The most valuable thing that we have earned in the last three years is time, e.g., my personal time versus my work time. There is more harmony."
"It's a little bit more than I want to pay, but I'm okay with it."
"Their plans are based on enrollment numbers. We're at the silver level with 100 active learners. So, you're really beholden to how many learners you're going to accommodate. There are no extra costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"CYPHER Learning is a bit more expensive than our previous solution."
"We actually want to look at other systems or develop our own system because the cost point of MATRIX is so high. It doesn't feel like we get any value for it."
"Because our cost went down by 50%, I would say that the pricing is competitive."
"The system is not cheap but it's affordable. The pricing is fair... The cherry on top was that we received all the functionality with the simplest plan, the one with the minimal number of users. It couldn't be any better."
"A company is required to pay annual licensing fees."
"The tool's licensing model is very straightforward...You will get the relevant mail from SAP, and accordingly, you have to proceed with the provisioning enablement, after which you can start the configuration."
"My company does have to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs of the solution. My company considers the solution to be worth its price, but we don't consider it to be a cheap solution."
"You need to procure licensing and it is expensive."
"The additional costs in the solution are based on usage and in regard to the functionalities or services leveraged."
"The pricing changes and the license amount is quite costly."
"The solution is really cheap."
"I rate the price for SAP SuccessFactors Learning an eight out of ten, with ten being the highest."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
27%
Computer Software Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Retailer
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about NEO LMS?
Creating courses for our resources is one of the best features of CYPHER Learning.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NEO LMS?
CYPHER Learning is more cost-efficient for us compared to others.
What needs improvement with NEO LMS?
The common cartridge format is not supported by the older version. On the dashboard, if we upload the common cartridge, it can be easily added, but unfortunately, it is not supported. Therefore, we...
What do you like most about SAP SuccessFactors Learning?
The solution is a user-friendly application for learning, designing, and setting up courses.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP SuccessFactors Learning?
The pricing is pocket-friendly if you have more than five hundred users. I would rate the pricing seven out of ten as it can be expensive for less than five hundred users.
What needs improvement with SAP SuccessFactors Learning?
There are areas of improvement regarding interfaces, interconnections, and specific modules, such as fleet maintenance. We encounter challenges when connecting with external systems and moving from...
 

Also Known As

MATRIX LMS, NEO LMS
Plateau, SuccessFactors Learning
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Millions of users across business, academia, and entrepreneurs - worldwide.
SHORE Solutions Inc., TranSystems Corporation, Day & Zimmerman, Serco Group, Harlequin Sales Corp, China DataCom Corporation, Sonova AG, Metropolitan Utilities District (M.U.D.)
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