Seeking comparison between Captivate and Storyline 360
Hi,
One of our customer is looking for a comparison between Captivate vs Storyline 360 as we have to build a responsive course to them? Does any have a comparison guide which we can share with them.
We have exhausted options to convince them what Captivate can do vs Storyline 360, but they would like to hear from a third party. Hence, would appreciate some inputs from the experts on the platform.
Regards,
Suresh.
Since Video based eLearning is picking up at a very fast pace, In terms of video based elearning course creation, Captivate allows embedding of videos from Youtube, Vimeo and add video files from the system, add bookmarks, knowledge check, info etc.. which helps the user to have a quick self-review on their leaning content and thereby assess themselves. In Storyline customizing and making interactive videos requires lots of work by importing only from the system and inserting videos from Youtube or Vimeo is challenging and involves a lot of manual steps. Captivate’s VR and immersive learning capabilities are great as well. where as in Articulate it is non existent.
Both SL and Captivate are top tier products. Captivate has some unique advantages, such as a more powerful simulation tool for capturing computer based transactions. Adobe is also a large company involved in image processing, which I think is a long term advantage in an industry where packages come and go.
Jim, sorry to disagree. As David points out, only Captivate has the real responsive workflow (Breakpoint Views allow total control over layout, Fluid Boxes bit less). Only Captivate has a Library, and many features that allow reusability beyond the simple Copy/Paste. Only Captivate has roundtripping with other applications like Photoshop, Audtion…. Does StoryLine offer the possibility to embed 360 mages/videos and add hotspots/quiz slides? A good comparison between the two tools would only be possible if real experts would show different workflows. I have been doing this years ago with a Lectora expert. Articulate has always refused…. you can imagine why.
I also work with 360 – and to answer your question SL does not support responsive design in the way the Cap does with break points / fluid boxes – it simply scales in the player to fit the device using their new “responsive player”. I have had good success with “Rise” which is the responsive tool in 360 for the purposes of clients who want courses that use pre-built modules that work fully responsive.
David, thanks for the inputs
I found this list here to be a reasonable comparison:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/captivate-2017-vs-storyline-360-joe-ganci/
Thanks for the link
Sorry, gave you the wrong link to my blog post. Here is the correct one:
https://elearning.adobe.com/2017/11/tough-choice-breakpoints-or-fluid-boxes/
upcoming update has the edit functionality for comments & we have fixed links appearing as text! Sorry for all the trouble 🙂
Thanks, Shambu, my bad, should be more careful with shortcut keys…
A good comparison would only be possible if you have two experts of the same level; one for Captivate, and one for StoryLine. Had proposed that years ago (did such a live comparison once with a Lectora expert), but the answer from Articulate remained negative.
I can only tell you what I hear from users coming back to Captivate from SL and what is found on their site. You already know that I know Captivate rather well.
If you want to convert PPT’s to eLearning, SL has its advantages over Captivate.
If you want responsive projects, keep to Captivate. It has three ways to publish for all devices: rescalable HTML (also available in SL), Fluid Boxes (not sure but kind of that workflow also exists in SL) and Breakpoint Views (not available in SL). The differences between those workfows, have a look at: https://elearning.adobe.com/2016/12/exploring-themes-and-templates-in-captivate/
Personally I don’t like the lack of Library in SL projects, nor the lack of real reusability features (like that library, shared actions). The roundtripping with Photoshop, integration with Audition, Illustrator (for SVG) and PhoneGap (for mobile apps) is a Captivate feature not much talked about but indispensable for my work.
I will not publicly tell what users leaving SL told me as reasons, don’t think that to be appropriate. You can always contact me privately for that.
Lieve, thanks for the update and appreciate your detailed note. We will review the details to process this further.
Shame there’s no “true” round-tripping with Illustrator, ie support for native ai files. Having to export an Illustrator drawing to SVG before bringing it into Captivate is a real pain.
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