I haven't seen a comparison between SL2 and CP9 yet and I don't find these reviews/comparisons/shootouts very useful. A tool has to work for you and your projects. I always recommned to download trial versions of tools and then try to develop (or redevelop) a portion of a project. That's the best way to find out which tool fits your needs.
I haven't seen a comparison here in the forums either, but I'd agree with Michael's suggestion to download the trial and work through it yourself. If you have specific questions about functionality you can reach out here or connect with our Success team who would be happy to discuss your needs and how Storyline may be able to achieve them.
Thanks Leslie. For whatever reason I still can't get it to load fully.
But to expand on this discussion....One big difference I've noticed recently has to do with how naming objects is done differently in each.
In Captivate, when you name an object, it's the only name allowed to be used throughout all of your slides in a single project. You cannot use the same exact name for an object from slide to slide. Even if you delete an object you can't use the name.
In Storyline 2, when you name an object, you can name any object anything for each slide. You can even name more than one object the same thing (which is a little weird that it doesn't stop you from doing that, but the visual linkage to objects makes that not be an issue for the most part).
This is one of the major things that adds frustration to using Captivate over SL2. For me at least, Adds time as I have to be really disciplined in my object naming practices.
It does appear as a pop up on that page, perhaps that is what is being blocked on your browsers?
As for the difference in how objects are named and ordered, if you'd like to see a difference in the set up it's something you're welcome to share your thoughts on in the form of a feature request.
Ha! We're always happy to have your feature requests - regardless of how many! You likely know the link, but in case not feel free to pass them along here.
This may be a dumb question, but also in the process of deciding between storyline vs captivate. In your comprehensive list of features, I really like that storyline has easy slider interactions. Do these display well in html5? My institution is mainly apple based so their LMS likely won't support any flash driven features.
I too am researching differences. I've used Presenter '09 and like the product very much. I played with the previous version of Storyline and found it very user friendly. When looking at Captivate 9 one of the features that is attractive to me is the asset store. The asset store has copious numbers of characters, interactions, games etc (for a monthly subscription price). I know Storyline has both animated and photographic characters but the photographic characters must be purchased (for a set price per character pack). And while Storyline allows for me to build my own interactions Captivate asset store has plug and play interactions. These interactions appear to be similar to what is available in Engage. As a non-programmer, the plug and play features and large library of things available in the asset store seems very attractive.
An additional feature in Captivate that is very attractive is the ability to design one course and have it automatically converted to both tablet and mobile functionality with the ability to view what each slide will look like in each mode. Storyline doesn't appear to offer mobile specific functionality.
I'm torn between a loyalty to Articulate and those added features in Captivate. I know this is an Articulate forum but I'd love to hear your opinions.
Hi, Guy -- Thanks so much for your input, and while I will defer to your fellow community members to share their individual insights and opinions, I thought I'd stop in to share some additional discussions on the Storyline vs. Captivate topic in case you'd like to check them out:
Hello everyone, I am new to eLearning need to decide what the best tools are and it looks like the big debate is between Articulate Storyline 2 and Adobe Captivate 9. Can anyone in this group tell me if Articulate Storyline is as good as Adobe Captivate 9 in application simulations and or demos? Another big question is whether or not Articulate Storyline can be used by mac users? Some of our audience is Windows, but we have a fair amount of Mac users.
Thank you so much for any help you can provide. I am so new that I honestly don't hardly know where to begin.
The discussions that Christie linked above are definitely a good place to start, but you may also want to connect with our Success team here. They are happy to answer any of your questions as you look towards this decision.
As far as the Mac set up, it's not a native Mac application but lots of our users (myself included) operate on a Mac using VMWare or Parallels to simulate a windows environment. You can read some more steps and information about how to use this set up here.
Thanks so much for posting that! I don't know if this point is right, for Storyline it says there is no Mobile Player Adaptation. I thought I did see that there was mobile support for the content?
Storyline doesn't currently have a responsive design set up, although you can publish for HTML5 and for use within the Articulate Mobile player as described here. Also, we've published some information here about our plans going forward with a look towards increased mobile support.
Unfortunately, it looks like the comparative list is contained in a Flash SWF. I do not allow Flash on my computer, so I cannot (will not) view it. An HTML5 or PDF version, perhaps someday?
This thread is a bit older and I'm not sure that Creativ is still subscribed here, so you may want to message him directly using the "contact me" button on his profile to see if he's able to share it with you in another format.
I haven't read anything on this, but it would seem a gigantic advantage to Storyline: Captivate doesn't seem to have a zooming feature for non-video slides. Captivate does have something else with "zoom" in the title: its zoom area feature, which places in the slide an additional inset box showing the magnified image (so you have an inset box cluttering up your screen). But I have not found a Captivate feature that lets you paste an image on a slide and then zoom in a little to emphasize something. That's a basic way to highlight something!
Captivate users: Am I overlooking something obvious?
From what I remember when working with animations in Craptivate 7, there are some zooming animations (outside of the zoom feature) that you could get a half decent zooming effect with.. But those animations are garbage for the most part, because if you change the length of the timeline, on a slide with animations, all of the animations lose their correct timing. Then you need to go in and adjust them manually. So frustrating! I'm so glad I'm not doing projects in that program anymore!
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I haven't seen a comparison between SL2 and CP9 yet and I don't find these reviews/comparisons/shootouts very useful. A tool has to work for you and your projects. I always recommned to download trial versions of tools and then try to develop (or redevelop) a portion of a project. That's the best way to find out which tool fits your needs.
Hi Bruno,
I haven't seen a comparison here in the forums either, but I'd agree with Michael's suggestion to download the trial and work through it yourself. If you have specific questions about functionality you can reach out here or connect with our Success team who would be happy to discuss your needs and how Storyline may be able to achieve them.
Hi all,
We have done a research on Articulate Storyline 2 and Adobe Captivate 9 and have prepared a comparative list regarding their features. To read the comparison please visit our blog http://creativtechnologies.blogspot.in/2015/10/articulate-storyline-2-vs-adobe.html
If you have any queries you can reach us at info@creativtechnologies.com
Hey, your link is coming up as unresponsive for me in chrome and FF. Some kind of script error. Love to check it out though!
Hi Daniel! The link seems to be working for me. Try this one.
Thanks Leslie. For whatever reason I still can't get it to load fully.
But to expand on this discussion....One big difference I've noticed recently has to do with how naming objects is done differently in each.
In Captivate, when you name an object, it's the only name allowed to be used throughout all of your slides in a single project. You cannot use the same exact name for an object from slide to slide. Even if you delete an object you can't use the name.
In Storyline 2, when you name an object, you can name any object anything for each slide. You can even name more than one object the same thing (which is a little weird that it doesn't stop you from doing that, but the visual linkage to objects makes that not be an issue for the most part).
This is one of the major things that adds frustration to using Captivate over SL2. For me at least, Adds time as I have to be really disciplined in my object naming practices.
Hi Daniel,
It does appear as a pop up on that page, perhaps that is what is being blocked on your browsers?
As for the difference in how objects are named and ordered, if you'd like to see a difference in the set up it's something you're welcome to share your thoughts on in the form of a feature request.
HI Creativ,
do you have a detailed list of differences?
The list you gave, mostly speaks about the new features in Captivate 9, but not the high end differences
thank you Bruno
Thanks Ashley! Not sure about the pop up page for that link but will try it again.
As for the feature request, I imagine they're getting sick of my requests by now. I have put in a lot! =)
Ha! We're always happy to have your feature requests - regardless of how many! You likely know the link, but in case not feel free to pass them along here.
This may be a dumb question, but also in the process of deciding between storyline vs captivate. In your comprehensive list of features, I really like that storyline has easy slider interactions. Do these display well in html5? My institution is mainly apple based so their LMS likely won't support any flash driven features.
Hi Rachel!
I'm not sure if you are looking for community feedback here, but from a technical standpoint, sliders are supported in HTML5 as you can see here.
I too am researching differences. I've used Presenter '09 and like the product very much. I played with the previous version of Storyline and found it very user friendly. When looking at Captivate 9 one of the features that is attractive to me is the asset store. The asset store has copious numbers of characters, interactions, games etc (for a monthly subscription price). I know Storyline has both animated and photographic characters but the photographic characters must be purchased (for a set price per character pack). And while Storyline allows for me to build my own interactions Captivate asset store has plug and play interactions. These interactions appear to be similar to what is available in Engage. As a non-programmer, the plug and play features and large library of things available in the asset store seems very attractive.
An additional feature in Captivate that is very attractive is the ability to design one course and have it automatically converted to both tablet and mobile functionality with the ability to view what each slide will look like in each mode. Storyline doesn't appear to offer mobile specific functionality.
I'm torn between a loyalty to Articulate and those added features in Captivate. I know this is an Articulate forum but I'd love to hear your opinions.
Guy
Hi, Guy -- Thanks so much for your input, and while I will defer to your fellow community members to share their individual insights and opinions, I thought I'd stop in to share some additional discussions on the Storyline vs. Captivate topic in case you'd like to check them out:
Hello everyone, I am new to eLearning need to decide what the best tools are and it looks like the big debate is between Articulate Storyline 2 and Adobe Captivate 9. Can anyone in this group tell me if Articulate Storyline is as good as Adobe Captivate 9 in application simulations and or demos? Another big question is whether or not Articulate Storyline can be used by mac users? Some of our audience is Windows, but we have a fair amount of Mac users.
Thank you so much for any help you can provide. I am so new that I honestly don't hardly know where to begin.
Hi Ronda,
The discussions that Christie linked above are definitely a good place to start, but you may also want to connect with our Success team here. They are happy to answer any of your questions as you look towards this decision.
As far as the Mac set up, it's not a native Mac application but lots of our users (myself included) operate on a Mac using VMWare or Parallels to simulate a windows environment. You can read some more steps and information about how to use this set up here.
This article was published in March 2016 Comparing Captivate 9 and Storyline 2:
http://www.ispringsolutions.com/blog/adobe-captivate-9-vs-articulate-storyline-2-vs-ispring-suite-8-1/
Thanks so much for posting that! I don't know if this point is right, for Storyline it says there is no Mobile Player Adaptation. I thought I did see that there was mobile support for the content?
It may be referring to responsive design. This article is from 2015, but gives more information about how Captivate compares in that arena:
http://www.gaapdynamics.com/insights/blog/2015/08/18/storyline-vs.-captivate-a-custom-elearning-development-showdown/
A couple other articles I've seen that compare the two:
http://jennifervalley.blogspot.com/2015/10/adobe-captivate-9-v-articulate.html#sthash.Ej3uGGdM.dpbs
http://ecoach.com/articles/storyline2-vs-captivate9/
This would be a significant issue for us as we consider the two programs.
Guy
Hi all,
Storyline doesn't currently have a responsive design set up, although you can publish for HTML5 and for use within the Articulate Mobile player as described here. Also, we've published some information here about our plans going forward with a look towards increased mobile support.
Unfortunately, it looks like the comparative list is contained in a Flash SWF. I do not allow Flash on my computer, so I cannot (will not) view it. An HTML5 or PDF version, perhaps someday?
Hi Bob,
This thread is a bit older and I'm not sure that Creativ is still subscribed here, so you may want to message him directly using the "contact me" button on his profile to see if he's able to share it with you in another format.
I haven't read anything on this, but it would seem a gigantic advantage to Storyline: Captivate doesn't seem to have a zooming feature for non-video slides. Captivate does have something else with "zoom" in the title: its zoom area feature, which places in the slide an additional inset box showing the magnified image (so you have an inset box cluttering up your screen). But I have not found a Captivate feature that lets you paste an image on a slide and then zoom in a little to emphasize something. That's a basic way to highlight something!
Captivate users: Am I overlooking something obvious?
From what I remember when working with animations in Craptivate 7, there are some zooming animations (outside of the zoom feature) that you could get a half decent zooming effect with.. But those animations are garbage for the most part, because if you change the length of the timeline, on a slide with animations, all of the animations lose their correct timing. Then you need to go in and adjust them manually. So frustrating! I'm so glad I'm not doing projects in that program anymore!
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