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Future of Storyline3
I'm looking to make an investment for my company and was curious on the future of the legacy SL family versus the SL360 solution. Is Articulate intending to maintain Sl3 and planning to release a S...
Hi Rick,
Storyline 3 is the same as Storyline 360 but without Articulate 360 subscription features, such as Content Library and Articulate Review. This means you can open Storyline 3 and Storyline 360 projects interchangeably, which is great when you’re collaborating with other Storyline users.
As Storyline 360 continues to evolve, there will be new features that exist only in Storyline 360. This means you won’t be able to open Storyline 360 projects in Storyline 3 if they include new features specific to Storyline 360. You’ll still be able to open Storyline 360 projects in Storyline 3 if they don’t have Storyline 360–specific features, and you’ll always be able to open Storyline 3 projects in Storyline 360.
As for the future of Storyline, we know that a number of users won't be able to transition to Articulate 360 due to the cloud/subscription set up - so we're continuing to support perpetual. As for what that looks like or if there will be a new version, we don't share information about that piece of our product roadmap.
That line is a bit disconcerting, as it sounds like some new functionality will not be added to Storyline 3 in the future. If there will be no Storyline 4, then it would be time to start looking at other products. It would be nice if Articulate was a little more transparent about this part of the roadmap, so that customers can plan ahead with their budgets, if they will include the acquisition of and training on new software to replace Storyline.
