Which LMS do you use and why?

With that being said, SkillSoft is the only LMS I've ever used besides Blackboard, but Blackboard is definitely geared more toward higher-ed use. There could be worse that I don't have any experience with.

We've had a lot of issues related to functionality with the product, but to SKillSoft's credit, they have gone above and beyond in most instances to work with us while issues were being addressed.

I'd say my biggest complaint is that SkillSoft is very Java intensive so your machine configuration has to be spot on to be able to flawlessly run custom content. Also, it's 2012, and I cannot believe SkillSoft has no support for ALL browsers. If you run a course that was made in Captivate using Google Chrome for example, lesson scores simply do not get transferred to the LMS. Luckily we do not have any LONG courses created in Captivate at the moment, but imagine a user who takes a 2-hour long module and takes the test to complete it, and the score never registers... 

We are considering using Powerful LMS as our LMS as it seems very intuative, easy to use and affordable.  Is anyone familiar with it or used it previously?

My company has gone with ShareKnowledge, from Competentum.  A company that made Kisperski software.  We went with it because it "bolts" onto Sharepoint.  It is not a cloud service based LMS, but has a good interface, and uses all of the old and newest SCORM formats.  Enrollment rules make it easy to pinpoint a title or person or department for training, and security features through sharepoint allow for shared AD databases.  It will integrate with AD or manually uploaded CSV files for employees if you choose to go that route, or you can upload the personnel manually if you don't have a bunch to input.

Thank you all for your posts on this topic. I know that there is no perfect LMS solution. At my last job, we used Pathlore (bought by SumTotal just after we signed the contract) and it worked well for us for the most part.

I'm not trying to stir up a storm by asking this question, but for those of you who selected a new LMS within the last few years, what have your biggest pain points or frustrations been? What do you (or your learners) complain about the most?

Thanks,

Scott

I work for a company that makes an LMS, and I am the person who trains new users. 

That said, I wanted to echo Ron's point here (I know Stefano did already too). It's impossible to make a "perfect" LMS for any number of reasons. If it's simple, it's not flexible enough; if you want a feature to work in "this" way, another user wants it to work "that" way.

My suggestion would be to get good advice like you're getting here, then figure out what your company really needs, and then finally get a good demo. Good luck!

I have to agree, there is no perfect LMS. We dropped Taleo because it was not at all user friendly and "buggy" with its reporting feature. It was also more robust than we needed . I'm sure it works well when "robust" is desired. We went with Litmos which was very close to what we were looking for in an LMS. Most of all it's user friendly. We hired new people who picked it up in a matter of hours with very little help from Litmos. It has its shortmcomings but we can live with them.

Josh, we went live on Intellum's Rollbook last September and we've been very pleased. Ours is 100% corporate use across 40+ locations. We use it to host courses built in Storyline and Studio and some scheduling of Webinars through their Sessions tool. We also host all orientation courses online, effective January of this year.We really like it- easy to set up, navigate, report out of, and use. It's just simple to understand without feeling stripped down: it does what we need it to do. Their support is quick and accurate, and I've been nothing but pleased with our relationship to date. We support 800+ users on this system with very few problems.

My client is using SkillPort from SkillSoft and I have been absolutely impressed with the quality of both their LMS and courses.  I create courses in Storyline, upload and poof - they have all worked without a problem.  They have 24x7 customer/learner support and they are the best. There is even a custom courseware support group available if you are having issues with your particular custom course.

Has anyone ever used eLearning 24/7?  After extensive shopping around, they seem to have all the features I want, but I can't find many reviews on them.  

I'd appreciate any insight at all--thanks! 

We are now taking a look at Learn Dash to see if it will tick the boxes.....nothing firm yet though!

Great input from many valuable members here!  Thanks