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Pros:

The LMS system is very user friendly easily customized and was very helpful for our clients and staff members and integrated easily into our business.

Cons:

Moodle is not always as flexible as I would like, although Pluto go a long way to reducing that problem.

PlutoLMS ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.8
Customer Service
5.0
Features
4.7
Value for Money
4.9

Likelihood to recommend

9.7/10

PlutoLMS has an overall rating of 4.9 out 5 stars based on 21 user reviews on Capterra.

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Paul
CTO in Australia
Professional Training & Coaching, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Fantastic, reliable and supportive LMS Partner

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: Simply awesome. We were able to migrate from our initial trials with Teachable to being productive on PlutoLMS in short order. The Pluto LMS team have become a trusted partner in our Learning-Service startegy at learning.resilientfutures.com, and we trust and value their guidance as we grow the Learning Resilient Futures area of our business.

Pros:

It's important to understand that this is a hosted service offering that goes way past just the software itself. PlutoLMS are a fantastic service organisation to partner with, with responsive support and a focus on working to meet your business needs directly or through creative viable alternative solutions. From a software perspective, it's a known experience, based on a stable, world-class, well-established platform that (as of the writing of this review) has more than 182 thousand active sites worldwide across 243 countries, including many leading universities. That's the kind of customer footprint that makes for a sound investment decision. The solution has a huge depth and breadth of capability, only really limited by your imagination as a curriculum / content developer.

Cons:

As a vendor supporting a hosted SaaS solution, the PlutoLMS team need to balance what is economically supportable within their operating model with the needs of customers. This means that the addition of features through a broad range of available third-party plugin's needs to be carefully weighed against the ability to support their customers. Due to the long-lineage of the base platform, there are some aspects of that base that may be regarded at first-glance as dated: however, the incredible breadth and depth of the features provided by PlutoLMS and the stability of those features leave most of the alternative solutions that present a more modern look 'n feel in their user experience and user interface sorely lacking in functional breadth and depth. Possibly the main usability drawback is that the Content Management System used by content authors forms the base course delivery structure, and so is tightly coupled to the default user experience of the student. There are various ways to work with this / escape this constraint, which take a little research and time to learn.

Juan
Juan
Operations Manager in South Africa
Verified LinkedIn User
E-Learning, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Great understanding

4.0 11 months ago

Comments: My team are very happy with their experience using PLUTO. [sensitive content hidden], our support person, really does make a huge effort to be responsive and knowledgeable when assisting.

Pros:

Having used Moodle before, it was refreshing getting a hosted LMS, with great support, and a fantastically curated version of Moodle for the price point. I am impressed!

Cons:

At this point, compared to our experience in the past, I would have said that it's restrictive. That is by design and so I cannot see it as a con. When we had free reign on a previous LMS, the more we wanted to do, the more we broke it. Pluto are experts and the restrictions are there to enhance the usability of the LMS.

Kelvin
Head of People Development in South Africa
Telecommunications, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Review

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: Smooth transition for the change over. Follow up calls of support. Very positive feedback received from the learners as they found the learning system simple to use and navigate .

Pros:

Competitive price and offering compared to others in the market. The look and feel was better and the seamless layout was simple and easy to use.

Cons:

Very little info on manual. Should have a larger library quick reference guide.

Petrina
Learning and Technical Support Manager in UK
Management Consulting, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Versatile, stable and Reliable

5.0 12 months ago

Pros:

The versatility and reliability, and ease of use for the users.

Cons:

There is no function to report on all courses together without having to get Pluto Insights.

Jaime
Program Coordinator in US
Computer & Network Security, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Pluto - Above and Beyond

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: It has taken our 50 state leader training to the next level! Making our organization look incredibly professional.

Pros:

It was so user friendly, has so many feature and integrations, has every functionality you could ever want

Cons:

Nothing. I truly enjoy Pluto LMS and have not experienced difficulties thus far

Lebogang
Product Associate in South Africa
E-Learning, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

A frontier for e-learning

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

The product is easy to use and there is a lot of processes on the back-end that a product owner can change

Cons:

More customization ability would be great. Especially around branching methods and how we classify users. A "by country" data point would be great in the default dashboard as opposed to having to pull a custom data report.

Khosi
Deputy Registrar in South Africa
Medical Devices, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Rocket Science Made Easy

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: I love that one is given video guides to show you how to interact wth the website to make an idea come alive. The experience is daunting at first but using it makes things much simpler. The support from Plutois just phenominal.

Pros:

The software fits our industry perfectly. Daily as we interact with it, we find amazing things that we can do with it, effortlessly.

Cons:

I do not have any feedback under this topic.

Simon
CEO in Spain
Education Management, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Good product and great service

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: Pluto are helping us to develop a unique product offering for universities

Pros:

The underlying LMS, Moodle is quite good but as open source it needs some work. Pluto have done a great job in customising it to produce a workable and design-friendly LMS. Additionally, the level of service received is phenomenal - nothing is too much trouble for them.

Cons:

Moodle is not always as flexible as I would like, although Pluto go a long way to reducing that problem. Additionally, the data analytics capability could be a lot better, although there are plugins that provide good analytics.

Alison
Senior Project Manager in South Africa
E-Learning, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Pluto LMS helps our learners learn what they need to in a fun and easy to understand manner

5.0 11 months ago

Comments: Great, works well - we do require the help of support often but they are more than willing to help

Pros:

Quick and helpful customer service! [sensitive content hidden] really has been great to work with. LMS is easy to understand and navigate.

Cons:

Sometimes the settings on courses and course elements can change and the problem can be challenging to diagnose

Stacy
Learning and Development Lead in South Africa
Marketing & Advertising, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

GroupM Pluto LMS

5.0 11 months ago

Comments: Overall the experience was exceptional, from the client experience, product and the support offered by the support team. The LMS was very efficient and made the learning journey fun and exciting.

Pros:

How easy the training was and navigation of the platform

Cons:

None - I did not have any negative experience using the Pluto LMS

Melody
Training Manager in South Africa
E-Learning, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Good Product

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: It gives you a much more relaxed and flexible learning environment.

Pros:

The LMS system is very user friendly easily customized and was very helpful for our clients and staff members and integrated easily into our business.

Cons:

Very good product and will recommend it to any business.

Willem
Director in South Africa
Information Technology & Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Constant good service

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: Great!

Pros:

The easy to use cloud-based software is very powerful and mostly easy to use. We are trying to use many of the features of Pluto and even beyond that, and the support we receive is first class, always looking for innovative ways to enhance our experience. Thanks guys!

Cons:

Making backup copies of courses is quite cumbersome

Chase
Founder in US
Online Media, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Excellent Service

5.0 last year

Pros:

PlutoLMS proved to be a highly valuable and comprehensive platform, facilitating our requirement for a Learning Management System. Easily interrogatable with other platforms.

Cons:

I can't say there was anything that I least liked about Pluto LMS, other than a design feature or two!

Kimberly
Founder and CEO in US
E-Learning, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Pluto LMS' LTI feature has been a key component of providing elearning content seamlessly

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Our main objective in selecting an LMS was to integrate elearnings into our clients' existing LMS. We were able to do that with Pluto using the LTI feature. I'd also like to acknowledge the exceptional customer service support from Pluto in testing LTI integration and troubleshooting issues on our client's end. The wrap-around support is what has kept me with Pluto LMS.

Pros:

Being able to integrate content directly into my client's existing LMS was critical to my business model. Pluto LMS has an LTI feature that allows us to integrate our elearning in LTI format which allows us to share content with our colleges and universities.

Cons:

We have unique reporting needs that will require customization as we utilize branches for each of our clients.

Daniel
Location Pastor in South Africa
Religious Institutions, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Incredible product, great communication and exceptional support.

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: We are developing a leadership platform for leaders within our organisation. We found the platform exceptional. This was match with incredible support and communication.

Pros:

Software is extremely user friendly, flexible and provides a great experience for both students/users as well as course administrators and directors.

Cons:

For our project, we did not have any notable 'cons' with regard to the the LMS platform.

Athenkosi
Founder and President in South Africa
Education Management, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Thank you Pluto! 🙏🏿

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: Great support from [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] as well as enabling us to see bigger picture in terms of how we can offer great learning experience to our students.

Pros:

Being an LMS and webApp.

Cons:

N/A

Jamie
Head of Program Development in US
Education Management, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Very helpful staff, customizable platform

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: I've been very happy and impressed with the customer service -- really helpful and quick to get back to us. The platform is solid and I think it will be a good fit with what we're looking for.

Pros:

The platform is pretty easy to use and figure out, we were able to get it up and running quickly. We're still figuring it out, but overall I'm quite satisfied and hopeful it will meet our needs!

Cons:

There are a few things that are not easily changed (like the English vs. American spelling of "enrol"), but overall the issues have been small.

Erin
Civil Engineer in South Africa
E-Learning, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Civil Learning Hub

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: It is still early days for our business, but I see great potential in where the business can go with Pluto LMS.

Pros:

Once you get the hang of it, Pluto LMS is very easy to use. The customer support has been exceptional, with very quick turnaround times.

Cons:

There are some formatting functions that I feel could be better, in terms of look and feel etc. However, most functions that are not yet available have some form of workaround. I have not encountered any show stoppers to date.

James
Learning Design Lead in South Africa
E-Learning, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

A winning partner

4.0 4 years ago

Comments: Enjoyable experience and a platform we are happy to use and recommend.

Pros:

Great support for those administering and learning on the platform. Easy to navigate and all the functionality one would need.

Cons:

Reporting functionality needs a little work, but all data is accessible and trackable. If any issues do come up, the support team is quick to respond.

Thanu
Project Manager in South Africa
Higher Education Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Fantastic LMS platform

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: excellent customer service, quick responses to any queries.
[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] is our liaison and he has been very helpful every time we need assistance.

Pros:

The software is very user friendly, easily customised and was integrated easily into our existing business

Cons:

so far we are very happy with the product

DEBBIE
BUSINESS OWNER in South Africa
Computer Software, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Easy peasy and user-friendly!

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: Great experience and support from consultant was excellent

Pros:

The system is easy to understand but offers a huge amount of options for a affordable price

Cons:

At first it took time to get use to how the system works but like anything after watching the videos and trying things myself it became clear.