About Acorn
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Acorn does not have a free version but does offer a free trial.
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Acorn Reviews
Feature rating
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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Amazing tool and support!
Amazing tool & service! It was difficult sifting through the seemingly dozens of LMS platforms out there - we must have done a demo with at least 6 or 7. Acorn impressed us with how easy-to-use it appeared, and we've not been disappointed in our decision. Their support is incredible, and helps being in the same timezone (lots of others were either US or UK office hours which wasn't very convenient for us).
Pros
Onboarding was as painless as could be expected. Reporting is simple but comprehensive, and the local support has been amazing at answering any of our questions.
Cons
No real negatives from my side except maybe a larger content library, but I know this is on the roadmap and being built currently. Plus integrations with content providers mean there's lots available.
Reasons for Switching to Acorn
Ease of use, responsive local supportResponse from Acorn
Hi Adrian, thanks for taking the time to write the review. Much appreciated!
We've built out a deeper content library since the review (especially on the compliance front) and we've also gone a best of breed route by integrating with the likes of LinkedIn Learning, Go1, SkillSoft (Percipio), MindTools for Business and more.
Final thing we've been working on his the concept that 'less learning is more', so we're getting super targeted and optimised with content based on learner impact.
- Industry: Individual & Family Services
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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LMS in a nut shell
The Acorn staff are very responsive and very helpful. They are keen to see our experience being a good one.
Our staff have enjoyed the format as it is similar to other LMS products we have to use for contracts.
Pros
Price comparison was great. We can import all our training records into Acorn for reporting. Good look and feel for users.
Cons
The reporting functions need more options.
Reasons for Choosing Acorn
Acorn had more functions that we needed to meet the requirements of different job roles and reporting..Switched From
KinescopeReasons for Switching to Acorn
Price and function and ability to tailor our courses.Response from Acorn
Hey Todd, thanks for taking the time to write the review and so good to hear that we made it worthwhile for you to switch vendors (we know it's always a tough decision).
Always keen for our features to meet and exceed our users' needs. We'll get our support team to reach out to you today re what further options you need!
- Industry: Government Administration
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Pros
[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] is very responsive and clearly communicates how easy this product is to use.
Cons
People with admin access cannot view the learning profile/history of users.
Response from Acorn
Thanks for the review Bec, support to this day remains important to us.
- Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Set up of new Acorn system
We needed a system that could have multiple tenancies which we have achieved that function in different ways. This has allowed us to have our internal training for staff and contractors separate from our external training that is a revenue line for the business.
Pros
The platform has been easy to set up with the support of the Pursuit Technology developer. The course set up structure is also easy to use.
Cons
There is no option to have a course changed from self-enrolment to admin enrolment only. There is limited functionality to choose different selections in setting up cohorts to use fields not equal to. The set up of new users is clunky with having to upload the whole user dataset again as we don't have a HR system to draw the data from. The other issue is the inability to change the home page to feature the elements we want to have eg a blog.
Reasons for Choosing Acorn
Many reasons including cost of the platform, functionality, multiple tenancies.Switched From
Totara LearnReasons for Switching to Acorn
The ability to have multiple tenancies, the look and feel of the system and the cost.Response from Acorn
Hi Melinda, having been with us 3 years and going strong we value your public input on top of the private support you give us.
We took on-board the priority areas you mentioned for us to improve and are proud to share the progress to-date (thanks for all your patience!).
The homepage overhaul brought with it the completely configurable widget functionality, with a plethora of widgets to choose from ensuring the homepage that you create is not just branded but also to the design of your exact needs.
Cohorts is done and fixed up now, and an area we continue to invest in and the dataset upload is a rare use case for us without a HRIS, but we still intend to put more support resources (yes, real humans!) so we can help in anyway so it doesn't become the admin headache none of us need!
- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Enjoying it so far.
Pros
We have really enjoyed transitioning to Acorn as our LMS, and are finding that the software is particularly pleasing from a learner's perspective. We have had positive feedback from students and trainers when it comes to navigating course content. There are a host of useful features and functions including flexible enrolments, resources and activities, plus a great range of reports. I have been most impressed with the technical support received from [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] and regular updates from [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN], which has made the experience much less stressful.
Cons
Due to the size of our RTO and the number of courses we need to create, the system can run slowly at times - this is being improved gradually. We are looking forward to seeing a user profile feature become available soon.
Response from Acorn
Hey Erika,
Thank you so much for your review! Your terrific feedback is really insightful for us and is great for us to keep in mind as we move forward with the product.
We're on Acorn 2.0 now, have built out the new infrastructure which is fully live and the final step is as we are a SaaS company to ensure we work with all customers to help them have their own speed issues quickly resolved. Teams win together after all!
The user profile feature is on it's second release since the review, if you have any further feedback we're all ears as ever.