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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (94.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Starting at $29.00 1 Seat Per Month
Blackboard
Star Rating
(1,058)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(4,991)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (94.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $29.00 1 Seat Per Month
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When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Simplified easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Simplified overall.
- Reviewers felt that Simplified meets the needs of their business better than Blackboard.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Simplified is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Simplified over Blackboard.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Blackboard
No pricing availableSimplified
Simplified One
Starting at $29.00
1 Seat Per Month
Best for freelancers, solo creators
- 7 Social Media Accounts, 1 User
- 1 Brand Style & Voice
- 100K AI words
Free Trial
Blackboard
Free Trial is available
Simplified
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.2
830
9.0
723
Ease of Use
7.8
924
8.9
1,145
Ease of Setup
7.5
303
8.7
587
Ease of Admin
7.4
202
9.1
210
Quality of Support
7.4
682
8.9
555
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.9
170
9.1
200
Product Direction (% positive)
6.7
830
9.0
665
Features by Category
Social Analytics
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
9.3(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.3(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Reports & Dashboards
Not enough data
9.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Social Media Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Core Conversational Capabilities - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Interaction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Task & Flow Management - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Deployment & Embedding - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Admin & Configuration - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring & Improvement - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reliability & Safety - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Template Creation
Not enough data
9.0
116
Not enough data
8.7
110
Not enough data
8.9
117
Not enough data
8.8
108
Design & Editing
Not enough data
8.8
107
Not enough data
8.6
108
Not enough data
8.7
100
Ad Management
Not enough data
8.7
96
Not enough data
8.8
104
Not enough data
8.8
85
Analytics
Not enough data
8.7
59
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Grammar
Not enough data
8.9
366
Not enough data
8.8
356
Not enough data
9.0
391
Formatting
Not enough data
8.9
286
Not enough data
8.9
318
Not enough data
8.6
248
Content
Not enough data
9.0
337
Not enough data
9.1
393
Not enough data
8.9
277
Product Type
Not enough data
9.0
275
Not enough data
8.7
211
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.2
29
Not enough data
8.5
29
Platform Basics
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Platform Content
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Assessment delivery
8.9
83
Not enough data
8.5
80
Not enough data
7.7
74
Not enough data
Grading and reporting
8.8
80
Not enough data
6.9
76
Not enough data
8.2
80
Not enough data
8.2
82
Not enough data
Administration
7.6
74
Not enough data
8.0
79
Not enough data
Content & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.8
137
Not enough data
8.7
157
Not enough data
8.2
57
Not enough data
8.7
113
Not enough data
8.7
119
Not enough data
9.0
185
Social Management
Not enough data
8.7
127
Not enough data
9.0
155
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
141
Not enough data
8.7
135
Not enough data
8.8
121
Not enough data
8.2
14
Agentic AI - Social Media Management
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Voice
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Transcription
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Transcription
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Process Automation
8.4
15
Not enough data
9.0
15
Not enough data
7.3
15
Not enough data
8.0
15
Not enough data
7.6
15
Not enough data
7.8
15
Not enough data
Responses
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Course Authoring
7.6
14
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Verified
Not enough data
7.5
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
Course Management
7.3
13
Not enough data
8.7
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
7.7
14
Not enough data
Platform
8.9
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
Onboarding
8.9
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Editing
Not enough data
8.6
49
Not enough data
9.1
49
Not enough data
9.1
55
Not enough data
9.1
50
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
8.8
52
Not enough data
9.1
55
Platform
Not enough data
9.0
51
Not enough data
8.9
50
Not enough data
9.0
50
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Agentic AI - Video Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image Generation
Not enough data
7.8
12
Not enough data
7.6
12
Not enough data
7.4
12
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Advanced Functionality
Not enough data
7.7
11
Not enough data
6.7
11
Not enough data
7.1
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Model
Not enough data
7.4
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
7.9
11
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
8.5
14
Publishing
Not enough data
8.3
14
Social Media
Not enough data
8.2
14
Planning
Not enough data
7.9
15
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
15
Not enough data
8.3
15
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
8.0
15
Not enough data
7.6
14
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Photo Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
7.4
12
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
6.1
12
Not enough data
6.7
11
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.5
6
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
7.9
11
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.6
12
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.5
12
Not enough data
7.5
12
Video creation - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
6.8
10
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
6.5
10
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
7.3
10
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
7.8
10
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
6.5
10
Not enough data
7.5
10
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
10
Not enough data
6.8
10
Integrations - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
10
Not enough data
7.3
10
Not enough data
7.0
10
Other - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
7.0
10
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Course Authoring
9.0
35
Not enough data
7.8
34
Not enough data
8.8
38
Not enough data
8.7
35
Not enough data
Course Delivery
8.3
36
Not enough data
8.6
38
Not enough data
9.0
38
Not enough data
Course Management
6.5
32
Not enough data
8.4
33
Not enough data
8.2
34
Not enough data
8.5
28
Not enough data
LMS Marketplace
6.2
29
Not enough data
7.1
29
Not enough data
6.7
29
Not enough data
Interface
7.7
31
Not enough data
7.8
28
Not enough data
Training & eLearning
8.6
56
Not enough data
8.2
60
Not enough data
7.7
52
Not enough data
8.0
45
Not enough data
7.2
43
Not enough data
7.6
56
Not enough data
7.3
51
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.6
22
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.7
22
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Corporate Learning Management Systems
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Blackboard and Simplified share no categories
Unique Categories
Blackboard is categorized as Sales Training and Onboarding, Corporate Learning Management Systems, Learning Management System (LMS), Assessment, and Healthcare Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Simplified is categorized as AI Video Generators, AI Image Generators, AI Chatbots, Transcription, AI Writing Assistant, Display Ad Design, Graphic Design, Video Editing, Presentation, Social Media Analytics, Social Media Suites, Social Media Management, Chatbots, Content Creation, Photo Editing, and Video Content Creation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Blackboard
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Simplified
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Higher Education
48.1%
Education Management
18.6%
E-Learning
9.8%
Primary/Secondary Education
3.3%
Information Technology and Services
1.8%
Other
18.5%
Writing and Editing
8.7%
Marketing and Advertising
7.5%
Animation
4.5%
Accounting
4.2%
Arts and Crafts
4.1%
Other
70.9%
Discussions
It seems like I see a lot of reviews saying 'back in the day' in reference to how Blackboard has been surpassed by several new products. What new products are out there today that compete well or have surpassed Blackboard in both features and usability?
3 Comments
CS
It think D2L (Desire To Learn) is a pretty good modern alternative to Blackboard. It requires far less down time and is more intuitive. I've had better...Read more
API
1 Comment
SB
Hi Asmat,
This is Shaun from G2. If you’re looking for information about APIs in Blackboard Learn, this is a useful website:...Read more
I would be curious if the designers have taken to heart the UX concerns that have been raised.
1 Comment
SH
Everyone dislikes their enterprise level LMS and wants to replace it. I worked with Bb daily for 8 years. Yes. I had complaints about the UX. But the...Read more
How can i optimise the long writer ? and is their a video that explains the video editor better
2 Comments
KD
Here you go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShtGcsuz0PY&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=SimplifiedRead more
Can I embed your services in my website..
2 Comments
KD
You can ping online support, based on your use case we can explore the optionsRead more
Can Simplified AI writer really create readers-intent content?
2 Comments
MG
Hi Ganiyu! Yes! You can try it for yourself for free at simplified.co/aiRead more
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