# Which live blogging platforms work intuitively without requiring extensive user training?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Live coverage often falls to whoever is available, not whoever got trained on the tool. So which live blogging platforms work intuitively enough that new users can publish without extensive training?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">A few products in G2's<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/live-blog"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/live-blog">Live Blog</a> category are built with exactly this in mind:</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/tickaroo-live-blog/reviews"><strong>Tickaroo Live Blog</strong></a>: Rated 5.0 on G2. Its whole positioning is an intuitive, lightweight editing interface with minimal onboarding time for editorial teams, and it is used by more than 450 organizations covering sports and breaking news.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/bloglive-online/reviews"><strong>BlogLive.Online</strong></a>: Per its G2 profile, editors can learn the backend in less than 5 minutes, and it integrates with an existing website rather than replacing it.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/arena-im/reviews"><strong>Arena.im</strong></a>: Rated 4.6 on G2 with 20+ reviews, and G2's pick for the best free option in the category, which means a new team can learn by doing before committing to a paid plan.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">The honest trade-off: full publishing platforms like RebelMouse offer far more capability, but they assume a proper setup phase. If your priority is having anyone on the team able to post an update within the hour, the lighter tools above are the intuitive path.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Has anyone here handed one of these to a colleague with zero training, and how far did they get on their own?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p>

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- Posted at: 29 days ago
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## Comments
### Comment 1

BlogLive.Online claiming editors can learn the backend in minutes gets at the right usability test for live coverage. When news is moving quickly, contributors need to publish confidently without thinking about the CMS. I’d be interested to know whether teams prioritize publishing speed or safeguards like permissions and editorial approval once more contributors get involved.

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- Posted at: 27 days ago
- Author title: Writer





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