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OpenSesame Demo - OpenSesame Plus course catalog
From safety and compliance to professional development and certifications, the OpenSesame Plus subscription gives you the flexibility to train your workforce on any topic at an affordable price.
OpenSesame Demo - CourseCloud - autoplay
OpenSesame integrates with every major LMS, but an integration isn’t required. Customers delivering OpenSesame courses directly to learners can take advantage of our autoplay feature—keeping learning seamless and uninterrupted for as long as the learner stays engaged.
OpenSesame Demo - Oro Skills Inventory
Finding the right courses for your program goes beyond the courses themselves. Filter by over 3,500 skills when looking for courses in the marketplace.
OpenSesame Demo - Simon Home
Simon is a course creation tool to leverage your existing assets to build courses in 70 different languages–plus deliver to your LMS in seconds.
OpenSesame Demo - Simon PDF to Course
Simon makes course creation simple, so you can share your knowledge without getting bogged down in instructional design
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Alissa B.
AB
Human Resources Generalist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Simple and Satisfying Experience"
What do you like best about OpenSesame?

OpenSesame makes learning easy from start to finish. Their platform is simple to navigate, so users can quickly find what they need without feeling overwhelmed. Getting started is just as smooth — the setup process is straightforward, and the system successfully saves teams a lot of time and frustration. What really makes OpenSesame shine, though, is their customer support. Their team is responsive, friendly, and genuinely cares about helping customers get the most out of the platform. Between the ease of use and great support, OpenSesame has built a reputation for making workplace learning both effective and effortless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSesame?

Truthfully, I cannot think of any negatives or things I dislike about OpenSesame.

There may be an occasional course that is difficult to find exactly tailored to what you are looking for, but this is typically an occurrence with any training platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Manufacturing
AM
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Outstanding Support and Personalized Service from Open Sesame"
What do you like best about OpenSesame?

Open Sesame offers extensive support to its customers through a variety of channels. They organize monthly webinars focused on relevant L&D topics, deliver prompt troubleshooting help when needed, and provide tailored curation assistance via their dedicated in-house team. Additionally, their customer support team ensures clients are well-informed by holding one-on-one quarterly meetings to discuss new publishers, platform innovations, and any recent changes.

Open Sesame has an enormous and ever-growing catalog. It's easy to find, preview, and load courses into our LMS. Everything is very user-friendly! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSesame?

The dashboards take a long time to load, which discourages me from using them as frequently as I might otherwise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Katie D.
KD
Senior Manager, Learning & Development
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Outstanding Course Selection and Exceptional Customer Service"
What do you like best about OpenSesame?

Great (and increasing) selection of e-learning courses; excellent and responsive customer service. The platform is easy to search and use, and the resulting materials integrate well into our LMS, Docebo. I use Open Sesame frequently in the course of my work to source training to meet emerging learner needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSesame?

May be missing some niche content, depending on industry, though they make an effort to continually source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Haley J.
HJ
Talent and Training Coordinator
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great Support, Time Savings, and Better Content"
What do you like best about OpenSesame?

Our sales rep and CSM are both PHENOMENAL. They are quick to answer questions, they are able to come up with creative solutions to problems, and they understand our business needs and will do everything they can to accommodate them. One of the biggest benefits of making the switch is time savings. We found that across all required compliance trainings, we are saving an average of 130 MINUTES per team member. Since we have over 5,000 team members, that time savings turns into cost savings for our company! We have found great content in different languages that is actually engaging, which we never thought was possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSesame?

There are A LOT of choices, and unfortunately, not every course has just one course file for multiple languages. I know this is something they're pushing publishers to do, but it can be challenging when we're trying to make the end user experience seamless Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Daniel Byun of OpenSesame

Hi Haley,

It's amazing to hear about the time savings across your organization. Thank you for sharing!

ON
Global Learning Administrator
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Engaging, Up-to-Date Courses with Fast Content Updates"
What do you like best about OpenSesame?

The course contents are interesting and valuable. The update of the content and vendor are fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSesame?

Retiring courses are informed later. It would be good if the retired courses can state "Retired" instead let the users wait in the Loading screen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RL
HR & Talent Development Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Big Bang for Your Buck"
What do you like best about OpenSesame?

Excellent customer service. Gold star treatment by knowledgeable, passionate, friendly professionals who truly want your company's L & D initiatives to be successful. Pricing is competitive with access to 10,000+ courses in a wide range of styles to suit a wide variety of learning types. There is literally something for everybody to learn in this library. Integrating Open Sesame with our HRIS, UKG was seamless. The website in easy to navigate. The AI curation feature gets better each time you use it and the ability to create and share lists with colleagues is a huge plus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSesame?

My only criticism would be that the subscription is a little all or nothing. You can either have a set up per learner per month with up to 100 courses allowed in your library or you can have per learner per month with access to infinite courses in your library. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Daniel Byun of OpenSesame

Hi Robin,

Glad to hear that our team is able to make you feel like a star! We will continue to do our best and provide our best in class support.

I have noted your feedback and will share it with the team.

AK
Senior Learning Specialist
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"My tryst with Opensesame"
What do you like best about OpenSesame?

The platform provides a diversified set of quality, relevant courses that address a wide range of learning needs, from onboarding to leadership development. The platform's intuitive design and range of material has dramatically increased learner engagement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSesame?

I would say for technical courses, the content does not reflect the current trends in the industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Claire J.
CJ
Sr. Manager Learning
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great resource for small L&D teams"
What do you like best about OpenSesame?

Our CSM is so helpful and knowledgable. She is always available to support, answer questions, and brainstorm with our small L&D team. We see her as an extension of our team. Open Sesame has been a great way for us to quickly scale organizational wide development programming to all within our company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSesame?

Continued focus on early access to courses related to emerging technology (ie. AI). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Daniel Byun of OpenSesame

Hi Claire,

Thank you for sharing your review and insights. Can you please help me understand your dislike with regards to our "continued focus on early access to courses related to emerging technology"?

Daniel

JC
Training Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Seamless Learning Experience"
What do you like best about OpenSesame?

The system is incredibly user friendly, with easy implementation and valuable features. The filters and reporting capabilities make tracking progress efficient. Customer Service is outstanding- attentive, responsive and always willing to assist. My CSM, Alissa B. is consistently available for questions and provides excellent support and resources, ensuring my needs are met in a timely manner. The curation team is extremely helpful and the new feature to curate a list has been a great addition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSesame?

An area of opportunity in OpenSesame would be more independence to filter and create reports based on topics and users. I would like to be able to filter a report by topic to gather number of training hours and have the ability to see on users who are and are not using the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Daniel Byun of OpenSesame

Thank you for sharing your feedback and review with us, Janeen!

I will be sure to share your insights with our team.

Happy learning!

Linda V.
LV
Christian Writer/Speaker/Leadership & Life Coach
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"OpenSesame is great to work with!"
What do you like best about OpenSesame?

The content library of OpenSesame is very robust and continues to grow each week. We have enjoyed working with OpenSesame for training needs and have never been disappointed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSesame?

We have minor difficulties downloading OpenSesame content, but that is absolutely no fault of OpenSesame. It is an issue with our LMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Daniel Byun of OpenSesame

Thank you for the review, Linda! We will continue to do our best to make sure we never disappoint.

Pricing Insights

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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

14 months

Average Discount

11%

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OpenSesame Features
Manager Portals
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Manager Portals
Team-level monitoring
Administrative dashboard
Certificates
Personalized recommendations
High-quality content
Video content
Mobile compatibility
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