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Phil H.

Manager of Education Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/20/2021

"Building Software eLearning"

5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Captivate?

I liked how easy it was to learn how to get started and how powerful it can be once you really get to know it. It has allowed me to create a diverse, engaging set of eLearning for our partners and customers. Novice users can take advantage of an easy to use interface to create actions, while advanced users can execute javascripts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Captivate?

Sometimes the order in which you would like like to do things is not intuitive. There are some things after you work with it for awhile, you feel it should be able to do, but it can't in a direct manor, you need to find a "hack" to do it. The Mac version is a bit glitchy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Adobe Captivate:

NA Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Captivate solving and how is that benefiting you?

We moved our online learning from vidoe based courses to more interactive, engaging courses. This has helped us ensure users are following through with the training and not just clicking play and walking away. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adobe Captivate Reviews & Product Details

Adobe Captivate offers ease to beginners and speed to professionals for creating everything eLearning, using just one tool. Plug-and-play your content in ready-to-go slides and create beautiful mobile-ready eLearning courses in minutes. Boost your productivity by using out-of-box functionality such as customizable interactions, automated branching, and video overlays. Deliver immersive learning experiences to your learners in virtual reality. Liven up your demos and training videos by making them interactive using informational and knowledge check questions slides as overlays.

Seller

Adobe

Discussions

Adobe Captivate Community

Languages Supported

German, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish

Product Description

Adobe Captivate is an author interactive eLearning and mLearning content. Easily create demos in HD, application simulations, and soft skills and compliance training.

Overview by

Manoj Kandasamy (Senior Manager - Digital Marketing | Adobe)

Pricing

Pricing provided by Captivate.

Edu Discount

$399

Subscription

$33.99

per month

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Sarah K.

FD Competency Program Administrator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/3/2025

"Not User Friendly"

0.5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Captivate?

Nothing. I have not found one thing I like about this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Captivate?

Learning to use this software is challenging. Adobe provides only video tutorials, which are poorly produced and ineffective for non-auditory learners. The narrators have distracting accents, and the content lacks clarity. The software itself is not user-friendly—basic tasks like deleting individual elements (e.g., a back arrow on a card slide) are unnecessarily difficult and often result in deleting the entire slide content. I have not found a way to remove just one element.

Additionally, the software does not allow you to embed videos from YouTube. Attempting to insert a video via copy and paste does not work either. These limitations significantly reduce its functionality. I do not recommend this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Diana S.

Project Manager, Transit & Passenger Rail

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/23/2025

"Adobe makes another great product"

4/5

What do you like best about Adobe Captivate?

Fits into the rest of the adobe suite seamlesssly. Another great product by adobe. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Captivate?

Nothing! This product is amazing and have no bad Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/28/2025

"one of the most comprehensive for creating e-learning courses"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Captivate?

Software simulations, to explain and evaluate the operation of a software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Captivate?

that it became very complex to use for non-programmer users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bharath s.

Lead Instructional Designer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/28/2024

"Best software for Interactivity in E-Learning work"

5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Captivate?

Best simuation tool and also interactivity while using this tool i littearly get feel like i am creating a website aswesome work from Adobe Team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Captivate?

I am not liking the alignment and thsi software is some what tough for use for begainers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Craig F.

Employment Vetting Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/9/2024

"Usefull but confusing"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Captivate?

It's flexible and relatively powerful once you know what your doing. It's a steep learning curve and not easy to start using if your not used to this sort of program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Captivate?

The platform seems very clunky and scattered to a new user. It makes it difficult to know what to do. It doesn't help that there are multiple versions, and each FAQ doesn't always link up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohammed A.

Director of Learning and Development Operations

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/24/2025

"Powerful tool for creating sophisticated eLearning content"

5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Captivate?

Virtual Reality (VR) Integration: Supports the creation of VR training experiences using 360-degree images and videos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Captivate?

Limited Collaboration Features: Unlike cloud-based tools like Articulate 360 or Elucidat, Adobe Captivate doesn’t natively support real-time collaboration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michelle P.

Learning And Development Specialist

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/4/2024

"Good Product"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Captivate?

I like that it's a good price for my company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Captivate?

Some of the fuctions are limiting. I wish that I could do more with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jason W.

Training and Quality Specialist

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/25/2024

"Very great tool for content creation, make interactive courses."

5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Captivate?

I like the way the courses are built to allow for better learner intergration. You add many features compared to other content development items. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Captivate?

It takes a while to learn and be comfortable with, they do provide training but it is not a simple program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rebekah B.

Manager, IT Process Improvement

Hospital & Health Care

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/29/2024

"Adobe Captivate Review"

4/5

What do you like best about Adobe Captivate?

I love how specific you can get with the Captivate timeline - how you can either drag and drop the effects' timing or type it in. I also love how many aspects you can group together to make it easy to edit how you want your project to turn out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Captivate?

The learning curve was big for me when I first started using Captivate, so I utilized several LinkedIn Learning courses to learn the basics of Captivate. Unless you have the time to commit to thoroughly learning this product up-front, you'll probably be frustrated with it while editing your projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Construction

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/8/2019

"Long time user"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Captivate?

Ability to create responsive e-learning, which includes Question banks and assessments with full SCORM compliance. I also love the ability to publish content out to Youtube, and the ability to embed vimeo videos. The latest feature I have started to use is the ability to call slides up during a embedded video!. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Captivate?

Design haven’t changed much over the years. Sometime you just want the ability to create something really simple like a scorm embed of a video, captivate doesn't do this that well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Adobe Captivate:

Ensure you storyboard out what you want to achieve and always save frequently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Captivate solving and how is that benefiting you?

The ability to push out great content using an lms and the ability to create question bank quiz’s. The ability to ensure all employees are receiving the exact same training at the point of need and without the expense of pulling them in to a training room for a training session. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.