End-to-end solution vs Open-Source product

MindScroll vs Moodle

Moodle is an open source software learning management system built on pedagogical principles and is used for e-learning projects in schools, universities and workplaces. Though originally designed for academia, Moodle has found its use-cases in corporate learning as well. Moodle is a feature rich platform with community support and can be extended to suit various learning environments by using community sourced plugins. To deploy moodle, one needs to download the moodle package and install it on a server and customise it to map its own learning requirement and branding.

MindScroll, on the other hand, is a cloud hosted SaaS learning platform which can be setup in minutes without any technology expertise and need of any hardware or plugin. One doesn’t need to worry about managing the infrastructure or having an IT team to use MindScroll, you just sign up by creating your account and start using the platform. MindScroll has been developed as a corporate Learning Management System keeping business training need in mind and provides support for user roles like HR Manager, Training Department Officer and Supervisor with access and privileges necessary to run a corporate training initiative.

The advantages of MindScroll are very clear. It enables customers to deploy their e-learning project very quickly. The account can be created in just a few minutes by configuring URL and basic account settings and within a couple of work-hours, the customers can set up courses, add users, customize the theme and have a complete personalized set-up of the environment. In contrast, with Moodle each installation could take anywhere from two days to weeks depending on the requirement of the customer and expertise on Moodle.

In case of assistance, MindScroll offers quick support via phone and email, whereas with Moodle, customers have to refer to a large community for free help or find a paid assistance service.

MindScroll user interface is easy to use and can be used by first time users with little or no training. The Moodle user interface, on the other hand, is difficult to manage if one is not familiar with it.

Moodle, being open source, depends on the supporting community for evolution of the product while MindScroll has a well-defined product roadmap catering to the business training needs. Moreover, with built-in integration widgets and readily available integration APIs, MindScroll can be easily integrated with other business applications such as ERP, CRM and video conference systems and provide a seamless information flow between systems.

The following table summarizes the differences between MindScroll and Moodle: