Pluralsight is headquartered in Draper, Utah, with subsidiary offices in Boston, Dublin, and Sydney, with the goal of "Creating Advancement Through Technology." Unlike some online learning platforms that offer everything from art consideration to zebra anatomy, Pluralsight focused on upskilling the existing workforce to keep pace with our fast pace of digital transformation. The company has partnered with multiple organizations including Nasdaq, Adobe, and ADT. With more than XNUMX employees, Pluralsight has more than XNUMX business accounts.
Pluralsight's online courses are considerably more technical than what you'll find on other online learning platforms (Image credit: Pluralsight)
Features
Although Pluralsight is focused on the business market, individuals can also take advantage of the courses on offer as there are individual plans as well. Although many courses are offered, the content is focused on computers and technology, literally to the exclusion of everything else. It's also more professional in quality, and on a higher and deeper level than other video streaming platforms, so those looking for a weekend Raspberry Pi project to do with a little one will certainly not find it here. That being said, not everyone needs to be a CTO to take advantage of the deals. We decided to create a free account to get a better idea of the offers. Unfortunately, he not only had to manage his number, but also had to admit to receiving text messages for updates and marketing purposes (there is a box to give permission, but without it being checked, he told us to update the browser, which we did, but the creation of the account was not done at any time).
Expired links prevented us from trying Pluralsight's offerings (Image credit: Pluralsight) Things got worse from there. We then received an email to confirm the account, which included a link and a six-digit alphanumeric code. When we did that, they told us that the link had expired, although the original email did not state an expiration date. We then had the option to get another link, which we did twice. However, after checking the email account, including the spam folder, we did not receive a reset code and were unable to proceed with our free trial. At this point we have given up on further efforts, although the next step would have been to contact support.
You will be taking the Pluralsight Higher Level Plan exams, projects and hands-on learning (Image credit: Pluralsight)
Packages and prices
We couldn't find any free cost for the Enterprise plans, but that's pretty common, as they would cost by volume, with free features bundled into a customized plan. They usually require contact with the company. To get an idea of the costs involved, we looked at the individual plans on offer. A free trial is offered, but the duration is partially short (ten days). There are 2 levels of plans, starting with the standard plan. This plan operates at €000 a month, or an annual discount of €XNUMX a year. This lower plan includes the "Library of Core Courses, Skill Paths, and Assessments," and this is further detailed to include course discussions, exercise files, offline viewing, guides, and tutorials. The main library contains more than XNUMX of the most popular courses. The upgrade is the Premium plan, which costs $XNUMX a month, or drops when paid annually to $XNUMX. Upgrading gives you access to the "Full Library of Core and Extended Courses, Exams, Projects, and Hands-On Learning" which includes everything on the bottom plane and adds projects, interactive courses, and hands-on certification exams. The extensive library includes more than XNUMX topics, including more advanced and specialized topics.
You can find answers to common questions in the Pluralsight Help Center or contact the company by phone or email for direct assistance (Image credit: Pluralsight)
Support
Pluralsight support is undoubtedly direct communication, showing how you meet business requirements. This includes a direct toll-free number, with free hours from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. M. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. M. From Monday to Friday. There is also direct email, so users can simply send the problem for a response XNUMX hours a day, seven days a week. In case one or the other is not enough, there is also the option of a contact portal, although to our knowledge a direct email alternative is little needed. There is also a Frequently Asked Questions section, with plenty of predefined content to answer the most frequently asked questions. To fill out the discussion, there are no educational videos, ebooks, or white papers. The cat does not appear in the Help Center, although it has appeared in another part of the site.
Pluralsight's mobile apps have high marks in the Apple App Store and Play Store (Image credit: Apple)
User Reviews
To get a better idea of the service, we took a look at the reviews of the Pluralsight iOS app, which generally gets a more than respectable score of XNUMX out of five stars. This is also a good sign that it receives regular updates, with the latest version of XNUMX being released on August XNUMX, XNUMX. Despite generally good reviews, some issues that crop up include fake search results, uploaded videos getting deleted randomly, and a poor Chromecast. Support. There are responses from developers to the issues, which is to say the least encouraging that the company remains aware of the issues, though users point out that some of these concerns have been around for some time. In addition to this, there is also an Android app for Pluralsight. It also gets high marks, with a similar score of forty-six out of five. Similar drawbacks are also present in this version of the app, such as playing on Samsung TV and removing downloaded videos.
Final verdict
The online educational platform, Pluralsight, caught us with its advanced IT-centric course offerings. We appreciate your offering of in-depth courses, highly rated apps, and direct support offerings. Critics are the short free trial period, limited hours of phone support, and the higher level required for practice certification exams. With our bad experience trying to create a free account, and the many setbacks encountered, we hesitate to advise this platform, when there are simpler options to use.