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Brainshark

Composite Score

6.7 /10

CX Score

6.9 /10

14 Reviews Write a Review

What is Brainshark?

Brainshark sales readiness software equips businesses with the training, coaching and content authoring capabilities needed to achieve sales mastery and outsell the competition. Prepare your teams today to win more tomorrow. Empower all your client-facing teams with the knowledge, skills and insights they need to perform at the highest level.

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Awards & Recognition

Brainshark won the following awards in the Sales Coaching category

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3 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2023

4 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2022

Brainshark Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

77 Likeliness to Recommend

10
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

4
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+78 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Brainshark?

0% Negative

16% Neutral

84% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Altruistic
Client's Interest First

Cons

Less Generous

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Video Practice

Custom Scorecard Templates

Coaching Notes

Application Integration

Gamification

Collaboration

AI Simulation Training

Call Ingestion

AI Feedback

Coaching Records

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Brainshark Reviews

Rob G.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

Reasonable value for price consideration

Likeliness to Recommend

2 /10

What differentiates Brainshark from other similar products?

Ease of use, adoption and implementation simplified

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Knowledge of user applications

What do you dislike most about this product?

Customization not as user friendly

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Price to value is reasonable

Pros

Saves Time
Altruistic
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

Tom G.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Awesome Authoring Product

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Brainshark from other similar products?

Incredible ease of use and integration with sfdc

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Authoring of content

What do you dislike most about this product?

The UI is somewhat dated.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure that senior leadership is involved in the evaluation

Pros

Enables Productivity
Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Joshua w.

Role: Operations
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Easy to use , has a Broad range of training types,

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Brainshark from other similar products?

The GUI and training type offerings

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The broad range of training type you can create

What do you dislike most about this product?

Dashboard notifications

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Its on eof the better companies on the market

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Unique Features
Saves Time
Altruistic

Cons

Inhibits Innovation
Less Reliable

How We Deliver

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Awards & Recognition

Brainshark Ratings

77 Likeliness to Recommend

10 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

4 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+78 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Brainshark?

Pros

Cons

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting, forecasting & easy data extraction for data analysis.

Video Practice Sales teams can record a video response, creating a practice environment for individuals to handle objections, role play etc.

Custom Scorecard Templates Ability to customize templates based on organizational KPIs, activities and objectives.

Coaching Notes The solution allows managers to provide comments and feedback on calls, pitch practices etc. and to assign a score based on predefined scorecard.

Application Integration Includes functional and data integration with common applications such as CRM, CSM, ERP, email, etc.

Gamification Create and track sales contents or competitions, badges, live leaderboards and SPIFFs to drive behavioural change.

Collaboration Able to share feedback, calls or videos with other individuals within the organization and allow peers to give feedback.

AI Simulation Training Sales reps have the ability to conduct a video call, slide presentation, pitch recording, product demo etc. with an AI Assistant.

Call Ingestion The platform can record or import sales calls from multiple channels i.e. phone, conference services, meeting platforms like Teams, WebEx or Zoom.

AI Feedback Software is able to listen to calls and evaluate based on clarity, pace, sentence length, questions asked etc. to provide insights and score objectively.

Coaching Records Centralized view of all evaluations, ratings, feedback by user.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

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Brainshark Reviews

Rob G.

Reasonable value for price consideration

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Tom G.

Awesome Authoring Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Joshua w.

Easy to use , has a Broad range of training types,

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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10
Since last award

4
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Video Practice

Custom Scorecard Templates

Coaching Notes

Application Integration

Gamification

Collaboration

AI Simulation Training

Call Ingestion

AI Feedback

Coaching Records

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement