Articulate Rise 360 vs Xerte

ARArticulate Rise 3609.1Visit Xerte7.4Visit

Higher score AR Articulate Rise 360 #4 in Course Authoring Software 9.1/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Articulate

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Xerte #17 in Course Authoring Software 7.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Xerte

• Articulate Rise 360 fits best

  Fast responsive team authoring

• Xerte fits best

  Free shared authoring with SCORM

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Side by side

Feature	ARArticulate Rise 360 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Xerte 7.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	7.4
Ranking	#4 in Course Authoring Software	#17 in Course Authoring Software
Best for	Fast responsive team authoring	Free shared authoring with SCORM
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	$1,449/seat/yr	Free plan
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Self-hosted, Browser extension
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	4 integrations	3 integrations
Features Articulate Rise 360 6/6 · Xerte 6/6
Interactive content	✓	✓
Assessment builder	✓	✓
SCORM export	✓	✓
Responsive output	✓	✓
Team collaboration	✓	✓
Content library	✓	✓
Specs
Author seats	1 authors	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Responsive courses adapt across desktop, tablet, and mobile screens. Interactive blocks, quizzes, and question banks support varied training. SCORM, xAPI, cmi5, and AICC export suit broad LMS delivery.	Free and open source with browser-based authoring Exports SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004 packages Supports sharing, co-authoring, LTI, xAPI, and responsive HTML5
Cons	Starts at $1,449 per seat per year with annual billing. Web-only access limits platform coverage. The Teams plan costs more than the Personal plan.	Requires web-server installation for organizational use Ongoing maintenance generally needs IT support Not a conventional SaaS product with managed hosting
Our verdict	Articulate Rise 360 is a browser-based course authoring tool for instructional designers, learning teams, and organizations producing online training. Authors combine text, media, templates, interactive blocks, knowledge checks, and graded… Read the review →	Xerte is a free, open-source course authoring toolkit for teachers, tutors, and organizations creating teaching and learning materials. Authors work in a browser through template-driven forms, interactive activities, automatically scored… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Articulate Rise 360 — where it wins

  • Responsive courses adapt across desktop, tablet, and mobile screens.
  • Interactive blocks, quizzes, and question banks support varied training.
  • SCORM, xAPI, cmi5, and AICC export suit broad LMS delivery.

  Where it doesn't

  • Starts at $1,449 per seat per year with annual billing.
  • Web-only access limits platform coverage.
  • The Teams plan costs more than the Personal plan.

• Xerte — where it wins

  • Free and open source with browser-based authoring
  • Exports SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004 packages
  • Supports sharing, co-authoring, LTI, xAPI, and responsive HTML5

  Where it doesn't

  • Requires web-server installation for organizational use
  • Ongoing maintenance generally needs IT support
  • Not a conventional SaaS product with managed hosting

• ARArticulate Rise 3609.1/10 · 30-day trial

  A fast, collaborative authoring suite with broad LMS export and a high annual seat cost.

  Visit ArticulateFull verdict →
• Xerte7.4/10 · Free plan

  A free, self-hosted authoring toolkit with SCORM, collaboration, and responsive delivery.

  Visit XerteFull verdict →