Articulate’s 2025 Awards and Industry Recognition

A quick summary: All awards Articulate won in 2025

It’s been another great year for Articulate and our customers. Here’s a quick summary of all the awards and recognition Articulate earned in 2025 from customers and industry experts alike:

• 🏆 Winner: TrustRadius Buyer’s Choice Award. Articulate earned the 2026 TrustRadius Buyer’s Choice Award, which recognizes software products that customers rate highest for capabilities, value, and customer relationships.
• 🏆 Winner: TrustRadius Top Rated Award. Articulate earned the TrustRadius Top Rated Award for 2025. Based entirely on customer feedback, this award represents high performing software that delivers value and commitment to the user experience.
• Multiple Category Wins: G2 2025 Reports. Articulate earned recognition in multiple G2 2025 reports, most notably the #1 spot for Course Authoring across all markets in both Fall 2025 and Winter 2026.
• 🏆 Winner: TrustRadius Tech Cares Award. Articulate earned the 2025 TrustRadius Tech Cares Award, which recognizes tech companies that go beyond business to make a positive impact in the world.
• Shortlist: Capterra E-Learning Authoring Tools. Articulate earned a spot on Capterra’s 2025 Shortlist for E-Learning Authoring Tools. The Shortlist identifies the highest-rated and most popular software products by category.
• Top 20: Training Industry’s Top 20 List. Articulate earned a Top 20 spot on Training Industry’s 2025 AI Content Creation and Authoring Tools list. This list recognizes organizations that provide their customers with exceptional standalone AI products that enhance the course authoring process.
• Top 150: GSV Top 150. Articulate earned a spot in the 2026 GSV Top 150, a list of public and private sector companies that fuse AI and education to deliver innovative digital learning solutions that give every learner the opportunity to “participate in the future.”
• Top 10: G2’s Top 10 Product Score. Articulate 360 earned a G2 score of 97.29 out of 100 based on verified customer reviews, which placed us in G2’s Top 10 products of 2025.
• 🏆 Multiple Category Wins: Brandon Hall Group’s Technology Excellence Awards. Articulate earned multiple category recognition in the Brandon Hall Group’s Technology Excellence Awards, including Gold in Content Authoring Technology, Gold in Generative AI Learning Solutions, and Silver in Learning Management Solutions.

Read on for more details on the awards.

TrustRadius Buyer’s Choice Award (Winner)

  

What this award recognizes

The TrustRadius Buyer’s Choice Award recognizes software rated highly by real customers for value, capabilities, and strength of customer relationships. Buyer’s Choice Awards winners are chosen from vetted, unbiased reviews submitted from January 1, 2025, to October 17, 2025. These authentic customer experiences help TrustRadius readers make relevant, informed decisions when purchasing software.

Why Articulate was selected

Allyson Havener, TrustRadius’s CMO, said, “Articulate 360 has become an essential platform for teams looking to create engaging, effective learning experiences.” Thousands of verified customer reviewers agree:

• Articulate rated highest in capabilities for creating high-quality user experiences
• Articulate’s products hold outstanding value for the price
• Articulate builds strong customer relationships through responsive support

Read our award announcement here.

TrustRadius Top Rated Award (Winner)

How TrustRadius determines the Top Rated award

The TrustRadius Top Rated Award is determined entirely by customer feedback. Top Rated companies must have excellent customer satisfaction ratings, with a recent and relevant trScore of 7.5 out of 10 or higher. The award represents unbiased customer recognition of high-performing software that solves real problems, drives ROI, and meets the buyer where they are.

🗣️ “Top Rated status sends a clear message to buyers: This is a product you can count on.”

—Allyson Havener, CMO, TrustRadius

Customer ratings and sentiment

Articulate’s trScore of 9.3 out of 10 earned it Top Rated status by a mile. Recent customer reviews show appreciation for Articulate 360’s simple, easy-to-use course creation tools that produce highly engaging, interactive e-learning courses. Customers also appreciate Articulate 360’s industry-leading generative AI tools and live Review capabilities, which help keep stakeholders and SMEs in alignment seamlessly.

“Articulate rocks. Articulate has made the possibilities limited only to my imagination.”

—Matthew Pearlswig, Instructional Designer, ECS

“[Articulate] lets me design and develop virtually anything I can imagine, or my clients may need.”

—John Morley, Instructional Designer, ID for Hire

“Don’t go without it. We use it for everything! We are very happy with it and highly recommend to anyone.”

—Lauren Lee, Learning Solutions Specialist, NMDP

G2 2025 Reports (Multiple Wins)

Overview of G2’s ranking process

G2’s Grid® rating methodology is based on product reviews from real software users. G2 rates products in two categories—satisfaction and market presence—and then combines the ratings for an overall G2 score out of 100.

G2 categories where Articulate excelled

Articulate earned the top spot in G2’s Grid® Report for Course Authoring in Fall and Winter 2026. For Winter 2026, Articulate’s combined G2 score reached 99 out of 100. In Winter 2026 alone, Articulate was mentioned in 38 total reports and earned 30 badges in a variety of categories, including:

• Multiple Course Authoring Leader and Regional Leader badges
• Top Course Authoring Product Momentum Score
• Best in Enterprise Usability Index for Course Authoring
• Best in Enterprise Relationship Index for Course Authoring
• Best in Enterprise Implementation Index for Course Authoring
• Plus, many more awards in both Small and Mid-Market categories

Articulate’s top-tier presence in G2’s quarterly reports validates our commitment to not only creating an easy-to-use, effective course authoring product in the Articulate 360 platform, but also our dedication to our customers and partners across the globe.

TrustRadius Tech Cares Award (Winner)

Criteria for the Tech Cares Award

The TrustRadius Tech Cares Award recognizes organizations that show a commitment to people, the planet, and their community. Key areas of focus for the 2025 Tech Cares Award include sustainability, the environment, volunteerism, DEI, generous donations, community impact, employee well-being, support for women in tech, and educational support.

Articulate’s contributions for this award

Articulate earned the 2025 TrustRadius Tech Cares Award through our commitment to giving back. Last year’s Impact Campaign funded over $150,000 in community grants via our Cash for Change initiative, donated over $52,000 through employee giving and matching, and donated laptops and tech equipment to PCs for People, an organization dedicated to closing the digital divide. Beyond the dollars donated, the Tech Cares Award reflects Articulate’s commitment to empowering the communities where we live and work.

Capterra Shortlist for E-learning Authoring Tools

How Capterra selects shortlist tools

The Capterra Shortlist for E-learning Authoring Tools identifies top e-learning software products by plotting two dimensions on the same graph: Ratings and Popularity. The Ratings score is based on verified user reviews written within the last 24 months, and the Popularity score is based on the average monthly search volume of keywords for each product. Those two scores are combined to form an overall score out of 100.

Articulate’s strengths in the shortlist criteria

With over 600 verified user reviews, Articulate scored 4.5/5 or higher in the Ease of Use, Customer Service, and Features categories. Features most valued by reviewers include Articulate 360’s content management, course authoring, customizable branding, interactive content, interactive learning, and learning management capabilities.

“[Articulate 360] is the industry standard for very good reasons. Excellent functionality and support…these products keep evolving to meet the needs of users.”

—Heather H., Dir. of Global Learning Design, Development, and Enablement, Pharmaceutical

“I am beyond thrilled with the capability, support and the resources. The entire Articulate community is a huge selling point. Articulate 360 is an essential product…and has improved outcomes exponentially.”

—Ashley G., Instructional Designer, Hospital and Healthcare

Training Industry Top 20 AI Content Creation & Authoring Tools

What the Top 20 list highlights

Training Industry’s 2025 Top 20 AI Content Creation & Authoring Tools List recognizes companies providing a standalone AI product that enhances the entire course creation process—from design and development to delivery. But that’s not all. Top 20 companies must also boast a strong market presence, strong customer relationships, and exceptional business performance and growth trajectory.

Innovation areas supporting Articulate’s ranking

Articulate’s AI Assistant reduces course development time, elevates instructional design quality, and efficiently produces scalable, personalized training content. The new AI Course Drafts feature can quickly generate a complete first draft of a course from rough ideas or messy source material. The draft includes structure, interactivity, and knowledge checks, which helps instructional designers move from a blank page to high-quality learning experiences in minutes.

GSV Top 150

Overview of the GSV Top 150 criteria

The GSV Top 150 selects honorees from over 3,000 global companies based on their revenue scale, revenue growth, user reach, geographic diversification, and margins profile. Together, the top 150 take in over $50 billion in revenue and reach more than 3 billion learners. Each company in GSV’s Top 150 has effectively embraced AI to help create new and engaging learning experiences.

Articulate’s position as a global ed-tech leader

As a global ed-tech leader, Articulate provides exceptional e-learning authoring tools that evolve with the user’s needs. Rise 360 and Storyline 360’s built-in AI Assistant speeds up course creation and brings content to life while keeping course authors in the driver’s seat. From fully-realized course drafts to images, audio, and more, Articulate’s AI Assistant is the sidekick instructional designers need in 2026 to engage all learners.

G2’s Top 10 Product Score

G2’s ranking process

G2’s Grid® rating methodology is based on product reviews from real software users. Products are rated in two categories—satisfaction and market presence—and then combined for an overall G2 score.

Articulate’s overall product score

Articulate 360 as a product earned a G2 score of 97.29 out of 100. This makes Articulate 360 the ninth highest rated and reviewed product on G2 for Winter 2026—out of over 180,000 products. This top honor reflects our dedication to making every aspect of the e-learning process simpler, faster, and more engaging from start to finish.

Brandon Hall Group’s Technology Excellence Awards

Overview of the Brandon Hall Group Technology Excellence Awards

The Brandon Hall Group’s Excellence in Technology Awards recognize exceptional entries from companies that offer solutions in the following categories: learning and development, the future of work, sales enablement, human resources, and talent management and acquisition. Products are scored based on their innovation, design, creativity, and measurable benefits to the user.

Articulate’s entries for these awards

Articulate earned two first-place finishes and one second-place finish for the following entries and categories:

• 🥇 Gold in the Content Authoring category for Articulate 360
• 🥇 Gold in the Generative AI Learning Solutions category for Articulate 360’s AI features
• 🥈 Silver in the Learning Management Technology category for Reach 360

What these awards mean for Articulate customers

Increased trust and credibility

The TrustRadius, G2, and Capterra awards are proof that Articulate continues to produce exceptional e-learning products and puts the customer first. As users’ needs evolve, so do Articulate’s products. Thousands of verified reviews demonstrate what that means to our customers: Articulate delivers high-quality user experiences that they can trust.

Proof of innovation and product investment

Reviewers and industry experts agree that Articulate offers its users an easy-to-use, innovative, and future-forward line of e-learning products. Our high-performing e-learning tools solve real problems, drive ROI, and produce highly engaging, interactive learning experiences. With these votes of confidence, there’s no doubt that Articulate provided the industry’s leading e-learning tools in 2025. We’ll continue to innovate to serve creators and learners in 2026 and hope to earn your trust again!

Reinforced leadership in AI-powered learning tools

The Training Industry, GSV, and Excellence in Technology awards demonstrate Articulate’s continued leadership in developing exceptional AI-powered learning tools. Articulate users want AI features that help create new and engaging learning experiences without taking over, and we’ll continue to deliver. Articulate’s 2025 awards include recognition for AI content creation and generative AI learning solutions alongside effective authoring tools.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Is Articulate considered a top e-learning authoring tool in 2025?

Yes, Articulate is considered a top e-learning authoring tool in 2025. As the industry standard for all things e-learning, Articulate is dedicated to providing its customers with the best e-learning authoring tools in 2025 and beyond.

How does Articulate compare to other tools in industry rankings?

Articulate has earned top rankings in course authoring tools, customer satisfaction, outstanding product value, and AI solutions that drive real results. Articulate’s impressive 2025 awards run proves we’ve earned a spot among the best in the e-learning industry.

Do customer reviews influence these awards?

Verified customer reviews influence almost every Articulate award listed, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Our customers drive our everyday work to continually improve the product. Thank you, customers, for your honest reviews. We’ll continue to build better learning experiences, drive real change in our community, and lead the e-learning industry into the future of work.

“Set 5 STARS to value TRUE when user clicks ARTICULATE. Unrivaled power and customization. Simply put, the most powerful authoring tool I have ever used.”

—Cameron Miller, Creative Services Manager, Echostar

Explore hundreds more customer reviews on TrustRadius and G2, and discover how Articulate goes beyond the numbers to empower our communities.

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