Colossyan
Articulate alternative for training teams

An Articulate alternative with AI video included

Build the course and the presenter video in one platform, then export SCORM to your LMS. Video minutes are part of your plan, with no per-minute credits.

Bring a real document to the demo. Leave with a first draft.

G24.6 on G2 from 500+ reviews
HIT Training

Every module starts with video

We've created a new format flow for our online modules, and now they're always starting with an engaging video.

Jill EastonCurriculum Manager
HIT Training
Illinois Principals Association

Course back up and running

It was easy to go in, create an actor with a voice, and get the course back up and running. Faster than redoing the course...

Kathleen BarnhartContent Specialist
Illinois Principals Association
FORVIA HELLA

Experts draft it themselves

Cora makes it much easier for experts to turn their knowledge into a strong initial draft

Dr. Malte OrtgieseHead of Global Engineering Academy Electronics
FORVIA HELLA
★★★★★

Into the LMS, first time

We've been able to produce high-quality, engaging videos that have been integrated into our Learning Management System (LMS) successfully.

D M.Verified G2 review
Paramount

10 hours of meetings replaced a month

We've been able to replace an average of 10 hours of walkthrough meetings every month by generating a Colossyan video.

Carmine ValenteVP of Information Security
Paramount
Sonesta

Easy updates, real savings

The ease of content update and cost savings are remarkable.

Kristin BroadheadDirector of Learning & Development
Sonesta

An AI agent, plus everything
a real production needs.

Give Cora your existing policies, decks or SOPs and get a complete video plan back in minutes, with every scene yours to review and approve. Then ship it in 120+ languages, wrap it into a full course, or make it interactive, without opening another tool.

01
START FROM A SOURCE

From source to video.

Cora reads your handbook, deck or help page, writes the script and lays out each scene. Nothing renders until you approve it. Start from a PDF, a PowerPoint or a web page.

AI Video Generator
New Joiner Onboarding
1 ONBOARDINGWelcome to
Northwind
Your first week, in three minutes
Welcome to Northwind
Script Hi, I am Riley, your guide for the next three minutes.By the end you will know what to expect from your first week.
2 02Our journey so far2014Founded2018100 customers202211 countries20262,000 people
Our journey so far
Script Northwind was founded in 2014, and today we are 2,000 people across eleven countries.You will meet many of them in week one.
3 03How we work1Write it downDecisions live in docs2Ship smallWeekly, not quarterly3Ask earlyNo question too small
How we work
Script Three working agreements shape every team here: write things down, ship small, and ask early.
4 04Your first weekMon12IT
setup
Tue13Wed14Meet
buddy
Thu15Fri16First
ticket
Your first week
Script Monday is setup, Wednesday you shadow your buddy, and by Friday you will own your first ticket.
5 05Where to get helpSamOnboarding buddyLauraPeople partnerDanielIT support
Where to get help
Script Three people have your back from day one: Sam, Laura and Daniel.Reach out to any of them, any time.
Hello there, I'm Cora. Let's turn your documents and ideas into videos.
02
120+ LANGUAGES

Every language, one recording.

Pick a language and the voice, captions and lip-sync follow, across the video, the on-screen text and every interaction. Same presenter, same timing, translated into 120+ languages.

Translation
Northwind Onboarding
US

Hi, I am Riley, and I will be your guide for the next three minutes.

1s pause
ONBOARDINGWelcome to
Northwind
Your first week, in three minutes
Language variants
+ Add new translation
02:34 +
03
FULL COURSES, NOT JUST CLIPS

Full courses, SCORM-ready.

Build modules, knowledge checks and pass marks in Colossyan Learn, then export SCORM to your LMS. When a policy changes, you update the lesson instead of rebuilding the course.

Colossyan Learn
Workplace Cybersecurity Essentials
LESSON 1 · START SECURE
Build secure defaults from day one

Learn the simple habits that protect your accounts, messages, and devices throughout the workday.

Most breaches start with an ordinary moment, a reused password, a link that looked internal, a laptop left unlocked. This lesson covers the defaults that remove those moments from your day.

+Add new block
04
INTERACTIVE VIDEO

Video people can click.

Add branching scenarios, quizzes and clickable action buttons to the same video. Every choice reports back to your LMS as a tracked event.

Interactive video
Northwind Onboarding
Talk to our team to see itConversation
US

Hi, I am Riley, and I will be your guide for the next three minutes.

ONBOARDINGWelcome to
Northwind
Your first week, in three minutes

Music

None

Background

None
#FFFFFF

Scene transition

Fade
02:34
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The short version

Which one fits your team?

Choose

Articulate

  • You need Storyline-level custom interactions: triggers, variables, layers
  • Procurement asks for FedRAMP or ISO 27001, or you export xAPI and cmi5
  • Your Rise courses work. Keep them and add Colossyan video by MP4 or embed

Choose

Colossyan

  • Video does a lot of the teaching, and 5-minute single-speaker clips are not enough
  • You want avatar minutes in the plan and monthly billing, not annual seats plus credits
  • You localize training video with narration re-voiced and lip-synced per language
Compare

Colossyan vs Articulate, side by side

ArticulateColossyan
Courses & tracking
AI course draft from your filesYes, included in Rise (PDF, Word, PowerPoint)Yes, Cora drafts lessons, quizzes and video from your files
Interactions and quizzesYes, plus deep custom builds in StorylineFlip cards, tabs, hotspots, matching, ranking, quiz pages
LMS exportSCORM 1.2 and 2004, xAPI, cmi5, AICCSCORM 1.2 for courses; SCORM 1.2 and 2004 for video
Branching scenariosAI-generated branching scenarios in RiseIn interactive video, up to 4 paths; not a course block
Video
AI avatar videoYes since Sep 2026, billed in creditsYes, with minutes included in every plan
Length and speakersUp to 5 min, 1 speaker per videoUp to 20 min free, longer on paid; up to 4 avatars a scene
Your own presenterCustom avatar from one photoInstant avatar from 20 s of video or a photo, or Avatar Studio
Localise & keep current
Avatar narration in other languagesCaptions translate, narration stays in the source languageRe-voiced with lip sync in 120+ languages
Course text translationYes, 80+ languages, billed per characterYes, course text plus lip-synced lesson video
Updating a published courseConnected package pushes Rise updates to the LMSShare link updates in place; SCORM needs a re-export
Security & plans
Certifications and SSOSOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP; SAML SSOSOC 2 Type II, GDPR; SAML or OIDC SSO on Enterprise
BillingAnnual seats only, plus credits that expireFree plan; Professional monthly or yearly
What one platform replaces

3 line items, or one platform

Or keep Rise for the course and make the video here: Colossyan exports MP4 files and embed links that drop into Rise.

With Articulate

Line item 1Articulate 360 AI seats, billed yearly
Line item 2Credits for avatar minutes and translation
Line item 3A video tool for clips over 5 minutes or with 2+ speakers

With Colossyan

Colossyan
  • Courses and quizzes
  • AI avatar video, minutes in the plan
  • Video translation in 120+ languages
  • SCORM export
  • Brand kit
Interactive blocks

Interactive from the first draft.

Click a block to add it. Switch the brand kit or a block's look; your text stays.

Lesson 1 of 5 · 6 min

Build trust first.

How new managers earn their team’s trust in the first month.

How this course works

Five short lessons, one for each week of your first month. Each ends with a quick check.

Video: Your first client meetingPlay

Brand kit

Add a block

What you get

Everything a finished course needs.

The parts that usually take a second tool come with every course.

AI video in every lesson

Avatar-led video drafts planned with the AI Video Generator. 300+ avatars, 120+ languages.

A course page with an AI avatar video above a knowledge check

Your brand on every page

Pull colours, logo and fonts from your website into a brand kit Cora uses from the first draft.

Brand kit editor with a live course preview on a desktop monitor

Change the course, not the link

Edit it or ask Cora, publish the changes, and new learners get the new version on the same link.

The Publish changes popover in the course editor

Share anywhere

A link that opens with no login, or a SCORM 1.2 package with completion and pass mark.

A shared course lesson open in the browser on a laptop

Build together

See who is in the course and edit side by side in real time.

A course outline with two colleagues editing at the same time

Learners on any device

A mobile-friendly player that saves progress. No app to install.

A phone showing the New Manager Onboarding course

Training goes out of date faster than you can build it.

Most teams still juggle an authoring tool, a video tool and a translation agency, so every update means starting over. Teams on Colossyan draft in an afternoon, keep the final say on every scene, and update without rebuilding. Here's how Paramount, AmeriSave and others made the switch.

Media 10 hrs of meetings replaced every month “Reducing time in meetings, especially in a hybrid environment, has been a huge time and cost saver.” Carmine ValenteVP of Information Security Read the customer story Hospitality 80% reduction in video production costs “…translation capabilities have revolutionized our training processes…” Kristin BroadheadDirector of Learning & Development Read the customer story Financial services 70% reduction in video production costs “…creating a short video took around 4 hours. Now, it’s only an hour…” Steffen HartungTrainer & Business Coach Read the customer story Insurance 2–3x faster communication than email “For me, Colossyan makes communication 2, or even 3 times faster.” Rick SerranoHead of Strategy & People Transformation Read the customer story Logistics 50% more efficient onboarding “…significantly improved our new hire training program productivity.” Franklina TawiahHR Project Manager Read the customer story Healthcare 80–90% time and cost savings on video production “…we can now deliver neuroscientific training 80–90% quicker…” Torsten SeelbachFounder Read the customer story Financial services 50% time saved on video content creation “…training material that never goes obsolete.” Magesh SarmaChief Information Officer Read the customer story
The platform

Everything your training needs,
in one place.

AI video translator

Instantly translate videos into 120+ languages

Adapt your training videos into different languages, so every team gets the same content in the language they work in. Same presenter, same timing, new voice and lip sync.

Moving over

Switching from Articulate

What comes with you

  • Rise courses exported as SCORM 1.2 or 2004: Cora rebuilds them as editable courses
  • Your source documents and slide decks
  • Brand fonts and colors, set once in a brand kit
  • Courses already in your LMS keep playing while you switch

What we do

  • Rebuild your first course with you in the demo
  • Migration planning with our team on Enterprise
  • Your brand kit applied to every course
Plans and pricing

Plans that scale with your team

Start free, upgrade when you need more minutes and seats.

Starter

For individual content creators

Free$27/mo

No credit card required

  • All Colossyan AI avatars
  • 20 video minutes/mo with NEO
  • 15 custom avatars + 3 voices
  • Brand kits
  • 10 interactive videos/mo
  • 15 auto-translations/mo
  • Unlimited viewers
  • Unlimited course creation
Most popular

Professional

For professionals or small teams

$59/mo

+$30/mo per additional member

Editors
  • Everything in Starter, plus
  • 30 min/mo with NEO + 10 min/mo with NEO2
  • AI image generation
  • Watermark removal
  • Unlimited MP4 downloads
  • 5 SCORM exports/mo
  • Up to 3 members + workspaces

Enterprise

Companies scaling training and enablement

Let's talk

Custom pricing for your org

  • Unlimited video minutes, all models
  • Unlimited custom avatars + voices
  • Unlimited SCORM export, streaming + self-contained
  • Unlimited auto-translations
  • Custom studio avatars + branded avatars
  • Analytics
  • SSO/SAML, EU or US data residency
  • Priority support 24/7 + dedicated CSM
Capability Starter Professional Enterprise
1. Preparation
AI video and course creator
Course outline editor
PPT, PDF import
2. Creation
Stock avatars 300+ 300+ 300+
Stock voices 700+ 700+ 700+
Video minutes with NEO 20/mo 30/mo Unlimited
Video minutes with NEO2 0.5/mo 10/mo Unlimited
Custom avatars 15 20 Unlimited
Cloned voices 3 5 Unlimited
Interactive videos 10/mo 15/mo Unlimited
Course creation Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Templates
Custom templates
Brand kits
Pronunciation library
Stock media assets
AI image generation
Screen recorder
Subtitles
Branded avatars
Conversational avatars 1,000 min
Custom studio avatars 1 included
API access 360 min/yr Custom
3. Review and Collaboration
Unlimited viewers
Maximum editor seats 1 3 Custom
Shared workspaces
Commenting
Draft and video sharing
Team permissions
4. Localisation
Auto-translations 15/mo 20/mo Unlimited
Language variants
120+ supported languages
5. Publish
Course SCORM export 0 5/mo Unlimited
Video SCORM export 0 5/mo Unlimited
Video resolution Up to 1080p Up to 1080p Up to 4k
Watermark removal
Custom branded share page
HTML embedding
Multilingual videos
Video analytics
6. Support and Security
Knowledgebase
Priority support 24/7
Dedicated CSM
Custom SSO/SAML
EU or US Data residency

Prices in USD.

SECURITY & COMPLIANCE

Enterprise-grade by default.

G24.6 on G2 from 500+ reviews

Red Dot Design Award winner 2025

G2 Leader, Winter 2026 G2 Best Support, Winter 2026 G2 High Performer, Winter 2026 G2 Easiest To Do Business With, Winter 2026 G2 Fastest Implementation, Winter 2026

SOC 2 Type II

Independently audited controls for security, availability and confidentiality.

GDPR compliant

Your data is processed and stored in line with EU data-protection standards.

Data privacy first

Your content is never used to train our models. You stay in control.

Enterprise SSO

SAML single sign-on and role-based access for your whole organization.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Yes, as a rebuild. Export the course from Rise as a SCORM 1.2 or 2004 package and upload the zip. Cora reads the pages and assets and rebuilds them as an editable Colossyan course, on every plan. Review the result before you publish, since it is not a 1:1 copy. Your existing LMS packages keep working meanwhile.

Yes. Download the video as an MP4 and upload it to a Rise video block, which takes files up to 5 GB, or paste a Colossyan embed code into a Rise Embed block. In Storyline, import the MP4 to sync it to the slide timeline. Interactive videos with quizzes need the embed. MP4 and embeds start on Professional.

Articulate's avatars suit short clips: up to 5 minutes, one speaker, billed in credits, and translated courses keep the original narration with translated captions. Colossyan videos run longer, hold up to 4 avatars in a scene, use minutes included in your plan, and re-voice narration with lip sync per language.

Yes. The Starter plan is free with no credit card, with unlimited courses, AI course drafts and 20 minutes of video a month. SCORM export starts on Professional, at $59 a month billed yearly, with 5 course and 5 video exports a month. Enterprise adds unlimited exports and single sign-on.

Colossyan holds a SOC 2 Type II report and is GDPR compliant. Data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.3 and at rest with AES-256, and customer content is not used to train AI models. Enterprise adds SAML or OIDC single sign-on. Security teams can request the SOC 2 report and policies through our Trust Center.

It is a 30-minute call with our team. Bring a real document, deck or existing course, and we build a first draft with you, show how video, quizzes and SCORM export fit your LMS, and agree a scoped plan. If you would rather explore on your own first, start free with no card.

See it on your own course

Bring a document, deck or Rise export. Watch it become a course with AI video. Leave with a scoped plan.

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