Following is a short comparison of Online IT training providers, listing some of the features along with pricing model for each.
Visit: http://www.lynda.com
Stats
20 years in business
3,700+ video courses
149,109 Video clips
218 IT courses · 8,107 video tutorials
2,000,000 Learners
Provides certification
Features & Pricing
Site: http://www.pluralsight.com
Stats
3,700+ Courses
131,000 Video clips
11,150 Hours of content
700 Expert instructors
750,000 Learners
150+ Countries with subscribers
Features & Pricing
Their Enterprise Plus plan starts at 26 users and offers:
- Corporate Portal that provides reports on usage, course completion, progress per user and assessment results. This is interesting if you're planning on getting the license for your team and follow on the progress made by individual team members. More details about it here: [http://www.pluralsight.com/training/products/progresstracking](http://www.pluralsight.com/training/products/progresstracking)
- Create Teams within the plan
- Enterprise Account Manager Support
- Volume Pricing (see tiered volume pricing below)
Group Size Annual Annual Plus
Retail $299 $499
26-49 $278 $464
50-99 $269 $449
100-249 $263 $439
Site: https://www.cbtnuggets.com
Stats
200+ Courses
9,000 Video clips
24/7 training—anytime, anywhere
Expert-authored courses
Mobile apps
Offline viewing
Downloadable exercise files
Features & Pricing
Individual Pricing:
Team Pricing:
Stats
570+ Courses
19,970+ Tutorials
902 Hours of content
Access to 180 eBooks
Expert-authored courses
Mobile friendly
Downloadable exercise files
Features & Pricing
Resource Comparison
Here is a resource comparison for a technology stack typically required in order to build a modern feature rich Web based application:
PluralSight Lynda CBT Nuggets
Java 180 hours of video tutorials
1000+ video tutorials 50 hours of video tutorial
644 video tutorials 13 hours of video tutorial
25 video tutorials
JavaScript 350 hours of video tutorials
1000+ video tutorials 50 hours of video tutorial
762 video tutorials 8 hours of video tutorial
15 video tutorials
AngularJS 160 hours of video tutorial
500+ video tutorials 13 hours of video tutorial
132 video tutorials 8 hours of video tutorial
20 video tutorials
Cloud Computing 350 hours of video tutorial 1000+ video tutorials 17 hours video tutorial
210 video tutorials 7 hours of video tutorial
15 video tutorials
**COST **(approx.) $45 / Month $35 / Month $83 / Month
Recommendation
Video training resources provided by any of the above vendors could be a huge plus for individuals or teams in the transition to a new technology stack and you can't really go wrong with choosing any of the above solutions for your online training needs.
Lynda seems to be the latest craze (purchased by LinkedIn in April 2015 for estimated $1.5 billion), not only it's currently the largest Online IT training site, but the fact that it’s being heavily invested into and very much advertised is giving me a lot of confidence that Lynda is here to stay.
However, Pluralsight is also an extremely fast-growing company. In the past 2 years they acquired Trainsignal, PeepCode, Tekpub, Digital Tutors, Smarterer and Code School to offer the depth of content that can't be found anywhere else in the world. They offer training for IT, Developer and Creative teams and continue to expand their library of content while making it accessible globally. Pluralsight continues to grow their extensive breadth and depth of courses and with the recent acquisitions, they now have 4,000+ courses, 12,000+ hours of content and continue to add 50-80 additional new courses every month.
Bottom line: Based on my experience with IT Training providers and if your plan is to train developers, I'd recommend to choose between either Linda or Plularsight based on the specific technology requirements and their availability with these two vendors.