Competitive

analysis between

Presented by
Keerthana
Prime focus area
“Software development category has the highest number of courses
across Skillsoft and Pluralsight”

• Primary focus of both Skillsoft and Pluralsight has been more on technology specific courses
than business

• While in business category, Pluralsight lacks leadership development courses unlike of Skillsoft

• In technology category, Skillsoft is focused on software development courses such as mobile and
Java, whereas, Pluralsight is focused on .NET and Java courses

• To encounter cybercrime, Pluralsight is offering advanced security analysis courses such as

Malware analysis and Persistent Threats

• Skillsoft has microservices, containers, Devops, digital skills courses that are not available in
Pluralsight

* Skillsoft and Pluralsight courses sub-categories details available in notes section

Analysis:
Course categories Sub-categories*

Cloud computing 0
6

Software development
18
21
41 6
Technology Security 7
42 6
Networking and ops 6

Digital skills
0
3

DevOps and SysAdmin

0
2
8
Business Data science
5
3
7
Leadership development
0
2

Business skills
8
5
Recommendations
(based on excel
data)

• Skillsoft can add cloud computing (AWS, Azure and Google GCP) courses to compete with Pluralsight

• Skillsoft can include advanced security analysis courses to its collection

• Pluralsight can focus on adding digital skills, DevOps (productivity and collaboration) courses and
leadership development courses
Functional coverage
“ Skillsoft and Pluralsight focus more on intermediate level courses than
other expertise level ”

• Skillsoft has more beginner and intermediate

level courses unlike Pluralsight where, expert
level courses are focused
• Skillsoft have published majority of courses in
2018 while, Pluralsight has published at least
one course every year since 2009
• Pluralsight provides live skill assessment for
few courses

* Skillsoft and Pluralsight courses categories details available in notes section

Analysis: Expertise levels Year of publishing
2019
0
14
14
6
22 2018 35

11
2017 0

26 12
2016 0
23 6
2015 0

5
2014 0
9
3
2013 0
1
4
2011 0

1
0 2010 0

3 1
2009 0
Recommendations
(based on excel data)

• Skillsoft can include more expert level courses to attract more users

• Skillsoft can add assessment status to measure user skill proficiency while taking courses

• Pluralsight courses are added since 2009 and few technology courses are obsolete and needs apprising
for their course collection from 2019
Course coverage
“Software development category has the highest number of courses
across intermediate and beginner level”

• Pluralsight and Skillsoft have more intermediate

and beginner level courses for Software
development followed by security and business
skills

• Skillsoft offers courses to everyone related to

problem solving, career guidance and hiring
Analysis:
  Skillsoft Pluralsight Skillsoft Pluralsight Skillsoft Pluralsight Skillsoft Pluralsight
  Beginner Intermediate Expert/Advanced Everyone
Business skills - 5 4 2 - 1 1 -
Data science 1 2 2 1 - 2 - -
DevOps and SysAdmin 1 - 1 - - - - -
Digital skills 3 - - - - - - -
Leadership development - - - - - 2 -
Networking and ops 4 - 2 6 - - - -
Security 1 2 5 3 1 1 - -
Software development 12 3 9 10 - 5 - -
Cloud Computing 2 - 4 - - -
Grand Total 22 14 23 26 1 9 3 0

Recommendations
(based on excel data)

Skillsoft can add beginner and intermediate level cloud computing (AWS, Azure and Google) courses to
its collection along side with expert level courses in software development

* Skillsoft and Pluralsight courses sub-categories details available in notes section

Time trial
“Pluralsight courses duration are greater than Skillsoft courses duration”

• Skillsoft courses duration range

between 0-2 hours only.
Whereas, Pluralsight course
duration ranges from 0-7 hours

• Among Pluralsight courses, AWS

Fundamentals for System
Administrators have the highest
course duration (7.20)

• In Pluralsight, lengthy duration

courses are intermediate level
courses
 Analysis:
Courses duration

7:19 6:22

5:30 5:45 5:10 5:01

4:56
4:08 3:574:04
4:11 3:20
3:543:39 3:41 3:10 3:27 2:55 3:33
2:57 1:49
2:23 2:47 2:48 2:182:17
1:47 2:202:30 2:232:432:19 2:23
2:30 2:02 1:50
2:18 1:59 1:59
0:59 1:32 2:14 0:55 1:391:43
1:14
0:23 1:171:40
1:311:241:22 1:231:15 1:25 1:19 0:37
1:06 1:00 1:05 1:031:04 0:59 1:03 0:53 1:111:211:14
0:470:46 0:49 0:48 0:49 0:48 0:520:52 0:570:55 0:550:51 0:52 0:46 0:510:450:43
0:44 0:42
0:28 0:200:18 0:28 0:290:200:25 0:39 0:37 0:29 0:24

Recommendations
(based on excel data)

Courses with lengthy duration provide in-depth training of a topic. Skillsoft can add more in-depth
courses for its users or while the time duration is a major concern (bringing their attention for long hours)
they can come up with gamification or anything new age
Thanks you for listening

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