The Best Showpad Alternatives for Sales Training and Development

Showpad is a popular sales enablement and marketing platform for sales teams—but is it the best option for your business?

If you’re considering investing in a learning management system (LMS) or another sales enablement tool, it’s worth taking a look at some Showpad alternatives. And if you’re currently using Showpad but thinking about replacing it, it’s important to research your options.

Let’s talk about why Showpad isn’t the best choice for every company out there, then check out some of the alternatives.

Why Choose a Showpad Alternative?

Showpad is a solid sales enablement platform that can also be used as a learning management system. But there are a few drawbacks. For example, Showpad is very strongly focused on sales—and that might not fit your needs.

An LMS can be used for sales enablement, but it can be used for a lot of other things, too. And Showpad’s focus on sales could be limiting if you’re looking to build community or run workshops on other topics.

Many people also find Showpad’s administrative interface to be unintuitive. And if you’re going to be spending hours administering a training program, you want everything to be as easy as possible.

Let’s take a look at some of the Showpad alternatives you might look into:

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Continu

Our LMS is set up to be as flexible as possible. You can administer trainings, run entire courses, set up coaching, and assess learners’ progress. All from an easy-to-use dashboard.

But you can also use it for communication, organization, community-building, sales enablement, and more. And we’ve done our absolute best to make sure that administering all of these functions is super simple.In short, it’s one of the best Showpad alternatives out there.

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Jiminny

If you’re looking for a sales focus, give Jiminny a look. It’s less of an LMS and more of a sales tool—but it also includes built-in sales coaching functionality, which is great if that’s a priority at your organization.

The disadvantage of Jiminny as a Showpad alternative is that it lacks even basic LMS functionality. It’s just not built for training and development.

Bridge

A full-scale LMS, Bridge offers lots of training and development power for your sales team. And it’s not solely focused on sales professionals, which means you can use it across your organization.

However, because of the complexity of the software, Bridge can be a very expensive solution. Between implementation fees, monthly subscriptions, and support costs, it’s prohibitively expensive for small and medium-sized businesses.

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WorkRamp

With its focus on sales training and enablement, WorkRamp seems like a good alternative to Showpad. It’s aimed at sales and customer success teams as well as partners, so it helps a lot of people at your company.

But WorkRamp is also focused solely on enterprise applications. It’s not meant for small or medium-sized business. It’s complex software that requires a dedicated team to oversee all of its functions.

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Lessonly

Another popular choice, Lessonly is a viable Showpad alternative for many organizations. It’s focused on sales, but not so heavily that you couldn’t use it for other trainings as well.

Of course, that sales focus can be a drawback if you’re looking for a more flexible LMS. If you want to train other departments or use it for company-wide communication, consider another option.

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