Comparing Intellum
vs. Thought Industries
Both platforms support enterprise learning, but only Intellum is built for scale, reliability, and multi-audience delivery out of the box. Thought Industries customers often report a confusing learner experience, lack of multi-tenancy, reliance on third-party tools, and costly customization to support global programs.
Thought Industries and Intellum both support customer and partner education, but the platforms function very differently. Thought Industries relies heavily on Panorama sites, external authoring tools, and add-on integrations to meet enterprise needs. This approach often leads to confusing navigation, failed migrations, rigid pricing, and complexity when scaling global learning.
Intellum takes a
unified, enterprise-ready approach.
Authoring, delivery, analytics, multi-tenancy, localization, segmentation, and AI all work together in one platform. The result is a more reliable, efficient, and scalable learning experience that supports multiple audiences, global delivery, and real-world performance outcomes without piecing together third-party tools.
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Why teams choose
Intellum over Thought Industries
True Multi-Tenancy, Not Panorama Workarounds
Thought Industries uses a Panorama model that creates silos, extra costs, and heavy admin work as programs grow. Intellum delivers real multi-tenancy: unlimited orgs, custom URLs, branding, and unified admin without added fees.
A Modern, Intuitive Learner Experience
Thought Industries customers frequently report a confusing navigation and difficulty finding content, leading to low adoption and increased support tickets. Intellum’s UX makes learning easy to explore, search, and personalize—directly improving engagement.
Consolidate Third-Party Tools (Replace Caveon, Typeform, Tableau)
Thought Industries requires external tools for exams, surveys, and analytics, increasing cost, complexity, and risk.
Intellum includes:
• Built-in exams
• Built-in feedback tools
• Built-in analytics
• Built-in adaptive learning
• Built-in authoring
This consolidation reduces spend and simplifies operations.
Integrated Authoring & Adaptive Learning
Thought Industries relies on external tools and SCORM uploads that slow updates and limit personalization.
Intellum provides:
• Integrated Evolve authoring
• Cloud sync
• Granular data tracking
• Adaptive pathways
This enables faster content updates and more personalized learning
Real-Time, Actionable Reporting
Thought Industries requires you to export data for manual processing, making insights slow and difficult to operationalize. Intellum provides real-time dashboards that tie learning to revenue, retention, product usage, and other business outcomes.
Powering the World’s Largest Education Programs
We selected Intellum because it’s a simple, easy-to-use platform for learners but also easy to use for administrators. It allows us to change courses, change topics, do so quickly and deliver great content for our learners.
Brett Porath
The Proof is
In the Progress
Teams that switched to Intellum have:
Reduced admin work by 65%+
Launched in under 6 weeks
Scaled to global audiences with 20-40 localizations
Doubled learner engagement without increasing team size
Consolidated 3 tools into 1 platform
Tracked and proved business impact in real time
Migration &
Onboarding
You don’t want to do a migration. We get it. But the real risk is staying on a legacy platform that can’t support your growth.
At Intellum, we’ve helped hundreds of teams move off legacy LMS platforms—without chaos. Our expert team, proven playbook, and white-glove support make the process simple, fast, and stress-free.
Migrating an academy is no small undertaking. Not only do you have to ensure all of your content is migrated over, you also have to consistently communicate with learners, confirm all integrations are properly set up, and myriad other tasks. Intellum's migration team took us through the process step by step, and we launched to a big spike in learner numbers and engagement.
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FAQs
Is Intellum an LMS?
Yes. Intellum is a modern LMS with authoring, delivery, analytics, multi-tenancy, and AI built in—designed for multi-audience, enterprise-scale learning.
Can Intellum replace Thought Industries entirely?
Yes. Organizations switch to Intellum when they outgrow Thought Industries’ Panorama limitations, UX challenges, reliance on third-party tools, slow reporting, and complex migrations.
Does Intellum support global learning and multiple audiences?
Yes. Intellum’s true multi-tenancy, advanced segmentation, flexible permissions, and robust localization make it easy to support customers, partners, and internal teams across the globe.
How long does implementation take?
Most teams get up and running quickly (some in as little as six weeks!). Intellum’s in-house implementation team provides transparent timelines and a structured process to avoid the migration issues buyers experience with Thought Industries.
What does onboarding look like?
Intellum’s Professional Services team leads you through setup, branding, content migration, integrations, and best-practice program design to ensure consistency and reliability from day one.
Is Intellum more expensive than Thought Industries?
Not typically. Intellum often reduces total cost of ownership by replacing external tools like Caveon, Typeform, and Tableau, eliminating Panorama fees, and streamlining global admin with true multi-tenancy.
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