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TrainingIndustry.com continuously monitors the training marketplace looking for the best providers of authoring tools. This first annual list joins Training Industry’s current roster of top provider lists, designed to help buy-side organizations in their searches for the right training partners.

Selection to this year's Top Authoring Tools Companies was based on the following criteria:

  • Leadership and innovation2012 TO Authoring Tools
  • Features and capabilities of the Authoring Tools
  • Company size and growth potential
  • Company focus on the authoring platforms
  • Strength and number of clients/users 
  • Geographic reach

Due to the diversity of services included in authoring tools, no attempt is made to rank the top companies.

ReadyGo, Inc.

ReadyGo, Inc.

Mountain View , CA , United States

ReadyGo was founded in 1999 to create tools and provide...
Mzinga

Mzinga

Burlington , MA , United States

Connect, learn, interact—and make your business...
Adobe

Adobe

San Jose , CA , United States

Our tools and services enable our customers to create groundbreaking...
Articulate

Articulate

New York , NY , United States

E-learning professionals worldwide rely on Articulate’s stunningly simple, remarkably powerful...
OutStart

OutStart

Boston , MA , United States

OutStart software powers formal and on-demand learning, knowledge sharing and...
SumTotal Systems

SumTotal Systems

Gainesville , FL , United States

Cloud-based Strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) Solutions...
Edvantage Group

Edvantage Group

Oslo , Other , Norway

Edvantage group helps organisations and their people achieve their goals...
Brainshark, Inc.

Brainshark, Inc.

Waltham , MA , United States

Brainshark provides the leading cloud-based solution for creating, sharing and...
Lectora

Lectora

Cincinnati , OH , United States

e-Learning...
Rapid Intake

Rapid Intake

Provo , UT , United States

Rapid Intake is the leader in rapid interactive e-learning development...