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When it comes to creating interactive e-Learnings that go beyond presenting information and are easily translated and maintained in multiple languages, there is only one option – FLOWSPARKS.

Trusted by over 2,000 organizations worldwide

3 reasons to choose FLOWSPARKS over Articulate Rise

Add variety to your e-Learning

Use our versatile templates and learning formats to create interactive
e-Learning that follows instructional design principles with a variety of elements.

Move beyond text, images, and questions to deliver truly engaging and e-Learning experiences.

Save valuable resources with
unmatched translation and
localization

With FLOWSPARKS, translations are layered within a single course, eliminating course duplications and simplifying content updates.

Stop wasting time on content updates

Thanks to our Remote SCORM you can update your e-Learning content instantly across LMS platforms with just one click.

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Our users love us

The preferred choice of Learning & Development Teams and Subject Matter Experts across organizations.

"Rise is good at the beginning for developing basic e-Learning fast. FLOWSPARKS takes you further than that." 

Indyra Olivier

Operations Manager

Main focus

For busy L&D professionals who prioritize creating interactive e-Learning content with more variety, quickly and efficiently

For small companies without a dedicated L&D team and limited experience in e-Learning

Set-up

Cloud

Cloud

Learning curve

Moderate

Easy

Pre-built courses and example
Didactic templates

Yes – Rich variety of templates backed by instructional design

Asset library
Secure embedding of external content
Engagement /interaction elements

Advanced, out of the box elements

Basic, only for presenting information

Assessments

Advanced

Basic, testing options

Content reviews & collaboration
Translations without course duplication
Auto-translations
Responsive and adaptive designs
Publication

LTI and SCORM compliant package (Remote SCORM)

cmi5, xAPI (Tin Can API), SCORM and AICC-compliant package

Content maintenance

Easy and without manually re-uploading published projects

Complex and time-consuming

Instant content updates
AI Support

Advanced

Advanced

Branding and skinning

Advanced and centralized

Basic and project-specific

Analytics
Built-in LMS
Accessibility
Support

Customer Success Coaches,
Email support, Online resources

Online resources,
Community forum

Join the best

"The e-Learnings made in FLOWSPARKS are very interactive for the user. They look nice, are easy to follow, and the user can absorb the information in an educated way. When I see that, I am happy, because that’s what’s important to me."

Manal Nassime
Knowledge & Change Manager at Touring

Why choose FLOWSPARKS Authoring Tool?

FLOWSPARKS was built from the ground up by instructional designers. Enjoy templates backed by instructional design, unmatched translations, instant content updates, AI Co-Author and more. Empowering L&D teams and Subject Matter Experts with the best-in-class Authoring platform.

Add variety to your e-Learning

Unlike Articulate Rise, which helps present information through mainly text, images, and videos, FLOWSPARKS uses templates backed by instructional design principles to create selective e-Learning experiences.

Choose from 26+ didactic templates and achieve knowledge transfer, contextual learning, self-assessments, and more. From stunning design to diverse content, you won’t get this variety with Rise.

Translating copies vs multilingual

In Articulate Rise, adding languages means creating course variations and updating them if the course structure changes. With FLOWSPARKS, the translations are layers from the same course. This means you can make translations without duplication, making future content updates incredibly easy.


On top, FLOWSPARKS streamlines content management across LMS platforms by exporting a single SCORM compliant package with all translations. This ensures centralized tracking and seamless language switching for the learner without losing any progress.

Update content instantly with a single click

In Articulate Rise, every minor modification requires exporting and uploading your course to your LMS.

FLOWSPARKS makes this a thing of the past. Once your course is linked to your LMS, updates are instantly applied with just one click. No more exporting, re-uploading, or risking data loss.

E-Learning at lightning speed with AI Co-Author

Our AI-powered Co-Author is a game changer for content creators - combining source files with AI knowledge to generate interactive e-Learning drafts enriched with high-quality images in minutes. You won’t get this with Articulate Rise.

Stop waiting for support

When you hit a bug or feel stuck, getting timely support from Articulate Rise can be tough. With FLOWSPARKS, you get instant assistance, backed by a team of passionate e-Learning experts you'll love working with.

Making the shift from Articulate Rise to FLOWSPARKS, or combining both Authoring tools

Is your organization using Articulate Rise but would like to deliver more effective and diverse e-Learning experiences that are easy to create, translate, and maintain? Switch to FLOWSPARKS or easily combine the two Authoring Tools.

With FLOWSPARKS, you can integrate Rise e-Learning modules with FLOWSPARKS content to create new courses seamlessly, without disrupting your team.

Talk to an expert

Reach out today and discover how our team of experts can support and supercharge your e-Learning initiatives!

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do companies choose FLOWSPARKS?

When it comes to creating interactive e-Learnings that go beyond presenting information and are easily translated and maintained in multiple languages, there is only one option – FLOWSPARKS Authoring Tool. Our customers prefer FLOWSPARKS for our templates backed by instructional design, unmatched translation flows, instant content updates, AI Co-Author and more…

What makes FLOWSPARKS and Articulate Rise different?

With FLOWSPARKS, e-Learning creators can develop interactive e-Learning experiences with more variety, compared to Articulate Rise which helps present information through mainly text, images, and videos.

FLOWSPARKS customers can choose from 26+ didactic templates and achieve knowledge transfer, contextual learning, self-assessments,and more. From stunning design to diverse content, you won’t get this variety with Rise.

FLOWSPARKS also eliminates the complex work associated with manual translation flows based on source files and maintaining the content in LMS.

Why is the translation functionality from FLOWSPARKS better than the one from Articulate Rise?

FLOWSPARKS has unmatched translation ows, because compared with any other Authoring tool including Articulate Rise, the translations made with FLOWSPARKS are layers from the same course, not variations. This means your courses are not duplicated for each translation, making future content updates incredibly easy.