What is Sakai?
Sakai provides a flexible and feature-rich environment for teaching, learning, research and other collaboration. As an open source software suite developed by its adopter community, the Sakai continually evolves in step with the needs of the students, faculty members and organizations it serves. Colleges, universities, governments and other organizations deploy Sakai’s rich toolset to expand the possibilities for technology-enabled learning across many facets of the educational experience.
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81 Likeliness to Recommend
86 Plan to Renew
80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+82 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Sakai?
Pros
- Respectful
- Fair
- Trustworthy
- Acts with Integrity
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Content Management
Instructor Led Training
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Analytics and Reporting
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Vendor Capability Ratings
Business Value Created
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Ease of Data Integration
Breadth of Features
Ease of IT Administration
Quality of Features
Availability and Quality of Training
Ease of Customization
Usability and Intuitiveness
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Sakai Reviews
Cathrerine F.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Nov 2024
Open-Source Gem
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Sakai from other similar products?
While others might lock you into specific templates or features, Sakai gives you the flexibility to build something unique for your organization.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
When I worked with a university, Sakai made grading assignments incredibly simple—assignments could be directly tied to learning outcomes, and grading rubrics were easy to apply
What do you dislike most about this product?
it feels a bit outdated. Navigating between course materials, assignments, and grades often feels like a scavenger hunt
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Sakai is fantastic, but it’s definitely more suited for teams that are ready to get their hands dirty with a bit of setup and configuration.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Unique Features
Krista D.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Oct 2024
Flexible Choice for Custom Training
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Sakai from other similar products?
I’ve been able to adjust grading schemes and course layouts for accounting training sessions, tailoring them exactly to what the team needs without being boxed in by a rigid format.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I remember a training project where we had to onboard a new accounting method, and using Sakai’s discussion boards and shared resources made the whole process seamless.
What do you dislike most about this product?
There’s a learning curve that, while manageable, does require some guidance if you’re not familiar with LMS systems
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Don’t shy away from getting IT involved if you need deeper customizations; it’s an open-source tool
Pros
- Reliable
- Effective Service
- Inspires Innovation
- Client Friendly Policies
Anuj A.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Oct 2024
Most renowned open-sourcing LMS for organizations
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Sakai from other similar products?
Sakai is quite different from other LMS and it is appealing for content professionals to a great extent. It is an open source LMS with easy functionalities and highly customizable platform for managing e content in streamlined manner without any licensing fee. The LMS is developed keeping community driven need and requirement in mind. The platform is easy to use and simplified with its working. Working team can collaborate on platform and possess integration capabilities to greatest extent possible. The LMS architecture is flexible in nature with customizable module designing and strong focus on advance and relevant pedagogical practices
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The best part is that it is driven by community based learning where community is center of all the LMS development and it is ensure that all the continuous learning and development is facilitated by collaborative approach and is driven through community all over. The tech and business team at Sakai LMS believes in collaborative approach of development where timely group discussions are facilitated by peer feedbacks and community driven learning environment. The LMS is dynamic in nature and is fostered with student centric approach and is one of the most appealing and renowned LMS tool for educators and learners.
What do you dislike most about this product?
No problem seen . The premium version should be introduced soonest
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Pilot testing is most important for businesses and it is extremely important that we understand the utility aspect of LMS start to end. The stakeholders engagement is most important for utilizing the community aspect and bringing in more and more learner and educators at a common platform. It is important to have a testing done before launching the full fledged software in its premium version for e learning
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
