https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/tip/7-top-learning-experience-platforms-for-employee-development
Keeping employees engaged, productive and well trained is as critical as ever as companies continue to struggle with a tight labor market and the impact of AI amid volatile business environments. Incorporating a learning experience platform into HR's learning infrastructure can help.
Learning experience platforms (LXPs) are relatively recent entries into the corporate learning market. They build on the idea of a learning management system (LMS), the software many organizations have long used to implement and track their learning and development initiatives.
The difference between an LXP and LMS is easy to sum up.
The purpose of an LMS is mostly to administer learning, while an LXP is designed to improve the learning experience by making learning content more accessible. The strength of an LXP lies in the ability to facilitate and personalize learning by simplifying linking to external resources and fostering social interaction among employees. LXPs have grown in popularity as employees and employers attach more importance to learning. Many job seekers place a high priority on development opportunities when they decide whether to join or leave a company, which is why employers have come to see workplace learning as a retention tool.
Choosing the right LXP requires collaboration between the HR staff who handle learning and development, IT workers involved in system implementation, department managers who want their employees to develop skills and competencies, and employees who will use the system to develop new skills.
This LXP buying team should consider the following features when evaluating systems:
LXP providers emphasize different strengths in their messaging, but all of them offer core features that help create and compile content, ensure that employees receive the training they need and keep records of who took courses and how they fared. The top LXPs also offer strong mobile options, advanced AI features and web-based access.
The following guide should give a good sense of how some of the leading systems stack up. The unranked list is based on web research, vendor information, the author’s personal experience and websites such as Gartner, G2 and Forrester. The list only includes products that are referred to by their vendors as LXPs.
Axonify emphasizes microlearning for frontline workers. The platform tracks workers in their day-to-day jobs to determine where they might benefit from training, targeting frontline employees at retailers, call centers, sales organizations, financial firms and warehouse and distribution facilities. The platform then serves up relevant content in brief segments based on those findings. For example, retail employees might take a micro-course after logging in to learn about the new items on sale for the week. The application also provides an AI chatbot that can answer employee questions.
Axonify's administration tools aim to help learning teams define when employees need training and then tailor content according to both the employees' and the organization's needs. Axonify's main platform offers real-time analytics at the individual and organizational levels. It also warns frontline managers when training gaps appear and recommends actions to mitigate them.
Degreed compiles courses, videos, articles and other content from a variety of sources. It aims to simplify the curation and delivery of content and help employers benchmark their employees' skill sets as well as identify skills gaps in the organization, according to Degreed's website. Degreed queues up learning content using its AI feature, then organizes and delivers it according to each user's expressed preferences.
The platform also provides tools that enable users to create pathways, share content and create groups to facilitate information consumption and collaboration. Degreed also keeps records of each employee's learning and enables them to take those records with them if they leave the company.
Degreed offers access through desktop browsers and mobile devices via web and app. Employers can use the platform to measure and benchmark their workforce's skills and knowledge, then assign learning based on gaps.
Cornerstone LXP is the result of Cornerstone acquiring EdCast, with the larger Cornerstone HR software suite gaining an LXP component. Cornerstone LXP enables users to create and share videos, blog posts and articles. Employers can create customized learning experiences and organize content by topic. The platform integrates with a number of corporate platforms, such as Salesforce, Microsoft Teams and Google Chrome, according to the vendor’s website. The platform can also pull content from the Cornerstone LMS.
The platform provides virtual reality training options and offers community creation for employees with certain interests.
The Valamis platform includes both LMS and LXP features, which enable the software to meet the needs of different learning teams in one system. It provides a content creation tool for developing online courses and content, and users can run large or small online or in-person courses. The system comes with built-in integrations to Microsoft Outlook and Teams, eliminating the need for users to manually update their calendars when registering for a course. The system also includes prebuilt integrations with major HR system vendors such as SAP SuccessFactors, Workday and Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM.
Valamis offers extensive skills development features, such as identifying employees' skills gaps -- including during onboarding -- as well as attaching skills to learning content and measuring skills.
Sana Learn was acquired by Workday in November 2025, but Workday plans to continue selling Sana Learn as a standalone product.
Sana Learn is marketed as an LMS and LXP and includes AI features such as a personal tutor, learning recommendations, content creation tools, and dashboard generation based on user needs. The system supports blended learning, including online courses and in-person training sessions.
Learn Amp combines LXP and LMS functions, has an optional performance management module and can be used for employee engagement and pulse surveys. Its website touts its extensive AI features, which include a content creation copilot, automated skills tagging and personalization based on trending content identified by AI.
As for LXP features, Learn Amp supports social learning, which enables employees to create content as well as share it with other employees, rate content, and provide insights after completing a course or viewing content. The system can be used to create new content from scratch, or employees can use one of the provided templates to build content more quickly. Learn Amp also provides integrations with many popular content providers if a company is licensing e-learning courses.
The Learning Pool LXP offers a full range of features for developing employee skills. It includes content authoring tools and skills profiles, as well as enabling user-based content curation.
A key feature of the platform is its focus on social learning tools, which employees can use to learn in a way that best meets their needs, including self-directed, peer-to-peer or cohort learning. Learning Pool comes with prebuilt no-code integrations with common systems, including video conferencing, HRIS and content providers. The LXP also has an API for developing integrations with other systems.
This platform focuses on collaborative learning. Not only can employees use it for training, but they can also be involved in developing new courses. Experts in a company can develop quick, relevant courses, which helps employees receive training when they need it, and the model takes the burden off a small group of learning specialists to build every course.
360Learning also offers many standard features, such as skills paths and AI-based course recommendations. The vendor also offers an LMS that can integrate with the LXP so that course content can be shared between the two.
GoSkills markets itself as a good LXP for small businesses. The vendor also offers an LMS, prebuilt courses and a course creation tool.
Users can build off one of the system's course templates, import courses or use GoSkills' generative AI tool to potentially improve their course material. Users can run live courses using the system and test participants to evaluate subject matter comprehension.
The platform's responsive technology capabilities adjust the web pages of mobile users based on the user's screen size.
As with other LXPs, Juno LXP’s AI engine offers employees content recommendations based on each employee's skills profile. The LXP comes with "endless" amounts of free content, according to the website, and includes a feature that aggregates relevant online content, including books, podcasts and videos.
Juno LXP can track a training budget and allocate money by department, team, individual or companywide. Employees can submit training requests through the LXP, and employees and teams can use a channel feature to share knowledge and training recommendations based on selected skills. Some functionality, including engagement surveys, employee development and sales enablement, is sold as an add-on.
Eric St-Jean is an independent consultant with a particular focus on HR technology, project management, and Microsoft Excel training and automation. He writes about numerous business and technology areas.
Mark Feffer is a former contributor to SearchHRSoftware.
09 Feb 2026