Arlo vs Cademy
Why choose Arlo over Cademy? Cademy is lightweight and user-friendly but for providers serious about scaling, delivering blended learning, managing complex schedules, and maintaining data integrity, it falls short. Arlo is a full training-management platform that combines CRM, reporting, secure payments, an LMS and global customer success to help you run and grow your training business.
Grow revenue
Offer public courses, private sessions, webinars, and create and delivery elearning in one powerful system.
Eliminate double bookings
Get venue, room, resource and trainer availability built-in to your scheduling workflows for complete confidence.
Keep trainers on track
Instructors can manage courses, mark attendance, record grades, and engage with registrants on the go from their mobile device.
Save hours of admin
Automated certificates, presenter requests, application workflows, waitlists and more free you to focus on training.
Cademy is lightweight. Arlo is built for scale.
Cademy treats training like an event or workshop listing service, which works for one-off training courses, but is less configurable for high-volume or complex delivery.
When you’re running recurrent programmes, multi-day courses, multi-instructor delivery, blended learning formats, and need flexible payment options, you need a complete training management platform like Arlo.
Arlo is purpose-built for serious training businesses:
- Manage recurring courses, complex timetables, instructors, venues, and blended programs.
- Use automation for registrations, reminders, invoices, CPD certificates, and workflows.
- Track attendance, instructor logistics, and course performance. All in one powerful system.
- Support for group bookings, partial payments, vouchers, discounts, and invoicing.
- Seamless integration with Stripe, Xero, and other finance tools.
Real CRM and reporting with Arlo. Not just a contact list.
While Cademy stores basic contact data, it lacks robust lead-management, segmentation, or advanced analytics. Arlo provides a full CRM plus custom dashboards and report exports so you can track leads, learners, course performance and profitability.
Arlo provides a full CRM built for learning:
- Capture leads, manage learners, and track results.
- Automate follow-up tasks, workflows, and communications.
- Build custom reports and dashboards on revenue, course performance, and learner outcomes.
Deliver blended learning with Arlo.
Cademy does support on-demand courses and SCORM modules (you can upload SCORM files and host quizzes/assessments). But as a platform, it’s lightweight, and risks oversimplifying the training content creation process. If you’re delivering all of that you’ll need a system that supports blended, multi-session programs.
Arlo supports engaging and effective blended learning delivery:
- Built-in LMS to author and host online modules, quizzes, SCORM and more.
- Combine in-person, virtual, and self-paced elearning into a cohesive blended program.
- Give learners a branded portal to track their progress, access courses, and download certificates.
Cademy lacks compliance and security.
When you’re processing payments and storing learner data, security matters. Cademy hasn’t clearly documented global security standards publicly such as, PCI-DSS and SOC 2.
Arlo offers:
- PCI-DSS compliance for secure payments and SOC 2.
- A strong security posture and roadmap for further certifications.
- Role-based access, multi-factor authentication, and secure data management.
- Secure cloud hosting in multiple locations to meet international standards and requirements.
Arlo’s flexible and transparent pricing.
Cademy’s entry-level plan appears low-cost at first glance but it comes with usage limits (courses, storage, admins). To unlock unrestricted course publishing, storage, or SCORM support, providers must jump to a very expensive “Teams” tier.
Arlo’s pricing is more transparent and usage-based:
- Pay for what you use: licences + registrations.
- No artificial caps on how many courses you can publish or how much storage you use.
- All core features, like automation, CRM, reporting, are included in Arlo’s pricing.
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Run your training business like a pro with Arlo’s purpose-built training management software
Websites built for training
Get a modern website that’s always up to date, built to convert, and fully customizable.
Realtime CRM & reporting
Track course performance, revenue, and customer activity in real time.
Registrations & payments
Automate every step of the registration process with smart forms, flexible payment options, and integrated invoicing.
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