Total Cost to Purchase and Use Different e-Learning Authoring Tools

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Total Cost to Purchase and Use Different e-Learning Authoring Tools

	MS Office Standard	ReadyGo WCB	Articulate	Dreamweaver	Lectora	Toolbook Instructor	Authorware
Type of product	General office e-Learning and m-Learning software	e-Learning and m-Learning software	e-Learning and m-Learning software	Web e-Learning and m-Learning software	e-Learning and m-Learning software	e-Learning and m-Learning software	e-Learning and m-Learning software
Market	General Market	SME	SME	Graphic Professional	e-Learning Developer	e-Learning Developer	e-Learning Developer
Product Price	$399	$499	$1,398	$399	$2,790	$2,795	$2,999
Initial support period	Not included	3 months	Not included	Not included	Not included	Not included	Not included
Training	Not included	Included	Not included	Not included	Not included	Not included	Not included
e-mail/phone support	Not included	Included	Not included	Not included	Not included	Included	Not included
Product updates	Only bug fixes	Major and minor releases	Not included	Not included	Only bug fixes	Included	Not included
Additional Training	$25 to $1,000	Included	$899	$10,000 (classroom)	$500 (CD) to $10,000 (classroom)	$595 (CD)	$10,000 (classroom)
Additional year of support	$1,438	$299.00	$699	$1,399	$1,170	$2,590	$1,599
Product updates	$239	Included in support	Yes	$199	$875	$1,595	$399
Unlimited updates	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Customer support	$1,199	Yes	Yes	$1,200	$295	$995	$1,200
Cost of ownership with support	$1,837	$798	$2,097	$1,798	$3,960	$5,385	$4,598
Cost of ownership with training	$1862 to $2,837	$798	$2,996	$11,798	$4,460 to $13,960	$5,980	$4,598
Costs based on initial price
% with updates	60%	60%	50%	50%	31%	57%	13%
% with updates and support	360%	60%	50%	351%	42%	93%	53%
% with updates, support & training	611%	60%	115%	2857%	400%	114%	387%

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