Skillsoft
Enterprise skills and learning platform (Percipio) with CAISY, an AI conversation simulator, and an AI coach; team plans from $240 per user a year.
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Bottom line
Skillsoft is the content-heavy end of enterprise learning: a very large Percipio library across leadership, compliance and technology, now wrapped in a skills management layer with CAISY, an AI simulator for practising hard conversations, and an AI coach. Small teams can buy the Teams plan at $240 per user a year after a 30-day free trial; enterprise deals are sales-quoted.
Stands out for: CAISY. Most learning platforms stop at a video and a quiz; CAISY lets a first-time manager rehearse a feedback conversation or a recruiter practise a tough client call with an AI that responds in character and then critiques the exchange. Combined with the depth of the library, including Codecademy for Enterprise and live instructor-led tech classes, it covers more of the skill-building lifecycle than most rivals.
Watch out for: It is a large enterprise platform and the enterprise price is quoted, with independent estimates running from tens of thousands to several hundred thousand dollars a year for big deployments. The self-serve Teams plan is content access, not the full skills management platform. There is no MCP server, and the skills data is only as good as the roles and HR data you feed it.
Overview
Skillsoft, founded in 1998 and headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire, sells the Percipio platform to about 60 percent of the Fortune 1000. Its library spans leadership and business skills, compliance and risk, data and AI governance, and technology skills, delivered as on-demand courses, books, audiobooks, hands-on labs, certification prep and live instructor-led classes. Codecademy for Enterprise, acquired in 2021, covers coding and data skills.
The platform now positions itself as an AI-native skills management system. It maps skills to roles, shows leaders a real-time view of capability, gaps and readiness, and feeds every learning interaction back into proficiency data. AI tools create and update courses, simulations and assessments, and content from other providers can be managed alongside Skillsoft's own.
CAISY, the Conversation AI Simulator, gives learners a safe place to practise difficult work conversations. It replies in real time, then gives adaptive feedback on what went well and what to change, and a role-model mode demonstrates the conversation first. Scenarios cover leadership, first-time managers, sales, customer service, compliance and wellbeing, and Skillsoft will build custom scenarios. Skillsoft AI Coach adds ICF-aligned coaching grounded in each employee's role and skills.
Skillsoft integrates with the major LMS and LXP platforms, offers a certified Workday integration that imports job role data for personalised recommendations, supports SAML SSO and learning record stores, and has a public Percipio API. Pricing is sales-quoted for enterprises; the Skillsoft Teams plan is $240 per user a year for 2 to 300 seats, after a 30-day free trial.
Who it's for
Best for
- Enterprises that want one library for leadership, compliance and technology training
- L&D teams that need to practise soft skills at scale, not just assign courses
- Companies already on Workday, SuccessFactors or Cornerstone that want certified learning integrations
- Tech teams upskilling with Codecademy for Enterprise and instructor-led classes
Not ideal for
- Small companies that just need a simple LMS
- Teams that want a modern LXP interface over their own content rather than a vendor library
- Anyone who needs an MCP server or agent access to learning data
Key features
Percipio content library. On-demand courses, books, audiobooks, labs and live classes across leadership, business, compliance and technology skills, plus Codecademy for Enterprise, with content from other providers managed in the same place.
CAISY conversation simulator. An AI role-play partner for practising hard conversations, such as feedback, delegation or a difficult customer, with adaptive feedback and a role-model mode that shows how it should go.
AI coach. An ICF-aligned AI coach built into the platform that reads each employee's role and skills, turns development needs into coaching goals and links them to learning.
Skills intelligence. A real-time view of workforce capability, gaps and readiness by role, with every learning interaction feeding proficiency data back into it.
AI features
| What the AI does | Plan |
|---|---|
| CAISY simulates difficult workplace conversations and gives adaptive feedback | Percipio |
| AI Coach gives ICF-aligned coaching tied to each employee's role and skills | Quoted Add-on |
| AI tools create and update courses, simulations and assessments from your own material | Percipio |
| Skills intelligence maps capability, gaps and readiness by role | Percipio |
Only features named in the vendor's own documentation. Anything sold separately is marked as an add-on.
Pricing
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Skillsoft Teams | $240/user/yr | 2 to 300 seats, 30-day free trial |
| Percipio Enterprise | Quote | Priced by headcount and content |
Skillsoft Teams, the self-serve plan with full access to the Percipio learning platform, is $240 per user a year for 2 to 300 seats, after a 30-day free trial (two seats come to $480 a year). Cancel before the trial ends and you pay nothing. Enterprise Percipio deals, Codecademy for Enterprise, coaching and instructor-led training are sales-quoted, priced by headcount and the content and services chosen. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 4 Nov 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Skillsoft expensive?
Skillsoft starts at $240/user/yr. We list 29 learning tools in total. 2 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $20 a month.
- 18 quote-based
- 2 free tier
- 9 public price
Worked out automatically from every learning listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- One of the largest enterprise learning libraries, including tech and Codecademy
- CAISY lets people practise conversations with AI feedback
- Certified Workday integration and connectors for the main LMS and LXP platforms
- Self-serve Teams plan with a published price and free trial
Cons
- Enterprise pricing is quoted and can run high
- No MCP server
- Skills intelligence depends on clean role and HR data
Integrations
Workday SAP SuccessFactors Cornerstone Degreed Salesforce Microsoft Teams
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