Articulate 360
₹1,20,000 per year. Fixed annual cost, one seat, and no free export.
Authoring Tools, Without the Articulate Price Tag.
Built for India's instructional designers, freelance trainers, and L&D teams who deliver world-class training without world-class budgets.
No card. No setup call. No catch. Designed for IDs and trainers across India, from Bangalore to Pune to Mumbai.
Articulate 360 costs ₹1.2 lakh a year. QuikAuthor's free plan does the work for ₹0.
If you're a freelance ID in India, the maths on Articulate 360 has never made sense. ₹1,20,000 per year for one seat. That's before you pay for an LMS to host the SCORM files. Before you pay for stock media. Before you pay for the time you spend manually building blocks.
For an Indian freelancer billing ₹30,000 to ₹60,000 a month, that's two to four months of revenue gone before you've delivered a single course.
QuikAuthor flips the model. Build courses on a free plan, export to SCORM 1.2 or SCORM 2004, deliver to your client's LMS, get paid. Upgrade to Pro only when you need to.
QuikAuthor Free
₹0. Twenty-five courses, with full SCORM export included.
Why Indian IDs are switching to QuikAuthor
Save over ₹1 lakh a year while delivering the same SCORM quality to your clients.
You charge in INR. Your tools should respect that.
Most authoring tools price for a US enterprise buyer. A single Articulate Storyline seat is roughly ₹1,18,000 per year. QuikAuthor's free plan gives you 25 courses, unlimited lessons, and full SCORM export. No card. No watermark.
You build for global clients. Your tools should keep up.
QuikAuthor exports clean, mobile-first SCORM that loads in seconds and renders correctly in Moodle, Cornerstone, SAP SuccessFactors, TalentLMS, Docebo, and every other major LMS used in the UK, US, and Middle East.
You work fast. Your tools should not slow you down.
Articulate Rise is a manual builder. QuikAuthor's AI takes a PDF, Word doc, or YouTube link and builds the structure, draft content, and quizzes for you. Most courses go from upload to client-ready in under an hour.
The honest comparison
Pricing in INR is approximate, based on published USD list prices.
| Feature | QuikAuthor Free | Articulate 360 |
|---|---|---|
| Annual cost (one seat) | ₹0 | ~₹1,20,000 |
| AI course generation | Yes, included | No |
| SCORM 1.2 / 2004 export | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile-first output | Yes | Partial (Rise only) |
| 70+ interactive templates | Yes | Blocks only (Rise) |
| Branded certificates | Yes | Add-on |
| Free learner app | Yes | No |
| Trial period | Free forever | 30 days |
25 courses. Full SCORM export. Free forever.
Built for the way Indian IDs actually work
Multi-client portfolios
Folders, shared libraries, and grid views keep your client work separate and tidy. No more "client A v3 FINAL final.pptx" on your desktop.
One-click Translation
Translate into 20 languages with one click, including video subtitles. Perfect for Indian clients rolling out courses globally.
White-label everything
Your client sees their brand, their colours, their logo. Not yours. Not ours. Total professional polish.
Works in low-bandwidth
Courses load on 4G. Tested on devices learners actually use in India, not just on a fibre connection in a London office.
What IDs and trainers are saying
I've worked with eLearning tools for over 30 years and this is easier to work with than anything I've tried before.
CB
C. Bardell
Freelance Instructional Designer
What used to take days can be turned around in hours, which changes the economics of content production entirely.
SB
S. Baskaran
Programme Manager, PCA Law
Start free. Upgrade only when it pays for itself.
The free plan is not a trial. There is no countdown. There is no card required. There is no feature wall hiding SCORM export behind a paywall.
25 courses
Up to 50 active learners
Full SCORM export
Branded certificates
For Indian L&D and HR teams
If you're running L&D in-house at a 50 to 500 person Indian company, the maths is even more stark. QuikAuthor includes generous learner limits with your author plan, avoiding the usual enterprise software penalty.
POSH Compliance
AI generates courses grounded in your actual policy text.
Onboarding
Turn employee handbooks into interactive inductions instantly.
Policy Training
Build once from real policies, assign to everyone, track completion.
Three steps. That's it.
1
Upload
Drop in a PDF, Word doc, or YouTube link. Or describe what you need from scratch.
2
Edit
AI generates the structure and quizzes. You refine, brand, and approve in minutes.
3
Deliver
Export to SCORM, share by link, or assign by email. Issue branded certificates automatically.
Frequently asked questions
Can I really build commercial client work on the free plan?
Yes. The free plan includes full SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004 export. No watermark, no restriction on commercial use. Build for your clients, export, invoice them, get paid.
Will my Indian client's LMS accept QuikAuthor SCORM files?
Yes. QuikAuthor exports standard SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004 packages that work in Moodle, Cornerstone, SAP SuccessFactors, TalentLMS, Docebo, Paradiso, Skillsoft, and every other major LMS used in India.
Is there a time limit on the free plan?
No. The free plan is free forever. 25 courses, no card, no countdown.
Do my learners need to download anything?
No. Courses run in any browser on any device. There's also a free learner app on iOS and Android if your client prefers a native experience.
Can I get a Hindi or regional language version?
The interface is currently in English, and our AI Translation tool does not currently support Hindi or other Indian languages. It covers 20 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Thai and Vietnamese. Interface localisation is on the roadmap.
Start your free project today.
25 courses. Full SCORM export. Branded certificates. Free forever, with no card and no countdown.
No card. No setup call. No catch.