Want to test drive Articulate 360 before you buy a subscription? Sign up for a 30-day free trial—no credit card required!

The trial gives you access to everything you need to develop e-learning content. Try our award-winning authoring apps, Storyline 360 and Rise 360. Boost your productivity and accelerate course creation with AI Assistant. Check out the exclusive collaboration features you get with Articulate 360 Teams, such as shared team slides in Storyline 360, shared block templates, and collaborative authoring in Rise 360—and make your free trial even more powerful by inviting up to 10 additional users to join your team during the trial period. Then experience how quickly you can distribute your training to internal and external learners with Reach 360, our frictionless LMS.

See these FAQs for answers to common questions about free trials, and let us know if you need help!

GETTING STARTED

• How do I sign up for a free trial?
• How long does a free trial last?
• What features are included in a free trial?
• Can I turn off AI Assistant?

MANAGING YOUR TEAM MEMBERS

• How many users can I add to my team during the trial period?
• How do I add users to my team?
• What are the different user roles for team members?
• Can I remove users from my team?
• Can the primary admin be removed from the team?
• What happens to users’ content when they’re removed from the team?
• Can I try Articulate 360 by myself, or do I need a team?
• Can my team members start their own free trials later?
• Can a user be a member of more than one team at the same time?

BUYING A SUBSCRIPTION

• How do I buy a subscription?
• Who is allowed to buy a subscription for my trial team?
• When I buy a subscription, will my team have access to the content we created during the trial?
• Can someone who’s not on the trial team convert the team to a paid subscription?
• Can a member of the trial team buy a subscription for a different team?
• Can a member of the trial team buy a personal subscription instead?
• Do I have to buy a subscription during the trial period, or can I purchase after the trial ends?
• How much does an Articulate 360 subscription cost?
• Can I buy more licenses than the number of creators on my trial team?
• What happens if I buy fewer licenses than the number of creators on my trial team?
• Will everyone on my team have the same role after buying a subscription?
• Will you delete all my data if I decide not to buy a subscription?

How do I sign up for a free trial?

It’s easy! Click here and enter your email address.

If you already have an account with us (an Articulate ID), you’ll be prompted to enter your password and activate your free trial. That’s all there is to it!

If you don’t have an account, just create a password, enter your information (name, country, etc.), choose your data center region, and then activate your free trial.

How long does a free trial last?

A free trial lasts 30 days. It starts when the primary admin signs up for the trial, and it ends 30 days later at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.

The trial period ends at the same time for all team members, even if they were added to the team on different days.

What features are included in a free trial?

You get everything you need for course development, including award-winning authoring apps, 22+ million course assets, a simple project review app, live online training, exclusive collaboration features, and easy account management.

Create E-Learning Content

• Create interactive courses with Storyline 360.
• Build responsive courses effortlessly right in your web browser with Rise 360.
• Accelerate course creation in Storyline 360 and Rise 360 with AI Assistant.
• Transform PowerPoint presentations into e-learning courses with Studio 360.
• Create screen recordings and training videos with Peek 360 and Replay 360.
• Grow your skills by attending live, online training webinars with Articulate 360 Training.

Find the Perfect Course Assets

• Build beautiful Storyline 360 and Studio 360 courses in no time with the Velocity template set, including 42 prebuilt slides, from Content Library 360. (Get access to all of our professionally designed slide templates when you subscribe to Articulate 360.)
• Create engaging, responsive courses faster than ever with fully-customizable Rise 360 real content course and lesson templates on a variety of topics.
• Make courses relatable with several photographic and illustrated Content Library 360 characters with hundreds of combinations of expressions and poses in a variety of industries and professions: Al, Andrew, Arthur, Atsumi, Brandon, Laura, Lily, Marilyn. (Get access to all the characters in our ever-growing Content Library 360 when you subscribe to Articulate 360.)
• Find the perfect pictures, icons, and videos for your courses from 22+ million assets in Content Library 360.

Collaborate with Colleagues

• Collect stakeholder feedback and manage project reviews with Review 360.
• Speed the review process and never miss crucial feedback with Review 360 comments in Rise 360 and Storyline 360.
• Access Storyline 360 project files from anywhere and share them with team members with cloud backup.
• Collaborate on Rise 360 courses with other team members in real time.
• Build courses faster by sharing block templates with your team in Rise 360.
• Create a library of shared team slides in Storyline 360.

Distribute Courses & Track Learners' Progress

• Distribute training directly to internal and external learners—including hard-to-reach learners such as contractors, partners, franchisees, and deskless workers—with Reach 360.
• Measure training activity with easy-to-use learner, group, and content reports in Reach 360.

Part of the Articulate 360 Teams plan, Reach 360 is a frictionless LMS that’s included with your 30-day free trial. Each trial comes with a Reach 360 Starter plan, which gives you up to 300 active learners. If you decide to buy Articulate 360 and need more than 300 active learner spots per year, you can subscribe to Reach 360 Pro. Find out more about active learners and upgrading to Reach 360 Pro.

Easy Account Management

• Add up to 10 additional creators to your team for a total of 11 licenses.
• Add an unlimited number of admins to help you add and remove creators or convert your trial to a paid subscription.
• Build as much content as you want with unlimited storage space.
• Transition from a free trial to a paid subscription seamlessly with your team members and content intact.

Note: For security reasons, we've disabled attachment blocks and non-Articulate hyperlinks when you share a course as a preview link during your Articulate 360 trial. Attachments and links still function as expected when previewing the course, viewing the course in Review 360, and exporting to PDF, the web, or LMS. Attachments and links will work as expected for preview-link shares once your trial becomes a subscription.

Can I turn off AI Assistant?

Yes, you have the option to turn off AI Assistant during your free trial. When disabled, AI Assistant will remain visible within Rise 360 and Storyline 360 throughout your subscription, but you won’t be able to use it. For additional questions about disabling AI Assistant, contact our Sales team at sales@articulate.com.

How many creators can I add to my team during the trial period?

You can add up to 10 additional creators to your team, for a total of 11 licenses. Creators build e-learning courses and collaborate with one another.

You can also add as many admins as you’d like. Admins can add and remove team members but can’t use the Articulate 360 apps.

Any creator or admin on the team can convert your free trial to a paid subscription.

You can distribute training to up to 300 active learners during your trial using Reach 360. Admins and team members count as active learners when they take training. Learn more about active learners in Reach 360.

How do I add creators to my team?

When you sign up for a free trial and validate your account, the first thing you’ll see is a screen where you can add up to 10 additional creators to your team. Just enter their email addresses and click Send Invite.

If you’d prefer to add creators later, you can go to your account management console and click Manage Team on the left side of the screen to add creators and admins.

Tip: The team management console also lets you manage invites.

What are the different permissions for team members?

There are four permissions for team members. Here's a table that outlines the capabilities of each permission during the free trial.

	Account Owner/Primary Admin	360 Admin	Group Manager	Creator
Add and remove team members
Add and remove team members within an assigned group
Use the Articulate 360 apps
Convert the trial to a subscription

Can I remove creators from my team?

Yes. Go to your account management console and click Manage Team on the left side of the screen. Click the creator you want to remove, click the Remove from 360 link at the bottom of the sidebar, and choose what happens to their content.

After removing creators from your team, you can invite others to take their places.

Note: You can’t remove a creator from the team and then add the same creator again during the free trial. However, you can add the same creator to the team after converting your free trial to a paid subscription.

Can the primary admin be removed from the team?

No. The person who created the trial is the account owner/primary admin and can’t be removed from the team. However, you can disable their create permissions to assign the license to someone else. (Additional admins and creators can be removed.)

What happens to users’ content when they’re removed from the team?

When you remove a user from your team, their Articulate 360 apps stop working. You must transfer their shared content to another creator. Then decide whether to include their personal online content in the transfer or keep them with the user's Articulate ID. Content includes Rise 360 content, block templates, question banks, Review 360 items, and Storyline 360 team slides. See this article for details.

Note: You can’t remove users from the team and then add the same users again during the free trial. However, you can add them back to the team after converting your free trial to a paid subscription. If you chose not to include personal content when you removed them from your team, they’ll have access to all their Rise 360 content, question banks, block templates, and Review 360 items in private folders.

Can I try Articulate 360 by myself, or do I need a team?

You’ll have access to all the same features whether you try Articulate 360 on your own or invite others to join your team.

To get the most out of your free trial, we recommend inviting others to join your team, so you can take advantage of collaborative features, including shared team slides in Storyline 360, shared block templates in Rise 360, and collaborative authoring in Rise 360.

Can my team members start their own free trials later?

No. Each person gets one free trial of Articulate 360, whether they're the account owner/primary admin, a 360 admin, or a creator.

Can a user be a member of more than one team at the same time?

With the addition of our EU data center, a single Articulate 360 user can have a license on two teams if one team is in the U.S. data center and the other is in the EU data center. However, each user can be a member of only one team in a particular data center, whether as a free trial or a paid subscription. 

How do I buy a subscription?

It’s easy! Go to our pricing page, click Buy Now, and enter the email address and password you used to sign up for the free trial. Follow the prompts to convert your free trial to a paid subscription.

If you don’t have an account or didn’t start a trial, you’ll be prompted to create a password, enter your information (name, country, etc.), and choose a data center region to complete your purchase.

If you have questions, let us know. We’re here to help!

Who is allowed to buy a subscription for my trial team?

Any member of your team can buy a subscription.

If you need someone else to buy a subscription on behalf of your team, add that person to your trial team as a 360 admin or creator. Then they can convert the trial team to a paid subscription.

Here’s what happens to your team, depending on which subscription is purchased.

Articulate 360 Teams

When a member of your team buys an Articulate 360 Teams subscription, the team transitions seamlessly from a free trial to a paid subscription. Everyone remains on the team, and all content created by the team stays intact. (If you buy fewer licenses than the number of creators in your trial, the creators who were most recently added to the trial get removed from the team.)

The person who buys the subscription becomes the account owner and primary admin for the team. (If another admin or creator buys a subscription for the team, then the trial owner becomes a 360 admin and creator.) All other team members keep the same roles they had during the free trial.

Tip: If a member of your trial team wants to buy a separate Articulate 360 Teams subscription, you’ll need to remove that person from your team so they can purchase a new subscription.

Articulate 360 Personal

When an admin or creator buys a personal Articulate 360 subscription, they’re removed from the team, and their content moves to the new subscription. An admin can invite another creator to take their place on the team.

If the trial owner/primary admin buys a personal subscription, the team trial immediately ends, and their content moves to the new subscription. All 360 admins and creators are removed from the team, but their content stays intact in case they choose to buy subscriptions of their own.

When I buy a subscription, will my team have access to the content we created during the trial?

Yes. As long as a member of your team purchases the subscription, the transition from a free trial to a paid subscription is seamless. Creators who have licenses on the paid team can continue working with the same content they created during the trial period, including Reach 360 training and reports.

Can someone who’s not on the trial team convert the team to a paid subscription?

No. The purchaser needs to be a member of the team. An admin for the team can invite the purchaser to the team as an admin or creator. Then the purchaser can convert the trial team to a paid subscription.

In this scenario, the purchaser becomes the account owner and primary admin for the team. The trial owner becomes a 360 admin and creator. All other team members keep the same roles they had during the free trial.

The team transitions seamlessly from a free trial to a paid subscription. Everyone remains on the team, and all content created by the team stays intact. Read this section if you’re buying fewer licenses than the number of creators in your trial.

Can a member of the trial team buy a subscription for a different team?

Yes. An admin for the trial team just needs to remove the member from the team so they can buy a separate Articulate 360 Teams subscription.

If your trial has expired and you can no longer remove the member from your team, let us know and we’ll take care of it right away.

Can a member of the trial team buy a personal subscription instead?

Yes. When a 360 admin or creator buys a personal Articulate 360 subscription, they get removed from the team, and their content moves to the new subscription.

If the trial owner/primary admin buys a personal subscription, the team trial immediately ends, and their content moves to the new subscription. All 360 admins and creators get removed from the team, but their content stays intact in case they choose to buy subscriptions of their own.

Do I have to buy a subscription during the trial period, or can I purchase after the trial ends?

You can buy a subscription at any time, either during the trial period or after it expires.

How much does an Articulate 360 subscription cost?

The annual rate for the Articulate 360 AI package is $1749/user for a Teams plan and $1449 for a Personal plan. The annual rate for the Articulate 360 Standard package is $1499/user for a Teams plan and $1199 for a Personal plan.

Academic discounts are available for qualifying institutions. See this article for pricing details.

Can I buy more licenses than the number of creators on my trial team?

Absolutely. You can buy as many licenses as you want.

What happens if I buy fewer licenses than the number of creators on my trial team?

If you buy fewer licenses than the number of creators in your trial, the creators who were most recently added to the trial get removed from the team. The person who signed up for the trial has the first license.

Creators who are removed in this process may lose access to the content they created. We can help them regain access from the back end if needed, but removing creators before purchasing gives you more control over what happens to content and avoids disruption. We recommend following these steps:

1. Before purchasing, answer these questions:
   1. Which creators do you want to remove from the team?
   2. Who will receive their shared content?
   3. Will you let removed creators keep their personal content? 
2. Review this user guide on managing content when creators leave your team.
3. Remove the creators and transfer their content based on your answers in step #1.
4. If the primary admin doesn’t need a creator license, disable their create permissions.
5. Purchase the number of licenses needed.

Will everyone on my team have the same role after buying a subscription?

The person who buys the subscription becomes the account owner and primary admin for the team. (If a 360 admin or creator buys the subscription, then the trial owner becomes an admin and creator.) All other team members keep the same roles they had during the free trial.

Will you delete all my data if I decide not to buy a subscription?

We'll keep your online content on our servers up to six months after your free trial ends, including Reach 360 training and reports. Personal online content—including Rise 360 courses, content generated with AI Assistant, question banks, block templates, and Review 360 items in private folders—is tied to your Articulate ID. This means you'll regain access when you subscribe using the same account within six months. However, shared content stays with the expired trial or subscription. Shared content includes everything in the team directory—Rise 360 and Review 360 content and question banks—as well as Rise 360 shared block templates and Storyline 360 shared team slides. We can help you transfer that content if needed.

If you want us to delete all of your data immediately, let us know and we'll take care of it right away.