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Comparing Articulate 360 AI and Frontline Features

Article Last Updated Sep 10, 2026

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Frontline provides creation tools that enable sales, customer success, partner enablement, customer education, IT, and operational training departments to launch training quickly. The table below outlines the differences in features offered with a Frontline seat compared with an Articulate 360 AI seat.

Note: Features identified with “Uses Nova” indicate that they are powered by advanced AI capabilities and consume credits. Learn more about credits, including rates, management, and purchasing.

Feature

Articulate 360 AI

Frontline

Content Formats

Existing formats

  • Rise 360 courses and microlearning content

  • Storyline 360 courses

New Formats

  • Guides (requires video as a source)

  • Interactive video (requires video as a source)

  • Training decks

  • Scenarios

Frontline formats (Uses Nova)

  • Guides (requires video as a source)

  • Interactive video (requires video as a source)

  • Training decks

  • Scenarios

  • Quick reference

Creation Tools

Rise 360 (all features)

Storyline 360 (freeform training creation)

The following features are not included for use in the quick reference format:

  • Code block

  • Custom block

  • Scenario block (“Classic”)

  • Storyline block

  • Question banks

  • Knowledge checks with completion requirements

  • Magic quiz import

  • Block templates

  • Advanced course settings

Workflows

Updated AI drafts flow for guided creation of new formats.

Frontline Kits (Uses Nova)

  • Generates a complete kit, a training package built around a single goal and comprising multiple artifacts

  • Kit details can be updated with AI

  • Multiple items in a kit can be updated at the same time with AI (bulk updates)

Analytics

Provides content author with visibility into all content with engagement and serves as an entry point to view individual kit and artifact metrics

Note: Advanced analytics require distribution with Quick Share.

Gathers analytics from:

  • Quick Share (including the guestbook)

  • Survey block (in beta)

  • AI Tutor

  • Knowledge checks and quizzes (only for content shared with Quick Share) 

  • Browser Sessions

Shows the following metrics*:

  • Session (unique visitors, total viewers, duration)

  • Completion (including depth, dropoff, and percentage-based completion tracking)

  • Sentiment and feedback with AI insights from survey blocks and AI tutor

Allows the following data to be exported:

  • Guestbook entries with session, completion, survey block, and quiz & knowledge check data

*Sources must be enabled to collect metrics.

Provides content author with visibility into all content with engagement and serves as an entry point to view individual kit and artifact metrics

Note: Analytics require distribution with Quick Share.

Gathers analytics from:

  • Quick Share (including the guestbook)

  • Survey block

  • AI Tutor

  • Knowledge checks and quizzes

  • Browser sessions

Shows the following metrics*:

  • Sessions (unique visitors, total viewers, duration)

  • Completion (including depth, dropoff, and percentage-based completion tracking)

  • Sentiment and feedback with AI insights from survey blocks and AI tutor

Allows the following data to be exported:

  • Guestbook entries with session, completion, survey block, and quiz & knowledge check data

*Sources must be enabled to collect metrics.

Integrations

  • Add content from Google Drive and OneDrive

  • Create training outlines by connecting Articulate MCP to your AI chat tool

  • Publish training directly to Thinkific 

  • Add content from Google Drive and OneDrive

  • Create training outlines by connecting Articulate MCP to your AI chat tool

AI Features

All subscriptions renewing on or after April 1, 2026, automatically include AI creation and editing capabilities as part of the core Articulate 360 platform. AI feature access for Articulate 360 AI users can be managed at a group or subscription level. Below are some specific features offered through Articulate 360 AI:

  • AI avatars (Uses Nova)

  • AI tutor

  • AI audio (TTS) except on training decks

  • AI image generation

Frontline users have access to other AI features but cannot use the instant convert feature to convert blocks into other block types that are not included in Frontline. Below are some specific features offered with Frontline:

  • AI avatars (Uses Nova)

  • AI tutor

  • AI audio (TTS) except on training decks

  • AI image generation

Distribution Tools

  • Quick Share for easy distribution and engagement metrics

  • PDF export (quick reference and guides only) 

  • Reach 360

  • LMS export

  • Web export

  • Quick Share for easy distribution and engagement metrics

  • PDF export (quick reference and guides only)

Translation and Localization

Multi-format translation (Uses Nova)

  • Translate and publish training content, including new formats

Course-based translation

Manual translation with XLIFF files

Multi-format translation (Uses Nova)

  • Translate training content on all artifacts in a kit-based workflow.

Collaboration and Governance

  • Get full access to training feedback from reviewers through Review 360 (for all content types)

  • Grant permission-based access to content in their subscription

  • Create shared brands that can be used on all content in a subscription and in AI workflows

  • Create shared brands that can be used on all content in a subscription and in AI workflows

User Management

  • Manage users in the default creator group on your team

  • Create custom creator groups for organizing users and assign group managers to oversee them

  • Manage seat allocations and AI permissions for each creator group

  • Coming soon: Set credit spending limits for creator groups

  • Manage users in the default Frontline group on your team

  • Coming soon: Create custom Frontline groups for organizing users and assign group managers to oversee them

  • Enable and manage an invite link, allowing users to self-register and join the default Frontline group

  • Coming soon: Set credit spending limits for Frontline groups

Labs

Optional access to experimental Labs features

No access to experimental Labs features