
What is Sakai?
Sakai provides a flexible and feature-rich environment for teaching, learning, research and other collaboration. As an open source software suite developed by its adopter community, the Sakai continually evolves in step with the needs of the students, faculty members and organizations it serves. Colleges, universities, governments and other organizations deploy Sakai鈥檚 rich toolset to expand the possibilities for technology-enabled learning across many facets of the educational experience.
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82 Likeliness to Recommend
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88 Plan to Renew
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81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+83 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Sakai?
Pros
- Respectful
- Fair
- Trustworthy
- Acts with Integrity
How to read the Emotional Footprint
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Ease of Data Integration
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Ease of IT Administration
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Availability and Quality of Training
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Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Sakai Reviews

Jennifer A.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Apr 2023
Sakai LMS is a wonderful learning tool.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Sakai from other similar products?
The template is simple to use for entering stuff from instructors. Short tests with multiple choices or fill- in-the-blanks are simple to create. Additionally, it permits a range of values to be accepted for numerical responses. (to account for round-off errors etc.). To prevent test-taking cheating, assignments can also be randomized in terms of the order of the questions as well as the multiple-choice and match-the- columns alternatives. Because of how the software is set up, you don鈥檛 need to be an expert in html scripting or syntax to use it fully.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
In terms of learning management tools, Sakai has the most. The elements it provides in terms of teaching, social interaction, announcements, polls, tests, and quizzes, among other things, are simply too fantastic to ignore. It may be customized and is simple to use. You can organize, manage, and assign courses to students more successfully because of the documents鈥 ease of access.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Very slow鈥攇rade books take a very long time to load and interact with, especially in large classes. The major problem with Sakai is that it is difficult to import an Excel grade book into Sakai. The manual process of entering grades is not at all enjoyable.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
There are numerous capabilities included in Sakai that can be used to create an online center for classrooms. A classroom website can be made user-friendly for teachers and students by including features like grade entry, file storage, homework assignments, and more.
Pros
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Effective Service
- Caring
Luan M.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Apr 2023
I like it, but it could improve.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Sakai from other similar products?
The ability to contact your leaders.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The easy way it works.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Help on solving Sakai problems.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
You will like as soon as you costumed to it.
Pros
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
- Effective Service
- Caring
Annie B.
- Role: Student Academic
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Apr 2023
Sakai was initially difficult for me to navigate
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Sakai from other similar products?
Sakai is more customizable than other educational software, and is more stripped back (geared toward functionality over appearance).
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I appreciate the ease of the grading software.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Sakai is not initially user friendly.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Make sure that your organization is comfortable sacrificing accessibility and visual aesthetics for the sake of functionality.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Cons
- Less Efficient Service
- Less Effective Service
- Vendor's Interest First