ReadyTech vs CloudShare, Strigo, Heropa, Instruqt and Skillable
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ReadyTech fits exactly what we need for delivering product training. The platform gives us the flexibility to scale per training, adapting to customer requirements. It’s reliable, easy to manage, and support is outstanding — they resolved our issue within 10 minutes! ReadyTech has transformed our training operations, making them scalable and seamless.
Not Just Another Virtual Lab Platform — A True Training Solution.
ReadyTech was built for real-world software training by IT instructors — where instructor control, hands-on learning, and cost flexibility actually matter.
Here’s what sets us apart:
Train your teams without getting trapped in rigid long-term subscriptions.
Make your plain images available.
Flexible billing based on your actual usage — by user, by hour — without hidden fees.
No patching together multiple tools or software. Help request, lab timers, performance dashboard and engaging presentation items.
Live student screen monitoring, group management, real-time assist — for full engagement.
ReadyTech Cloud, your AWS/Azure/GCP accounts, private data centers, or student-owned devices.
Access virtual classrooms and connect to labs with only a browser. No plug-ins, no firewall issues.
Support for ESXi on bare metal and hosting options for proprietary and custom devices.
Real people, ready anytime — no chatbots.
Competitor Comparison Table
| Feature | ReadyTech | CloudShare | Heropa | Strigo | Instruqt | Skillable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No long term contracts, no minimums | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Pay for only what you use and volume discounts | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Cloud-Agnostic Deployment (AWS, Azure, GCP, Private) | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Student-owned devices & In-House Lab Hosting Support with instructor screen monitoring and control | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Browser-Based Student Access (No Plugins) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Instructor Screen Monitoring + Assist | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Built-in Virutal Classroom for a Turn-key User Experience. | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| HyperView Secure Access (No VPNs Needed) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Auto-Uninstall DesktopAgent (Security) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Hosting of custom and proprietary hardware | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| ESXi support on bare metal | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Global 24/7/365 Live Support | ✅ | ❓ | ❓ | ❓ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Free Trial or Free Month / Conduct a proof-of-concept (POC) at no cost | ✅ | ❓ | ❓ | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ |
ReadyTech Isn't Just a Better Lab Platform - It's a Better Training Experience
When you choose ReadyTech over CloudShare, Strigo, Heropa, or Instruqt, you're not just buying features — you're transforming the way your teams train, engage, and succeed.
One Platform. Every Training Model. Every Industry.
ReadyTech isn’t a one-size-fits-some platform like our competitors. It’s a flexible training infrastructure designed to deliver any type of lab, for any student, in any industry.
Technology, SaaS, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Telecom, Manufacturing, Defense, Energy — and more.
Instructor-Led Training (ILT), Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT), Self-Paced Labs, Blended Learning, Hybrid Training, Partner Training, Certification Programs.
Public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), Private cloud, On-premises servers, Student-owned devices.
Custom hardware hosting, complex networking, hypervisor training (ESXi, Hyper-V), security labs, engineering simulations, GPU-intensive apps.
Build and deliver training your way — ReadyTech adapts to your tech, team, and growth.
Experience the ReadyTech Advantage today
It does everything I need it to. The ability to have VMs that a client can use with only a web browser is incredible. The tools available to monitor student machines, transfer files, etc. are all great.
Flexibility: ReadyTech allows us to scale our instructor-led class sizes from just a few students to dozens. We can easily schedule classes with lab environments ready at the start, and if there are no-shows, we can release the unused lab environments
We have expanded our use of ReadyTech Virtual Training. What we thought was just a COVID temporary solution has become a core component of our training offerings. ReadyTech has continued to update their technology, and the students that use the tool have all had positive comments.
The Axis tool is very thorough with great features including showing your screen from the secure window with others (no more need to get files onto their host computer).
Support gets back to my emails in minutes and the chat support is less than a minute. The UI is intuitive and it's not hard to create classes. I also love the lab manager!
Very easy to learn and use with a wide variety of features that can augment our training program. Our previous training environment required hours to set up a training clas, ReadyTech takes minutes.
