Elabora vs Gomo
Gomo is a cloud authoring tool for global training teams, with roles, review tasks, live delivery and 250+ languages. Elabora is a free desktop app where one author writes the course with their AI. Pick Gomo for a multi-language team with a production workflow; pick Elabora for one designer who wants to go fast, at no cost.
At a glance
| Criterion | Elabora | Gomo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free on your computer, and it will stay free. Reviewers are free too. Online, each author has free quotas for courses on the web and for reviews open at the same time; paid options with larger quotas will come later. | On quote, per year by company size; 12-month minimum; 21-day trial. |
| Where you build | A desktop app for macOS and for Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit). | In a web browser. |
| Delivery formats | SCORM 1.2 packages, and web publishing on Elabora’s hosting or any web server. | SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 and xAPI; live delivery updates courses without uploading them again. |
| Built-in AI | Elabora’s chat with free models (OpenCode), and ✨ buttons for text alternatives and translations. Every change the AI makes can be undone. | AI text writing, automated content review and AI translation. |
| Review | Reviewers comment from a link, free and without an account. Their comments come back into Elabora on the screen, the block or the word of narration; you reply there or hand them to your AI. | Reviewers per course; feedback on each screen becomes a task for the team. |
| Working together | One author per course, on their computer. Reviewers comment through a link. | Real-time co-authoring with topic locking; Administrator, Editor and Reviewer roles. |
| Translation | Several languages in one course, translated by your AI, a translator or yourself, reviewed on screen; one package per language. | 250+ languages, AI translation, XLIFF export and import. |
| Accessibility | Built-in checks before delivery: WCAG 2.2 AA contrast, axe tests, text alternatives, keyboard use and captions. | Alt text, keyboard navigation, transcripts and captions; a public VPAT. |
Each value comes from the vendor’s official page, read on the date shown.
The difference in one minute
Gomo is built for production teams: authors, editors and reviewers work in the browser, feedback on each screen becomes a task, and live delivery updates courses in the LMS without a new upload. It is sold on quote, by company size.
Elabora is a desktop app for one author and their AI: the AI proposes a plan, writes the screens, and every change can be reviewed and undone.
What Gomo does better
- A production workflow: roles, real-time co-authoring with topic locking, and review feedback that becomes tasks.
- Languages: more than 250, with AI translation and XLIFF.
- Live delivery: updates reach the LMS without uploading the course again.
- Formats: SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 and xAPI.
Where Elabora differs
- Free, and installed in minutes.
- The AI as a co-author, with Claude, ChatGPT or a free chat.
- Scenes and conversations: 3D objects, dialogues with characters, narration with free local voices.
Which one should you choose?
Choose Gomo if…
- A team produces courses together, with Administrator, Editor and Reviewer roles.
- You deliver in many languages and want courses updated live in your LMS.
- Your LMS needs SCORM 2004 or xAPI.
Choose Elabora if…
- You want your AI to write the course from a plan you approve.
- You want 3D scenes and dialogues with characters who speak.
- You want a free tool and your courses as files on your computer.
Elabora’s limits today
We list them on every comparison. They are what we work on first.
- One delivery format today: SCORM 1.2 packages and web links. If your LMS needs SCORM 2004, xAPI or cmi5, keep your current tool for those courses for now.
- Importing Storyline and Rise courses is in beta. Some question types, triggers and interactions come over as text with a note, and the import report lists each one.
- A young tool: the first public version came out on 20 October 2026, and Elabora is in beta. Expect fewer tutorials and community answers, and a new version every few days.
- One author per course for now. Co-authoring and shared team spaces come later, with Elabora’s cloud.
- A smaller library: 7 templates and starter blocks, and no stock library of photos or characters.
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