Genially vs isEazy Author: which one to choose in 2026?

Genially and isEazy Author often show up on the same list of tools, but they do not solve the same problem. Genially is an interactive visual content tool that, on its top plan, can export to an LMS. isEazy Author is an authoring tool built from the ground up to produce corporate e-learning courses. This comparison looks at where they really differ —course creation, interactivity, AI, standards and accessibility— so you can choose based on what you are actually going to produce.

What is Genially and what is isEazy Author?

Genially

Genially is a cloud platform for creating interactive visual content: presentations, infographics, interactive images, gamifications, dossiers and classroom materials. Its editor works on a free canvas, with more than a thousand templates, animations and effects, plus PDF, PowerPoint and Google Slides import. It was born in the world of education and visual communication, and over time it has added training-oriented features such as SCORM download and LTI connection with learning platforms.

isEazy Author

isEazy Author is an e-learning authoring tool that is 100% cloud, with no installation and accessible from any browser on Windows, Mac or any device. It is aimed at corporate L&D teams that need to scale content production without depending on technical profiles. Its differentiating proposition is AI Autopilot, which generates complete courses —with pedagogical structure, design and interactivity— from documents the organization already has: procedure PDFs, technical manuals or internal presentations.

The difference in origin explains almost everything that follows: one starts from visual design and adds training; the other starts from the course and adds design.

Key differences between Genially and isEazy Author

Before going feature by feature, this table sums up the aspects that matter most when making a decision:

Course creation and user experience

Each tool has a different workflow, and that determines which team benefits most from which.

Genially: free canvas and visual control

Genially works on a free canvas where you place each element wherever you want. It is a model very close to that of a design tool, which gives you extremely high visual control and explains why it appeals so much to people coming from building presentations. You can start from one of its thousand-plus templates or import a PowerPoint, a PDF or some Google Slides and enrich them with animations, buttons and interactions.

The trade-off is that you are the one providing the course structure. The tool does not guide you towards a pedagogical progression: it gives you a canvas. For an infographic or a presentation that is an advantage; for a twenty-screen course with assessment, it means more architecture work on your side.

isEazy Author: the course as the unit of work

isEazy Author starts from a cloud editor that requires no knowledge of any external software and in which the unit of work is the course, not the slide. The tool proposes a structure —modules, lessons, activities, assessment— and a system of course templates that keep visual consistency without anyone having to align elements by hand. If you are coming from PowerPoint, you can also import the presentation as a starting point.

If what you need is the complete procedure from start to finish, this guide covers how to create an online course step by step.

Interactive and multimedia resources

Both tools are strong on interactivity, and it is worth acknowledging where each one stands out.

Genially offers a wide variety of resources for creating interactive visual content, such as buttons, layers, pop-ups, animations, interactive images, maps and timelines. These features are useful for presentations and free-exploration materials, although its approach is not so geared towards creating structured learning experiences, with activities, assessments and learning tracking.

isEazy Author offers more than 25 interactive resources and gamification mechanics from the same interface, with no add-on modules. The difference is not in the quantity but in the purpose: each resource is designed as a learning activity with feedback, not as a decorative element, and they all adapt automatically to meet accessibility guidelines. Courses are available in both vertical and horizontal navigation, which solves the mobile experience with no extra adjustments.

Put another way: Genially gives you a canvas with more visual possibilities; isEazy Author gives you activities that already know how to assess and report. If you want to dig into the concept, here is what interactive learning is and how to apply it.

AI applied to content creation

In 2026, artificial intelligence has become one of the criteria that weigh most when choosing a tool. Both tools include it, but with very different usage models.

Genially works with a system of annual AI credits that vary depending on the plan. With them you can generate content, text and images inside the editor. It is a flexible model, but it forces you to budget your usage: if your team produces a lot, credits become one more variable to manage.

isEazy AI Autopilot proposes something different: from a real corporate document —a procedures PDF, a technical manual, an internal presentation— it generates a complete course with pedagogical structure, visual design in your brand identity, interactive activities and voice-overs. The result is a course ready to review and publish, not a draft you still have to assemble. For teams with a lot of internal knowledge already documented, that difference is measured in weeks of production.

SCORM, LMS and learner tracking

If the content has to end up in your company’s LMS and record who completed it, this is the section that decides the purchase.

What Genially offers

Genially lets you download content as a SCORM package and connect via LTI 1.3, as well as embedding it through an iframe. Its preset system defines what information is sent to the LMS: Progress (percentage completed and last page viewed), Access (who accessed, when and how long the session lasted), Scores (which pages are scored and the minimum grade) and Questions (sends answers to the gradebook). It also has a dynamic SCORM that syncs changes without having to re-upload the ZIP, a very practical feature for content that is updated often.

There are two conditions worth being clear about before deciding. The first: SCORM download and LTI connection are available only on its top paid plan —the tier Genially itself calls Author, which is not to be confused with isEazy Author. On the lower plans, content is shared by link or embedded, but it does not reach the LMS as a trackable course. The second: on that plan the download supports dynamic SCORM, SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 and xAPI, plus LTI 1.3, and the LTI connection supports up to five LMSs.

What isEazy Author offers

isEazy Author lets you export courses in SCORM and xAPI, as well as publishing them in web format or sharing them via direct link, covering different distribution and tracking needs for corporate training. The most relevant operational difference is that SCORM publishing is available on every plan, including the free one —with limitations— so you can validate the full circuit with your LMS before committing to anything.

If you need standards such as xAPI to extend the tracking of learning experiences, isEazy Author also covers that export option. In any case, it is worth checking compatibility with your LMS and the conditions of your plan. And if the standard means nothing to you, here is what SCORM is and how to create a SCORM step by step.

Accessibility: the most underrated criterion

Digital accessibility in training content is not just an ethical question: in the public, education and healthcare sectors it is a legal requirement. And it is one of the points where the difference between the two tools is clearest.

Genially publishes a conformance report (VPAT/ACR) produced in May 2023 and evaluated against WCAG 2.1 levels A and AA. It is important to read its scope: the report covers the viewing page, that is, the already published content, and not the editor or the rest of the platform. Whether a specific piece of content turns out to be accessible also depends on how each author built it on the canvas.

isEazy Author meets 100% of the level AA criteria and 80% of the level AAA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), with a downloadable VPAT to back it up. The practical difference lies in the automation: every interactive element adapts to be accessible without the author having to do anything, which removes the dependency on each person on the team knowing the guidelines.

For a public tender or a regulated sector, that distinction —compliance of the tool versus compliance of the content you build— is usually decisive.

Templates, brand identity and teamwork

When production stops being one person’s job and becomes a team’s, two things start to matter more than any flashy feature: that everything comes out with the same face, and that several people can work without stepping on each other.

Genially offers a very broad and varied template catalog, a brand kit for locking in colors and fonts, project spaces for organizing work, and metrics on how content is consumed. It is a solid foundation, especially for teams producing pieces that differ a lot from one another.

isEazy Author tackles the problem from course consistency: style templates applied to the whole course, corporate fonts, smart colors that propagate the palette to every element, collaborative editing, separate environments, folders and role-based permission management. The thinking is that a new author should produce a course indistinguishable from a veteran’s without needing a brand manual.

The choice here depends on what you are scaling: variety of visual pieces, or volume of courses that are consistent with each other.

Which tool is better for whom?

There is no universal answer, and there are clear scenarios where Genially is the better option. It depends on what you produce and what you produce it for:

Vodafone is a good example of what changes when the tool matches the type of production. Its L&D team tripled its productivity in creating e-learning courses, cutting production times without giving up quality or interactivity. Find out how they did it →

Other alternatives on the market

If you are still widening the field, these are the other tools that usually enter the decision. You can see them all together in the comparison of the best e-learning authoring tools.

iSpring Suite

A plugin that installs on top of PowerPoint on Windows. A good option if your team already works in that environment and wants to reuse existing presentations.

Articulate Storyline 360

The benchmark for advanced instructional design profiles. More power and flexibility, but also a steeper learning curve.

Adobe Captivate

Specialized in software simulations and complex technical content. Aimed at a very technical profile.

Easygenerator

A cloud platform focused on having business experts themselves create the content. Simpler, with fewer advanced interactive resources.

Conclusion: which one to choose in 2026?

The decision gets much simpler as soon as you answer a single question: is what you produce visual pieces, or courses?

If your day-to-day work is creating infographics, interactive presentations and visual materials, Genially can be an interesting option thanks to its visual editor and its variety of templates. However, when you need to develop complete corporate courses with a defined pedagogical structure, assessments and learning tracking, its design-centered approach can prove more limiting than that of a specialized authoring tool like isEazy Author.

If your job is to produce corporate training that has to reach the LMS, record each employee’s progress and meet accessibility requirements, isEazy Author is the better fit: the course structure comes as standard, SCORM is available from the free plan, accessibility is certified in the tool itself, and AI generates the complete course from the documents your organization already has.

If you are still torn between categories, this comparison of interactive presentation tools will help you place each option. And if you already know what you need, you can start with the free plan of isEazy Author with no credit card.