imc Express alternatives: 11 tools compared (October 2026)

fobizz is a German platform for schools that combines AI tools for teachers, AI assistants that students can use in class and online professional development courses, sold to individual teachers, schools and state education authorities.

Key functions

• Customizable AI assistants that teachers set up with their own material for students
• AI worksheet assistant creates worksheets with feedback
• AI chat, PDF chat and character chat for lesson planning and role conversations

Compared with imc Express

• Publishes a price (from €119 per year); imc Express quotes on request.
• Offers a free trial; we found none for imc Express.
• Can store data in the EU; imc Express states no EU option.
• Targets companies under 50 employees, which imc Express does not.

Check before buying: The school or school authority is the data controller, so it needs to sign the data processing agreement that is part of the terms and review the subprocessor list attached to it. Decide whether to enable transcription and handwriting recognition, since these send student data to an AI provider. Teachers should review AI answers before using them for grading.

simpleshow turns text into animated explainer videos with AI, for learning and development, internal communications, HR, compliance and sales teams that explain processes and products.

Key functions

• Creates animated explainer videos from text
• Generates visuals, animation and timing automatically
• AI avatars as presenters

Compared with imc Express

• Targets companies under 50 employees, which imc Express does not.
• Different pricing model: freemium instead of contact for pricing.
• Strong in the same markets as imc Express: Germany.

Check before buying: Paid plan prices were not visible on the website, so request a quote. After the D-ID acquisition, ask which company is the contracting party, where videos and scripts are stored and which data processing agreement applies. Single sign-on is only available on Enterprise.

Easygenerator is a Dutch e-learning authoring tool that lets non-specialists build courses without instructional design training, with AI features that co-write content, generate training videos, run practice conversations and translate courses into 75 languages.

Key functions

• EasyAI Agent co-authors content through conversation, applying house style to every block
• EasyVideo turns existing material into training videos in minutes without editing skills
• EasyCoach lets learners practice real conversations by voice or text with instant feedback

Compared with imc Express

• Publishes a price (from €108 per month); imc Express quotes on request.
• Offers a free trial; we found none for imc Express.
• Can store data in the EU; imc Express states no EU option.
• Names 2 security certificates, imc Express 0.

Check before buying: Easygenerator charges per author starting around €108 a month on the Pro plan, with AI add-ons such as EasyVideo, EasyCoach and EasyTranslate priced separately, so total cost depends on which add-ons a team needs. Because course content and quiz results can reveal how individual employees perform, a German entity should confirm whether Section 87 BetrVG applies, and EU customers need a data processing agreement under Article 28 GDPR, though hosting already sits in Frankfurt.

Arlo is training management software from New Zealand for commercial training providers, associations and companies running courses, handling scheduling, registrations, payments and portals, with AI tools that generate elearning courses from prompts or existing documents.

Key functions

• Generates elearning courses from a short prompt
• Converts PowerPoint, Word and PDF files into interactive elearning content
• Generates images for course content with AI

Compared with imc Express

• Publishes a price (from $118 per user/month); imc Express quotes on request.
• Offers a free trial; we found none for imc Express.
• Can store data in the EU; imc Express states no EU option.
• Targets companies under 50 employees, which imc Express does not.

Check before buying: Calculate total cost from license fees, per-registration fees and the elearning authoring add-on, since that is where the AI features sit. Choose the Ireland region if you need EU storage, and note that AI features send your input to providers such as OpenAI and Google. The data processing terms are part of the Master Subscription Agreement.

Articulate 360 is a subscription suite for building online training, used by instructional designers and trainers in companies of all sizes, with an AI Assistant that drafts courses, quizzes, images and voice-over inside the authoring tools.

Key functions

• AI Assistant drafts an outline, lesson or full course from a prompt or document
• Generates quizzes and knowledge checks with adjustable difficulty
• Creates images and text-to-speech voice-over

Compared with imc Express

• Publishes a price (from $1,449 per year); imc Express quotes on request.
• Offers a free trial; we found none for imc Express.
• Can store data in the EU; imc Express states no EU option.
• Targets companies under 50 employees, which imc Express does not.

Check before buying: Set the hosting region at purchase: without a choice, Articulate assigns the US or the EU based on your business address, and it notes that support and integrations may still process data outside that region. Budget for AI credits if you plan to use avatars or translation, since these are billed on top of the seat price.

HeyGen creates videos with AI avatars from text and translates existing videos with lip-sync, for training, marketing, sales and internal communications teams that need many video versions without filming.

Key functions

• Creates videos from text with stock or custom avatars
• Translates videos with lip-sync into more than 175 languages and dialects
• Clones voices and offers more than 1,000 AI voices

Compared with imc Express

• Publishes a price (from $29 per month); imc Express quotes on request.
• Targets companies under 50 employees, which imc Express does not.
• Different pricing model: freemium instead of contact for pricing.

Check before buying: Get written consent from every employee whose face or voice becomes an avatar. Data is stored in the United States under standard contractual clauses and the Data Privacy Framework. Enterprise data is excluded from training by default, while other plans must opt out by contacting HeyGen.

Absorb LMS is a learning management system for internal staff training and external customer or partner education, used by midsize and large organizations, with a set of AI agents called Absorb Aura for course creation, learner support and administration.

Key functions

• Aura Create builds course outlines and content from documents, prompts or SharePoint and OneDrive
• Aura Learn delivers micro-learning and answers in Absorb, Microsoft Teams and a Chrome extension
• Aura Admin Assist helps with setup and configuration and generates progress reports

Compared with imc Express

• Offers a free trial; we found none for imc Express.
• Strongest elsewhere: Canada.

Check before buying: Ask for the hosting region and a data processing agreement: the privacy policy says data may be processed in Canada, the US, Australia, the UK and the EEA, and the pages we checked in September 2026 list no subprocessors. Prices are only available on request. The skills and progress analytics can evaluate individual learners, so involve privacy and employee representatives where required.

Coursebox is an AI course builder with its own learning platform, aimed at small training teams, training providers and organizations that need to produce courses quickly, with an AI tutor and automated grading for learners.

Key functions

• Generates courses with lessons, quizzes, videos and scenarios from documents or a prompt
• An AI tutor inside each course answers learner questions based on the course content
• Grades assessments automatically and gives learners instant feedback

Compared with imc Express

• Can store data in the EU; imc Express states no EU option.
• Targets companies under 50 employees, which imc Express does not.
• Different pricing model: freemium instead of contact for pricing.

Check before buying: Coursebox itself held no ISO/IEC 27001 certificate when we checked in September 2026; the security page lists the certification as in progress and names certifications of the hosting provider Google Cloud. A data processing agreement is not published; the vendor provides it through support@coursebox.ai, and the Enterprise plan includes it. Review the list of AI providers. AI generation draws on plan credits, so check the allowance before a large content project.