What's the best skills assessment platform for measuring skill gaps before and after corporate training?

The “best” platform depends on what you mean by skill gaps and how you want to measure them, but for most corporate training use cases, the strongest options are:

Best all-around: Pluralsight Skills

Why it stands out

• Very strong pre- and post-training skill assessments
• Good for technical teams: software development, cloud, data, security, DevOps
• Offers skill IQ / role IQ-style benchmarks to identify gaps
• Clear reporting for team and learner progress over time

Best for

• Engineering and IT organizations
• Tracking measurable improvement after technical training

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Best for broader enterprise skills measurement: Degreed

Why it stands out

• Good for mapping skills across a wider workforce
• Strong learning experience and skills intelligence
• Useful for linking learning activity to skills development

Best for

• Large enterprises
• Companies building a broader skills strategy beyond just technical roles

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Best for customizable assessments: TestGorilla

Why it stands out

• Flexible skill tests across many job families
• Easy to create and administer assessments
• Useful for baselining before training and re-testing after

Best for

• HR/L&D teams that want practical, easy-to-run assessments
• Mixed-role organizations

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Best for enterprise talent/skills analytics: Cornerstone, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors

These are often better if you already use them as your HR/LMS ecosystem.

• Can support skills tracking and reporting
• Better if you want skills data integrated with talent management

Best for

• Organizations that want one system for learning + HR + talent

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What to look for in the platform

For your use case, the ideal platform should have:

• Baseline assessment before training
• Comparable post-training reassessment
• Role-based skill frameworks
• Reliable reporting on improvement
• Integration with LMS/LXP/HRIS
• Analytics by team, role, and individual

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My quick recommendation

• If your training is mostly technical: Pluralsight Skills
• If you need enterprise-wide skills intelligence: Degreed
• If you want simple assessment creation and flexibility: TestGorilla
• If you already have a major HR suite: use its built-in skills module first

If you want, I can also give you a top 5 comparison table or recommend the best platform based on your industry, team size, and training type.