Question 1

How does Shiken compare to Sana Labs?

Accepted Answer

Sana and Shiken are both AI-native learning platforms: both generate courses from your content, offer an AI assistant, support personalised paths and, as of 2026, both offer voice roleplay practice. Sana’s meeting notetaker is a separate product, Sana Agents, which joins calls as a bot. Shiken builds the meeting recorder into the learning platform, scores real calls against the same rubrics as practice, and generates roleplays and microlearning from those calls, so coaching is grounded in what your people actually said.

Question 2

Is Shiken enterprise-ready like Sana?

Accepted Answer

Shiken supports SSO and SAML, SCIM provisioning, role-based permissions, SCORM and xAPI, and is hosted in the EU (AWS eu-west-1), with security and compliance details available on request. Unlike Sana Learn, whose plans start at 300 users, Shiken has a free plan and self-serve paid tiers, so teams can prove value fast and expand.

Question 3

Does Shiken have AI course creation like Sana?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Shiken generates full courses from documents, PDFs, YouTube videos, links, recorded meetings and video, with flashcards, multiple choice, hot-spot, ranking and spoken-answer questions plus AI voice roleplays. Content can be exported as SCORM on Enterprise, embedded anywhere, or delivered via Slack, Teams and SMS. Sana’s Edit mode also converts PDFs, decks and SCORM files into interactive courses.

Question 4

What about the AI assistant?

Accepted Answer

Shiken’s Knowledge Agent connects to your calendar, records your meetings, indexes your docs and videos, and takes actions: delivering a roleplay at your level, drafting a performance review from the quarter’s calls, or coaching you on the skills to sharpen next. Sana’s Tutor mode answers questions inside courses and builds learner-specific paths, and Sana Agents offers assistants over company knowledge.

Question 5

Does Shiken support gamification and live quizzes?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Shiken includes live multiplayer quiz games, leaderboards and microlearning streaks alongside the structured LMS experience, which drives engagement with frontline and deskless teams. Sana’s published materials describe memory games and quizzes inside courses rather than live multiplayer games.

Question 6

How does Shiken handle coaching and roleplays?

Accepted Answer

Shiken ships with custom scorecards, AI-generated roleplays across sales, language and communication skills, 1:1 AI feedback after every real meeting, and targeted drill recommendations. Sana offers scenario practice with text or voice and end-of-scenario feedback; based on its published materials as of October 2026 it does not describe scoring real customer calls or generating roleplays from them.

Question 7

Can I migrate my Sana content and learners to Shiken?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Shiken imports SCORM packages and xAPI statements, lets you bulk-invite learners, and can regenerate courses from your existing source material using AI. Our customer success team supports every migration.

Question 8

How does pricing compare?

Accepted Answer

Sana Learn is priced per user with plans starting at 300 users and pricing shared after an intro call. Shiken publishes its pricing and has a free plan and self-serve paid tiers that bundle meeting recording, coaching and roleplays. Compare total cost on your own numbers, including any separate notetaker or coaching tools.

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