| Features | ABARA AUTHOR | Articulate Rise | |
| Responsive Design | Yes | Yes | |
| Templates | Yes | Yes | |
| Auto-Play Audio | Yes (only page audio) | No | |
| Audio Player for Interactives | Yes | Yes | |
| Animation Effects | Yes | No | |
| Watermark | Yes | No | |
| Share and Transfer | Yes | Yes | |
| Tool Hosting/Installation | Web-Based Application Accessible through Web Link | Web-Based Application Accessible through Web Link | |
| Technical Expertise | None Required | None Required | |
| Theme Customization Service | Upcoming Feature | Partially Available | |
| Play/Pause Transcript Control | Available | Available | |
| Authoring Interface | Structured Authoring Interface | WYSIWYG interface with layout and edit modes | |
| Question Pools | Yes (single) | Yes (multiple) | |
| Question Randomization | Yes | Yes | |
| Option Randomization | Yes | Yes | |
| Course Preview | Yes | Yes | |
| Languages | Create Course in Multiple Languages | Complicated and Lengthy Process | |
| Creation of Single Multilingual SCO | Possible | Not Possible | |
| Accessibility Mode | Available | Available | |
| Audio Synching | Available | Not Available | |
|
Media |
SVG | No | Yes |
| JPG | Yes | Yes | |
| PNG | Yes | Yes | |
| GIF | Yes | Yes | |
| Animated GIF | Yes | Yes | |
| Embedded Videos | Yes | Yes | |
| Linking to Externally Hosted Videos | Yes (YouTube only for now) | Yes | |
| Audio Clips | Yes (MP3 format) | Yes | |
