External Training LMS

External training built to drive revenue and retention

Continu gives external training teams the tools to scale without chaos, personalize without manual work, and prove ROI without digging through spreadsheets.

SOC 2 Compliant

GDPR & CCPA Compliant

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Why Continu

Built for the way external teams enable learners

From partner certification to customer onboarding, Continu is built for organizations that need to train outside their four walls without losing control.

Scale external training without scaling your team

Automated assignments, white-labeled portals, and self-serve learning mean more partners and customers trained with less manual work from your side.

Consistency across every external audience

Every partner, customer, and reseller gets the same standard of training regardless of location, language, or how far they are from your headquarters.

Prove external training drives real business results

Connect partner certification rates and customer onboarding completions to revenue performance. No more guessing whether external training is working.

"We wanted a platform where we could provide an experience to our external users. So we could provide certification, training, or product training to our customers."

James Ward, Sr. Vice President of People at ActiveProspect

James Ward

Sr. Vice President of People

Capabilities that turn external training into a revenue driver

Build it once. Deploy it to every external audience. Walk into every leadership meeting with proof it's working.

Create

Build external training your partners and customers will actually finish

Continu's AI-assisted authoring turns product knowledge, certification requirements, and onboarding content into engaging bite-sized modules fast. No instructional design team required.

Explore Content Authoring

Enroll partners in certification Journeys.

Deliver

Give every external audience their own branded training experience

Extend lets you build white-labeled portals for every partner tier, customer segment, or reseller group. Tailored content, custom branding, and controlled access. All managed from one place.

Explore Extend

Create custom, white-labeled portals for each of your partner groups.

Meet Eddy

Every external question, answered without calling your team

Eddy is Continu's AI learning agent that gives partners and customers instant answers from your product docs, training content, and knowledge base. No support ticket required.

See how Eddy works

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Conversational Learning

Make every conversation a learning experience

Connect External Expertise

Turn Notion, Confluence, Google Drive or PDFs into SMEs

Measure Business Impact

Conversations translate into ROI with Eddy's built-in analytics

Measure

Connect external training to the revenue metrics that matter

Continu Insights ties partner certification rates and customer onboarding completions directly to business performance. The data your CFO wants to see, without the spreadsheet.

Explore Continu Insights

Generate insightful reports and dashboards about your learning data with Continu Insights.

Analytics

Real-time analytics, zero guesswork

Salesforce Integration

Connect learning to closed deals

Custom Dashboards

Reports tailored to your KPIs

AI-powered Queries

Ask questions, get answers instantly

Customer Stories

ActiveProspect Uses Continu to Certify External Users

See how ActiveProspect, the marketing SaaS platform, centralized product training for customers and employees.

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84%

Completion rate

$12k

Annual platform savings

Use Cases

Every audience. Every certification. One platform.

Continu gives external training teams one place to certify partners, onboard customers, and enable every external audience connected to your business.

Connect your ecosystem

Seamlessly integrates with the tools you already rely on

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Connect your ecosystem

Security

Enterprise-grade security, built in

Your data is protected by the same standards trusted by Fortune 500 companies. We don't just meet compliance — we exceed it.

SOC 2 Type II Certified

Independently audited controls for security, availability, and confidentiality.

End-to-End Encryption

AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit for all data.

GDPR & CCPA Compliant

Full data subject rights, processing agreements, & regional data residency.

99.99% Uptime SLA

Enterprise-grade infrastructure with redundancy across multiple availability zones.

SSO & SCIM Provisioning

SAML 2.0 single sign-on with automated user lifecycle management.

Role-Based Access Control

Granular permissions ensure users only access what they need.

Certifications & Compliance
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User Reviews

What our users are saying

"Supporting our customers and sellers is most important to us, and using Continu regularly allows us to remain the best in business."

Zachary T.

Order Fullfillment Supervisor

"Very user friendly intuitive platform. The videos and audio are of a high quality."

Victoria R.

Nurse Practitioner

"We have been using Continu as our LMS and intranet for over three years now. After researching many similar tools, we settled on Continu because it checked most of our boxes."

Tatiana D.

People Operations Manager

"I've used many LMS tools over the years and Continu has easily been my favorite. The platform is easy to use and navigate making the learning portion enjoyable."

Stan B.

Account Executive

"I love the ease Continu provides for training purposes. It makes information readily and easily viewable and digestible and allows users to navigate without having to be a tech genius."

Stephanie A.

Senior Stylist

"We use this every single day. Its the literal "bread to our butter" as a company that relies heavily on training and policy management!"

Schae K.

Trust and Safety Specialist

"We consolidated multiple systems. Continu has been able to host all content types."

Saura J.

Enterprise Account Executive

"Continu is a great learning platform that makes learning easy and efficient for modern teams."

Leighana M.

Independent Insurance Broker

"As someone who requires the completion of multiple trainings and modules throughout the year, Continu makes it easy to navigate what is upcoming & due."

Ricky C.

Registered Nurse

"I love that I can see when I've completed things - I get certificates emailed directly to me..."

Melissa I.

Administrative Assistant

"What I like best about Continu is that it's easy to use and it makes it less stressful for you to get your job done."

Michelle H.

Admin

"The system itself is also very reliable and I have never encountered any downtime."

Kevin B.

Web Developer

"What I like the most is the fact that's all integrated in one place and it's very user intuitive. I can find everything organized and without getting lost navigating through it."

Neyla P.

Virtual assistant to the Product Engineering VP

"I like that this creates a hub where people within the organization can go to seek more training when they have the time to allocate to that training."

Jaclyn L.

Account Coordinator

"Continu makes the process of seeing what trainings are required easy and stress-free. The training themselves were excellent and insightful! I look forward to doing more with Continu."

Joe K.

Operations Specialist

"The interface is really colorful, attractive, and easy to use."

Elena B.

AR/AP Manager

"What I like the best of Continu is that allows you to find in a easy way new courses that helps you to your role inside a company."

Diana P.

Account Executive LATAM

"Continu is a great platform for learning and managing resources I appreciate the simplicity and overall layout of the platform."

John L.

Real Estate Agent

"Continu is so easy to use and navigate that even a toddler can use it! Above all, we can track our progress in real-time How cool is that!"

Devesh N.

Billing Operations Analyst

"I was able to seamlessly complete my annual compliance certification in less than an hour. The platform was very user friendly."

Cherrye B.

Licensed Insurance Agent

"Continu is a great portal for learning management. I have used it for a good period of time and found it very easy to use."

Arun S.

Sr. Manager WFM & Project Management

"Navigation is simple and easy, and the overall theme of Continu is fun and celebratory - it encourages you to do well and attempts to make learning that little bit more enjoyable."

David G.

Club President

"First things first, the layout and design of the Continu LMS platform is so sleek and easy to use."

Amanda D.

Clinical Systems Coordinator

"Continu is simply a company with honesty. They truly listen to the feedback of their user-base and implement enhancements on a steady and realistic timeline."

Christopher D.

Director of Education Services

"It sends me reminders on Slack when something needs completion for easy accessibility which makes it easier"

Amanda M.

Member Support

4.7 out of 5 stars

Serving customers since 2012

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can Continu train partners and customers from the same platform we use internally?

Yes. Continu's Extend feature builds separate, white-labeled portals for every external audience, each with its own branding, content, and access controls. Partners get a partner experience. Customers get a customer experience. You manage it all from one place.

How does Continu maintain training quality as we scale to thousands of external learners?

Automated assignments and Smart Segmentation™ ensure every partner tier and customer segment gets the right training without your team managing it manually. Quality stays consistent whether you're training 100 partners or 10,000.

How do we prove that external training is driving partner revenue and customer retention?

Continu Insights connects certification completions and onboarding progress directly to business performance metrics. You get a clear line between trained partners and closed deals, and between educated customers and reduced churn.

Can Continu support SCORM and xAPI content for our existing external training materials?

Yes. Continu is fully SCORM and xAPI compliant, so your existing content imports cleanly and tracks completions accurately. No rebuilding. No compatibility headaches.

How long does it take to launch an external training portal for partners or customers?

Most organizations have their first external portal live within 4 to 8 weeks. Continu's implementation team handles setup, branding, and integrations so your external audiences are learning fast without your team managing the rollout alone.

External training that earns its place in your budget

See how enterprise teams use Continu to certify partners faster, onboard customers at scale, and prove every training dollar's impact on revenue.

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