Workshopy vs Strigo
A Strigo alternative for hands-on training
Strigo is a virtual lab platform for software training: every learner gets a ready lab in the cloud — Linux or Windows machines, Kubernetes, temporary cloud accounts, a terminal or desktop in the browser — with built-in video, a live grid of every learner's lab and visits into a learner's machine to help. Workshopy gives no lab machine: learners work in their own tools, on their own laptops, while each one works through the lesson's steps, and the instructor sees who is working, done or asking for help on every step. Choose Strigo when the training needs an environment you provision and control. Choose Workshopy when learners can use their own machines and you want to run the lesson and see who is stuck without building labs.
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Two different products
Strigo
A virtual lab platform for software companies' customer, partner and product training: a provisioned lab per learner, a virtual classroom with video, and on-demand courses, set up through Strigo's sales team.
Workshopy
A lesson runtime with no lab: one Markdown document becomes a live class where learners work through the steps in their own tools, and the instructor sees each one's step and status, answers help requests and gets a report.
Side by side
| Workshopy | Strigo | |
|---|---|---|
| What learners get | The lesson's steps in their browser; the practical work happens in their own terminal, editor or tool | A provisioned lab each: Linux or Windows machines, Kubernetes, temporary AWS, Azure or GCP accounts, used in the browser |
| Preparing a class | Write the steps (or have an AI app write them), start a class, share a 6-character code | Build lab images and setup scripts, then schedule an event; labs can be pre-heated for a large class |
| What the instructor sees live | Each learner's step and status — working, done, asking for help, or taking longer than the class — but not their screen | A live grid of every learner's lab, with a badge on anyone calling for help; Visit Lab opens a learner's machine to work in it together |
| Learners asking for help | Need help with a note, a help queue taken oldest first, chat and private messages | A hand raise and assistance calls, one-to-one video sessions, and chat with private messages |
| Checking the work | Learners paste what a command printed and the server checks it against your answer, with hints; graded quizzes and polls | Lab challenges: a script on the learner's machine checks the task when they press Validate |
| Video | None — run it beside Zoom, Meet or Teams, or in a room | Built in: video and audio, breakout rooms, recording, captions and a whiteboard |
| Instructions | Steps in one Markdown document — prose, code with a copy button, images, videos, diagrams, quizzes | A slide deck per class, plus lab exercises shown beside the lab, written in its editor or kept in Git |
| Self-paced learning | Live classes; afterwards learners keep a page with the lesson to reread | On-demand courses with their own lab hours, and labs embedded in a website or an LMS |
| Joining | 6-character code or link, no account, any device | A Strigo link; learners register with an email address, checked against the event's list for a private event, or sign in with SSO |
| Getting started | Sign up with Google and run a class the same day; Up to 30 participants on the free plan | Through sales — book a demo; there is no self-serve sign-up |
| After the class | A report per class — who finished each step, where they got stuck, how long they waited, check results, polls and quizzes | An event report: an activity timeline, learners at risk, chat participation and the recording |
Compiled from each product’s public documentation. Deliberately no price comparison — published prices change without notice and a stale number here would be worse than none. Check both pricing pages.
Which one to use
Choose Workshopy when
- Learners can do the work on their own machines, and building labs is more than the class needs.
- You want to see who is stuck on which step and answer them one by one, from a queue.
- You want to start this week: sign up, write the lesson or have an AI app write it, and share a code.
- Your training mixes reading, code, quizzes and practice, and you want a report from every run.
Choose Strigo when
- Learners need an environment you provision and control: virtual machines, Windows desktops, Kubernetes or cloud accounts.
- You want to watch learners' labs and step into their machine to help.
- You want video, breakout rooms and recordings in the same tool.
- You sell training at scale, with on-demand labs embedded in your academy or LMS.
Frequently asked questions
Is Workshopy a Strigo alternative?
For training where learners can work on their own machines, yes: you get the lesson, each learner's progress through it and a help queue, with no labs to build. If your training needs a provisioned environment for every learner, Strigo does what Workshopy doesn't.
Can Workshopy check a learner's lab work?
Not by looking at their machine. A step can ask learners to paste what a command or program printed; the server checks it against your answer — exact text, a number, lines in order — opens a hint after a wrong try, shows your words for a mistake you saw coming, and marks the step done when it is right. Strigo's lab challenges run a script on the learner's lab machine instead.
Can I use Workshopy with an environment I already have?
Yes. Workshopy runs the lesson, so learners can work in whatever you already give them — a cloud IDE, a sandbox account, a virtual machine your team runs. Put its address in the first step; Workshopy tracks where each learner is and who needs help.
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