Brainshark Review — Honest Pros, Cons & Pricing (2026)

Category: Sales readiness and enablement

Also known as: brainshark.

Overview

Brainshark, now part of Bigtincan, is a sales readiness platform focused on training, coaching, and content creation for sales teams. The platform lets you create training videos and interactive content from PowerPoint slides, then track completion and assess rep readiness through video coaching assessments where reps record themselves delivering a pitch and managers score the performance. For cold email teams scaling their outbound operation, Brainshark helps onboard new reps faster by providing structured training on messaging, objection handling, and email writing best practices. The readiness scorecards show which reps are prepared and which need additional coaching.

Pricing

Enterprise pricing. Contact sales for custom quotes based on team size and features.

Strengths

Video coaching assessments let managers evaluate rep pitch delivery at scale
Content creation from PowerPoint makes it easy to build training without video production skills
Readiness scorecards show which reps have completed training and demonstrated competency
On-demand training lets new reps self-serve onboarding content at their own pace

Weaknesses

Enterprise pricing with no self-serve option for small teams
Now part of Bigtincan, which creates uncertainty about standalone product direction
Training content creation still requires time investment from sales leadership
Most valuable for teams of 20+ reps where onboarding and consistency are ongoing challenges

Best For

Growing sales teams that need structured onboarding and ongoing training for cold email reps
Sales managers who want to assess rep readiness through video coaching and scorecards

Not Ideal For

Small teams of 1-5 reps where informal training and shadowing are sufficient
Teams looking for a content distribution platform rather than a training and coaching tool