Essentials was designed to get you started with xAPI or learning analytics...
Essentials LRS is our most basic solution to start tracking and exploring learning outside an LMS. It allows multiple options for getting data in and showing progress while providing bumpers so you don't drown in the data or reporting...
There's no catch. We wanted to provide free learning record store software for those just getting started with xAPI. But, a standalone LRS doesn't do much good, so we also added a basic reporting layer to help visualize your data.