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eFront

eFront is the enterprise LMS built to offer blue-chip and growing companies limitless learning. Advanced features, stringent security protocols, and rich customization tools serve to meet any training scenario. Designed to be t...Read more about eFront

Pluto LMS

UNLOCK INDIVIDUAL AND BUSINESS POTENTIAL WITH PLUTO LMS Pluto LMS champions learning leaders with our user-friendly and highly focused Learning Management System that fosters personalised, engaging, and measurable learning experi...Read more about Pluto LMS

TalentLMS

FrontRunners 2024

TalentLMS is the LMS built for training success. Designed to get a yes from everyone, its where great teams, and companies, go to grow. With an experience thats fully customizable and easy to manage, teams embrace training while f...Read more about TalentLMS

4.7 (534 reviews)

26 recommendations

TOPYX LMS

TOPYX is a cloud-based learning management system (LMS) that features social learning tools. It provides organizations with access to formal training with informal learning. It is suitable for enterprises, government institutions,...Read more about TOPYX LMS

Mindtickle

MindTickle Learning Board is a cloud-based learning management system that focuses on social and game-based learning. It is fit for the tech industry, retail, education, travel, e-commerce and telecommunications. MindTickle p...Read more about Mindtickle

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Trellis

Trellis is a cloud-based learning management system (LMS) system. The product consists of two components - "TrellisManage" and "Trellis Author". In TrellisManage, both training administrators and learners can sign on to visit...Read more about Trellis

4.8 (2 reviews)

eLeaP

eLeaP is a cloud-based learning management system (LMS) that helps organizations to manage team performance and organizational compliance. The solution enables training managers, HR professionals and sales managers to create onlin...Read more about eLeaP

4.6 (7 reviews)

Moodle

FrontRunners 2024

Moodle is an open source, feature-rich, secure and scalable learning management system that integrates seamlessly with other platforms and can be customised for any teaching or training method you choose. With fresh and intuiti...Read more about Moodle

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Schoology

Schoology is a cloud-based learning management solution specializing in curriculum management, course instruction and system-wide resource sharing and collaboration. Users can upload course content and assignments into the databas...Read more about Schoology

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itslearning

itslearning is an online learning platform designed for teaching. We are Nordic in spirit and by design. Our focus is to deliver an intuitive LMS, empowering educators and students. Our platform helps you plan for successful lear...Read more about itslearning

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Docebo

FrontRunners 2024

Docebo scales from 500 learners to thousands without skipping a beat - from content creation, management, delivery, through to measuring the business impact of their programs. ...Read more about Docebo

4.3 (184 reviews)

15 recommendations

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Trakstar Learn

Skip the classroom, train anywhere. Trakstar Learn's cloud-based e-learning platform provides a simple, training solution for employees working from home, in the office, or in the field. We make it easier for business leaders to e...Read more about Trakstar Learn

4.2 (105 reviews)

35 recommendations

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Skillsoft

SkillPort is a cloud-based learning management solution offered by SkillSoft. The solution is used by businesses of all sizes across industries such as financial services, health care and manufacturing. Users can browse through th...Read more about Skillsoft

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Administrate Training Management

Administrate is a training operations platform that serves as a cloud-based, configurable learning tech infrastructure solution for enterprise training teams. Keep your existing eLearning tools and proprietary systems and allow Ad...Read more about Administrate Training Management

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LatitudeLearning

LatitudeLearning LMS is built specifically to manage extended enterprise training programs — the way you want. Elegantly deliver quality training across any channel of your extended network — employees, partners, dealers, and cust...Read more about LatitudeLearning

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Instancy Learning Management System

Instancy is a cloud-based solution designed to help organizations plan, design and manage online learning programs for classroom training, video tutorials and more. The platform enables enterprises to schedule webinars, assign ins...Read more about Instancy Learning Management System

4.6 (7 reviews)

PeopleFluent Learning

PeopleFluent Learning is a cloud-based learning management system suited for midsize and large organizations. It features content management, skills and compliance management, social learning, reports and e-commerce. PeopleFl...Read more about PeopleFluent Learning

3.9 (26 reviews)

2 recommendations

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Create eLearning LMS

Do you need an LMS that is insanely easy to use, quick to deploy and comes with the best pricing and customer service? Then CreateLMS should be on your list of vendors to consider. Easy means - Most clients are delivering trai...Read more about Create eLearning LMS

4.7 (7 reviews)

Axis LMS

Axis LMS is a cloud-based learning management solution that enables businesses of all sizes to create training materials and courses. Key features include content creation, reporting, group collaboration and internal messaging. ...Read more about Axis LMS

4.3 (3 reviews)

CANVAS

FrontRunners 2024

Canvas by Instructure is a cloud-based learning management system for every stage and style of education. Available to institutions of all sizes and types, from individual K-12 classrooms to universities to Training Organisations ...Read more about CANVAS

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Buyers Guide

Last Updated: March 16, 2023

Learning management systems (LMS) automate the administration, testing, tracking, and reporting of learner progress through online courses. This guide will help you navigate the LMS software market so you're armed with everything you need to know in order to make an informed buying decision for your organization.  

Here’s what we’ll cover:

What is a learning management system?

Common features of learning management systems

What type of buyer are you?

Learning management system pricing

What is a learning management system?

LMS software, or computer based training software, helps educational institutions and businesses better manage their online learning programs—which can be an incredibly effective way to improve employee engagement and retention while increasing employee skill levels. Rather than having to manually manage and track all of the workflows that are involved with ensuring employees have access to and complete learning programs, LMS systems help automate the entire process, from start to finish. Functionality includes:

  • Creating curricula and learning programs to educate students and/or employees in specific areas of knowledge or to teach them certain skills.

  • Tracking the completion of such programs to ensure students and/or employees are staying on schedule.

  • Allowing students and/or employees to demonstrate competencies or gain certification in areas relevant to their role.

  • Providing analytics and reporting functionality to give organizations more insight into the success of their training or learning program(s).

Common features of learning management systems

Certification and compliance management

Includes setting up, tracking and managing certification programs for industries that require employee certification to perform a specific job duty. This also manages compliance training, which could be a need for any industry.

Learning management

Helps users organize and simplify training or learning administration, which includes processes such as distributing content, managing user information, scheduling and overseeing course enrollment.

Virtual classroom

Many LMS platforms include video conferencing functionality, enabling instructors to lead live, remote classes and trainings through the platform.

Course library

Some vendors partner with course content creators to provide a pre-made library of training courses for generic training needs, such as those on sexual harassment policies or management techniques.

Extended enterprise

Allows organizations to train or teach external users, such as channel partners or customers. E-commerce functionality may be included here, as well, to allow training courses to be sold externally.

Proficiency testing and reporting

Allows users to administer tests to gauge employee/student knowledge or skill. Analytics and reporting functionality helps determine proficiency and identify learning gaps.

Content authoring

Gives users the ability to author their own learning material and design and deliver courses within a LMS. E-learning authoring tools are often part of an LMS; learning content management systems (LCMSs) that facilitate the creation and storage of course content can be integrated into an LMS platform as well.

Mobile learning

Allows learners to access and complete courses on a phone or tablet.

Social learning

A set of features, including course ratings, course sharing and commenting, course discussions or individual learner blogs, that promote collaborative learning by allowing learners to interact with one another in the LMS.

What type of buyer are you?

Before purchasing a system, you should assess what kind of buyer you are. The majority of buyers fall into one of these categories:

Education-industry professionals. Perhaps the most obvious buyers of learning management software are those from schools and higher education: organizations where the entire purpose is facilitating the spread of knowledge. Many courses at university levels—and, increasingly, even at the K-12 levels—offer students access to syllabi, assignments and testing information via Web-based LMSs created specifically for the education industry. Education LMS products can be purchased on their own or as a core component of many K-12 software solutions, along with other applications such as school accounting and student information systems (SISs).

Corporate training professionals. LMSs also have a strong presence in the corporate training sphere. This is especially true in highly regulated industries where employees need to maintain specific certifications or licenses to comply with industry or government standards, such as aviation or food preparation. Just as there are LMSs designed specifically for use in schools and universities, there is also LMS software specific to the needs of corporate trainers, which might include functionality for performance reviews or ecommerce. Some LMSs for corporations even include a course library for continuing education. Corporate LMS products can also be purchased on their own, or as part of a more comprehensive human resources (HR) suite.

Learning management system pricing

LMS software is usually priced based on two factors: the number of users and the functionality included. The more people you have using the system and the greater the depth and breadth of functionality, the higher the price.

As an example, many vendors offer tiered pricing plans. With the first, most basic tier, buyers might pay a monthly fee so a small pool of users would have access to basic functionality and services, such as content creation, course enrollment and limited email support from the vendor.

As the price scales up, buyers can add more users to the system, while receiving more advanced functionality or services on top of what is provided at the lower tiers. These additional capabilities might include reporting and analytics or live phone support from the vendor.

In some cases, users can buy a license to own the LMS system in perpetuity. More commonly, though, users can expect to pay a monthly or annual subscription fee for the software.

Subscription pricing is more common with cloud-based LMS systems (where the LMS is accessed via Web browser), whereas perpetual licenses are more common with on-premise solutions (those installed by users on local servers). Most modern LMS products fall into the cloud-based, subscription-priced category.