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Best Learning Management Systems: 10 tools compared for 2026
A learning management system hosts, delivers and tracks online training courses. Companies use it for onboarding, compliance and skills training, with reports on who completed what.
- Tools compared
- 10
- Publish prices
- 6 of 10
- Free plan or trial
- 4 of 10
- Median G2 rating
- 4.6
Learning Management Systems at a glance
| Tool | Best for | Pricing model | Starting price | G2 rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Absorb LMS | Mid-market and enterprise training teams, including customer education. | custom (learner count bands) | Contact sales | 4.6 (945 reviews) |
 TalentLMS | Small and mid-size companies wanting a published LMS price. | per active user (tiered brackets) | $119/month (Core, up to 40 users) | 4.6 (805 reviews) |
 Docebo | Mid-market and enterprise with extended enterprise (customers, partners) | custom (tier plus active users) | Contact sales | 4.3 (741 reviews) |
 Continu | Companies wanting MAU-based pricing where inactive users cost nothing. | monthly active users (MAU) | Contact sales | 4.6 (719 reviews) |
 Litmos | Mid-size companies with compliance and customer training needs and a five-figure budget. | flat annual tiers | $8K per year (Foundation) | 4.3 (698 reviews) |
 360Learning | Teams that want employees and subject experts to author courses collaboratively. | per user (registered, monthly active or mixed) | $8 per user per month (Team, up to 100 users) | 4.6 (615 reviews) |
 Moodle | Organizations with in-house IT willing to configure and host. | free open source; paid hosting and Workplace licenses | Free (self-hosted); MoodleCloud from about $160 to $200 per year for 50 users | 4.1 (448 reviews) |
 Thinkific | Creators and training businesses selling paid courses to external customers. | flat tiers by plan (students, admins and communities capped) | $82/month billed annually (Start); $109/month billed monthly | 4.5 (402 reviews) |
 iSpring Learn | Companies that also want a bundled AI authoring tool (iSpring Suite) with the LMS. | per active user | 6.61 EUR per user per month (Business, 100 users, 7,936 EUR per year) | 4.6 (132 reviews) |
 LearnUpon | Companies with 100+ users wanting a managed implementation and 24/7 support. | custom (per user minimums) | Contact sales | 4.6 |
Prices as published by each vendor on October 24, 2026. "Contact sales" means no public price. G2 ratings read on the same day.
What learning management systems cost per seat
| Tool | Per seat per month | Billing | Annual discount | Minimum seats | 20 users per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TalentLMS | $5.95 derived ($119/month Core / 20 users) | Monthly and annual. | 20% per FAQ. | Not published | Core: $119 x 12 = $1,428/yr monthly billing; about $1,142/yr if 20% annual discount applies (derived). Supports up to 40 active users. |
| 360Learning | $8 (Team, up to 100 users) | Monthly and annual. | Not published | Not published | $8 x 20 users x 12 months = $1,920 per year on Team if billed monthly. |
| Thinkific | Not published | Monthly and annual. | Start about 25% vs monthly (82 vs 109); Grow about 25%; Expand about 25%. | Not published | Not published |
| iSpring Learn | Not published | Annual only (annual totals published) | Not published | 100 users on Business. | Not published |
| LearnUpon | Not published | Quote. | Not published | 100 (Employees), 150 (Associations), 300 (Customer Education) | Not published |
"20 users per year" is calculated only from published list prices on the plan a 20-person team would realistically need. Taxes, discounts and add-ons are not included.
Costs buyers often miss
- TalentLMS: Flex (unlimited registered users); TalentLibrary (price not published); Other course providers pay as you go.
- 360Learning: Professional Services scoped per project, price not published.
- Thinkific: Branded mobile app $199/mo (included on select Plus plans); Third-party gateway fees on Stripe/PayPal.
- LearnUpon: Create+, Skills, Reporting MCP, LearnUpon Anywhere (pricing model not stated).
How to compare learning management systems
- Content authoring and SCORM support. Importing SCORM/xAPI and building courses determines content reuse.
- Compliance tracking and certifications. Auto-reminders and certificates matter for regulated training.
- Reporting and analytics. Admins need completion and skill data.
- AI course creation and personalization. AI authoring now separates modern platforms.
- HRIS and tool integrations. HRIS, SSO and Zoom connections reduce admin work.
- Customer and partner training. External learner portals and ecommerce enable paid training.
- Pricing model. Per active user, per registered user and flat tiers differ greatly.
- Target company size. Small-team LMSs vs enterprise talent suites.
| Tool | Content authoring and SCORM support | Compliance tracking and certifications | Reporting and analytics | AI course creation and personalization | HRIS and tool integrations | Customer and partner training | Pricing model | Target company size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absorb LMS | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Absorb Aura agentic AI layer, launched May 19, 2026 per a third-party listing (unconfirmed) | Prebuilt HCM connectors incl. ADP, Workday, BambooHR, UKG, Dayforce, SAP SuccessFactors (third-party listing) | Not verified | Quote by learner count band. | Mid-market to enterprise. |
| TalentLMS | TalentCraft AI authoring credits per plan. | Not verified | Not verified | TalentCraft credits: 5,000 one-time (Core), 10,000/month (Grow), 15,000/month (Pro) | SSO via SAML 2.0, LDAP, OpenID Connect on all paid plans. | Branches (1, 3, 15, unlimited) for separate portals. | Monthly active (logging-in) users in brackets; Flex add-on bills on active users. | SMB to mid-size; Enterprise from 1,000 users. |
| Docebo | Not verified | Not verified | Advanced analytics is Enterprise/add-on. | AI content creation and Roleplay on usage-based AI credits. | Elevate 4, Enterprise 6 included integrations. | Enterprise: up to 10 domains. | Tier plus MAU, YAU or RAU user model. | Mid-market to enterprise. |
| Continu | SCORM supported from Growth. | Automation workflows and assessments (Growth) | Custom reporting (Growth) | Continu AI from Professional. | Slack, Zoom, Google Meet, Teams; Udemy Business and LinkedIn Learning on Professional; API and webhooks on Enterprise. | External user profiles and E-Commerce from Professional. | Tiered by monthly active users. | Mid-market to enterprise. |
| Litmos | Authoring in Platinum tier. | Compliance features in Platinum tier. | Not verified | Platinum AI tier: content creation, skill-gap identification, insights. | Not verified | Not verified. | Flat annual tiers from $8K. | Not verified |
| 360Learning | Collaborative authoring plus SCORM upload with included SCORM player. | Not verified | Not verified | AI-assisted authoring, recommendations, AI Companion and skills-based learning listed on pricing page (tier split not stated) | Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, BambooHR, Teams, Slack, Zoom, Go1, OpenSesame, LinkedIn Learning, BigCommerce; API and webhooks. | Not verified | Per registered or monthly active user. | SMB to enterprise. |
| Moodle | SCORM support (not verified on vendor page) | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Free software; pay for hosting, plugins, partner services. | Education first; Workplace for corporate. |
| Thinkific | Built-in course builder with unlimited published courses; reviewers report limited SCORM support (G2 review summary) | Plus tier has a compliance training offering (thinkific.com/get-started/plus-compliance-training); depth not verified. | Basic reporting; G2 reviewers cite limited reporting. | Not verified | Payments (Thinkific Payments, Stripe, PayPal); SSO via OpenID Connect on Plus; SAML reportedly not supported (Thinkific developer docs) | Core use case: sells courses and communities to external customers with built-in payments. | Flat plan tiers with student, admin and bandwidth caps; no per-seat charge. | Creators, small training businesses; Plus for larger enterprises. |
| iSpring Learn | ISpring Suite AI authoring tool included with text-to-speech and role-play simulations. | Compliance training with automatic re-enrollment. | Analytics and fast reports. | ISpring AI powers course development features. | Salesforce, MS Azure, MS Exchange, BambooHR; Udemy, Go1, LinkedIn Learning libraries; API access. | Not verified | Per active user. | 100+ users. |
| LearnUpon | Create+ authoring feature linked on site; SCORM details not verified. | Not verified | Reporting MCP feature linked; G2 reviewers praise reporting. | Create+ and Skills features linked; details not verified. | Not verified | Dedicated Customer Education and Associations products; eCommerce, white labelling on Customer Education Enterprise. | Quote based, tiered by minimum users. | 100+ users. |
The 10 tools in detail
Absorb LMS
Enterprise LMS from Calgary-based Absorb Software, quote-priced by learner count band and private-equity owned.
Rebranded: Absorblms.com 301-redirects (pricing path) to absorbai.com; a third-party listing ties this to an AI layer called Absorb Aura launched May 2026. Product still sold as Absorb LMS.
- Starting price
- Contact sales
- Pricing model
- custom (learner count bands)
- G2 rating
- 4.6 (945 reviews)
- AI course creation and personalization
- Absorb Aura agentic AI layer, launched May 19, 2026 per a third-party listing (unconfirmed)
- HRIS and tool integrations
- Prebuilt HCM connectors incl. ADP, Workday, BambooHR, UKG, Dayforce, SAP SuccessFactors (third-party listing)
- Pricing model
- Quote by learner count band.
- Target company size
- Mid-market to enterprise.
Choose it if
- Mid-market and enterprise training teams, including customer education.
- Teams that rely on support quality (G2 support score 9.5)
Skip it if
- Small teams wanting public pricing.
- Buyers needing confirmed EU data residency (not verified)
Worth knowing
- Pricing page is quote-only and asks for learner count band up to 25,000+.
- Owned by Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe since 2021.
- Agreed to acquire Together Software (mentorship) Dec 2024, now embedded in the LMS.
TalentLMS
Corporate LMS priced by monthly active users in published tiers with SSO on every paid plan.
- Starting price
- $119/month (Core, up to 40 users)
- Pricing model
- per active user (tiered brackets)
- G2 rating
- 4.6 (805 reviews)
- Content authoring and SCORM support
- TalentCraft AI authoring credits per plan.
- AI course creation and personalization
- TalentCraft credits: 5,000 one-time (Core), 10,000/month (Grow), 15,000/month (Pro)
- HRIS and tool integrations
- SSO via SAML 2.0, LDAP, OpenID Connect on all paid plans.
- Customer and partner training
- Branches (1, 3, 15, unlimited) for separate portals.
Choose it if
- Small and mid-size companies wanting a published LMS price.
- Teams with 40 to 1,000 active learners.
Skip it if
- Buyers needing SCIM or audit logs (not documented)
- Very large enterprises with complex talent suites.
Worth knowing
- Billed on unique users who log in each month, not registered users.
- Flex add-on allows unlimited registered users billed on monthly actives, up to 500 on Pro.
- SSO included on every paid plan including Core.
Docebo
Enterprise AI learning platform sold by quote on active-user models, with long contracts and many paid add-ons.
- Starting price
- Contact sales
- Pricing model
- custom (tier plus active users)
- G2 rating
- 4.3 (741 reviews)
- Reporting and analytics
- Advanced analytics is Enterprise/add-on.
- AI course creation and personalization
- AI content creation and Roleplay on usage-based AI credits.
- HRIS and tool integrations
- Elevate 4, Enterprise 6 included integrations.
- Customer and partner training
- Enterprise: up to 10 domains.
Choose it if
- Mid-market and enterprise with extended enterprise (customers, partners)
- Teams that want AI content creation and skills intelligence.
Skip it if
- Small teams wanting public pricing.
- Buyers avoiding multi-year contracts.
Worth knowing
- Minimum term one year but most customers sign 3 to 5 years, per vendor.
- Three user models (MAU, YAU, RAU) with overage mechanism.
- Skills Intelligence and many modules priced separately.
Continu
Corporate learning platform priced by monthly active users in three tiers, with SAML SSO on every tier and implementation billed at 10% of year-one contract value.
- Starting price
- Contact sales
- Pricing model
- monthly active users (MAU)
- G2 rating
- 4.6 (719 reviews)
- Content authoring and SCORM support
- SCORM supported from Growth.
- Compliance tracking and certifications
- Automation workflows and assessments (Growth)
- Reporting and analytics
- Custom reporting (Growth)
- AI course creation and personalization
- Continu AI from Professional.
Choose it if
- Companies wanting MAU-based pricing where inactive users cost nothing.
- Teams that value Slack, Teams and Zoom integrations.
Skip it if
- Buyers wanting public prices.
- Teams that need quick launch without a 60-day recommended implementation.
Worth knowing
- Implementation is 10% of first-year contract value, with 60 days recommended.
- SAML 2.0 SSO is included from the lowest tier (Growth)
- Capacity can be raised instantly at any time.
Litmos
Corporate LMS with published starting prices of $8K and $15K per year and a quote-only AI tier, owned by Francisco Partners since 2022.
- Starting price
- $8K per year (Foundation)
- Pricing model
- flat annual tiers
- G2 rating
- 4.3 (698 reviews)
- Content authoring and SCORM support
- Authoring in Platinum tier.
- Compliance tracking and certifications
- Compliance features in Platinum tier.
- AI course creation and personalization
- Platinum AI tier: content creation, skill-gap identification, insights.
- Customer and partner training
- Not verified.
Choose it if
- Mid-size companies with compliance and customer training needs and a five-figure budget.
Skip it if
- Small teams with budgets below $8K per year.
Worth knowing
- Ownership history: CallidusCloud (2011), SAP (2018), Francisco Partners (2022)
- SAP sold it because it overlapped with SAP SuccessFactors Learning.
- SSO, custom domains and sandbox appear in comparison table; plan mapping not clear on page.
360Learning
Collaborative learning platform where subject experts co-author courses, sold per user with a self-serve Team plan and custom Business and Enterprise tiers.
- Starting price
- $8 per user per month (Team, up to 100 users)
- Pricing model
- per user (registered, monthly active or mixed)
- G2 rating
- 4.6 (615 reviews)
- Content authoring and SCORM support
- Collaborative authoring plus SCORM upload with included SCORM player.
- AI course creation and personalization
- AI-assisted authoring, recommendations, AI Companion and skills-based learning listed on pricing page (tier split not stated)
- HRIS and tool integrations
- Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, BambooHR, Teams, Slack, Zoom, Go1, OpenSesame, LinkedIn Learning, BigCommerce; API and webhooks.
- Pricing model
- Per registered or monthly active user.
Choose it if
- Teams that want employees and subject experts to author courses collaboratively.
- Small teams (up to 100 users) wanting monthly billing without an annual contract.
Skip it if
- Buyers who need public pricing for Business or Enterprise tiers.
- Organizations wanting deep configurable catalog and ecommerce selling (not shown on pricing page)
Worth knowing
- Team plan is the only tier billed monthly with no annual commitment; Business and Enterprise generally need annual contracts.
- You can mix registered-user and monthly-active-user billing in one contract.
- Pricing page does not say which tier includes SSO (marked with an asterisk, unexplained)
Moodle
Open source LMS that is free to self-host, with paid MoodleCloud hosting and a quote-only Moodle Workplace corporate edition via partners.
- Starting price
- Free (self-hosted); MoodleCloud from about $160 to $200 per year for 50 users
- Pricing model
- free open source; paid hosting and Workplace licenses
- G2 rating
- 4.1 (448 reviews)
- Content authoring and SCORM support
- SCORM support (not verified on vendor page)
- Pricing model
- Free software; pay for hosting, plugins, partner services.
- Target company size
- Education first; Workplace for corporate.
Choose it if
- Organizations with in-house IT willing to configure and host.
- Education and training teams wanting no license fee.
Skip it if
- Teams wanting a polished out-of-the-box corporate UX.
- Buyers who need a single published price for corporate edition.
Worth knowing
- Core software is free, real cost is hosting, plugins and admin time.
- MoodleCloud no longer appears to offer a permanent free plan.
- Moodle Workplace is the corporate edition and has no public list price.
Thinkific
Course-creation and course-selling platform that also sells a Plus tier for customer and employee training.
- Starting price
- $82/month billed annually (Start); $109/month billed monthly
- Pricing model
- flat tiers by plan (students, admins and communities capped)
- G2 rating
- 4.5 (402 reviews)
- Content authoring and SCORM support
- Built-in course builder with unlimited published courses; reviewers report limited SCORM support (G2 review summary)
- Compliance tracking and certifications
- Plus tier has a compliance training offering (thinkific.com/get-started/plus-compliance-training); depth not verified.
- Reporting and analytics
- Basic reporting; G2 reviewers cite limited reporting.
- HRIS and tool integrations
- Payments (Thinkific Payments, Stripe, PayPal); SSO via OpenID Connect on Plus; SAML reportedly not supported (Thinkific developer docs)
Choose it if
- Creators and training businesses selling paid courses to external customers.
- Teams that want a hosted course site with built-in payments and communities.
Skip it if
- Corporate compliance training that needs deep SCORM and reporting (reviewers flag gaps)
- Buyers who want per-seat pricing or SAML SSO below the Plus tier.
Worth knowing
- SSO is listed only on the Plus plan; Thinkific developer docs say SSO uses OpenID Connect and SAML is not supported.
- Prices scale by plan caps (admins, communities, video GB), not by seat.
- Start allows 2 administrators, so a 20-person training team would need Plus (custom) or shared logins.
iSpring Learn
Corporate LMS from the iSpring authoring-tool vendor, listed as iSpring LMS (formerly Learn) on current pricing with per-active-user tiers from 100 users.
- Starting price
- 6.61 EUR per user per month (Business, 100 users, 7,936 EUR per year)
- Pricing model
- per active user
- G2 rating
- 4.6 (132 reviews)
- Content authoring and SCORM support
- ISpring Suite AI authoring tool included with text-to-speech and role-play simulations.
- Compliance tracking and certifications
- Compliance training with automatic re-enrollment.
- Reporting and analytics
- Analytics and fast reports.
- AI course creation and personalization
- ISpring AI powers course development features.
Choose it if
- Companies that also want a bundled AI authoring tool (iSpring Suite) with the LMS.
- Teams of 100 to 500 wanting published per-user rates.
Skip it if
- Teams under 100 users who need public pricing.
- Buyers seeking government, non-profit or academic discounts (none offered)
Worth knowing
- Pricing page is for iSpring LMS; G2 shows the same product as iSpring LMS/Learn with counts of 129 to 132.
- Per-user price falls from 6.61 to 3.78 EUR/month between 100 and 500 users.
- No government, non-profit or academic discounts.
LearnUpon
Corporate, customer-education and association LMS from Dublin with user minimums of 100 to 300 and quote-only pricing.
- Starting price
- Contact sales
- Pricing model
- custom (per user minimums)
- G2 rating
- 4.6
- Content authoring and SCORM support
- Create+ authoring feature linked on site; SCORM details not verified.
- Reporting and analytics
- Reporting MCP feature linked; G2 reviewers praise reporting.
- AI course creation and personalization
- Create+ and Skills features linked; details not verified.
- Customer and partner training
- Dedicated Customer Education and Associations products; eCommerce, white labelling on Customer Education Enterprise.
Choose it if
- Companies with 100+ users wanting a managed implementation and 24/7 support.
- Customer education and association training with ecommerce.
Skip it if
- Teams under 100 users (vendor says not a fit)
- Organizations needing HIPAA compliance for health or sensitive personal data (vendor says not a fit)
Worth knowing
- Three separate products carry minimums: 100 users (Employees), 150 (Associations), 300 (Customer Education)
- Vendor states it is not a fit for under 100 users.
- Vendor states it is not a fit where HIPAA compliance for health data is required.
Frequently asked questions
What are learning management systems?
A learning management system hosts, delivers and tracks online training courses. Companies use it for onboarding, compliance and skills training, with reports on who completed what.
Which learning management systems publish their pricing?
6 of the 10 tools we compared publish prices: TalentLMS ($119/month (Core, up to 40 users)); Litmos ($8K per year (Foundation)); 360Learning ($8 per user per month (Team, up to 100 users)); Moodle (Free (self-hosted); MoodleCloud from about $160 to $200 per year for 50 users); Thinkific ($82/month billed annually (Start); $109/month billed monthly); iSpring Learn (6.61 EUR per user per month (Business, 100 users, 7,936 EUR per year)). The others quote on request, so ask for a written quote that names the seat or spend basis, the term and the renewal uplift.
Which learning management systems have a free plan or free trial?
TalentLMS (free plan), 360Learning (free trial), Moodle (free plan, free trial) and Thinkific (free trial), according to the vendors' sites on October 24, 2026.
What do learning management systems cost for a team of 20?
Calculated from published list prices: TalentLMS: Core: $119 x 12 = $1,428/yr monthly billing; about $1,142/yr if 20% annual discount applies (derived). Supports up to 40 active users.; 360Learning: $8 x 20 users x 12 months = $1,920 per year on Team if billed monthly. Tools that quote on request are not included.
Which learning management systems are rated highest on G2?
Among tools with at least 20 G2 reviews: Absorb LMS 4.6 from 945 reviews, TalentLMS 4.6 from 805 reviews, Continu 4.6 from 719 reviews. Ratings were read on October 24, 2026; small review counts move quickly, so read recent reviews from companies your size.