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8 Docebo alternatives for 2026
The tools buyers compare with Docebo, side by side on price, pricing model and what each one is built for.
Why teams look beyond Docebo
- Steep learning curve.
- Limited customization in places.
- Small teams wanting public pricing.
- Buyers avoiding multi-year contracts.
From Docebo's published plan limits and recurring themes in public reviews. See the Docebo review for sources.
Docebo vs. its alternatives
| Tool | Pricing model | Starting price | G2 rating | Content authoring and SCORM support | AI course creation and personalization | HRIS and tool integrations | Customer and partner training |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Docebo Current | custom (tier plus active users) | Contact sales | 4.3 (741 reviews) | AI content creation and Roleplay on usage-based AI credits. | Elevate 4, Enterprise 6 included integrations. | Enterprise: up to 10 domains. | |
 Absorb LMS | custom (learner count bands) | Contact sales | 4.6 (945 reviews) | 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) | ||
 TalentLMS | per active user (tiered brackets) | $119/month (Core, up to 40 users) | 4.6 (805 reviews) | TalentCraft AI authoring credits per plan. | 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. |
 360Learning | per user (registered, monthly active or mixed) | $8 per user per month (Team, up to 100 users) | 4.6 (615 reviews) | Collaborative authoring plus SCORM upload with included SCORM player. | 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. | |
 Litmos | flat annual tiers | $8K per year (Foundation) | 4.3 (698 reviews) | Authoring in Platinum tier. | Platinum AI tier: content creation, skill-gap identification, insights. | Not verified. | |
 Continu | monthly active users (MAU) | Contact sales | 4.6 (719 reviews) | SCORM supported from 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. |
 LearnUpon | custom (per user minimums) | Contact sales | 4.6 | Create+ authoring feature linked on site; SCORM details not verified. | Create+ and Skills features linked; details not verified. | Dedicated Customer Education and Associations products; eCommerce, white labelling on Customer Education Enterprise. | |
 Moodle | 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) | SCORM support (not verified on vendor page) | |||
 Thinkific | flat tiers by plan (students, admins and communities capped) | $82/month billed annually (Start); $109/month billed monthly | 4.5 (402 reviews) | Built-in course builder with unlimited published courses; reviewers report limited SCORM support (G2 review summary) | 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. |
The alternatives 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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
When to stay with Docebo
- Mid-market and enterprise with extended enterprise (customers, partners)
- Teams that want AI content creation and skills intelligence.