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Alternatives to Chamilo
20 lms tools sit alongside Chamilo in this directory. Below is what separates each from Chamilo on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Chamilo starts at
- Free
Why people look past Chamilo
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Chamilo has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Open-source LMS designed by educators for educators
- Publishes an entry price of $200/year, where Chamilo does not.
AI-powered learning platform
- No free tier, where Chamilo has one.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 3 tiers to Chamilo's 2.
Cloud LMS built for training success
- Publishes an entry price of $119/month, where Chamilo does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 5 tiers to Chamilo's 2.
Asynchronous training video with AI avatars, quizzes and a searchable knowledge library
- Publishes an entry price of $24/month, where Chamilo does not.
- Sold on a Per creator per month model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
Open source French-language learning platform, now developed as Claroline Connect
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Chamilo does not.
Open source learning management system governed by the Apereo Foundation
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Chamilo does not.
Every Chamilo alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamilo (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | |
| MoodleFar larger plugin ecosystem, contributor base and consultant market, at the cost of heavier hosting and administration | Free, then $200/year | - | 2 | vs Chamilo |
| DoceboIf you want a commercially supported hosted LMS with no infrastructure work, and can accept per-learner licensing | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Chamilo |
| TalentLMSA simpler hosted option for small training operations that do not want to run servers at all | Free, then $119/month | Subscription | 5 | vs Chamilo |
| Weet | Free, then $24/month | Per creator per month | 2 | vs Chamilo |
| Claroline | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Chamilo |
| Sakai | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Chamilo |
| Nearpod | Free, then $159/year | - | 3 | vs Chamilo |
| Degreed | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Chamilo |
| Skilljar | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chamilo |
| Sana | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chamilo |
| Echo360 | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Chamilo |
| Schoox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chamilo |
| Thought Industries | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chamilo |
| Tovuti LMS | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chamilo |
| Whatfix | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chamilo |
| Totara | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chamilo |
| LearnDash | $199/year | Per site per year | 3 | vs Chamilo |
| CYPHER Learning | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chamilo |
| LearnUpon | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chamilo |
| LinkedIn Learning | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Chamilo |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Chamilo badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Chamilo is most often brought in for a latin american university that needs an lms with no per-student licence fee and spanish-language support from people in a compatible time zone, a ministry or ngo delivering vocational training over poor connectivity, where a lightweight php application on cheap hosting beats a heavyweight platform, a francophone institution in west africa or belgium where french interface and documentation quality decides adoption more than feature count, an organisation that requires the lms to run entirely on its own infrastructure with no data leaving the country. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Chamilo is broadly right and the question is cost, the Chamilo pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the LMS category lists everything the directory holds, and best lms tools ranks them.
Chamilo runs on web, self-hosted, linux. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Chamilo alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Chamilo?
- 20 other lms tools are listed in this directory, led by Moodle, Docebo, TalentLMS, Weet. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Chamilo?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Moodle, TalentLMS, Weet, Claroline, Sakai.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Chamilo?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Chamilo has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Chamilo?
- Chamilo is most often brought in for a latin american university that needs an lms with no per-student licence fee and spanish-language support from people in a compatible time zone, a ministry or ngo delivering vocational training over poor connectivity, where a lightweight php application on cheap hosting beats a heavyweight platform, a francophone institution in west africa or belgium where french interface and documentation quality decides adoption more than feature count, an organisation that requires the lms to run entirely on its own infrastructure with no data leaving the country. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Chamilo?
- None of the lms tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Chamilo alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, LMS, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Chamilo against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Chamilo covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every lms tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the LMS category, 20 tools beside Chamilo. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.