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Alternatives to Degreed
21 lms tools sit alongside Degreed in this directory. Below is what separates each from Degreed on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Degreed starts at
- On request
Why people look past Degreed
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Degreed entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Degreed carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 7 of the 21 alternatives below can be used without paying.
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.
Collaborative learning that transforms L&D
- Can be used without paying; Degreed cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $8/month, where Degreed does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Degreed's 2.
AI-powered learning platform
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Degreed's 2.
Technology skills platform for IT professionals
- Publishes an entry price of $29/month, where Degreed does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 4 tiers to Degreed's 2.
Asynchronous training video with AI avatars, quizzes and a searchable knowledge library
- Can be used without paying; Degreed cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $24/month, where Degreed does not.
- Sold on a Per creator per month model rather than quote.
Open source French-language learning platform, now developed as Claroline Connect
- Can be used without paying; Degreed cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Degreed does not.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than quote.
Open source learning management system with no licence fee and a Latin American and francophone user base
- Can be used without paying; Degreed cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than quote.
Every Degreed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Degreed (this page) | On request | Quote | 2 | |
| 360LearningIf you want collaborative course authoring and completion tracking in one tool rather than a discovery layer over content you licence separately | Free, then $8/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Degreed |
| DoceboIf you need a learning management system of record with compliance tracking, and content discovery second | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Degreed |
| PluralsightIf your actual need is technical content for engineers rather than a platform to index content you already own | $29/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Degreed |
| Weet | Free, then $24/month | Per creator per month | 2 | vs Degreed |
| Claroline | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Degreed |
| Chamilo | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Degreed |
| Sakai | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Degreed |
| Moodle | Free, then $200/year | - | 2 | vs Degreed |
| Nearpod | Free, then $159/year | - | 3 | vs Degreed |
| Skilljar | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Degreed |
| Sana | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Degreed |
| Echo360 | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Degreed |
| Schoox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Degreed |
| Thought Industries | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Degreed |
| Tovuti LMS | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Degreed |
| Whatfix | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Degreed |
| Totara | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Degreed |
| LearnDash | $199/year | Per site per year | 3 | vs Degreed |
| CYPHER Learning | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Degreed |
| LearnUpon | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Degreed |
| LinkedIn Learning | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Degreed |
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 Degreed badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Degreed is most often brought in for a large enterprise that already spends heavily on coursera and linkedin learning and cannot tell which of it is used or useful, an organisation planning a workforce transition and needing a defensible view of which skills exist internally before it hires externally, a company running compliance training in an lms that wants a separate, voluntary development experience employees actually choose to open, a group building internal mobility, matching people to open roles and stretch projects on evidenced skills rather than job titles. 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 Degreed is broadly right and the question is cost, the Degreed 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.
Degreed runs on web, ios, android. 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 Degreed alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Degreed?
- 21 other lms tools are listed in this directory, led by 360Learning, Docebo, Pluralsight, Weet. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Degreed?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: 360Learning, Weet, Claroline, Chamilo, Sakai.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Degreed?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Degreed?
- Degreed is most often brought in for a large enterprise that already spends heavily on coursera and linkedin learning and cannot tell which of it is used or useful, an organisation planning a workforce transition and needing a defensible view of which skills exist internally before it hires externally, a company running compliance training in an lms that wants a separate, voluntary development experience employees actually choose to open, a group building internal mobility, matching people to open roles and stretch projects on evidenced skills rather than job titles. 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 Degreed?
- 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 Degreed 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 Degreed against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Degreed 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, 21 tools beside Degreed. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.