Education & E-Learning · alternatives
Alternatives to Open edX
19 education & e-learning tools sit alongside Open edX in this directory. Below is what separates each from Open edX on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 12
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Open edX starts at
- Free
Why people look past Open edX
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Open edX 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.
World's largest marketplace for online learning
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Open edX does not.
Free world-class education for anyone, anywhere
- 1 tier to Open edX's 2.
Learn math and science through problem-solving
- Publishes an entry price of $13.49/month, where Open edX does not.
Gamified quizzes that motivate every learner
- Publishes an entry price of $5/month, where Open edX does not.
Save, organize, and share content for learning
- Sold on a freemium model rather than free.
- 3 tiers to Open edX's 2.
Every Open edX 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open edX (this page) | Free | Free | 2 | |
| Udemy | Free | - | 2 | vs Open edX |
| Khan Academy | Free | Free | 1 | vs Open edX |
| Brilliant | Free, then $13.49/month | - | 2 | vs Open edX |
| Quizizz | Free, then $5/month | - | - | vs Open edX |
| Flip | Free | Free | 1 | vs Open edX |
| Wakelet | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Open edX |
| Codecademy | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Open edX |
| Miro Education | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Open edX |
| Duolingo | Free, then $12.99/month | - | 4 | vs Open edX |
| Wooclap | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Open edX |
| Gimkit | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Open edX |
| DataCamp | Free, then $28/month | Freemium | - | vs Open edX |
| MasterClass | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Open edX |
| Articulate 360 | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Open edX |
| Labster | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Open edX |
| Pluralsight | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Open edX |
| Rosetta Stone | $13.25/month | - | - | vs Open edX |
| Blackboard | $10/year | - | - | vs Open edX |
| Babbel | On request | Subscription | 4 | vs Open edX |
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 Open edX badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (12)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Udemy , Free
- Khan Academy , Free
- Brilliant , Free, then $13.49/month
- Quizizz , Free, then $5/month
- Flip , Free
- Wakelet , Free
- Codecademy , Free
- Miro Education , Free
What you would be giving up
Open edX is most often brought in for mooc creation, corporate training, blended learning, degree programs. 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 Open edX is broadly right and the question is cost, the Open edX pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Education & E-Learning category lists everything the directory holds, and best education & e-learning tools ranks them.
Open edX 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 Open edX alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Open edX?
- 19 other education & e-learning tools are listed in this directory, led by Udemy, Khan Academy, Brilliant, Quizizz. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Open edX?
- 12 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Udemy, Khan Academy, Brilliant, Quizizz, Flip.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Open edX?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Open edX 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 Open edX?
- Open edX is most often brought in for mooc creation, corporate training, blended learning, degree programs. 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 Open edX?
- None of the education & e-learning 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 Open edX alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Education & E-Learning, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Open edX against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Open edX 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 education & e-learning tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Education & E-Learning category, 19 tools beside Open edX. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.