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Alternatives to Pear Deck
22 lms tools sit alongside Pear Deck in this directory. Below is what separates each from Pear Deck on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 4
- Pear Deck starts at
- Free, then $125/year
Why people look past Pear Deck
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Pear Deck entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Pear Deck publishes 6 tiers, from Free up to $149/year. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Pear Deck pricing page breaks each one down.
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 for engaging learning experiences
- No free tier, where Pear Deck has one.
- Starts $120 a student-year cheaper, at $5/student-year.
LMS that connects learning with the bigger picture
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 2 tiers to Pear Deck's 6.
Develop skills with expert-led courses
- No free tier, where Pear Deck has one.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 3 tiers to Pear Deck's 6.
Open-source LMS designed by educators for educators
- Starts $75 a year dearer, at $200/year.
- 2 tiers to Pear Deck's 6.
Asynchronous training video with AI avatars, quizzes and a searchable knowledge library
- Starts $101 a month cheaper, at $24/month.
- Sold on a Per creator per month model rather than freemium.
- 2 tiers to Pear Deck's 6.
Open source French-language learning platform, now developed as Claroline Connect
- Starts $125 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than freemium.
- 2 tiers to Pear Deck's 6.
Every Pear Deck 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pear Deck (this page) | Free, then $125/year | Freemium | 6 | |
| CanvasOpen-source LMS for engaging learning experiences | $5/student-year | - | - | vs Pear Deck |
| SchoologyLMS that connects learning with the bigger picture | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Pear Deck |
| LinkedIn LearningDevelop skills with expert-led courses | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Pear Deck |
| MoodleOpen-source LMS designed by educators for educators | Free, then $200/year | - | 2 | vs Pear Deck |
| Weet | Free, then $24/month | Per creator per month | 2 | vs Pear Deck |
| Claroline | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Pear Deck |
| Chamilo | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Pear Deck |
| Sakai | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Pear Deck |
| Nearpod | Free, then $159/year | - | 3 | vs Pear Deck |
| Degreed | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Pear Deck |
| Skilljar | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Pear Deck |
| Sana | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Pear Deck |
| Echo360 | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Pear Deck |
| Schoox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Pear Deck |
| Thought Industries | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Pear Deck |
| Tovuti LMS | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Pear Deck |
| Whatfix | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Pear Deck |
| Totara | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Pear Deck |
| LearnDash | $199/year | Per site per year | 3 | vs Pear Deck |
| CYPHER Learning | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Pear Deck |
| LearnUpon | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Pear Deck |
| Docebo | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Pear Deck |
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 Pear Deck badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Pear Deck is most often brought in for interactive classroom presentations for teachers, student practice and assessment tools, standards-aligned content delivery for schools. 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 Pear Deck is broadly right and the question is cost, the Pear Deck 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.
Pear Deck runs on web, chrome extension. 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 Pear Deck alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Pear Deck?
- 22 other lms tools are listed in this directory, led by Canvas, Schoology, LinkedIn Learning, Moodle. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Pear Deck?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Schoology, Moodle, Weet, Claroline, Chamilo.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Pear Deck?
- Yes. 4 of the alternatives below start under Pear Deck's $125/year: Canvas at $5/student-year, Weet at Free, then $24/month, Claroline at Free, Sakai at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Pear Deck?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Pear Deck?
- Pear Deck is most often brought in for interactive classroom presentations for teachers, student practice and assessment tools, standards-aligned content delivery for schools. 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 Pear Deck?
- 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 Pear Deck 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 Pear Deck against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Pear Deck 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, 22 tools beside Pear Deck. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.