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Alternatives to Skilljar
21 lms tools sit alongside Skilljar in this directory. Below is what separates each from Skilljar 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
- -
- Skilljar starts at
- On request
Why people look past Skilljar
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Skilljar entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Skilljar carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 7 of the 21 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Skilljar publishes a single plan, Skilljar at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
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.
AI-powered learning platform
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Skilljar's 1.
Create and sell online courses with interactive experiences
- Can be used without paying; Skilljar cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $24/month, where Skilljar does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 4 tiers to Skilljar's 1.
Enterprise LMS for measurable business impact
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Skilljar's 1.
Asynchronous training video with AI avatars, quizzes and a searchable knowledge library
- Can be used without paying; Skilljar cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $24/month, where Skilljar does not.
- Sold on a Per creator per month model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Skilljar's 1.
Open source French-language learning platform, now developed as Claroline Connect
- Can be used without paying; Skilljar cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Skilljar does not.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Skilljar's 1.
Open source learning management system with no licence fee and a Latin American and francophone user base
- Can be used without paying; Skilljar cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Skilljar's 1.
Every Skilljar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skilljar (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| DoceboWhere internal employee learning and external customer education must run in one platform under one team. | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Skilljar |
| LearnWorldsA far lower entry cost for teams building a first external training programme without enterprise CRM integration. | Free, then $24/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Skilljar |
| Absorb LMSComparable enterprise administration with a broader internal and external mix, worth quoting alongside. | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Skilljar |
| Weet | Free, then $24/month | Per creator per month | 2 | vs Skilljar |
| Claroline | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Skilljar |
| Chamilo | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Skilljar |
| Sakai | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Skilljar |
| Moodle | Free, then $200/year | - | 2 | vs Skilljar |
| Nearpod | Free, then $159/year | - | 3 | vs Skilljar |
| Degreed | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Skilljar |
| Sana | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skilljar |
| Echo360 | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Skilljar |
| Schoox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skilljar |
| Thought Industries | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skilljar |
| Tovuti LMS | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skilljar |
| Whatfix | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skilljar |
| Totara | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skilljar |
| LearnDash | $199/year | Per site per year | 3 | vs Skilljar |
| CYPHER Learning | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skilljar |
| LearnUpon | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skilljar |
| LinkedIn Learning | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Skilljar |
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 Skilljar badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Skilljar is most often brought in for a software company whose support ticket volume is driven by customers who were never trained, customer success teams that want training engagement visible next to renewal risk in salesforce, partner certification programmes where credentials must expire and be renewed, reducing time to first value during onboarding by giving customers self serve training before implementation. 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 Skilljar is broadly right and the question is cost, the Skilljar 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.
Skilljar 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 Skilljar alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Skilljar?
- 21 other lms tools are listed in this directory, led by Docebo, LearnWorlds, Absorb LMS, Weet. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Skilljar?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: LearnWorlds, Weet, Claroline, Chamilo, Sakai.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Skilljar?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Skilljar?
- Skilljar is most often brought in for a software company whose support ticket volume is driven by customers who were never trained, customer success teams that want training engagement visible next to renewal risk in salesforce, partner certification programmes where credentials must expire and be renewed, reducing time to first value during onboarding by giving customers self serve training before implementation. 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 Skilljar?
- 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 Skilljar 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 Skilljar against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Skilljar 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 Skilljar. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.