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Alternatives to Skillshare
23 lms tools sit alongside Skillshare in this directory. Below is what separates each from Skillshare on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Skillshare starts at
- Free
Why people look past Skillshare
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Skillshare 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.
Nanodegrees for in-demand tech skills
- No free tier, where Skillshare has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $249/month, where Skillshare does not.
Learn to code interactively for free
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Creativity for all
- No free tier, where Skillshare has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $20.99/month, where Skillshare does not.
- 4 tiers to Skillshare's 3.
Asynchronous training video with AI avatars, quizzes and a searchable knowledge library
- Publishes an entry price of $24/month, where Skillshare does not.
- Sold on a Per creator per month model rather than subscription.
- 2 tiers to Skillshare's 3.
Open source French-language learning platform, now developed as Claroline Connect
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Skillshare does not.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than subscription.
- 2 tiers to Skillshare's 3.
Open source learning management system with no licence fee and a Latin American and francophone user base
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than subscription.
- 2 tiers to Skillshare's 3.
Every Skillshare 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skillshare (this page) | Free | Subscription | 3 | |
| UdacityOnline learning platform with structured courses and professional skill development focus. | $249/month | - | - | vs Skillshare |
| CodecademyInteractive coding and programming education platform with hands-on projects. | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Skillshare |
| Adobe Creative CloudAdobe's subscription service offering creative software tools and learning resources. | $20.99/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Skillshare |
| Weet | Free, then $24/month | Per creator per month | 2 | vs Skillshare |
| Claroline | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Skillshare |
| Chamilo | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Skillshare |
| Sakai | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Skillshare |
| Moodle | Free, then $200/year | - | 2 | vs Skillshare |
| Nearpod | Free, then $159/year | - | 3 | vs Skillshare |
| Degreed | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Skillshare |
| Skilljar | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skillshare |
| Sana | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skillshare |
| Echo360 | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Skillshare |
| Schoox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skillshare |
| Thought Industries | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skillshare |
| Tovuti LMS | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skillshare |
| Whatfix | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skillshare |
| Totara | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skillshare |
| LearnDash | $199/year | Per site per year | 3 | vs Skillshare |
| CYPHER Learning | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skillshare |
| LearnUpon | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Skillshare |
| LinkedIn Learning | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Skillshare |
| Docebo | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Skillshare |
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 Skillshare badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Skillshare is most often brought in for skill development, creative projects, career growth, side hustles. 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 Skillshare is broadly right and the question is cost, the Skillshare 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.
Skillshare 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 Skillshare alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Skillshare?
- 23 other lms tools are listed in this directory, led by Udacity, Codecademy, Adobe Creative Cloud, Weet. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Skillshare?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Codecademy, Weet, Claroline, Chamilo, Sakai.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Skillshare?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Skillshare 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 Skillshare?
- Skillshare is most often brought in for skill development, creative projects, career growth, side hustles. 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 Skillshare?
- 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 Skillshare 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 Skillshare against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Skillshare 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, 23 tools beside Skillshare. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.