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Alternatives to Udacity
22 lms tools sit alongside Udacity in this directory. Below is what separates each from Udacity 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
- 7
- Udacity starts at
- $249/month
Why people look past Udacity
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Udacity entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Udacity starts at $249/month. Across the 5 lms tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $159/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Udacity carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 7 of the 22 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.
Develop skills with expert-led courses
Priced and rated the same as Udacity on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Technology skills platform for IT professionals
- Starts $220 a month cheaper, at $29/month.
Learn to code interactively for free
- Can be used without paying; Udacity cannot.
Asynchronous training video with AI avatars, quizzes and a searchable knowledge library
- Can be used without paying; Udacity cannot.
- Starts $225 a month cheaper, at $24/month.
Open source French-language learning platform, now developed as Claroline Connect
- Can be used without paying; Udacity cannot.
- Starts $249 a month cheaper, at Free.
Open source learning management system with no licence fee and a Latin American and francophone user base
- Can be used without paying; Udacity cannot.
Every Udacity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Udacity (this page) | $249/month | - | - | |
| LinkedIn LearningVideo-based learning platform with thousands of professional courses, integrated with LinkedIn for career development. | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Udacity |
| PluralsightTech skills platform with hands-on labs, assessments, and role-based learning paths for developers and IT professionals. | $29/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Udacity |
| CodecademyInteractive coding education platform with hands-on browser-based coding exercises for learning programming languages. | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Udacity |
| Weet | Free, then $24/month | Per creator per month | 2 | vs Udacity |
| Claroline | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Udacity |
| Chamilo | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Udacity |
| Sakai | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Udacity |
| Moodle | Free, then $200/year | - | 2 | vs Udacity |
| Nearpod | Free, then $159/year | - | 3 | vs Udacity |
| Degreed | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Udacity |
| Skilljar | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Udacity |
| Sana | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Udacity |
| Echo360 | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Udacity |
| Schoox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Udacity |
| Thought Industries | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Udacity |
| Tovuti LMS | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Udacity |
| Whatfix | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Udacity |
| Totara | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Udacity |
| LearnDash | $199/year | Per site per year | 3 | vs Udacity |
| CYPHER Learning | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Udacity |
| LearnUpon | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Udacity |
| Docebo | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Udacity |
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 Udacity badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than Udacity (7)
Entry price under Udacity's $249/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Udacity is most often brought in for tech skill development, career transition, upskilling, team training. 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 Udacity is broadly right and the question is cost, the Udacity 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.
Udacity 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 Udacity alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Udacity?
- 22 other lms tools are listed in this directory, led by LinkedIn Learning, Pluralsight, Codecademy, Weet. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Udacity?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Codecademy, Weet, Claroline, Chamilo, Sakai.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Udacity?
- Yes. 7 of the alternatives below start under Udacity's $249/month: Pluralsight at $29/month, Weet at Free, then $24/month, Claroline at Free, Sakai at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Udacity?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Udacity?
- Udacity is most often brought in for tech skill development, career transition, upskilling, team training. 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 Udacity?
- 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 Udacity 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 Udacity against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Udacity 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 Udacity. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.