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Degreed vs LearnUpon

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Degreed

LMS

Learning experience platform that indexes skills and third-party content rather than hosting courses

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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LearnUpon

LMS

Multi-portal learning management for training employees, customers and partners from one instance

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Degreed pricing is entirely quote-based with no public rate card, and third parties report annual floors around 25,000 USD and licence minimums as high as 150 seats, so a mid-sized organisation frequently cannot buy it at any sensible price.; LearnUpon pricing counts registered users, so a partner or customer audience with many dormant accounts pays full price for people who log in once a year, and the finance case degrades as the population grows.
  • They diverge on capability: Degreed covers Content aggregation, LearnUpon covers Multiple portals.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Degreed and LearnUpon actually diverge.

Attributes where Degreed and LearnUpon differ
AttributeDegreedLearnUpon

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (LMS).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Degreed

  • Content aggregation
  • Skills framework
  • Pathways and plans
  • Skill gap analytics
  • Career mobility
  • Learning records
  • Academies
  • Integrations with content providers

Only in LearnUpon

  • Multiple portals
  • Central course library
  • Compliance and recertification
  • Learning paths
  • Ecommerce
  • SCORM and xAPI support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Degreed

  • A large enterprise that already spends heavily on Coursera and LinkedIn Learning and cannot tell which of it is used or usefulnot LearnUpon
  • An organisation planning a workforce transition and needing a defensible view of which skills exist internally before it hires externallynot LearnUpon
  • A company running compliance training in an LMS that wants a separate, voluntary development experience employees actually choose to opennot LearnUpon
  • A group building internal mobility, matching people to open roles and stretch projects on evidenced skills rather than job titlesnot LearnUpon

LearnUpon

  • A software company that must train staff, certify customers and enable resellers without three separate systemsnot Degreed
  • Compliance training where the auditor asks for a dated completion record per named employeenot Degreed
  • Selling certification courses to customers as a revenue line rather than a cost centrenot Degreed
  • Franchise or dealer networks needing separately branded portals under central content controlnot Degreed

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Degreed

  • Pricing is entirely quote-based with no public rate card, and third parties report annual floors around 25,000 USD and licence minimums as high as 150 seats, so a mid-sized organisation frequently cannot buy it at any sensible price.
  • Degreed is a layer, not a replacement: you keep paying for the learning management system that runs compliance training and for the content subscriptions it indexes, so the licence is a third line on top of two you already have.
  • The skills data leans heavily on employee self-assessment, and self-rated skill is a weak signal; if managers do not validate ratings consistently the workforce capability picture that justified the purchase is not reliable enough to make hiring or redeployment decisions on.
  • Adoption is voluntary in most deployments, so unless the organisation ties learning to something consequential, usage decays after the launch campaign and the platform becomes an expensive search box.
  • Integrations with content providers vary in depth: some surface full metadata and completion write-back while others index only titles, so the unified record of learning the business case assumed can be patchy in exactly the sources employees use most.

LearnUpon

  • Pricing counts registered users, so a partner or customer audience with many dormant accounts pays full price for people who log in once a year, and the finance case degrades as the population grows.
  • The multi-portal design carries administration overhead that a single audience organisation pays for without benefit.
  • Reporting is adequate for completion and compliance and thin for measuring whether training changed behaviour, so organisations needing that add a separate analytics layer.
  • Content authoring is not included at the depth of a dedicated authoring tool, so most customers also licence something like an authoring suite and manage two vendors.
  • Complex competency frameworks, multi year programme structures and academic style progression are not modelled well, which limits it in regulated professions with formal qualification pathways.

Pricing, plan by plan

Degreed

On request
  • Degreed for Enterprise$undefined/year
    • Content aggregation across internal and third-party sources
    • Skills framework and gap analytics
    • Pathways, plans and academies
  • Degreed Free (individual)Free
    • Personal learning profile
    • Track learning from any source
    • For individuals rather than organisations

LearnUpon

On request
  • LearnUpon$undefined/year
    • Quoted by registered user tier and number of portals
    • Annual contracts
    • Not comparable with per active user or per course competitors without modelling

Which should you pick?

Choose Degreed if

  • You need content aggregation.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want skills framework.
Degreed review

Choose LearnUpon if

  • You need multiple portals.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want central course library.
LearnUpon review

Questions people ask

Is Degreed or LearnUpon better?
Neither clearly leads. Degreed starts at On request and LearnUpon at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Degreed or LearnUpon?
Degreed starts at On request and LearnUpon at On request.
Does Degreed or LearnUpon run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Degreed best used for?
Degreed is most often used for a large enterprise that already spends heavily on coursera and linkedin learning and cannot tell which of it is used or useful, an organisation planning a workforce transition and needing a defensible view of which skills exist internally before it hires externally, a company running compliance training in an lms that wants a separate, voluntary development experience employees actually choose to open, a group building internal mobility, matching people to open roles and stretch projects on evidenced skills rather than job titles. Of those, a large enterprise that already spends heavily on coursera and linkedin learning and cannot tell which of it is used or useful and an organisation planning a workforce transition and needing a defensible view of which skills exist internally before it hires externally are not what LearnUpon is typically brought in for.
What can Degreed do that LearnUpon cannot?
Degreed covers Content aggregation, Skills framework, Pathways and plans, Skill gap analytics. LearnUpon covers Multiple portals, Central course library, Compliance and recertification, Learning paths.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Degreed: Does Degreed replace our LMS?

No. It is a discovery and skills layer over content. Compliance training, assignment and certification records generally stay in the LMS, and you pay for both.

LearnUpon: How is LearnUpon priced?

By registered user tier and the number of portals, quoted rather than published. That unit is not comparable with per active user or per course pricing, so model your own population before comparing quotes.

Degreed: What does Degreed cost?

It is quote-only. Third-party reports put annual floors around 25,000 USD with licence minimums that can reach 150 seats.

LearnUpon: Can customers and employees be kept separate?

Yes, that is the main design point. Separate portals have their own branding, administrators and catalogues, while sharing courses from one library.

Degreed: Is the skills data trustworthy?

Only as far as your validation process is. It is built on self-assessment plus peer endorsement, so without manager validation it should not drive redeployment decisions.

LearnUpon: Does it handle recurring compliance training?

Yes. Recertification cycles, automatic reassignment and per user dated completion records are built in and are a common reason for purchase.

Degreed: Can individuals use it free?

Yes, Degreed offers a free personal profile for tracking your own learning, separate from the enterprise product.

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