LMS · head to head
Degreed vs Pear Deck
Degreed
LMS
Learning experience platform that indexes skills and third-party content rather than hosting courses
- From
- On request
- Rated
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The short version
- Only Pear Deck has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- 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.; Pear Deck the Teacher Dashboard, draggable and drawing responses and Reflect and Review require Teacher Premium at $149 per year
- They diverge on capability: Degreed covers Content aggregation, Pear Deck covers Interactive slides.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Degreed and Pear Deck actually diverge.
Identical on both: 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 Pear Deck
- Interactive slides
- Real-time responses
- Formative assessment
- Student-paced mode
- Dashboard
- Audio responses
- Drawing
- Vocabulary
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 Pear Deck
- An organisation planning a workforce transition and needing a defensible view of which skills exist internally before it hires externallynot Pear Deck
- A company running compliance training in an LMS that wants a separate, voluntary development experience employees actually choose to opennot Pear Deck
- A group building internal mobility, matching people to open roles and stretch projects on evidenced skills rather than job titlesnot Pear Deck
Pear Deck
- Interactive classroom presentations for teachersnot Degreed
- Student practice and assessment toolsnot Degreed
- Standards-aligned content delivery for schoolsnot 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.
Pear Deck
- The Teacher Dashboard, draggable and drawing responses and Reflect and Review require Teacher Premium at $149 per year
- Pear Assessment Premium is a separate $125 per year purchase from Pear Deck Premium
- Standards aligned content, district library and efficacy reports are only in the Schools and Districts plan
- SIS and LMS integration is only in the Schools and Districts plan
- School and district pricing is by quote with no published rate
Pricing, plan by plan
Degreed
On request- Degreed for Enterprise$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
Pear Deck
Free- Pear Start FreeFree
- 40+ AI tools for teachers
- unlimited usage
- Pear Deck FreeFree
- basic interactive presentations
- anonymous responses
- student-paced mode
- Pear Deck Premium$149/year
- Teacher Dashboard with named responses
- drawing/draggable features
- Reflect & Review
- Pear Assessment FreeFree
- basic assessment creation
- autograding
Which should you pick?
Choose Degreed if
- You need content aggregation.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want skills framework.
Choose Pear Deck if
- You need interactive slides.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Chrome Extension.
- You also want real-time responses.
Questions people ask
- Is Degreed or Pear Deck better?
- Neither clearly leads. Degreed starts at On request and Pear Deck at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Degreed or Pear Deck?
- Pear Deck has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Degreed and Free for Pear Deck.
- Does Degreed or Pear Deck run on more platforms?
- Degreed runs on Web, iOS, Android. Pear Deck runs on Web, Chrome Extension.
- Can I use Pear Deck for free?
- Yes. Pear Deck has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Degreed starts at On request.
- 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 Pear Deck is typically brought in for.
- What can Degreed do that Pear Deck cannot?
- Degreed covers Content aggregation, Skills framework, Pathways and plans, Skill gap analytics. Pear Deck covers Interactive slides, Real-time responses, Formative assessment, Student-paced mode.
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.
Pear Deck: What is the price for individual teacher subscriptions?
Pear Deck Premium: $149/year; Pear Assessment Premium: $125/year. Pear Practice and Start have custom pricing for paid tiers.
SourceDegreed: 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.
Pear Deck: Are there free versions available?
Yes, all Pear Deck products offer free teacher plans: Pear Start, Pear Deck, Pear Practice, and Pear Assessment are free for educators.
SourceDegreed: 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.
Pear Deck: What features require payment in Pear Assessment?
Free version includes basic assessment creation and autograding. Premium ($125/year) adds advanced security, accessibility tools, state test interface mimicry, and rubric scoring.
SourceDegreed: Can individuals use it free?
Yes, Degreed offers a free personal profile for tracking your own learning, separate from the enterprise product.
Pear Deck: Do schools get discounted pricing?
Yes, schools and districts receive custom pricing with additional features like standards-aligned content, shared libraries, and LMS integration.
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