LMS · head to head
Sana vs Tovuti LMS
Sana
LMS
AI-native learning and knowledge assistant, acquired by Workday in 2025
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Tovuti LMS
LMS
Learning management with interactive content authoring built in rather than bought separately
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Sana workday completed its acquisition on 4 November 2025, so Sana is now an HCM vendor's capability; if you do not run Workday, the roadmap will be shaped around a platform you do not use and standalone availability is not guaranteed long term.; Tovuti LMS the bundled authoring saving only exists if you do not already own an authoring suite, and organisations that do are paying a premium for a capability their designers will not adopt.
- They diverge on capability: Sana covers Sana Agents, Tovuti LMS covers Built-in interactive authoring.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Sana and Tovuti LMS actually diverge.
| Attribute | Sana | Tovuti LMS |
|---|
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 Sana
- Sana Agents
- Sana Learn
- Enterprise search
- Live collaborative sessions
- Content generation
- Permission-aware retrieval
- Analytics
- Workday integration
Only in Tovuti LMS
- Built-in interactive authoring
- Virtual classroom
- Checklists and observations
- Ecommerce and membership
- Certification management
- Multiple learner portals
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Sana
- An organisation whose employees repeatedly ask the same policy and process questions in Slack and where the answer already exists in a document nobody findsnot Tovuti LMS
- A Workday customer wanting learning and an internal assistant on the same employee record rather than a separate LMS contractnot Tovuti LMS
- Onboarding at a fast-growing company where content goes stale faster than the training team can rewrite coursesnot Tovuti LMS
- Sales enablement where reps need an answer about a product or a contract term during a call, not a course to complete next weeknot Tovuti LMS
Tovuti LMS
- A training team that would otherwise buy both a learning platform and per seat authoring licencesnot Sana
- Associations selling continuing education to members and needing commerce, delivery and certificates togethernot Sana
- Organisations needing assessor sign off for practical competence alongside online modulesnot Sana
- Replacing a legacy system where course content must be rebuilt anyway, so built in authoring is used from day onenot Sana
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Sana
- Workday completed its acquisition on 4 November 2025, so Sana is now an HCM vendor's capability; if you do not run Workday, the roadmap will be shaped around a platform you do not use and standalone availability is not guaranteed long term.
- Answer quality depends entirely on the state of your internal content, so an organisation with contradictory or outdated documents gets a confident assistant citing the wrong version, which is worse than not having one.
- Permission-aware retrieval across many source systems is difficult to get exactly right, and a misconfigured connector can surface content to employees who should not see it, which makes the security review substantial.
- Compliance-heavy training needs, such as certification tracking, regulator-mandated evidence and SCORM-based external content, are handled less thoroughly than in traditional learning management systems built for that purpose.
- Pricing is unpublished and now negotiated in the context of a Workday relationship, which reduces a non-Workday buyer's leverage and makes a like-for-like comparison against a standalone LMS difficult.
Tovuti LMS
- The bundled authoring saving only exists if you do not already own an authoring suite, and organisations that do are paying a premium for a capability their designers will not adopt.
- The built in editor is convenient rather than equal to a dedicated authoring tool, so complex simulations and software training content still need an external product.
- Reporting is serviceable for completion and certification and shallow for skills analytics, so data heavy learning teams add a separate analytics layer.
- Permissions and hierarchy modelling are lighter than enterprise competitors, which shows up in organisations with many semi autonomous business units.
- Support and professional services capacity is smaller than at the large vendors, so complex implementations depend more on the customer having a capable internal owner.
Pricing, plan by plan
Sana
On request- Sana$undefined/year
- Per-employee annual subscription
- Agents and Learn licensed together or separately depending on the agreement
- Connector scope affects pricing
Tovuti LMS
On request- Tovuti LMS$undefined/year
- Quoted by learner volume and modules
- Annual contracts with implementation fee
- Interactive authoring included rather than licensed separately
Which should you pick?
Choose Sana if
- You need sana agents.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want sana learn.
Choose Tovuti LMS if
- You need built-in interactive authoring.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want virtual classroom.
Questions people ask
- Is Sana or Tovuti LMS better?
- Neither clearly leads. Sana starts at On request and Tovuti LMS at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Sana or Tovuti LMS?
- Sana starts at On request and Tovuti LMS at On request.
- Does Sana or Tovuti LMS run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Sana best used for?
- Sana is most often used for an organisation whose employees repeatedly ask the same policy and process questions in slack and where the answer already exists in a document nobody finds, a workday customer wanting learning and an internal assistant on the same employee record rather than a separate lms contract, onboarding at a fast-growing company where content goes stale faster than the training team can rewrite courses, sales enablement where reps need an answer about a product or a contract term during a call, not a course to complete next week. Of those, an organisation whose employees repeatedly ask the same policy and process questions in slack and where the answer already exists in a document nobody finds and a workday customer wanting learning and an internal assistant on the same employee record rather than a separate lms contract are not what Tovuti LMS is typically brought in for.
- What can Sana do that Tovuti LMS cannot?
- Sana covers Sana Agents, Sana Learn, Enterprise search, Live collaborative sessions. Tovuti LMS covers Built-in interactive authoring, Virtual classroom, Checklists and observations, Ecommerce and membership.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Sana: Is Sana still an independent company?
No. Workday completed its acquisition on 4 November 2025 for approximately $1.1bn; the integrated experience begins rolling out in 2026.
Tovuti LMS: Do we still need an authoring tool?
For most standard modules, no, the built in editor covers it. For software simulations and complex interactions you will still want a dedicated authoring product.
Sana: Is it an LMS or a search tool?
Both, but the emphasis is on answering questions from your existing content. Traditional course delivery and completion tracking are secondary.
Tovuti LMS: How is it priced?
Quoted by learner volume and the modules taken, with an implementation fee. It is not published, so compare it against per active user competitors using your own population model.
Sana: Does it work if we are not a Workday customer?
Currently yes, but the product direction now serves Workday's platform strategy, so weigh that in a multi-year commitment.
Tovuti LMS: Is it suitable for external customer training?
Yes. It supports separately branded portals and ecommerce, which is why associations and training providers use it as often as internal learning and development teams.
Sana: How is it priced?
Per employee per year, unpublished, and increasingly negotiated as part of a Workday agreement.
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