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Totara pricing
Totara publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the lms tools listed alongside it.
As of 31 August 2026, Totara pricing is on request. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Quote
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Not on record
Totara plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totara subscription via partner | On request | 3 | Entry tier |
What the product covers
The full Totara feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Organisational hierarchies
- Compliance and certification
- Totara Perform
- Totara Engage
- Self-hosting
- Programs and learning plans
People bring Totara in for health services and government bodies that must evidence mandatory training by job role across a large hierarchy, organisations with data residency rules that require the platform to run on their own infrastructure, moodle users who need appraisal, competency and compliance features the academic product does not carry, buyers who want exit rights over the platform code rather than dependence on a single hosted vendor. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Totara are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in LMS
Too few lms tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totara (this page) | On request | quote | - | |
| Weet | Free, then $24/month | Per creator per month | - | vs Totara |
| Claroline | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Totara |
| Whatfix | On request | quote | - | vs Totara |
| Skilljar | On request | quote | - | vs Totara |
| Chamilo | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Totara |
| Sana | On request | quote | - | vs Totara |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Totara badges page.
Before you pay for Totara
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at On request. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Totara against the tools that do have one before committing.
Totara runs on web, ios, android, linux, and is published by Totara Learning Solutions of Wellington, New Zealand. The full record is on the Totara review, and the rest of the category is under best lms tools.
Totara pricing questions
- How much does Totara cost?
- Totara publishes a single tier, Totara subscription via partner, at On request.
- Does Totara have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Totara is listed as quote. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- Which lms tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 lms tools listed alongside Totara have a free tier: Weet, Claroline, Chamilo.
- What am I actually paying for with Totara?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for health services and government bodies that must evidence mandatory training by job role across a large hierarchy, organisations with data residency rules that require the platform to run on their own infrastructure, moodle users who need appraisal, competency and compliance features the academic product does not carry.
- Does Totara charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Totara prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Totara against before paying?
- The closest lms tools in this directory are Weet, Claroline, Whatfix, Skilljar. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Totara covering price, platforms and features.