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Verified June 202612 vendors9 of 12 quote-only

LMS Cost 2026

Twelve LMS vendors compared on what they actually publish. Three put a rate on the page; nine route every visitor to a sales form. No sponsored placement; no affiliate links; no email capture.

Twelve vendors at a glance

Who publishes a price, who does not

VendorModelPublishedBest for
360Learningper user per monthRate publishedSMB and mid-market teams that want collaborative course authoring and peer-learning workflows
TalentLMStiered subscriptionRate publishedSMB teams with predictable user counts up to 100, simple deployment, fastest time-to-live
iSpringper active userQuote onlyTeams that want strong course authoring (iSpring Suite) alongside the LMS in a single vendor
Doceboquote onlyQuote onlyMid-market and enterprise customers with 250+ learners that want AI-assisted learning content and admin
Cornerstonequote onlyQuote onlyLarge enterprise L&D with global compliance training, multi-language requirements, and HCM integration needs
LearnUponquote onlyQuote onlyMulti-portal use cases combining employee, partner, customer education in a single platform
Absorbquote onlyQuote onlyMid-market and enterprise, especially customer education and partner training where learner counts are unpredictable
Workdayquote onlyQuote onlyExisting Workday HCM customers that want unified learning, talent, and core HR in one contract
SAPquote onlyQuote onlySAP SuccessFactors HCM customers that want a unified learning module on the SAP stack
Adobequote onlyQuote onlyAdobe Experience Cloud customers and content-heavy training programs (video, interactive Captivate output)
Moodlequote onlyQuote onlyOrganisations that want an open-source LMS foundation with optional enterprise workflow add-ons via a partner
Litmosquote onlyQuote onlySales enablement, customer training, and regulated-industry training programs that want a battle-tested mid-market LMS
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Run your learner count through the published rates

Returns a number for 360Learning and TalentLMS; flags the rest Quote Only with no inferred rate. The result is the floor you anchor any RFP against.

VendorTierMonthlyAnnualNotes
360Learning
360Learning
Team$600$7,200
Per-user math

Team plan: 75 users x $8/user/month.

TalentLMS
TalentLMS
Pro$449$5,388
Tier-locked

Pro plan: $449/month, annual billing, up to 100 users.

Absorb
Absorb LMS
Not publishedQuote onlyQuote only
Quote only

Absorb does not publish per-user rates. Quote-only with a published 8-bracket learner-count selector that drives a contact form. No dollar figures or per-user rates are shown.

Adobe
Adobe Learning Manager
Not publishedQuote onlyQuote only
Quote only

Adobe does not publish per-user rates. Quote-only. The pricing page repeatedly times out or is enterprise-gated. Adobe Learning Manager (formerly Adobe Captivate Prime) is sold inside Adobe Experience Cloud for enterprise.

Cornerstone
Cornerstone OnDemand Learning
Not publishedQuote onlyQuote only
Quote only

Cornerstone does not publish per-user rates. Quote-only enterprise model. The pricing page states explicitly that cost depends on organisation needs and size, with a demo request as the only published action.

Docebo
Docebo Learn
Not publishedQuote onlyQuote only
Quote only

Docebo does not publish per-user rates. Quote-only with active-user billing. Three counting models are offered: MAU (monthly active), YAU (yearly active), RAU (registered active). The pricing page directs every visitor to a quote request.

iSpring
iSpring Learn LMS
Not publishedQuote onlyQuote only
Quote only

iSpring does not publish per-user rates. Pay-per-active-user, counted monthly. A user counts as active if they have logged in at least once that month. Rates are not published; the site routes pricing requests through a sales contact form.

LearnUpon
LearnUpon LMS
Not publishedQuote onlyQuote only
Quote only

LearnUpon does not publish per-user rates. Quote-only with published minimum user counts per product line: employees from 100 users, associations from 150 users, customer education from 300 users. No dollar amounts shown.

Litmos
Litmos
Not publishedQuote onlyQuote only
Quote only

Litmos does not publish per-user rates. Quote-only with two published tier names: Foundation (small companies or departments, up to 250 learners) and Platinum AI (mid-market and enterprise). No per-user rates published. 14-day free trial offered.

Moodle
Moodle Workplace
Not publishedQuote onlyQuote only
Quote only

Moodle does not publish per-user rates. Moodle Workplace is licensed software, sold only through Moodle Premium Certified Partners and Service Providers. It is not open source. Self-hosted Moodle LMS Core remains free under GPL.

SAP
SAP SuccessFactors Learning
Not publishedQuote onlyQuote only
Quote only

SAP does not publish per-user rates. Quote-only. The product page is enterprise-gated and the pricing page returns a 403. Learning is sold as a SuccessFactors HCM module, not standalone.

Workday
Workday Learning
Not publishedQuote onlyQuote only
Quote only

Workday does not publish per-user rates. No standalone Workday Learning pricing is published. Learning is bundled into Workday HCM (Human Capital Management) contracts. The standalone learning pricing URL returns 404.

Estimates use published tier prices only. Quote-only vendors are listed without a number; per-user inference is not done on this site. See the methodology page for the formula behind each row.

Why nine hide rates

Three structural reasons for quote-only pricing

Reason 1

Price discrimination

A vendor that can quote a different per-user rate to a 200-learner startup and a 10,000-learner enterprise captures more value than one with a single rate card.

Reason 2

Demo as a sales lever

A demo qualifies the buyer, surfaces upsell modules, and shapes perceived value of the bundle. Removing the rate from the pricing page forces the demo conversation.

Reason 3

The bundle is the product

Enterprise LMSes ship with implementation services, content libraries, integrations, and AI features. A per-user rate would anchor the buyer on the subscription line and obscure the bundle.

The full essay: the quote-only trap, and how to neutralise it.

FAQ

What buyers ask first

How much does an LMS actually cost in 2026?

Two vendors publish per-user or tier pricing. 360Learning Team plan is $8 per user per month, capped at 100 users. TalentLMS is tiered: Core $119/month up to 40 users, Grow $229/month up to 70 users, Pro $449/month up to 100 users. Above 100 users, both vendors route to quote-only Enterprise plans. The other nine vendors covered on this site (Docebo, Cornerstone, LearnUpon, Absorb, Workday, SAP, Adobe, Moodle Workplace, Litmos) do not publish per-user rates.

Why are 9 of 12 LMS vendors quote-only?

Quote-only pricing protects the seller’s leverage in three ways: it lets the vendor price-discriminate by company size, lets them upsell modules during the demo, and removes the price-comparison floor a buyer would otherwise anchor on. Enterprise LMS vendors (Cornerstone, Workday, SAP, Adobe, Docebo) lean on bundling with HCM or content suites, so the LMS line-item is rarely a standalone invoice. LearnUpon and Absorb publish minimum learner counts but no dollar figures.

Is there a free LMS?

TalentLMS has a free plan with 5 users, 10 courses, and no time limit. Moodle LMS Core is open source and free to self-host under the GPL licence (hosting and support are separate costs). Moodle Workplace is not open source. Most other vendors offer a free trial only: 360Learning, iSpring (30 days, full features), and Litmos (14 days).

What is the cheapest LMS for 50 users?

For 50 users on published pricing: 360Learning Team plan is $400/month ($4,800/year) at $8 per user per month. TalentLMS Grow at $229/month ($2,748/year) is cheaper in absolute dollars because of its tiered model, capped at 70 users. Every other vendor at this scale is quote-only.

What changes above 1,000 learners?

Above 1,000 learners every published-price option closes. The vendor set narrows to enterprise platforms (Cornerstone, Docebo, Workday Learning, SAP SuccessFactors Learning, Adobe Learning Manager) and the procurement becomes RFP-driven. The first cut is whether you already run Workday HCM or SAP SuccessFactors HCM; that answer eliminates three of the five.

See the full FAQ for nine more answers.

Where to go next

Guides for each buyer band

SMB LMS

Under 100 learners. The published-price market.

Mid-market LMS

100-1,000 learners. Mostly quote-only.

Enterprise LMS

1,000+ learners. HCM bundle decisions.

Last verified June 2026. Vendor pricing changes without notice; see the sources page for the verification log.