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3 Priority Questions for your LMS Feasibility Study

Petra Mayer

Typically, this is done through a “Request-for-Information” (RFI) process or through a “Request-for-Proposal” (RFP). There are many factors that impact the cost of your Learning Management System : System licensing costs. Licensing costs for additional systems acquired related to the project. Free/Freemium (open source).

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Is Your LMS License Model Misaligned? How to Avoid Costly Mistakes

Talented Learning

Making Sense of LMS License Models. Throughout the last month, I’ve reviewed 12 RFP responses for 3 different LMS business scenarios: association learning, commercial training and corporate channel/customer education. There are more than 700 LMS vendors today, yet there is no standard usage-based LMS license model.

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Got LMS Implementation Questions? Ask a Learning Tech Analyst

Talented Learning

That’s one reason why we clarify buyer requirements in a formal RFP. Others provide solid implementation services, but they don’t charge much because the value of long-term license revenue is more important to them. With open-source systems , the cost of professional developers is often offset by no/low system licensing costs.

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Talented Learning’s Greatest Hits – 2019 Edition

Talented Learning

. #2 Why Corporations Choose Open Source Learning Systems – with Brian Carlson. And they’re definitely telling us that open source learning platform s like Moodle and Totara are wildly popular, compared to commercial solutions. 1 The 3 Licensing Models of an LMS (or Any Enterprise Software).

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LMS Selection Roulette: Who Can You Trust?

Talented Learning

You are an association or commercial training company limping along with a graying, semi-custom open source solution and multiple manual workarounds. You periodically activate and deactivate users to stay under the license count, trying to minimize costs. LMS vendors have vastly different licensing models.

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Open Source LMS: Hidden Costs for Associations

WBT Systems

Many associations have, at some point, considered the benefits of choosing an open source LMS for delivering their education programs. Hidden Costs of an Open Source LMS. Hidden Costs of an Open Source LMS. Staffing Resources. Third Party Solution Providers.

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Learning System Awards #11 to #20 (2023)

eLearning 24-7

How many licenses or seats you have on the main metrics page, means nothing. You can find my template here (RFI/RFP NEW Template is the title) – Please note that some items that were in the awards sheet, are not in the version you see, but the majority are. Metrics – This is always big for me. Means what exactly?