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LMS Selection Roulette: Who Can You Trust?

Talented Learning

Often, these posts have 287 or more responses from LMS vendors, each claiming they offer the best solution, given the overwhelming evidence provided in the original 2-sentence help request. They’ve hit a wall with features that don’t accomplish what a vendor promised. LMS vendors have vastly different licensing models.

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Open edX vs. Canvas: Choosing the Best Platform for You

Appsembler

Open edX and Canvas can address these challenges. Both are open-source, highly customizable, and used across many industries. Customer support: Consider the level of customer support the vendor (and its community) provides. You can access an open-source platform without additional overhead costs.

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SaaS LMS vs. hosted LMS: Why the SaaS LMS rules e-learning

Docebo

For most of us, we trust the cloud to store a lot of what is precious to our everyday lives. Generally, LMS vendors deal with all that mess for you, so that when you go to your boss with the total cost of ownership (TCO) of an LMS , you get an easy nod of approval. . A SaaS LMS, like most of your data these days, lives in the cloud.

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Custom Development on Totara LMS

Webanywhere

This is where Webanywhere excels as the go-to vendor, specializing in bespoke custom development using the Totara Learning Platform. It is an open-source LMS that offers extensive customization capabilities, making it an ideal choice for organizations with complex learning requirements.

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Top 10 Learning Systems 23-24

eLearning 24-7

If they were a vendor who played in EdTech (K-12, HE) but also played into corporate and did so, not just by having clients find them, but actively through marketing, they were considered too. Strictly If the vendor was a custom shop building a system, off say Moodle or whatever code they are using that is open source?

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Got LMS Implementation Questions? Ask a Learning Tech Analyst

Talented Learning

However, it’s not the instant slam-dunk that some vendors may want you to believe – especially for extended enterprise learning. To learning systems vendors, it suggests that you want to change the underlying software code. 6) As an LMS selection consultant, do you ensure that vendors deliver what they promise?

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Learning System Awards #11 to #20 (2023)

eLearning 24-7

Questions – Each learning system vendor was asked a series of questions. I recognize that not everyone – i.e. vendor has the funds to invest heavily into the UI/UX, and thus I put that into context when reviewing a system. Here is the take vendors love to say, 1. Based on their responses, points were awarded.