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Corporate LMS Pricing 2026

What vendors actually publish (and what they don’t)

The corporate LMS market is deliberately opaque. Enterprise platforms including Workday Learning, Cornerstone OnDemand, SAP SuccessFactors Learning, Docebo, LearnUpon, and Absorb do not publish pricing and require sales conversations to obtain even ballpark figures. The table below is honest about which vendors publish and which do not. Where a vendor does not publish, any figure shown is a clearly-labelled third-party estimate from a named aggregator (Vendr, G2, Capterra, educate-me) with a linked source. Nothing on this page is invented.

LMS Pricing Models: What to watch for
Per-active-user per month

Most cloud LMS platforms. You pay only for users who log in. TalentLMS, LearnUpon, 360Learning.

Per-registered-user per year

Some enterprise platforms charge regardless of activity. Read the contract for the “registered” vs “active” definition.

Enterprise annual commit

Cornerstone, Workday, SAP. Fixed annual fee negotiated on headcount bands. Overages expensive. Multi-year discounts common.

VendorPublic pricing?Pricing summary
TalentLMSYesCore plan $149/month (up to 100 active users); Grow $299/month (up to 250 active users); Pro and Enterprise tiers quote-based. talentlms.com/pricesDetails
360LearningYesTeam plan from $8 per active user per month (minimum 5 seats); Business and Enterprise quote-based. 360learning.com/pricingDetails
iSpring LearnYesTier-based public pricing on ispringlearn.com. Plans start at per-user pricing for small teams and scale up. Verify current tier pricing at ispringlearn.com/pricing at build time. ispringlearn.com/pricingDetails
Thinkific PlusYesPublished tier pricing on thinkific.com/plus. Designed primarily for customer education and creator-led businesses. See the sibling site thinkificpricing.com for detail. thinkific.com/plusDetails
LinkedIn Learning for BusinessPartialPer-seat library access. Standard published range falls in the $240-$380 per user per year band for the broad library, subject to volume. Verify at linkedin.com/learning/business at build time. linkedin.com/learning/businessDetails
Coursera for BusinessPartialTeam plan has a public minimum user count and starting annual price; Enterprise is quote-based. Verify current Team-plan figures at coursera.org/business at build time. coursera.org/businessDetails
Udemy BusinessPartialTeam plan published minimum and starting price (5-20 users); Enterprise quote-based. Verify at business.udemy.com at build time. business.udemy.comDetails
DoceboNoNo public list price. Third-party estimate from Vendr marketplace and Outsail: approximately $7-$10 per employee per month for most deployments. Typical annual contracts: $25,000-$60,000 (Elevate tier), $60,000+ (Enterprise). All figures are third-party estimates, not list prices. Vendr marketplace (third-party estimate)Details
Cornerstone OnDemandNoNo public list price. Third-party estimate from Vendr procurement data: average annual contract approximately $69,000; higher-end approximately $185,000. Per-user estimates from educate-me and Select Hub: roughly $6-$18 PEPM. Implementation commonly $50,000+. All figures are third-party estimates. Vendr + educate-me (third-party estimate)Details
LearnUponNoQuote-based. Third-party estimates from educate-me and G2 suggest a mid-market per-seat range, typically starting in the low thousands per year for small teams and scaling from there. All figures are third-party estimates; request a formal quote before budgeting. educate-me / G2 (third-party estimate)Details
Absorb LMSNoQuote-based. Third-party estimates from G2 and Capterra place Absorb in the mid-market per-seat range. All figures are third-party estimates. G2 / Capterra (third-party estimate)Details
Workday LearningNoNo public list price. Enterprise-only; typically bundled with Workday HCM. Per-user figures are not published anywhere responsibly. See the sibling site workdaypricing.com for broader Workday HCM pricing context. workdaypricing.com (HCM context)Details
SAP SuccessFactors LearningNoNo public list price. Bundled with SAP HCM suite. Per-user figures are not published anywhere responsibly. Quote form at sap.comDetails

A word on third-party estimates. Vendr is a procurement marketplace that publishes anonymised aggregated price data from customer purchases; G2, Capterra, and educate-me aggregate buyer-reported pricing from user reviews; Outsail collects SaaS vendor pricing intelligence. These are the best public signals available for quote-based enterprise LMS pricing, but they are not list prices. Your RFP will differ, often by plus or minus 30 percent. Treat every figure labelled “third-party estimate” on this page as a starting point for procurement, not a quote.

TalentLMS

Public pricing

Core plan $149/month (up to 100 active users); Grow $299/month (up to 250 active users); Pro and Enterprise tiers quote-based.

Source: talentlms.com/prices

Best for: SMB, non-profits, customer training, companies that want transparent per-month pricing.

Strengths

Published tiers; strong free trial; simple setup; good API.

Weaknesses

Active-user caps on lower tiers; advanced features gated to Pro and Enterprise.

360Learning

Public pricing

Team plan from $8 per active user per month (minimum 5 seats); Business and Enterprise quote-based.

Source: 360learning.com/pricing

Best for: Collaborative learning, peer-generated content, fast-moving companies with internal SMEs.

Strengths

Unique collaborative model; fast content creation; published base tier.

Weaknesses

Less suited to formal compliance stacks; smaller ecosystem than enterprise leaders.

iSpring Learn

Public pricing

Tier-based public pricing on ispringlearn.com. Plans start at per-user pricing for small teams and scale up. Verify current tier pricing at ispringlearn.com/pricing at build time.

Source: ispringlearn.com/pricing

Best for: PowerPoint-heavy content teams, SMBs that want an authoring tool paired with an LMS.

Strengths

Seamless PowerPoint conversion; iSpring Suite authoring integration; simple setup.

Weaknesses

Less sophisticated than enterprise platforms; limited LXP features.

Thinkific Plus

Public pricing

Published tier pricing on thinkific.com/plus. Designed primarily for customer education and creator-led businesses. See the sibling site thinkificpricing.com for detail.

Source: thinkific.com/plus

Best for: Customer education, creator businesses, SMB-to-mid-market cohort and course delivery.

Strengths

Published pricing; strong creator-led feature set; straightforward setup.

Weaknesses

Less focused on internal employee training; lighter compliance tooling.

LinkedIn Learning for Business

Partial public pricing

Per-seat library access. Standard published range falls in the $240-$380 per user per year band for the broad library, subject to volume. Verify at linkedin.com/learning/business at build time.

Source: linkedin.com/learning/business

Best for: Broad soft-skills and business-fundamentals library; LinkedIn profile integration; quick deploy.

Strengths

Massive library; LinkedIn integration; no LMS required to deploy.

Weaknesses

Not a standalone LMS; limited compliance and custom-content features; generic content.

Coursera for Business

Partial public pricing

Team plan has a public minimum user count and starting annual price; Enterprise is quote-based. Verify current Team-plan figures at coursera.org/business at build time.

Source: coursera.org/business

Best for: University-credentialed content in data science, AI, technology, and business; degree-aligned certificates.

Strengths

University-backed credentials; strong data and tech coverage; Professional Certificates.

Weaknesses

Less suitable for compliance; slower-paced content than industry-specific providers.

Udemy Business

Partial public pricing

Team plan published minimum and starting price (5-20 users); Enterprise quote-based. Verify at business.udemy.com at build time.

Source: business.udemy.com

Best for: Broad on-demand library, technical skills, self-directed learners.

Strengths

Huge library; low per-seat cost on the Team plan; easy to deploy.

Weaknesses

Course quality varies; not suitable for compliance or strict certification; limited admin tooling below Enterprise.

Docebo

No public pricing

No public list price. Third-party estimate from Vendr marketplace and Outsail: approximately $7-$10 per employee per month for most deployments. Typical annual contracts: $25,000-$60,000 (Elevate tier), $60,000+ (Enterprise). All figures are third-party estimates, not list prices.

Source: Vendr marketplace (third-party estimate) (third-party estimate - not a vendor list price)

Best for: Mid-to-large enterprise; AI personalisation; extended enterprise (customer + partner + employee).

Strengths

Strong AI recommendations; flexible architecture; extended-enterprise capability.

Weaknesses

No public pricing; complex implementation; premium features add cost; reporting requires setup.

Cornerstone OnDemand

No public pricing

No public list price. Third-party estimate from Vendr procurement data: average annual contract approximately $69,000; higher-end approximately $185,000. Per-user estimates from educate-me and Select Hub: roughly $6-$18 PEPM. Implementation commonly $50,000+. All figures are third-party estimates.

Source: Vendr + educate-me (third-party estimate) (third-party estimate - not a vendor list price)

Best for: Large enterprise, talent management suite integration, complex compliance environments.

Strengths

Full talent management suite; deep compliance tracking; strong reporting at scale.

Weaknesses

No public pricing; complex implementation; high total cost; legacy UX being updated.

LearnUpon

No public pricing

Quote-based. Third-party estimates from educate-me and G2 suggest a mid-market per-seat range, typically starting in the low thousands per year for small teams and scaling from there. All figures are third-party estimates; request a formal quote before budgeting.

Source: educate-me / G2 (third-party estimate) (third-party estimate - not a vendor list price)

Best for: Mid-market, multi-portal deployments (customer + partner + employee).

Strengths

Multi-portal architecture; strong customer success; SCORM/AICC/xAPI compliant.

Weaknesses

No public pricing; less flexible reporting than enterprise platforms.

Absorb LMS

No public pricing

Quote-based. Third-party estimates from G2 and Capterra place Absorb in the mid-market per-seat range. All figures are third-party estimates.

Source: G2 / Capterra (third-party estimate) (third-party estimate - not a vendor list price)

Best for: Mid-market to large enterprise; strong in life sciences and healthcare.

Strengths

Clean UX; strong compliance features; built-in course marketplace.

Weaknesses

No public pricing; authoring tool additional cost.

Workday Learning

No public pricing

No public list price. Enterprise-only; typically bundled with Workday HCM. Per-user figures are not published anywhere responsibly. See the sibling site workdaypricing.com for broader Workday HCM pricing context.

Source: workdaypricing.com (HCM context)

Best for: Existing Workday HCM customers; seamless HR integration.

Strengths

Native Workday integration; single UX for all HR; strong analytics.

Weaknesses

No public pricing; limited LMS functionality vs specialists; long implementation.

SAP SuccessFactors Learning

No public pricing

No public list price. Bundled with SAP HCM suite. Per-user figures are not published anywhere responsibly.

Source: Quote form at sap.com

Best for: SAP SuccessFactors HCM customers; regulated industries.

Strengths

Deep SAP integration; strong compliance and certification tracking.

Weaknesses

No public pricing; complex; UX behind modern specialists.

Hidden cost warnings

Implementation and configuration
Enterprise platforms commonly charge $50,000-$200,000 for initial setup, data migration, and customisation (Vendr Cornerstone procurement data). Budget 20-50 percent of year-one licence cost for implementation.
Integrations
API integrations with your HRIS (Workday, BambooHR, ADP), SCIM provisioning, SSO, and data-warehouse connectors are usually professional services line items.
Custom reporting
Standard reports are included. Custom dashboards, SQL access, or Tableau/PowerBI connectors often require premium tiers or add-on modules. Confirm in the SOW.
Premium support tiers
Standard support is usually email/chat with 1-3 business day SLAs. Premium support (dedicated CSM, 4-hour SLAs, phone) adds material cost at enterprise scale.
Content authoring tools
Most LMSes do not include authoring. Articulate 360, iSpring Suite, or Elucidat are separate costs. See /build-vs-buy for authoring tool pricing.

Sources (linked inline above): talentlms.com/prices; 360learning.com/pricing; ispringlearn.com/pricing; thinkific.com/plans; business.linkedin.com/learning; coursera.org/business; business.udemy.com; Vendr marketplace (Docebo, Cornerstone); G2 pricing pages (LearnUpon, Absorb); educate-me.co pricing guides (Docebo, Cornerstone); sap.com (SAP SuccessFactors Learning); sibling site workdaypricing.com for Workday HCM context.

Last verified May 2026. Found an out-of-date figure? Report an error.

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