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Moodle is an open-source learning management system used by schools, universities and companies, self-hosted or run through Moodle Cloud and certified partners. Tell us your needs and we'll return current pricing and set up a demo.

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Inside the Moodle interface

A look at the screens your team will work in day to day.

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Strengths and trade-offs of Moodle

Where Moodle tends to win buyers over, and where teams run into friction.

What works well

  • Open source with no per-user licence fee for self-hosting.
  • Extremely extensible through plugins and themes.
  • Mature assessment and gradebook features built for real teaching.
  • Large global community and a certified partner network.

What holds it back

  • Self-hosting means you own upgrades, backups, performance and security.
  • Default interface looks dated without theming work.
  • Administration has a steep learning curve.
  • Total cost of ownership can exceed a SaaS LMS once hosting and staff time are counted.

Who is Moodle for?

Teams replacing manual processes

Organisations moving off spreadsheets and disconnected tools onto a single learning management system (lms) system.

Growing mid-market teams

Teams that have outgrown entry-level tools and now need reporting, permissions and integrations.

Education institutions and organisations wanting an open-source LMS

Moodle is most commonly chosen by education institutions and organisations wanting an open-source lms.

Reviews

What users say

Across public review sites, Moodle users most often highlight the same strengths: open source with no per-user licence fee for self-hosting. Reviewers also point to extremely extensible through plugins and themes.

The most common criticism is that self-hosting means you own upgrades, backups, performance and security.

What you can do with Moodle

The capabilities buyers ask about most in learning management system (lms).

Course management

Flexible course formats, sections, conditional release and completion tracking.

Assessment

Quizzes with many question types, assignments, rubrics and a full gradebook.

Collaboration

Forums, wikis, glossaries, workshops and peer assessment activities.

Plugins

Thousands of community plugins for reporting, integrations and activity types.

Standards support

SCORM, xAPI, LTI and H5P content interoperability.

Administration

Roles and capabilities, cohorts, multi-tenancy via categories and bulk enrolment.

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