Open edX
The leading global open-source Teaching and Learning Platform
- Also known as
- open-edx
What is Open edX?
Powering 70,000 courses and supporting over 140 million learners worldwide. Open edX is designed with learning science principles at its core, offering robust analytics, scalability, and cost-effective delivery for online campuses, instructor-led courses, degree programs, and self-paced courses.
Open edX pricing
We don't have Open edX's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Open edX does
The capabilities that matter for lms & training software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Platform type
- LMS
- Content-standard support
- -
- LTI support
- -
- Native course authoring
- ✓
- Off-the-shelf content library
- Marketplace integration
- Compliance training tracking
- -
- Virtual classroom / ILT
- Integration
- Learning paths
- -
- Gamification
- -
- Extended enterprise
- ✓
- SSO / SCIM
- -
- Accessibility
- -
- Self-hostable
- ✓
- Learning analytics / reporting
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Open edX alternatives
Other lms & training software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- 360LearningAI-Powered LMS & Collaborative Learning Platformmedium · 58%
- Cornerstone OnDemandThe Intelligence Platform for Workforce Readinesslow · 18%
- LearnUponAgentic Learning Platformmedium · 54%
- TalentLMSThe #1 Cloud LMS Software for Online Learninglow · 44%
- DoceboAI-First LMS for Enterprise Learning & Skillslow · 35%
- SAP LitmosLearning Acceleration LMS Platformlow · 32%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Open edX, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 67 | 32.00 | 2147.8 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 80 | 16.00 | 1280.0 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 63 | 18.00 | 1135.8 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 100 | 10.00 | 1000.0 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 74 | 5.00 | 368.9 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 31 | 10.00 | 305.6 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 18.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 26.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 8,152 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"analytics":true,"platform_type":"lms","self_hostable":true,"content_library":"marketplace_integration","native_authoring":true,"virtual_classroom":"integration","extended_enterprise":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Python | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | AGPL-3.0 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 125 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70% |