The 2009 edition of our annual Low-Cost Learning Management Systems report is coming out in a week or so.

  • To be in the Low-Cost report an LMS has to be below the average price of the 92 LMSs in our LMS KnowledgeBase — in either Installed or Hosted pricing — for 500, 10,000, 25,000, and 100,000 learners.
  • My colleague Richard Nantel has blogged recently about the prices of all 92 LMSs in 2009 here and here.

I took a look at the pricing of JUST the 34 low-cost LMSs for 2009.

  • (Note: All 34 low-cost LMSs offer hosted versions, with eight offering Hosted only and 26 offering Installed versions also.)

Here is the summary:

Pricing for 34 Low-Cost Learning Management Systems

Installed, 3-year license:

Low Average High
500 learners $8,750
($5.83 per learner per year)
$29,707
($19.80 per learner per year)
$103,000
($68.67 per learner per year)
10,000 learners $12,980
($0.43 per learner per year)
$98,258
($3.28 per learner per year)
$410,000
($13.67 per learner per year)
25,000 learners $12,980
($0.17 per learner per year)
$158,510
($2.11 per learner per year)
$760,000
($10.13 per learner per year)
100,000 learners $12,980
($0.04 per learner per year)
$312,149
($1.04 per learner per year)
$1,070,000
($3.57 per learner per year)


Hosted, 3-year license:

Low Average High
500 learners $9,000
($6.00 per learner per year)
$41,131
($27.42 per learner per year)
$110,000
($73.33 per learner per year)
10,000 learners $16,580
($0.55 per learner per year)
$135,204
($4.51 per learner per year)
$273,000
($9.10 per learner per year)
25,000 learners $16,580
($0.22 per learner per year)
$234,044
($3.12 per learner per year)
$483,000
($6.44 per learner per year)
100,000 learners $16,580
($0.06 per learner per year)
$504,118
($1.68 per learner per year)
$1,500,000
($5.00 per learner per year)

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