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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