Compare Chamilo and Brightspace - Feb 2023

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Chamilo or Brightspace?

Brightspace is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Chamilo, and Brightspace is rated higher (79/100) than Chamilo (76/100). Brightspace offers users more features (7) than Chamilo (0).

Looking for the right LMS solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Chamilo Association Vs. D2L Corporation

Chamilo Association: Chamilo is implemented in a way that allows the teacher to choose from a variety of teaching methods, one of which is social constructivism. – The Chamilo software is built in a way that allows the teacher to take control and simply “disappear” so that content take its rightful place within the student’s experience. – Chamilo has a growing li...

D2L Corporation: D2L was founded in 1999 by John Baker. At the time, his engineering class was being challenged to look at the world in a new way. Instead of coming up with answers, they were asked to come up with questions—questions that nobody had really even asked. John realized that despite all the changes technology was facilitating in the world, the Univer...

Who is more expensive? Chamilo or Brightspace?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of LMS software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Chamilo and Brightspace.

Chamilo accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Chamilo is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of LMS software. Brightspace price starts at $15,000 per year , When comparing Brightspace to its competitors, the software is rated 10 - much higher than the average LMS software cost.

Bottom line: Brightspace is more expensive than Chamilo.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Chamilo Vs. Brightspace based on some of the most important and required LMS features.

Chamilo: We are still working to collect the list of features for Chamilo.

Brightspace: LMS, Communications, Blended Learning, Course Authoring, eLearning.

Target customer size

Chamilo's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises.